A BOMB blast ripped through a religious procession in eastern Pakistan yesterday, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20, police said.

A bomb blast ripped through a religious procession in eastern Pakistan today, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20, police said.

A bus fell from a bridge into a dry riverbed in northwestern India early today, killing at least 26 students and teachers on board, police said.

Two stationmasters and an engineer face criminal charges today after a head-on train crash that killed at least 37 people in northern India was blamed on a communications blunder.