The official said security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a hunt for the attackers.
No one was injured in the attack, said officials.
Security forces in the Jammu region are maintaining a strong vigil and conducting operations to track down 40 to 50 terrorists active in the area. Multi-tier security measures, including anti-drone strategies and intensified night operations, are in place.
It is suspected that the IED might have been carried by a drone and dropped at the wrong site close to the border, sources said.
Punjab Police have arrested five people, including the mastermind, in connection with recent grenade attacks on police stations in the state. The terror module is allegedly backed by the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The arrests come after a series of grenade attacks on police stations in Punjab, with the BKI claiming responsibility for some of the attacks. The police are continuing to investigate the incidents and are expecting more arrests.
The grenade exploded by the roadside without causing any damage.
The FIR pointed out that the accused persons booked by the Central agency were instructed to hurl hand grenades at public gatherings and processions in order to create communal tension.
At about 10:20 am, terrorists hurled a grenade upon the Army convoy near bus stand Sumbal.
The ISYF is supported by Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI.
The boy, who will turn 16 on March 12, was apprehended while fleeing after hurling the grenade at the bus stand that left two men dead and 31 others injured.
Two AK-47 rifles, two Glock pistols, and a huge cache of ammunition were seized from them, he said.
A police station in north Kashmir's Bandipore district was attacked by terrorists, who hurled a hand grenade injuring four policemen, late on Tuesday evening.
An explosion occurred outside a temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India, when a motorcycle-borne person threw an explosive device towards it, damaging a portion of its wall and shattering window panes. While no one was hurt in the incident, the explosion caused panic among residents. The incident has sparked concern about law and order in the state and led to accusations against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. The police are investigating the incident and have collected samples from the site to identify the material used in the explosion.
Terroristss lobbed a grenade towards a security forces camp in Sopore town of Baramulla district in Kashmir but no damage was done in the explosion, official sources said in Srinagar.
Unidentified on terrorists on Wednesday exploded a powerful grenade at the house of a Manipur government official at Singjamei area in Imphal, but none was injured, official sources said.
All hell broke loose. He knew the enemy was close. Then he heard the deep-throated and comforting thudding as his LMG across the stream went into action. Nanavatty was relieved that his men were in the fight with spirit.
Terrorists hurled a grenade in Hari Singh High Street market area -- a few hundred metres from the city centre Lal Chowk.
A blast was reported outside the Bakshiwal police chowki in Gurdaspur district, Punjab on Wednesday night. The police launched an investigation, and a forensic team has been deployed to the scene. While no one has reported hearing the sound of a blast, a burnt patch was found outside the chowki. This incident follows a series of other blasts in Punjab this month, including one at the Islamabad police station in Amritsar on Tuesday. In the Islamabad incident, a hand grenade was thrown at a police post in Nawanshahr on December 2nd. The Khalistan Zindabad Force has claimed responsibility for the alleged attack on the Bakshiwal police chowki.
The CRPF team was manning a checkpoint when the grenade attack took place.
The terrorists hurled a grenade on a security patrol outside the heavily guarded Deputy Commissioner's office complex in Anantnag town around 11 am.
Militants hurled grenade near a police station in the old city area of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital, reports Mukhtar Ahmad/Rediff.com from Srinagar.
Nearly a dozen grenade attacks have taken place in the valley since Thursday.
This is second attack on security forces in Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- within 24 hours.
Two powerful explosions rocked north Kashmir's Sopore town on Tuesday evening injuring one policeman.
All the injured were rushed to a hospital where Ghulam Mohammad Khan, 65, died, the official said.
A vegetable seller was killed on the spot and two bystanders wounded in a powerful hand-grenade explosion that rocked the Dalgate area of Srinagar on Friday evening.
Two persons were injured and a vehicle was damaged when unidentified miscreants hurled grenades in front of Punjab National Bank branch at Ganeshguri in the heart of the city around 6.10 on Tuesday evening.
At least six persons were injured in a grenade explosion triggered by suspected anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) at Bongaigaon town in western Assam tonight, police said.
However, no casualty was reported in the blast that took place late on Sunday night in front of Triveni gate of the cantonment.
The loud explosion caused panic among the people, especially those who had come to the weekly flea market, also known as Sunday market, the official said.
They said preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists hurled a grenade at a naka (patrol) party near Nishat Park in the district in north Kashmir, causing splinter injuries to five security forces personnel.
The attack took place around 8.25 pm.
Mehbooba was campaigning on the outskirts of Srinagar for the coming civic elections.
A powerful grenade suspected to have been thrown by terrorists was on Wednesday found in the compound of the heavily guarded Manipur secretariat, official sources said.
Security personnel deployed at Jehangir Chowk were the apparent target of the grenade attack.
Official sources said the militants hurled a hand grenade at the force's bunker near Hanuman Mandir but it missed the target and exploded on the road injuring one passerby.
Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel were also among the injured.
Militants on Wednesday made an abortive bid to target a CRPF camp in Anantnag district, about 52 kms from Srinagar, by hurling a grenade which exploded by the roadside without causing any damage.
At least eight persons were injured, two of them critically, in a powerful hand grenade explosion in south Kashmir's Bejibehara town late on Sunday afternoon.A senior police officer said militants hurled a grenade in the main market in the highway town of Bejibehara in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, 54 kms from Srinagar late on Sunday afternoon. The grenade exploded under a passing car, injuring all the four occupants and four bystanders.
Two persons, including a police official, were critically injured in a grenade explosion in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Monday.
