Officials said 146 tested positive, 25 from Jammu division and 121 from Kashmir division while 138 recoveries, 27 from Jammu division and 111 from Kashmir division division were reported.
The blockade on Internet and voice calling services was imposed in Kashmir as a precautionary measure after the death of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday night.
During his last visit, Rahul Gandhi inaugurated the new party office in Srinagar. He also visited Kheer Bhawani temple and Hazrat Dargah Sharif.
The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was formed on this day in 1986.
Mohinder Pal Singh (Palli) was elected as the vice president, Surjeet Singh Andotra as general secretary, Aditya Sharma as joint secretary and Amandeep Singh as treasurer.
JSW will assist J-K government to restore two Mughal gardens in Srinagar- Shalimar and Nishat garden under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Some unidentified assailants attacked Ankush Sharma (24) with sharp-edged weapons inside his house at Chakli village, causing his instant death, the officials said.
Official sources told a news agency, that a grenade was lobbed by suspected militants at Hari Singh High Street in the afternoon.
”August 5 will always be a negative milestone in the history of J&K. It was a political and psychological setback for the people of J&K,” Khursheed Alam of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference said.
In his statement, Choudhary said, “Tenure in three districts: Out of 4.49 lakh arms licences issued in J&K between 2012-16, only 56,000 (12.4 per cent) issued in three districts of Raesi, Kathua and Udhampur where I served as DM.”
Officials said that 113 new cases, 177 recoveries, and four deaths were reported from the Jammu division and 161 cases, 284 recoveries, and two deaths from the Kashmir division.
Talking to the media after his arrival back home, Abdullah said, “Let us not jump and see if the Centre is ready to remove the mistrust existing on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh is among the 14 mainstream leaders who have been invited to an all-party meeting on J&K to be held in the national capital on Thursday. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Until late on Monday, none of the five Lok Sabha members, including the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Jitendra Singh, had been invited.
J&K has an identified capacity of 16,475 megawatts of hydro-electric power, but at present the generating capacity of its projects is only 3400 megawatts during peak season when local rivers have maximum discharge.
One of the most accessible bureaucrats of J&K, his doors have always remained open for redressal of the common man’s problems.
An official of the MET department said, “Srinagar and Jammu witnessed the hottest day of this season so far as the maximum temperature rose to 34.7 and 42.7 in these cities respectively yesterday.
Police sources said the soldier belonged. He hanged himself in his room inside the air force station.
Choudhary, a 2009 batch IAS officer, is presently posted as the administrative secretary, Tribal Affairs Department.
