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1. Six sections of a law to stop 'love jihad', including one that places burden of proof on the accused, cannot be allowed to stand, the Gujarat High Court says today in an interim order, ruling the provisions could not apply to inter-faith marriages that showed no evidence of force or fraud. 2. Over 87,000 people across the country have been reported Covid positive after the second dose of vaccination, while 46 per cent of those cases are from Kerala. 3. Tamil Nadu announces it will open schools for classes 9 to 12 from the September 1with 50 pc attendance. 4. Asked if India is in touch with Taliban in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar says 'it is still early days'. He says the priority is to ensure the safe return of Indians in Afghanistan. 5. Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Anti-Taliban hero Ahmad Shah Massoud says he has weapons and men stock piled in the Panchsheel Valley and is ready to take them all. 6. Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his family are in the United Arab Emirates. He claims he is in talks to return home. He is making efforts to safeguard the rule of Afghans. 7. Allegations of rape, murder and crimes against women after the Bengal election will be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, the Calcutta High Court says Thursday afternoon. 8. Minister of state for education Subhash Sarkar kicks off a row after commenting Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore complexion. He claims his mother discriminated him because of his skin. Comments spark outrage in Bengal.