The ISPR issued a statement noting an ongoing sanitization operation in the area to eliminate the presence of terrorists. "Sanitisation operation is being carried out to eliminate the terrorists present in the area," the military's media wing said.
The police spokesperson said that DSP Chan Shah was leading a police party to arrest the kidnappers of a woman in Shah Noor village when unidentified assailants opened fire on the vehicle.
MEMU passenger train derailed after hitting a cow while travelling on the Sarla-Sambalpur section in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Wednesday, East Coast Railway officials said.
At least five people have been killed and over 20 are wounded in a blast that took place in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan on Friday, Samaa TV reported.
"Frontal collisions between trains, derailment of compartments, helpless passengers trapped in coaches and succumbing to fate: this is becoming a most unfortunate repetitive trope!!," Mamata added.
Officials said that at least six people died when coaches derailed after Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train hit a Visakhapatnam-Ragada train travelling on the same route in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening.
At least six people died and 18 were injured when coaches derailed after Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train hit a Visakhapatnam-Ragada train travelling on the same route in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening, officials said.