India floods and landslides kill at least 19

SRINAGAR: Flash floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains killed at least 19 people in India on Sunday (Jul 19), officials and local media said, as authorities mounted rescue operations in affected regions.Eight people were killed in the northeastern state of Nagaland, next to Myanmar, while 11 others died in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir."We have recovered four of the eight bodies, and rescue work is ongoing," Wennyei Konyak, district magistrate of Nagaland's Mon district, told AFP.At least 15 others were injured, he said. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah "expressed profound anguish over the massive flash flood in Rajouri" in the Jammu region of the territory, his office said in a statement.The flood "has caused extensive damage to public and private property, in