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A family member of one of the men who were killed after consuming alcohol At least 53 people have been killed after consuming toxic alcohol in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay), local police say. They say residents of a slum in the Malad area fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Wednesday morning. A number of other people are being treated in hospitals, amid fears that the death toll could rise. Toxic alcohol deaths are a regular occurrence in India, where people often drink cheap country liquor. One suspect has been detained in the latest case. Tayra Khan, wife of one of the victims, told the Mid-Day newspaper that her husband was admitted to hospital early on Thursday after "he complained of vomiting and pain in the stomach". "He died three hours later, leaving me and my three little children alone." At least 29 people were killed after consuming toxic alcohol in Uttar Pradesh state in January. India has witnessed many other incidents ...

An Indian farmer has died after hanging himself from a tree before a huge crowd at a rally addressed by the chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal. Gajendra Singh, from the western state of Rajasthan, was taken to hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had staged the rally in Delhi to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial land acquisition bill. Opponents of the bill say it will hurt the interests of farmers. However, the government says it will boost the economy. The bill was passed in the lower house of parliament last month but has not yet been approved by the upper house, where Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is in the minority. Since 1995, more than 300,000 Indian farmers have killed themselves because of debts or poor harvests. However, correspondents say this is the most high-profile incident of its kind, taking place before thousands of people at a rally in the capital. 'Driven out...

A railway official told the BBC they could see many bodies trapped in the wreckage At least 11 people have died after three coaches of a train derailed in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, railway officials say. The accident took place near Anekal, about 40km (25 miles) from the state capital, Bangalore, on Friday morning. Officials said the toll was likely to rise as many bodies were trapped in the wreckage. Seventeen people are injured. There have been numerous train accidents in India in recent years, killing hundreds of people. India's railway network operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries some 18 million passengers every day. Railway officials said the Bangalore-Ernakulam Intercity Express left Bangalore a little after 06:00 local time [12:30GMT] and that the accident took place 90 minutes later. "I had dozed off when there was a sudden jerk and people started falling off," Vinay, who works for an IT software company, told BBC Hindi's ...