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.