The Biggest Stories of July 24, 2016

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked security forces to refrain from using pellet guns in Kashmir and appealed for peace in the valley; A Dalit family in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru was attacked last week allegedly by members of a rightwing group who suspected that they had eaten beef; A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death with a beer bottle, allegedly by his friends, after a birthday party in Kolkata on Saturday; Delhi police arrested Aam Aadmi Party legislator Amanatullah Khan on charges of threatening a woman with rape and murder.