Suspected rebels sprayed bullets on a bus carrying Indian paramilitary soldiers in a remote forest area in the north-east, killing eight and wounding another 11 soldiers, police said today.

Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India’s restive north-east today, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.

An overcrowded, speeding bus crashed into a stationary truck in north-eastern India today, killing 23 people and wounding 44 others, police said.

Two tigers killed a zoo visitor who stuck his arm into their cage to get a better photograph.