16 September 2021
Modi government raids peace activist’s home: Activist Harsh Mander’s home, offices raided by Enforcement Directorate; he has been a vocal critic of CAA and communalism
Actor Sonu Sood “surveyed” by Income Tax department: The central government’s Income Tax department conducts 20-hour-long Income Tax survey at Sonu Sood's residence; he had been providing aid to those displaced by Covid lockdowns when the government went missing; in recent weeks he has held meetings with opposition leaders and has been looking to join politics formally
UP Government to raise sugar cane prices: The BJP is looking at an anticipated rise in sugar cane procurement prices, to be announced by the Uttar Pradesh government this week to give it a much-needed push in the Jat heartland of western Uttar Pradesh in the run up the election next year
NEET Exams have made medical education had to access: Data shows that since NEET entrance exams came into place, applicants from CBSE, urban, English-speaking, rich families have benefitted over state-syllabus, rural, Tamil-speaking, poor families
Man arrested for allegedly transporting beef dies by suicide: Man arrested for transporting meat that the police claimed was beef, dies by suicide inside the lockup, says Gujarat police