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Four persons were injured when a suspicious object exploded while picking jimbu (a dried herb) at Tetang in Muktichettra Rural Municipality-3 of Mustang district on Tuesday.

The District Administration Office, Mustang said that the incident occurred at around 5 pm yesterday.

The injured have been identified as Res Rokka Magar (23), Tika Buda Magar (19), Tejendra Roka Magar (25) and Dilip Roka Magar (25).

Chief District Officer of Mustang Netra Prasad Sharma said that the injured have been referred to Pokhara for further treatment from Jomsom Hospital.

They are said to be in critical condition.

Meanwhile, the District Police Office, Mustang said that a team of the Area Police Office, Chusanga under the leadership of Sub-Inspector Padam Rana has headed towards the incident site for investigation.

Hundreds of families of Baraha Municipality of Sunsari and Belka Municipality of Udayapur have been displaced after the Saptakoshi river gushed into human settlements following incessant rainfall.

The floodwaters of Koshi river gushed into the human settlements and arable land of Sri Lanka Island from Dumribot after India did not open all the gates of Koshi Barrage.

Locals of Barahachettra of Sunsari and Belka Municipality of Udayapur have been terrorized after the Koshi river changed the direction.

Badri Rai of Sri Lanka Island of Barahachettra Municipality-6 said that the Koshi river changed the direction towards west after 39 years as India did not open the doors of Koshi Barrage.

He was of the opinion that the Koshi will cause a huge damage if it is not controlled immediately.

Local Bikram Pandey said that the locals have started going to safer places after the flood water entered Sri Lanka Island.

Hundred houses are at high risk of floods after the Koshi river entered the Sri Lanka Island via Dumribot, Sisaulighat, Dhauri Island and Chilime.

The local administration has been facing difficulties to control the floods though it has mobilized Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel, Chief District Officer of Sunsari Indra Des Yadav said.

Ramesh Karki, Mayor of Barahachettra Municipality of Sunsari, said that hundreds of families have been displaced after the Koshi changed the direction towards the west.

A Pakistani military helicopter carrying a senior commander and five others crashed on a mountain during a flood relief operation and all on board were killed, the military and police said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

The army aviation helicopter, which was helping with flood relief work in Balochistan province, lost contact with air traffic control on Monday.

"The accident occurred due to bad weather," the military said in a statement.

The wreckage was found on a mountain in Lasbela district, senior provincial police officer Pervez Umrani told Reuters.

The commander of the south Pakistan-based 12 Corps, Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali, was among those killed, the military said, according to Reuters.

Southern Pakistan has been hit hard by floods after unusually heavy monsoon rains. Scores of people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been swept away.

Nepal reported 814 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 762 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 509 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 653 people underwent antigen tests, of which 305 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 5, 144 active cases in the country.