The Biggest Stories of November 07, 2017

Schools in Delhi and Ghaziabad will remain closed today after a blanket of thick smog enveloped the National Capital Region, raising serious health concerns; former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh while campaigning for the Congress in Gujarat has called demonetisation a reckless step, while Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the notes ban last year was a watershed moment; the National Investigation Agency has seized Rs 36 crore in banned notes allegedly linked to people involved in terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir and arrested nine people; a video has emerged of some staff of no-frills airline IndiGo getting into a scuffle with a passenger at Delhi airport, after which the airline apologised; actor Kamal Haasan has launched an app for whistleblowers on his birthday, saying his new political party is a work-in-progress.