PM Narendra Modi will address the country on New Year's eve, a day after the deadline for depositing bank notes ends; Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said clear results from the notes ban are now coming in, and tax collections are up; The ruling BJP will launch a massive political campaign in the New Year to back demonetisation while the Congress will launch a nationwide protest; The Yadav family war heated up on Thursday evening with parallel lists of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections coming from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and the camp of his son Akhilesh Yadav; Madras High Court on Thursday asked why J Jayalalithaa's body cannot be exhumed; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.
