Politics 14 October 2026, 08:25 via IOL

India festival boat capsize kills 13 children

Rescuers dragged out 13 dead children from India's Ganges River after a boat capsized en route to a festival, officials said Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing grief.

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