The Biggest Stories of December 14, 2016

Days after promising an "earthquake" in parliament if he spoke on the notes ban, Rahul Gandhi claimed today that he had explosive information on "personal corruption" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that would "explode his balloon" but he was not being allowed to speak in the house; Where was Rahul Gandhi for the last 20 days of the winter session of parliament, asked senior union minister Ananth Kumar of the BJP, dismissing as a "sign of desperation" the Congress vice president's explosive claim today that he has "information on personal corruption" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; New currency worth Rs. 2.25 crore was seized during raids in Bengaluru and over three crores in banned currency were found in a hotel in Delhi this morning, packaged to escape detection at airports. Over two crores, mostly in new notes, have been seized in Chandigarh and two-wheelers carrying new notes worth Rs. 67 lakh were also caught in Goa; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.