Mobile Internet services were suspended in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Saturday amid a gunfight between militants and government forces in Brenthi Dialgam village.
A woman was killed and three other civilians injured during clashes near the site of the encounter that erupted in the villager earlier today.
Police have said that the woman died in an exchange of firing between militants and forces.
An official said that mobile Internet services were suspended to prevent the spreading of rumours on the social networking websites.