A fire engulfed two coaches of an express train in southern India today, killing at least 26 passengers, officials said.

A man suspected of belonging to banned Pakistani-based terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba has been arrested carrying explosives at New Delhi railway station.

Low-caste Indian groups protesting the desecration of their leader’s statue burned train cars, buses and clashed with police in western India today in violence that left at least two people dead and 40 injured, police said.

Flood waters have receded in many parts of western India, but tens of thousands of people remain stranded in marooned villages.

Authorities warned residents to remain at home today after heavy rains began falling again across Bombay and the surrounding state, which were hammered last week by devastating floods.