23 forces are killed in india

At least 23 Indian security forces were killed in an ambush by Maoist militants in the central state of Chattisgarh, officials said Sunday, reviving concerns around a decades-old insurgency that appeared to have been largely contained in recent years.

A large force of Indian security personnel had been carrying out a clearance operation in a densely forested area on the edges of the Bijapur district when they were ambushed by the insurgents Saturday.

Avinash Mishra, deputy superintendent of police in Bijapur, said an additional 31 security personnel were wounded in the attack.

Floods, mudslides leave at least 41 dead.

The fatal alchemy of mud, water and sheer force struck in eastern Indonesia at an hour past midnight Sunday, killing at least 41 people, disaster relief officials said.

Flash flooding and landslides submerged entire neighborhoods in East Nusa Tenggara province, which includes more than 560 islands. Seven villages were badly affected, according to Raditya Jati, a spokesperson for Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency. Twenty-seven people were missing, and nine were injured, he said.

Some of the worst damage was on the remote island of Adonara, where many residents were preparing to celebrate Easter Sunday. Torrential rain and strong winds had churned since the day before. The damage left dozens of houses under mud and water. Five bridges were severed, Raditya said.