LUCKNOW - At least 14 people were killed and 19 critically injured Monday when the bus carrying them fell into a river in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said.

PATNA - As many as 35 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a boat capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar's Buxar district, police said Monday.

ISLAMABAD - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Pakistan's capital Islamabad and northwest region of the country early Monday, but there were no reports of casualties.

LOS ANGELES - A hotel in the US state of California was forced to evacuate Sunday after police received reports that a parked vehicle was bombed.

PATNA - At least 40 people were missing and feared drowned when a boat capsized Sunday in the Ganga river in Bihar's Buxar district, police said.