The death toll from a train derailment in northern India rose to at least 60 today as more bodies were pulled out of the mangled coaches.

RESCUERS searched through the wreckage of a packed express train for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India yesterday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 100 others, officials said.

At least 31 people have been killed and 100 others were injured after a packed express train derailed in northern India.