Rains triggered landslides, snapped electricity cables and inundated a parts of northern India, pushing the death toll from monsoon rains to 114.

The death toll from the devastating blaze at a trade fair in northern India rose today to 52, officials said, while people struggled to find their relatives among the charred bodies.

A protest against a visit to India by US President George Bush turned into a clash between Hindus and Muslims today that left three people dead and 18 injured, police said.

Dozens of flights and trains arriving or departing New Delhi were delayed or cancelled today due to thick fog over a large part of northern India, while a cold wave sweeping the region claimed six more lives.

Seventeen people are believed to have died when a boat full of villagers returning from a picnic capsized in India’s Ganges River today, a senior police officer said.