An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Kalaban area, near Pathanateer in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district, an official said.
Murtaza Khan, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Mendhar Assembly constituency for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) held a roadshow on Thursday.
JKNC candidate from Mendhar Assembly Constituency, Javed Ahmed Rana on Tuesday thanked the party's high command and the people of Mendhar adding that the party's biggest agenda is to make Pir Panjal region a separate administrative division.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday held a roadshow at Mendhar Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. She is contesting from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat going to to polls on May 7 in the third phase of general elections.
In a joint intelligence-based operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Indian Army busted a terror hideout in the Mendhar area of Poonch, seizing pistols and grenades, officials said on Friday evening.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday booked a drug peddler at Mendhar in Poonch under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act(PIT NDPS Act).
"During searches by the army's sniffer dog detected some suspicious IEDs and other explosive material which were later on destroyed by the Bomb Disposal squad safely," he said.
"The accident took place near Keri Kangra in Mendhar, Poonch when the driver of the Eco Van lost control over it and the vehicle rolled down many feet into a gorge, leading to the injuries to 14 people-- six of them females and eight males," officials said.
An over-ground worker of terrorists was arrested from the subdivision Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch in a joint search operation by police and the Indian Army on Sunday, according to officials.