FLASH NEWS:

• Encounter rages on in Handwara, J&K; Gunfight breaks out in the Batpora area. Terrorists believed to be holed up
• AAP issues whip, asks its MPs to vote in favour of no confidence motion in the Parliament
• Students of Banaras Hindu University hold unique protest after Congress raised the question of accountability
• RBI to issue new 100 rupee note in lavender colour
• DMK Working President MK Stalin urges opposition parties to unite on the ‘no-trust’ vote
• Shiv Sena to abstain from the trust vote in the ‘no-confidence’ motion
• YSR Congress protests at Parliament premises, demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh
• Rahul Gandhi politicises mob lynchings, warns of ‘sinister design’ before 2019 General Elections
• 7 naxals, including 3 women, killed in an encounter with security forces in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh
• PM Modi interacts with the beneficiaries of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana & Saubhagya Yojana