Army divers and rescue workers pulled 103 bodies out of a river after a packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote north east India, an official said.

An overcrowded, speeding bus crashed into a stationary truck in north-eastern India today, killing 23 people and wounding 44 others, police said.

At least 28 people were feared dead today after a cyclone swept through India’s remote north-east Assam state.