PATNA - At least 11 people, including women and children, were killed when a boat capsized in the Punpun river in Bihar's Patna district, police said Sunday.

NEW DELHI - A security guard posted at the residence of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal committed suicide, police said Sunday.

LONDON - A Muslim cleric who allegedly sexually abused young boys was held down and had his beard shaved off after he was arrested in Britain, a media report said.

MANILA - Hundreds of residents evacuated their homes in the northern Philippines Sunday as a powerful typhoon barrelling towards the country gained more strength.

AGRA - The bodies of two of the three boys who drowned in river Yamuna were recovered by divers early Sunday, police said.