A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Unexplained cash deposits to attract 50% tax, four-year lock-in: However, those who do not declare their unaccounted for money voluntarily will have to pay a higher tax and penalty of 90%.
  2. Baul singer arrested for role in theft of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel medal: Investigators said Pradip Bauri provided shelter and helped the culprits escape in 2004.
  3. FIR ordered against Patanjali after death of an elephant at construction site: The animal fell into a 10-feet deep pit on Thursday.
  4. Delhi lacks the guts to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, so does Islamabad, says Farooq Abdullah: The former CM said the people of Kashmir were suffering and border residents had become ‘cannon fodder due to escalating tensions’ between the two countries.
  5. New train station in Mumbai’s Oshiwara suburb will be named ‘Ram Mandir’: BJP leader Vidya Thakur and Shiv Sena leader Gajanan Kirtikar had led a campaign to name the station, which will be between Jogeshwari and Goregaon.
  6. Tata Steel votes to replace Cyrus Mistry with independent director OP Bhatt as interim head: Officials said an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on December 21 to decide on the dismissal of the ousted chairperson and Nusli Wadia.
  7. Water that belongs to India cannot be allowed to go to Pakistan, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister said the Centre has formed a task force to make sure that farmers in Punjab and the rest of the country ‘get each drop of water due to them’
  8. Waqf board recruitment scam: CBI registers case against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan: In October, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung had declared the reconstitution of the body following accusations against the Okhla MLA.
  9. Discrepancies in new Rs 500 notes cause concern, but RBI says there’s no need to panic: Different designs were spotted on some of the new notes, while others varied in colour.
  10. Jayalalithaa now using speakers to communicate, says Apollo hospital: The institution’s chairperson Dr Prathap Reddy said the next target was to get the Tamil Nadu chief minister to start walking.