Srinagar, March 6 -- The situation is slowly returning to normal in Kashmir valley even though the authorities continued with mild restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Thursday.

Shops opened and traffic movement resumed partially in Srinagar after three days after restrictions were imposed in parts of Kashmir valley to prevent escalation of protests against the killing of Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel strikes on Saturday.

"I opened my shop today after three days. The situation was calm and the footfall of people also started, though some restrictions are still in place in some parts as police had laid concertina wires on some roads," said a shopkeeper at Residency Road.

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