The injured have been taken to hospitals and efforts were on to control the fire, officials said. Ambulances and fire engines from Indore and Bhopal were rushed to the site of the explosion to tackle the blaze.
At least eight people were killed and 87 others were injured after a fire broke out inside a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh's Harda, triggering several explosions, on Tuesday morning.
The chief minister also announced that Rs 4 lakh will be provided as ex-gratia to the families of the deceased and the injured will be given free treatment.
Authorities disclosed that unidentified assailants opened fire on Zulfiqar Shah, who is contesting from PS-46, striking him in the shoulder before fleeing the scene
SSP Dehradun Ajay Singh told ANI, "There was an encounter between police and miscreants at Asan Barrage in Vikas Nagar last night in which two miscreants were injured by police bullets and have been sent to the hospital for treatment."
The clash resulted in the arrest of 25 PTI workers and caused injuries to media personnel amidst the confrontations between party supporters and law enforcement officers.
As many as ten policemen have been killed, six injured in an attack on a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district, the Pakistan police said on Monday, Geo News reported.
Sonali Ghosh, Director of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, told ANI that the incident took place near the Ververi area, where a rhino attacked them on Sunday evening while they were patrolling.
According to the organisers, 700 bulls and 350 tamers are participating in this event.Police personnel were deployed in the village for security. In the first round of the event, 15 people were injured.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Udhampur, Joginder Singh, confirmed the accident and said that the tragic accident occurred near Tikri along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway while the family was on its way from Jammu to Udhampur.