Toll in Meghalaya bus tragedy rises to 8 after 2 more bodies recovered from river 

Rescuers recovered two more bodies from a river on Friday, taking the total toll in the bus accident that took place in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district to eight, an official said.

Rescuers recovered bodies of the two missing men from a river on Friday, taking the death toll in the bus accident in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district to eight, an official said.

The Meghalaya Transport Corporation bus, travelling from Tura in West Garo Hills district to state capital Shillong, broke the railing of a bridge and plunged into the Ringdi river at Nongchram in the early hours of Thursday.