A look at the headlines right now:

  1. TDP, YSR Congress’ no-confidence motion not taken up in Lok Sabha amid uproar: The parties will have to move another notice on Tuesday as the no-trust motion is only valid for a day.  
  2. Police issue prohibitory notices to leaders of strike by Ola and Uber drivers: Drivers in major cities are likely to join the ‘indefinite strike’, that started at midnight.
  3. Arvind Kejriwal meets Punjab lawmakers to explain his apology to Shiromani Akali Dal leader: Ten of 20 AAP lawmakers from Punjab met Kejriwal and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday.  
  4. Vladimir Putin retains Russian presidency for another six years: The president’s main rival and Opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was barred from contesting the elections. 
  5. After BJP’s bye-poll loss, ally Ram Vilas Paswan says leaders should not make ‘off-the-cuff’ remarks: The Lok Janshakti Party chief said the ruling party needs to change its ‘mass perception’ in terms of minorities and Dalits.  
  6. BJP ally in Uttar Pradesh accuses party of focusing on temples instead of the poor: The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party said it is yet to take a final stand on whether it will vote for the BJP’s nominees in the Rajya Sabha election.  
  7. Prohibitory orders issued in Panaji ahead of protests against closure of mining activities in Goa: People dependent on the industry, including truck and barge owners, are likely to join the agitation at Azad Maidan in the state capital.  
  8. Russia has been researching nerve agents for a decade to use them in assassinations, claims UK: Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, called the allegations of his country’s role in a nerve agent attack ‘total rubbish, drivel and nonsense’.
  9. 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.
  10. Sri Lanka lifts emergency as communal tensions lessen: President Maithripala Sirisena said the security situation has improved.