Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- Srinagar- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will preside over and take the salute at the main Independence Day function to be held at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar.

According to a communique issued to divisional commissioners by the General Administration Department, a copy of which is in possession of Kashmir Observer, the Chief Minister will lead the proceedings in the summer capital.

As per details, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary will take the salute at the main Independence Day function in Jammu, while Sakina Masood Itoo will preside over the event in Anantnag.

Cabinet ministers Javid Rana, Javid Dar, and Satish Sharma will respectively take the salute at Independence Day functions in Poonch, Baramulla, an...