Four teenage boys drowned in Ulhas river in Thane district's Badlapur area on Friday afternoon, a police official said. The ...

The children, in the 15-16 age group and Class X students, had ventured into the river after celebrating Holi and got swept away when its water level rose suddenly, he said.

In two separate incidents, seven people including four children drowned in Maharashtra's Thane and Pune districts on Friday, officials said.