Curfew remained in force in five police station area of old city and was extended to Batamaloo, Shaheedgunj, Soura, Zadibal, Qamarwari and Bemina areas of the city as a precautionary measure, a police official said.
He said curfew was also imposed in Khanpora area of Baramulla district, Awanitpora and Pampore in Pulwama district while Anantnag town in south Kashmir also continued to remain under curfew.
Meanwhile, body of an ATM security guard was found outside a hospital here.
Body of Reyaz Ahmad, which bore a big perforation in the abdomen, was found outside SMHS Hospital, a police official said.
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He said while it was not clear how the youth had died, a postmortem was underway on the body to ascertain the cause of his death. The deceased was a resident of Bagiyas area of the city.
Normal life remained affected for the 26th consecutive day in the Valley due to the curbs imposed by the authorities and separatist sponsored strike against the killing of civilians during clashes which erupted in the wake of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8.
Attendance in government offices was also thin, the official said.
Mobile Internet services continued to remain snapped in the entire Valley where postpaid mobile telephony services have been restored across all networks.The incoming facility on prepaid connections has also been restored, but outgoing calls are barred on such numbers.
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Meanwhile, a police spokesman said a dozen incidents of stone-pelting were reported from different parts of the valley including Srinagar during the day.
"Twelve incidents of stone-pelting were reported from Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag, Sopore and Kupwara districts today.
He said barring these incidents, the overall situation remained by and large under control.
However, hospital sources said 35 people were injured in the clashes between protesters and law enforcing agencies in different parts of south, north and central Kashmir.
Some of the critically injured persons were brought to different hospitals here, they said.