DH Evening Brief: SC upholds validity of demonetisation; Delhi woman's death in hit-and-run case triggers protest
SC upholds Centre's decision on demonetisation, dismisses plea challenging note ban
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the central government's November 8, 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.
Demonetisation was 'vitiated, unlawful', says dissenting judge on SC verdict
Justice B V Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, who gave a dissenting verdict on demonetisation on Monday, said the scrapping of the whole series of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes had to be done through a legislation and not through a gazette notification as Parliament cannot be left aloof in a matter of such critical importance.
AAP seeks L-G Saxena's dismissal over Delhi hit-and-run case
The Delhi government on Monday sought the immediate dismissal of Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V K Saxena in view of the brutal death of a 20-year-old woman, who was killed after being dragged by a car for several kilometres in Sultanpuri's Kanjhawala area.
Jilted lover stabs student to death before stabbing self in Bengaluru college
A jilted lover stabbed an engineering student to death onthe premises of a Bengaluru college on Monday for rejecting his romantic proposal, police said. Read more
Four dead, several injured as suspected terrorists target villagers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri
Four civilians were killed and six others injured when suspected terrorists opened fire on three houses of a particular community in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's border district of Rajouri Sunday evening, officials said.