SUNSTROKE and dehydration claimed another 160 lives in a southern Indian state, raising the death toll from a two-week heat wave to nearly 900, a relief official said.

Hundreds of thousands of Hindus and Muslims prayed in a southern Indian city today, seeking rain and a respite from a killer heatwave that has claimed 884 lives.

Sunstroke and dehydration claimed another 130 lives in a southern Indian state, raising the death toll from a two-week heat wave to 765, a relief official said today.

A DEADLY heat wave in southern India has killed at least 430 people in the past two weeks, a relief official said yesterday.

A heat wave in southern India has killed at least 430 people over the last two weeks, a relief official said today.