A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Humans make mistakes, but Modi thinks he is an incarnation of god, says Rahul Gandhi at Congress meet: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress chief’s allegations were a false, motivated campaign.
  2. I don’t see the bye-poll results as a referendum on BJP’s policies, says Adityanath: The Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the party has learnt a lesson from the defeat, and would perform better in future elections.
  3. Five civilians killed in cross border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Mendhar sector: A police official said Army troops were retaliating appropriately to the attack.
  4. IndiGo grounds two more A320neo aircraft because of safety concerns: The company that makes the faulty engine said the grounded IndiGo, GoAir planes will start flying by April-end.
  5. Demonetised notes are being shredded and compressed into bricks, says RBI: Such notes are not recycled, the Reserve Bank of India said in response to a Right-to-Information query.
  6. Sri Lanka lifts emergency as communal tensions lessen: President Maithripala Sirisena said the security situation has improved.
  7. Protests against attendance rule have brought campus to a halt, says JNU management: The university had removed seven department chiefs who refused to implement a new rule on compulsory attendance.
  8. Kerala MLA’s son files complaint after an MP’s wife makes sexual harassment claims in her memoir: Kottayam MP Jose K Mani’s wife Nisha Jose alleged that a politician’s son had harassed her in a train. Shone George has accused her of defaming him.
  9. Russia goes to polls as Vladimir Putin eyes fourth term as president: Putin’s main contender, Alexei Navalny, has been barred from contesting the election.
  10. Pakistan to skip World Trade Organisation meeting in New Delhi amid diplomatic standoff: Islamabad’s envoy to India Sohail Mahmood would not return to India till the problem was resolved, reports said.