Normal life was derailed in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as separatists announced a protest march to Shopian town in solidarity with civilians killed in fighting between militants and security forces.

The Centre on Tuesday sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the situation in Kasganj district that which witnessed the killing of a youth on the Republic Day and subsequent violence.

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Iran's Kerman province on Tuesday.

Three militants and a woman were killed on Monday in a gunfight between the security forces and the militants in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Violent protests erupted across Pakistan on Saturday after security forces launched an early-morning crackdown on thousands of religious demonstrators camped on a highway in the capital in which a policeman was killed and 200 hundred people were injured. The authorities ordered private television channels to go off the air.

Two Indian Army soldiers and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.

Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Abdul Qayoom Najar alias Jansahib has been killed during Uri encounter while he was trying to infiltrate into the valley. He was an active militant for over 18 years.

Two militants were killed and one was arrested on Monday during a gunfight between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.

A gunfight erupted on Saturday between holed up militants and the security forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.

President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 112 Gallantry Awards to armed forces and paramilitary personnel on the occasion of the 71st Independence Day.