Jammu and Kashmir

The announcement comes four days after the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) held a closed-door meeting to discuss India's move.

In a 30-minute long phone call, PM Modi and Donald Trump shared their thoughts over rising tension between India and Pakistan, days after Jammu and Kashmir was made Union Territory with an end of Article 370 of Indian constitution.

Hindustan Times quoted officials saying that the government has made necessary arrangement to open 190 primary schools while security officials remained deployed in the valley.

"If talks are held with Pakistan, it will now be on PoK (Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir)," Mr Singh said while addressing a public meeting in Haryana, where assembly elections are expected in October.

The Jammu and Kashmir police said the prohibitory orders, banning large gatherings, have been relaxed in parts of the valley for the time being. Heavy security, however, continue to be in place.

The 64-year-old leader, a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Ahmedabad East constituency, tweeted that Imran Khan's current situation is like a school kid who had prepared whole year for Narendra Modi, but the examiner asked Amit Shah in the examination.

India on Friday re-affirmed that the country's position on matters related to Kashmir is "entirely an internal matter". The statement came after a closed-door meeting at the UNSC to discuss New Delhi's move to end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kashmir has been under the lock down since last 12 days with the top mainstream political leaders, including Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, under house arrest.

"Not a single loss of life or serious injury was reported. Only a few preventive detentions were made to prevent breach of law and order and maintain peace," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam told mediapersons.

Schools and government offices will reopen in Kashmir on Monday (August 19), after the local administration took stock of the ground situation in the state, reported NDTV.