India, Oct. 18 -- Good morning, readers! Here are the top headlines from the day that you need to know - from politics and world news to sports and entertainment.

At least 19 people were killed and 25 injured in a stampede triggered by a surge in crowds and heavy rain at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata on Saturday evening. The stampede occurred around 7.30pm at Chor Bagan, one of the city's most popular Durga Puja venues, in cramped north Kolkata, as crowds jostled through a narrow bylane on Saptami, the seventh day of the festival, even as rain lashed the city and left the streets slippery. Click here to

Washington's decision to hold off tariffs of up to 100% that a new US sanctions law would have triggered against India for buying Russ...