1,000 dead in quake and toll to keep rising

At least 1,000 people have been killed in the most powerful earthquake to strike the Indian subcontinent in more than half a century.

At least 1,000 people have been killed in the most powerful earthquake to strike the Indian subcontinent in more than half a century.

The quake in the western Gujarat state shook high-rise buildings far away in the capital, New Delhi, and was felt in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.

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