About 30% driving licences in India are fake, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Lok Sabha as he made a strong pitch for passage of the much-delayed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill. Gadkari minced no words in criticising the current system of licensing and penalty system for traffic violations as he introduced the bill.

Fake Indian currency notes of face value Rs.1,52,000 has been seized on the basis of information provided by the NIA from Gujarat’s Junagadh. A person named Sanjay Devaliya was intercepted. He was found in possession of 53 fake Indian currency notes in the denomination of Rs.2,000 and 92 fake Indian currency notes in the denomination of Rs.500 with a total face value of Rs.1,52,000.

Six people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a man in Haryana after filing a false rape case against his son. The accused had already taken Rs 50,000 from the man and had demanded another Rs 2.4 lakh to withdraw the complaint. The crime occurred after the man's son ended his relationship with one of the accused.