After opting out of 2019 Lok Sabha race in Maharashtra, AAP has now decided to contest the upcoming state Assembly polls. "The party is looking to contest on around 100 seats of the 288 Assembly constituencies in the state. Most of these constituencies will be from the urban areas, including Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and others," a party leader stated.

Congress's Rahul Gandhi and leaders from various opposition parties will visit Jammu and Kashmir today where restrictions have been imposed since the central government withdrew special status under Article 370 and split the state into two Union Territories earlier this month. So far, the government has not allowed any political leader to enter the state.

A Class I student of a government school in Chattisgarh's capital Raipur was raped allegedly by three 10-year-old schoolmates, police said. The parents of the 6-year-old girl approached police on Thursday night following which a rape and sexual assault case was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.