The soldiers were traveling in a bus 7 miles north of the summer capital, Srinagar, when a roadside explosive device was detonated the BBC reported.

Several of the injured were in critical condition.

The bomb is thought to have been hidden in a shop in the village of Lawaypora.

Hours earlier, at least 10 people were wounded in grenade attack in Kashmir's winter capital, Jammu, CNN reported.

The attacks comes after the authorities in Indian Kashmir said there had been a substantial decline in violence since a ceasefire was declared by Indian and Pakistani forces last month.

The 14-year insurgency in Indian-Kashmir has killed as many as 60,000 people.