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Hours after Sushant Singh Rajput's co-actors Kriti Sanon and Ankita Lokhande took to Instagram demanding a probe into the actor's death by the central investigation agency, Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan also lent his support sharing the hashtag "CBIforSSR".

Two Jammu and Kashmir policemen have died after their convoy came under attack from terrorists on the outskirts of Srinagar this morning, police said. The police team came under attack atNowgam, on the outskirts of Srinagar city.

India saw another 64,553 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total case count to 24,61,190, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India has reported the highest number of daily cases in world since the last 10 days. According to WHO data, from August 4 to 13, the country has reported the highest number of daily cases globally. The recovery rate stands at 70.17 per cent, with 17,51,555 people recovering in the country from the highly-contagious disease. The number of COVID-19 deaths has increased by 1,007 in the past 24 hours and has thus reached 48,040.

Ashok Gehlot will call for a trust vote in the special assembly session that begins today, a day after his patch-up with sacked deputy Sachin Pilot, who ended his month-long rebellion against the Rajasthan Chief Minister earlier this week. The Congress's trust vote move is a counter to the opposition BJP's plan to ask for a no-confidence motion against the Gehlot government, a surprise decision that, sources say, is largely symbolic. For Mr Gehlot, however, establishing a majority is a way of securing his government for at least six months.

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government is expected to go for a trust vote to prove its majority in the Rajasthan Assembly today. The Congress announced the decision soon after the BJP, in a surprise move, said that it will a no-confidence motion against the Congress government in the special assembly session.

Nearly five months after the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra was suspended as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmir administration announced that the Yatra would be resumed on August 16.

Senior journalist PV Ramanujam, the long time chief of Press Trust of India's Ranchi bureau, was found dead on Thursday at his office-cum-residence in the Jharkhand capital.

Coronavirus India Live Updates: India has logged 64,553 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours with 1,007 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday morning. The total number of cases in the country has now shot up to 24,61,190 with 48,040 deaths.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that the party could have proved its majority even without the support of Sachin Pilot and 18 of his supporters, but that would not have given him happiness.

Multilayered security arrangements and mandatory adherence to social distancing norms are in place for the 74th Independence Day celebrations at the Mughal-era Red Fort this year.

While the ongoing coronavirus crisis has dampened the spirit of all festivals, an Indore group has come up with the unique idea of creating eco-friendly Ganesha idols for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi.

Maharashtra government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that registration of the case in Patna in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death was politically motivated.

The Bar Council (BCI) has urged the Centre to provide iPads and laptops to needy lawyers across the country to enable them to avail the facility of e-filing and virtual hearings of courts.

Mumbai police is a very professional force but for some reason it had completely gone in the wrong direction in Sushant Singh Rajput death case and his family had to approach Patna Police, said Vikas Singh, the lawyer of late actor's father.

The ED and CBI Thursday urged for urgent and out-of-turn hearing in the appeals filed before the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of former Telecom Minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.