Twenty-three people are dead and 30 injured after a wall collapsed on a crowd celebrating a wedding in western India.
The 3.6-metre high wall toppled late on Wednesday because of heavy rain, crashing down on the wedding party during dinner in a marriage hall in the western state of Rajasthan, police official Bharat Lal Meena said.
Five children were among the dead, Meena said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a Twitter post he was pained by the accident.
Weddings are elaborate affairs in India with even people of modest income inviting large numbers of guests to receptions, often in purpose-built halls.
Building collapses are common with high demand for housing and lax regulations encouraging some builders to cut corners, use substandard materials or add unauthorised extra floors.
In 2013, a building being constructed illegally in Mumbai collapsed, killing 74 people in the country's worst building collapse in decades.
with AP
