Authorities on Tuesday evening imposed restrictions in old Barzulla area of Srinagar where the body of a slain militant is being taken after exhumation in Kupwara district.

Parents of a slain Kashmiri militant are expected to receive his body on Tuesday, more than a month after he was killed in a shootout in Kupwara, police said.

At least three soldiers, two policemen and a militant were killed on Wednesday as the gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district entered its second day officials said.

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.

At least three militants were killed when the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday, an official said.

Widespread protests by students in the Kashmir Valley on Monday heightened tensions as dozens of students and policemen were injured in clashes.

Heavy exchange of gunfire has been reported between security forces and approximately 3 hiding militants in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir. One policeman has been injured in the battle.