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Blast rocks railway track near India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan, several trains cancelled

A powerful explosion rocked a railway track in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district, near the India-Pakistan international border, triggering a major security alert. The blast occurred on the Anupgarh-Suratgarh railway line in the Ramsinghpur police station area which damaged two concrete blocks beneath the tracks and left a nearly two-foot-deep crater.The incident took place late Tuesday night, around 9:45 pm, near 50 GB village in Anupgarh. According to preliminary information, the explosion occurred approximately 45 minutes after a passenger train travelling on the Anupgarh-Suratgarh route had passed through the area.