Top ten news of the day, Dec 31:  Today India was a little busy and lots of things happened as this was the last day of the year 2016

Ten in one news of the Day, top 10 news of the day 12-31-2016 are

1. Anil Baijal Takes Oath As Delhi Lt Governor, Says Will Work Together With Elected Government.  Anil Baijal, 70 years old, took the oath as the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, this post that fell vacant when the previous LG Najeeb Jung resigned last week.

2. Giving further relief to the general public, the central Bank of India has increased the amount of withdrawals from any ATMs up to Rs 4500. This is as per the notification issued by the RBI

3. Last day Akhilesh Yadav was expelled from the party by his father Mulayam Singh, is back today in the Samajwadi Party. In a turn of events today, the Samajwadi Party on Saturday revoked the expulsion of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav after Akhilesh shown his strength of power when more then 200 SP party leaders came in direct support of Akhilesh.

4.   BJP forms the government in Arunachal Pradesh as Pema Khandu, 32 other MLAs join party
The state was suffering from instability for nearly a year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday formed the government in Arunachal Pradesh under PPA leaders Pema Khandu and 32 other MLAs joined the party. This Arunachal Pradesh has now become the first in the north east state to be ruled by BJP.

5. In a second time where people were expecting something similar announcement which was done on 8th November. The PM addressed the nation agan tonight at 7 PM, just on the last day of the year 2016. He showered New Year gifts on farmers and small entrepreneurs.


6. Virat Kohli clears air on his engagement rumors with Anushka Sharma, says won't hide if it actually happens. On Thursday, a vibrant buzz started amongst the media channels regarding engadgement of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma as several tv and online media reports stated of the couple's apparent engagement being scheduled to take place on January 1, 2017.

7. Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' Made an astonishing in just 8 days of the release it has crossed Rs 216 cr nett. It is likely that Dangal will the movie will do a business of over Rs 300 crore. If this would happen, then Dangal will become Mr Aamir’s second film to cross the mark.

'Dangal' highlights wrestling as a sport and Aamir Khan plays the character of Phogat, the real wrestler by putting forward the real-life struggle of ace wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat. The movie  also stars Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra in prominent roles.

8.  Bipin Rawat, Birender Singh​ Dhanoa assume charge as the Army, IAF chiefs. Lt Gen Bipin Rawat on Saturday took over as the 27th chief of the 1.3 million strong Indian Army succeeding Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, who retired after 42 years of service.

9. Sasikala Natarajan takes charge as AIADMK general secretary post, says `Amma in my heart`. She then proceeded to pay floral tributes to the portrait of Jayalalithaa.

She said that she had been with Jayalalithaa for party meetings for over 33 years and AIADMK will continue to rule for many years.

10. Sonakshi Sinha Getting Engaged In February 2017? It is alleged that Sonakshi Sinha is dating Bunty Sajdeh and as per news the actress will be getting engaged to him in February 2017. Sajdeh was earlier married to Ambika Chauhan and they got divorced after four years of marriage.

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