Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
Security jawans chashing away stone throwing youths during a clash in Srinagar on Thursday. Photograph: S Irfan/ PTI Photo
Newly-appointed UPCC President Raj Babbar leads a maun dharna against Union government over Dalit atrocities, in Lucknow on Thursday. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visits the Dalit member who consumed poison in protest against assault on Dalit members by cow protectors a few days ago, at a hospital in Rajkot on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
A girl places offerings on Shivling on the last day of Jaya Parvati Vrat festival at a temple in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters.
A flag resembling the national flag of Pakistan seen hoisted at a house of Kharadi locality in Biharsharif town of Nalanda district in Bihar on Thursday. Three people, including a woman, were arrested for hoisting the flag. Photograph: PTI Photo
Kashmiris read newspapers in Srinagar on Thursday morning as a three-day ban on the publication of newspapers imposed during massive protests was lifted. Photograph: PTI Photo
A mother greets her son at the Attestation and Passing Out Parade of Recruits of the Military Police in Bengaluru on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
Police stop Bahujan Samaj Party activists who were protesting against expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dayashankar Singh for his derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati, in Lucknow on Thursday. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo
Sadhus chant slogans before leaving for Amarnath yatra from the base camp in Jammu on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo
An aerial view of crowded streets during Saheed Diwas rally of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Esplanade in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra /PTI Photo
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