ANKARA  At least nine people have died in different parts of India in the past 24 hours as torrential rains continue to batter the South Asian nation, officials said on Tuesday, pushing the total death toll to date in this ongoing monsoon season to over 450. Three deaths were reported each in the western state of Maharashtra and the northern states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, as heavy downpours triggered cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides. In Maharashtra, over 100 people have