A pet parrot in India has been credited with helping catch the man who murdered its owner.

A fire broke out at the Indian army’s largest arms depot in Kashmir today, wounding at least 30 people, officials said, as shells exploded into the air and a massive plume of black smoke blanketed the Himalayan region.

More than 60 passengers were killed when a train travelling to Pakistan caught fire in northern India, rail officials said.

Suspected separatist rebels shot and killed 42 migrant workers and wounded 19 others in at least 10 separate attacks in India’s remote northeast, officials said.

Two of BP’s new double-hull tankers that carry Alaska crude oil have developed mysterious cracks in their rudders, the company said.