- The private school in Jalore district of Rajasthan denies caste angle in the death of a Scheduled Caste nine-year-old boy. However, the boy's family says he was beaten brutally for touching the drinking water pot meant for the upper caste. 2. Bilkis Bano, the survivor of one of the most horrific rape cases during the 2002 Gujarat riots, says the release of the 11 rapists 'shakes' her faith in justice. Her first statement since the release two days ago hints at a sense of deep hurt and betrayal. She says it has left her 'numb' and 'bereft of words'. 'How can justice for any woman end like this, I trusted the highest courts in our land. I trusted the system, and I was learning slowly to live with my trauma. My sorrow and my wavering faith are not for myself alone but for every woman who is struggling for justice in courts,' says the woman, whose fight for justice went on for 18 long years. 3. Nearly 10,000 farmers from Punjab take part in a 72-hour protest in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri against the Centre from today. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has called for the protest to seek justice in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. 4. Jacqueline Fernandez, the Bollywood actor named in Rs 200 crore extortion case by the Enforcement Directorate, received a series of expensive gifts from conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. The list includes designer handbags, car and diamonds. Ms Fernandez's lawyer claims the actor is a victim of conspiracy. The statement comes a day after a chargesheet is filed against the actor in a money laundering case. 5. A huge explosion strikes a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers, say witnesses and police, with many feared dead or injured. Police say there are multiple casualties. One Taliban intelligence official tells Reuters that as many as 35 people may have been wounded or killed, and the number can rise further. Al Jazeera quotes an unidentified official as giving a total death count of twenty. 6. The Indian government gets YouTube to block access to eight channels, seven Indian and one run from Pakistan over 'fake, anti-India content', taking the number to 102 since December last year. A Facebook account has also been blocked in this latest action, using emergency powers under IT Rules 2021, says the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a release. 7. Jammu and Kashmir to get around 25 lakh additional voters including outsiders after the special summary revision of electoral rolls being held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370, says an election official. Former Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah sharply criticize the move, calling it a dangerous attempt to influence elections. 8. Hours after Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's tweets announcing homes and security for Rohingya refugees from Myanmar were contradicted by his own government, they set the stage for a new clash between the Centre and the Delhi government. While the Delhi government accuses the Centre of 'secretly' trying to give 'permanent residence' to Rohingya refugees in the national capital, the Union Home Ministry accuses the AAP administration of dragging its feet on declaring the locality where they live a 'detention centre'. 9. The Enforcement Directorate conducts raids at multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi as part of a money laundering investigation against mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, say official sources. The searches are being conducted at premises located in Ghazipur, Lucknow and Delhi which are linked to Ansari and his alleged associates.