Death toll from northeast India landslide rises to 20

Rescuers in India's northeast have recovered 20 bodies from the site of a landslide that buried a railway construction camp, the army said yesterday, after a second day of search efforts.

Security forces and disaster relief teams are still racing to rescue dozens more feared trapped under debris at the site of the incident in Manipur state.

Most victims were reserve soldiers from the Territorial Army who had been working on the railway project.

An army statement said that 18 people had been safely recovered so far, while 15 reservists and 29 civilians were still missing.