ASSAM: FIVE STUDENTS DROWN

In two separate incidents, as many as five students drowned in Assam. Three boys were killed at Palashbari of Kamrup (rural) district, when they slipped and fell into a deep gorge while playing football. The boys were students of a local high school. The incident cast a pall of gloom in the entire area. Another two students were found dead in a pond at Bilasipara of Dhubri district by local residents.