Clashes erupted between residents and government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city today, a day after a teenage boy was killed, allegedly by a rubber bullet fired by police.

Suspected Islamic militants set off a powerful bomb blast in Indian-administered Kashmir killing three people and wounding at least seven others, police said today.

Indian government forces raided a hideout of suspected Islamic militants in the Indian part of Kashmir today, sparking a gunbattle which left two soldiers and one rebel dead.