A BOMB exploded during an Independence Day parade in India's remote northeast yesterday killing at least 15 people, including schoolchildren.

A bomb exploded during an Independence Day parade in India’s remote northeast today, killing at least 15 people, mostly children, just an hour after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to fight terrorism.

Torrential rains today caused more flooding in India’s remote northeast, affecting more than 50,000 people and cutting a key land route, officials said.