Five must-read stories—December 24

LK Advani wants to become President

Sources who have met senior BJP leader LK Advani say that he’s extremely angry and anguished at the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running the government, but is still loathe to go public as he has hopes of becoming the first citizen, according to ScoopWhoop.

Enemy property ordinance promulgated for the fifth time

President Pranab Mukherjee is said to have written a note to the effect that he is clearing the enemy property ordinance only because it is a matter of importance for the country but it is not in the order of things that an ordinance should be repeatedly promulgated and the present instance should not be treated as a precedent. No ordinance has ever been promulgated five times, reports The Indian Express.

Victim of a Punjab chit fund scam

In his zeal to earn more through legal means, Jai Kumar invested Rs 1 lakh in a registered chit fund scheme, Crown Credit Cooperative Society, in 2010. It promised to double the money he invested in two years with a return of up to 4% per month. Till 2012, he got monthly returns and what’s more, Rs 2 lakh — double his investment — after two years. In total, he got Rs 2.48 lakh out of an investment of Rs 1 lakh, reports The Tribune.

Fake WhatsApp message on dog meat

Chandra Mohan had received a generic message on a Whatsapp group in Telugu about mixing of dog meat in mutton and serving people at the restaurants. With the intent to create panic among his friends, Mohan changed the message and posted in his school friends’ group stating that dog’s meat was found in Shah Ghouse restaurant on December 8, reports The News Minute . “As a result, the owner of the restaurant was arrested by the police,” ACP Jayaram said.

RBI resolution hours before PM’s address

In a right to information reply to The Hindustan Times, the RBI said the bank’s central board of directors made the recommendation at its meeting in New Delhi on November 8. Only eight of the 10 board members attended the crucial meet: RBI chief Urjit Patel, economic affairs secretary Das, RBI deputy governors R Gandhi and SS Mundra, Nachiket M Mor, the country director for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bharat Narotam Doshi, former chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Limited, former Gujarat chief secretary Sudhir Mankad, and financial services secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal.