At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India.

Political parties in India’s upcoming election have been scrambling to associate themselves with the Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire', hoping some of its magic will rub off on their campaigns.

At least 30 people were drowned today after a crowded boat capsized in the rain-swollen Ganges River in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

At least 39 passengers died when three coaches of an express train caught fire in northern India early today, police said.

At least eight people were killed in southern India today when an express passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train.