The Biggest Stories of January 2, 2017

The Supreme Court today ordered the removal of Anurag Thakur as chief of India's cricket board BCCI, saying all board officials who had not fallen in line with reforms recommended by the Lodha Committee must go; Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned for his party today in Lucknow with a huge rally. "Never before have I seen such a massive audience, not even in my campaign for the 2014 general election," the PM said to a sea of supporters that roared their approval; Mulayam Singh Yadav went to the Election Commission's office in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle" symbol of the Samajwadi Party with Shivpal Yadav and Amar Singh; If you eat out and are not happy with the service, you can refuse to pay the service fee that's automatically tacked on to your bill by many restaurants. The government has clarified that the service charge cannot be mandatorily applied by restaurants; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.