In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces  have defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) recovered from underneath a culvert on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway (NH144) .<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #000000;">The explosive  was detected  after Rajouri Police received inputs from reliable sources early this morning about a suspicious movement in the areas of Bathuni and Dalogra of the district. AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the vehicular traffic on the  important  Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway remained suspended for  three hours in the morning after the detection of the IED.</span><br />