Initially, the districts of Puttalam, Kurunegala and Gampaha, near Colombo, were told to stay indoors after Christian-led mobs attacked several Muslim-owned businesses and mosques on Sunday and Monday.

Curfew will be lifted for seven hours on Sunday in curfew-bound areas in Meghalaya's capital Shillong, but restrictions will remain in force, a senior government said on Saturday.

Authorities in Haryana's Sirsa relaxed curfew in the town limits on Tuesday although the area around the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters on the outskirts remained tense.

Curfew and restrictions continued in Srinagar and other places in the Kashmir Valley on Monday as authorities said "these were necessary to maintain law and order"

Situations are not looking good in the costal district of Odisha. Curfew has been extended till 6 pm on Saturday and patrolling intensified in communal violence-hit Bhadrak town.

Curfew has been imposed in Lakhimpur city of Uttar Pradesh, after reports of clashes between two communities over the circulation of an objectionable video on Whatsapp.

Curfew was imposed in all 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday on the occasion of Eid. Drones, helicopters were keeping a vigil on the valley.

One person was killed in police firing in Bengaluru after the angry mobs continued torching scores of vehicles till late Monday evening. Curfew has been imposed in sensitive localities.

After 51 days of curfew, restrictions relaxed in Kashmir