The decision to allow Internet and mobile phone use in partsof the Jammu region was also reversed.

Authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in majorparts of Srinagar on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residentsand police left dozens injured, two senior officials and eyewitnesses said.Thedecision to allow Internet and mobile phone use in parts of the Jammu regionwas also reversed, according to one official, amid concerns about the spread ofrumours.In the past 24 hours, there has been a series of protests against theabrogation of Article 370 following the easing of restrictions on movement andphone use on Saturday morning.

The State government has said it has not imposed a curfewover the past two weeks, but on Sunday people were being turned back atmultiple roadblocks in the city.Security forces at some roadblocks have toldresidents there is a curfew.

Two senior government officials told Reuters that at leasttwo dozen people were admitted to hospitals with pellet injuries after violentclashes broke out in the old city on August 17 night. Representatives in theJammu and Kashmir government in Srinagar and New Delhi did not immediatelyreturn calls asking about the latest clampdown or seeking an assessment of thenumber of injuries and clashes.

One of the official sources said people threw stones atsecurity forces in around two dozen places across Srinagar. He said theintensity of the stone throwing protests has increased over past few days.

The heavy overnight clashes took place mostly in Rainawari,Nowhetta and Gojwara areas of the old city where security forces fired teargas, chilly grenades and pellets to disperse protesters, eyewitnesses andofficials said.Chilly grenades contain very spicy chili pepper, and produce amajor eye and skin irritant, as well as a pungent smell, when they areunleashed.The officials, who declined to be identified, said clashes also tookplace in other parts of the city including Soura, which has seen protests inthe last two weeks. A senior government official and hospital authorities atSrinagar's main hospital said at least 17 people came in there with pelletinjuries. They said 12 were discharged while five with grievous injuries wereadmitted. The hospital officials and a police officer told Reuters that a65-year-old man, Mohammad Ayub of Braripora, was admitted to the hospital afterhe had major breathing difficulties when tear gas and chilly grenades werefired in old city area on Saturday afternoon. He died in the hospital onSaturday night and has already been buried, they said.

Javed Ahmad, 35, from the wealthy Rajbagh area of Srinagar,was prevented from going to the old city early Sunday morning by paramilitarypolice at a barricade near the city centre. “I had to visit my parents there.Troops had blocked the road with concertina wire. They asked me to go back asthere was curfew in the area,” he said.Telephone landlines were restored inparts of the city on Saturday after a 12-day blackout, and remained open onSunday. The State government has said most telephone exchanges in the regionwould start working by Sunday evening.The internet and cell phones remainblocked in Kashmir.More than 500 political or community leaders and activistsremained in detention, and some have been flown to prisons outside the State.