The Biggest Stories of December 12, 2016

Cyclone Vardah struck land with a wind speed of 120 and 130 kmph, bringing with it heavy rain that lashed the coast in Tamil Nadu and neighbour Andhra Pradesh all through Monday morning; Cyrus Mistry was on Monday removed as director of Tata Industries following a shareholders' vote; Assam police seized Rs 1.55 crore in new notes from a businessman's house in Guwahati; a police case has been filed against six people for failing to stand up during the national anthem at an international film festival in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.