J&K: Governor to hoist national flag in Srinagar; All accused acquitted in Pehlu Khan case and more

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik will hoist the national flag at the main function of the Independence Day at Sher-e-Kashmir stadium here on Thursday for which all arrangements have been made, Principal Secretary in the J&K administration Rohit Kansal. Full dress rehearsals in this regard were held in all districts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday.

In another news, a local court in Rajasthan on Wednesday acquitted six out of the nine accused in 2017 Pehlu Khan lynching case. Pehlu Khan, his two sons and four others were on their way to Haryana's Nuh on April 1, 2017, when they were attacked by a mob on National Highway 8 linking Jaipur to Delhi on suspicion of cow smuggling.