Two elephants killed by trains in West Bengal, Assam

Two elephants, including one pregnant, were killed when two goods trains knocked them in Assam and West Bengal on Thursday, prompting the Northeast Frontier Railway to alert all animal corridors, officials said. NFR chief public relations officer Sabyasachi De said the first incident happened in between Chalsa-Nagrakata section under Alipurduar division in West Bengal around 2.40 am.