TEAR gas and pellet guns have been used to quell thousands of stone-throwing protesters who took to the streets after special Eid prayers in the Indian portion of Kashmir.
A police officer said dozens of protesters, police and paramilitary officers were injured in the clashes at several places in Srinagar, the main city in the Indian part of Kashmir.
Authorities put several separatist leaders under house arrest to stop them leading the protesters on the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the fasting month of Ramadan.
Anti-India feelings run deep in Kashmir, where about a dozen rebel groups have been fighting against Indian rule since 1989.
Earlier this week Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said it was imperative to restore a ceasefire on the disputed Kashmir border following violence in which five Indian troops were killed.
Mr Sharif said he was looking forward to meeting his Indian counterpart to discuss the move after the Indian defence minister claimed the Pakistani army was directly responsible for the killings.
Islamabad denied it had in any way instigated the violence and said the allegations were baseless.
Mr Sharif said he hoped to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York in September.
He said it was "incumbent upon the leadership of both sides not to allow the situation to drift and to take steps to improve the atmosphere by engaging constructively with a view to building trust and confidence".
Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said the ambush was carried out by terrorists and people dressed in Pakistani army uniforms.
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