J-K Police said a special checkpoint was established by police near Watlab Crossing in Sopore. During checking a suspicious person carrying a white coloured bag coming from Bandipora towards Watlab was signalled to stop. However, the suspicious person tried to flee from the spot but he was tactfully apprehended by the police party. On search, two IEDs were recovered from the white coloured bag he was carrying with. The person was identified as Irshad Ahmad Ganie alias Shahid, a resident of Kehnusa Bandipora.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 15 (ANI): Shopian district administration on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into a cross-firing in an encounter between terrorists and security forces that killed one civilian and injured another.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 15 (ANI): A civilian who was injured in cross-firing in an encounter between terrorists and security forces in Turkwagam in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir succumbed to his injuries, police said on Sunday.
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 5 (ANI): An Economics graduate from North Kashmir's Kupwara district, who quit his job two years back in search of an innovative source of income that could make him financially sound, has now become an owner to a mushroom cultivation farm.