A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Narendra Modi’s new ‘Saubhagya’ scheme aims to electrify all households by 2019: Billed as a pro-poor scheme, it also aims to improve healthcare services, education and quality of life.  
  2. FIR filed against 1,000 Banaras Hindu University students for arson: Two police officers and an additional district magistrate were removed after the police had baton-charged protesting students.  
  3. Lack of private investment hurt the economy, says Arun Jaitley: At the BJP national executive meet, the finance minister said Narendra Modi’s fight against corruption was ‘uncompromised’.  
  4. Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy quits party: Roy said he would resign from the Rajya Sabha after Durga Puja ends on September 30.   
  5. Human shield Farooq Ahmad Dar had cast his vote before being tied to jeep, confirm police: The police report was submitted to the state’s DGP in August.   
  6. Enforcement Directorate attaches Karti Chidambaram’s assets, bank accounts in connection with Aircel-Maxis case: It also seized his fixed deposits worth Rs 90 lakh.
  7. Angela Merkel wins fourth term, far-right party finishes third in German elections: She is likely to tie up with the Liberal Free Democrats and the Grune Party to form the government.  
  8. ‘The world’s heaviest woman’ Eman Ahmed dies in Abu Dhabi: Hospital authorities said she succumbed to complications from heart disease and kidney dysfunction.   
  9. Nearly 35,000 evacuated as volcano in Indonesia’s Bali experiences increased activity: Authorities have arranged makeshift shelters in town halls, school gymnasiums and set up tents in villages to house thousands of evacuees.   
  10. I-T raids on Cafe Coffee Day reveal concealed income of Rs 650 crore, say reports: Apart from alleged tax evasion by owner VG Siddhartha, the officials have also found evidence of violations of other statutes.