21 drown after boat capsizes in India

An overloaded boat carrying Hindu devotees capsized in northern India, leaving at least 21 people dead and 20 missing, police said today.

An overloaded boat carrying Hindu devotees capsized in northern India, leaving at least 21 people dead and 20 missing, police said today.

At least 60 people packed onto a boat to cross the Yamuna River after praying at a temple on Saturday night, said Surendra Srivastava, a police official in Uttar Pradesh state.

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