At least 19 dead as boat capsizes in India

At least 19 people died Saturday after a boat carrying some 40 revellers returning from a kite festival capsized in the Ganges river in eastern India, police said.
"We can confirm that 19 people have died. Rescue operations are on to find those still missing," Manu Maharaj, senior police superintendent, told AFP.
TV footage showed emergency workers searching for survivors underwater as anxious family members waited on the shore.
The victims were travelling to take part in the Hindu religious festival of Makar Sakranti near Patna, the capital of Bihar state.