Fifteen people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of explosions in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad, government ministers said tonight.

Tens of thousands of lower-caste people wielding swords and knives were prevented from marching in troubled north-western India, where clashes involving police and rival communities have killed at least 25 in recent days.

Twenty-six people are feared dead in landslides in India.