Rioters in southern India killed six members of a Muslim family by setting fire to their home after earlier clashes between Hindus and Muslims left four others dead and 15 injured in the same village, officials said today.

Rains have eased a severe heat wave across India that has claimed more than 1,500 lives over the past four weeks, a relief official said today.

A truck carrying wedding guests collided head-on with another truck, killing at least 30 people in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.