Srinagar, July 8 -- J&K education minister Sakina Itoo announced that there would be no extension in summer vacations, which ended on Monday.

The schools across Kashmir would open from Tuesday with classwork starting from 7.30 am in municipal areas. "We are reopening schools from tomorrow in Kashmir Division and winter zones of Jammu Division," Itoo said on X.

The schools had closed for summer vacation from June 23, earlier by three weeks than usual, owing to a heatwave in the Himalayan valley. She said that the school timings for Srinagar and other municipal limits would be from 7.30 am to 11.30 am. "Outside municipal limits (rural areas), the timings would be 8 am- 12 noon," she said.

Itoo said that the students will also be imparted...