Eight people were killed and 65 others injured, in fresh fighting in occupied Kashmir, where a huge explosive haul was also seized, occupation police said on Monday.
Around 60 people were injured on Monday when suspected freedom fighters hurled a hand grenade that exploded near a bus terminal in the south of the occupied Kashmir.
The suspected freedom fighters tossed the grenade at a passing occupation force patrol vehicle in Pulwama town, an occupation police spokesman said.
"Around 57 civilians and three occupation force personnel were injured in the explosion," he said.
The blast sparked panic near the bus terminal used by hundreds of passengers to travel daily to occupied Srinagar and other parts of occupied Kashmir.
"Fourteen of the injured were shifted to occupied Srinagar's main hospital," the spokesman said, adding eight of them were serious.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Occupation police on Monday said they had seized 18 kilograms of RDX explosive militants may have planned to use to disrupt polling for national elections in the state.
"It is presumed the explosives were meant to disrupt the upcoming elections," an occupation police spokesman told AFP.
A member of Lashkar-e-Taiba and an Indian occupation army soldier died in a fierce overnight clash in the district of Kupwara, occupation police said.
An Indian occupation army soldier was killed and five others injured when they were ambushed overnight in Baramulla district. Troops shot back by killing a freedom fighter in the same district.
Two civilians, a trooper and a freedom fighter commander died elsewhere in Kashmir.