<p>“Curfew has been imposed in five police station areas of Old City Srinagar and in the uptown Batmaloo area to maintain law and order," a senior police officer said here.<br />“Curfew has also been imposed in north Kashmir's Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara and Handwara towns,” he added.<br /><br />Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani has asked people to resume normal life for a day and hold peaceful post Friday prayer protests.<br /><br />Shops, educational institutions, banks, post offices and other businesses were closed in areas where curfew was imposed and traffic went off the roads. <br /><br />But shops opened early morning in uptown areas of Srinagar city and a semblance of normalcy returned to parts of the city that has otherwise been wearing a deserted look due to curfew restrictions and separatist-called shutdowns and protests for the last four months.<br /><br />As many as 109 people have lost their lives in the cycle of violence started here June 11.</p>
<p>“Curfew has been imposed in five police station areas of Old City Srinagar and in the uptown Batmaloo area to maintain law and order," a senior police officer said here.<br />“Curfew has also been imposed in north Kashmir's Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara and Handwara towns,” he added.<br /><br />Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani has asked people to resume normal life for a day and hold peaceful post Friday prayer protests.<br /><br />Shops, educational institutions, banks, post offices and other businesses were closed in areas where curfew was imposed and traffic went off the roads. <br /><br />But shops opened early morning in uptown areas of Srinagar city and a semblance of normalcy returned to parts of the city that has otherwise been wearing a deserted look due to curfew restrictions and separatist-called shutdowns and protests for the last four months.<br /><br />As many as 109 people have lost their lives in the cycle of violence started here June 11.</p>