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India

20 missing after boat capsizes

Rescuers were searching on Tuesday for about 20 people feared missing after a boat capsized and sank in a rain-swollen river in remote northeast India, a government official said. The motorized ferry was taking about 100 villagers to a popular boat race in Assam state when it hit a bridge pylon and overturned on the Kolohi river late on Monday, a top district administrator said. Initial reports said up to 50 people were feared missing, but district police chief Indrani Barua said most passengers were later thought to have swum to safety.