Uppinangady: A private bus operator reportedly lost control of the vehicle while reversing at the Uppinangady bus stand on Saturday evening, damaging two shops and several vehicles parked in the parking lot. There were no reported casualties from the incident.

Meanwhile, locals alleged the driver of recklessly reversing, causing damage to shops owned by Nagaraj Bhat and Anil Kumar and vehicles and resulting in the bus entering the Uppinangady Grama Panchayat Commercial Complex.

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The bus stand, which is crowded on most days, had only a lesser amount of crowd on Saturday preventing a major mishap from happening.

A complaint in connection with the incident has been registered at the Uppinangady Police Station.

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Srinagar (PTI): Three Army personnel were injured in an exchange of fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday, officials said.

"Some exchange of fire took place near the Kumkadi post in Trehgam sector of the north Kashmir district," one of the officials said.

He added that three Army personnel were injured in the firing.

Further details are awaited as the operation is ongoing, the officials added.