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At least two people have been killed and more than 20 injured after police struggle to control the crowd at an annual chariot festival in eastern India. Natasha Howitt reports.
Five children are killed when a train slams into a bus at an unguarded railway crossing in India. Katie Sargent reports
Hundreds of villagers participate in a traditional mass fishing event during Bhogali Bihu celebrations at Bamuni Lake, near Guwahati, the capital city of India's northeastern Assam state, to mark the end of the harvesting season. IMAGES
At least nine people were killed Saturday after a train coach parked in southern India caught fire when a passenger tried to make tea, officials said. The coach, which had been detached from a train, was stationed at the Madurai railway yard in the southern state of Tamil Nadu when the fire broke out before dawn. Local media reports said the passengers had illegally smuggled aboard a gas cylinder which exploded when they tried to use it. IMAGES
Railway teams work to restore tracks at the site of India's deadliest train crash in decades, a disaster that has reignited safety concerns about the country's rail network. Friday's crash at Balasore in the eastern state of Odisha has left nearly 300 people dead. IMAGES
Dozens of workers continue to clear the scene of Friday's three-train crash in Balasore, eastern India. Damaged carriages still lie beside the tracks and debris litters the area. Search and rescue operations for victims and survivors came to an end yesterday, the day after the accident. The collision, which has now been blamed on a signalling error, led the deaths of at least 288 people and injured a further 900. It is India's deadliest rail incident in 20 years. IMAGES
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