India, Jan. 1 -- A powerful blast rocked a police station in Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, on Thursday, with the impact felt several hundred metres away.

A PTI report citing officials said no casualties have been reported so far, and a probe has been launched to identify the cause of the blast.

Panic ran through the residents of Nalagarh following the blast near the police station. According to the PTI report, the impact of the blast that occurred in a lane near the police station was so strong that the windows of nearby buildings were shattered. The local residents said that the loud sound from the blast was heard from up to 400 to 500 metres.

An eyewitness sitting in the vicinity told the news agency that the impact ca...