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		</div><p>Four Indian soldiers, two suspected militants and a civilian have been killed in a gun battle in disputed Kashmir, further escalating tensions in the region.</p>
<p>Officials said another soldier was wounded in the battle, which came after a local Kashmiri militant rammed an explosive-laden van into a paramilitary bus on Thursday.</p>
<p>At least 40 soldiers were killed in that attack, which was the worst against Indian government forces in Kashmir&#8217;s history.</p>
<p>The fresh fighting erupted early on Monday after government forces surrounded a village in the southern Pulwama area on a tip that militants were hiding there, security officials said.</p>
<p>As troops began conducting searches they came under heavy gunfire, leading to fatalities, police said.</p>
<p>Local residents said troops destroyed one house through explosives during the fighting. Police said they recovered the bodies of two militants from the debris. A civilian was also killed in the crossfire, police said.</p>
<p>The dead soldiers included an Indian army major. The wounded soldier was reported to be in a critical condition.</p>
<p>The fighting triggered anti-India protests and clashes in the village, with local residents, mainly youths, trying to march to the site of the gun battle in solidarity with the rebels.</p>
<p>Government forces fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters.</p>
<p>Tensions have escalated in the region since Thursday&#8217;s attack, which India blamed on Pakistan, promising a &#8220;jaw-breaking response&#8221;.</p>
<p>Pakistan warned India not to link it to the attack without an investigation, saying that it was part of New Delhi&#8217;s &#8220;known rhetoric and tactics&#8221; to divert global attention from human rights violations in Kashmir.</p>
<p>Rivals India and Pakistan each administer part of Kashmir, but both claim the region in its entirety.</p>
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