First, we give you an update on Manipur where the government has announced that the "disturbed areas" status in the state under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act will remain unchanged for the next six months. Second, Indian Express' Divy A tells us what a parliamentary committee said regarding the centrally protected monuments and the functions of the Archeological Survey of India.

And lastly, Indian Express' Gopal Kateshiya discusses the reason behind the Gujarat banning the Conocarpus trees in the state.