Additionally, South Korean military officials said that several North Korean soldiers had been injured or killed in recent landmine explosions near the border, though the exact timing of these incidents was not specified.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in West Bengal that killed at least eight people and injured over 20 people.
At least six people have been killed and 19 others are injured in Equador after heavy rain-storms have triggered a landslide in the South-American nation, reported Al Jazeera.
At least five policemen have been killed, and three others have sustained injuries after a police vehicle overturned in the Hub district of Balochistan province, ARY News reported on Monday.
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the accident in Darjeeling involving the Kanchenjunga Express train and a goods train in which at least eight passengers were killed and over 20 people sustained injuries.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has left for Darjeeling to visit the site of a train accident involving the Kanchenjunga Express train and a goods train that killed at least five passengers and left over 20 people injured.
The four naxals killed included a zonal commander, a sub zonal commander as well as an area commander. The two arrested naxals also included an area commander.
According to details, the explosion took place on Korham Road. Among the injured, four people are in critical condition. According to 1122 rescue officials, the bodies and injured people were taken to the nearby hospital.