<p class="title">Six children, most of them members of one family, died after a country boat they were on capsized in Narani river in Malappuram district on Tuesday, DHNS reports from Thiruvananthapuram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident happened at about 5 pm near Changarankulam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The deceased, four of them girls, were identified as Praseena, Vaishna, Jenisha, Pooja, Adidev and Adinath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three others - two children and an oarsman identified as Velayudhan - were rescued by residents of the area.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Preliminary reports said the children, aged between eight and 15 years, included Velayudhan's relatives and neighbours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The group was heading for a nearby stretch of the river where a bund had recently breached.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Velayudhan is admitted in a hospital in Thrissur. The condition of the rescued children was reported as stable.</p>
<p class="title">Six children, most of them members of one family, died after a country boat they were on capsized in Narani river in Malappuram district on Tuesday, DHNS reports from Thiruvananthapuram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident happened at about 5 pm near Changarankulam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The deceased, four of them girls, were identified as Praseena, Vaishna, Jenisha, Pooja, Adidev and Adinath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three others - two children and an oarsman identified as Velayudhan - were rescued by residents of the area.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Preliminary reports said the children, aged between eight and 15 years, included Velayudhan's relatives and neighbours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The group was heading for a nearby stretch of the river where a bund had recently breached.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Velayudhan is admitted in a hospital in Thrissur. The condition of the rescued children was reported as stable.</p>
