Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov died after being shot by an unidentified gunman here late Monday, the embassy announced....
Demonetisation took centre-stage in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at each other over the note ban that has caused an unprecedented cash crunch in the country....

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said cashless economy is not possible in India now and added that it will take its own time to take shape with the development of the country. ...
Indicating the levels of preparedness of the government, a RTI query has revealed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had a stock of only around Rs 4.95 lakh crore in the new Rs 2,000 denomination notes when demonetisation was announced on November 8....
People furious over lack of cash in banks on Monday attacked bank branches in two districts of Gujarat, the authorities said....
There was no respite in sight for cash-strapped people on Monday as queues outside banks and ATMs for withdrawing money continued across the city with rising anger and pain....
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, and opposition Congress and CPI-M on Monday lashed out at the central government's decision to lower the interest rate on Employee Provident Fund deposits, accusing the Narendra Modi regime of helping the big organisations while "punishing" the middle, lower middle and lower income groups....
Maharashtra's opposition Congress bagged the presidentship of eight municipal councils of the total 18 civic bodies as results were announced here on Monday....

An eventful year in terms of Delhi politics, 2016 saw a new chapter in the AAP versus central government tussle continuing the drama of last year when the Anti-Corruption Branch was "hijacked" and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's office was raided -- with experts saying development had suffered and this situation needs...
The Madras High Court on Monday declared that a Shariat court cannot function from the Makkah Masjid a mosque here, said a senior advocate....