custom post homepage

<!--NEWS SECTION-->

<?php 
	global $post;
	$args = array ('post_type'=> 'news-posts','posts_per_page' =>3); 
	$the_query = new WP_Query($args); ?>
<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

			<?php while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

				<div class="single_news">
					<?php the_post_thumbnail('news_post_thumb'); ?>
					<div class="single_news_title">
						<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
					</div>
					<div class="single_news_content">
						<?php echo substr(get_the_excerpt(), 0,100); ?>
						<a class="readmore" href="<?php echo get_permalink($post->ID); ?>">Read More....</a>
					</div>
					
				</div>
				
			<?php endwhile ; ?>
			<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>