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New Delhi was on Friday enveloped in a thick toxic fog the day after Diwali, Hindu festival of lights, celebrated with multitudes of oil lamps and candles that burned all night with a lot of firecrackers, although banned for sale.

At least 18 elephant remains have been found in the jungle of Assam state in northeastern India, authorities said Friday. They have launched an investigation into the cause of their deaths, which are believed to have been caused by lightning.

India's hardest-hit state for the coronavirus, which includes the megalopolis of Mumbai, put new restrictions in place Monday as the country recorded more than 100,000 new cases in 24 hours for the first time.

At least 15 people died crushed by a truck in western India while sleeping by the roadside on Monday night, authorities said. Among the dead were a little girl, eight women and six men, said police officer Usha Rada in the Suraj district of Gujarat state. Six others were injured. The truck collided with a tractor carrying sugar cane just after midnight at a crossroads.

At least 17 people were killed and 15 seriously injured on Friday when an Air India Express passenger plane departed the runway and "split in two" after landing in heavy rain in southern India. India.