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During the that higher crude prices, which interaction, the Prime Minister have already sent retail petrol, highlighted the significant posi- diesel and LPG rates to record tioning of India in the oil and highs, are hurting global eco- gas market and said the oil nomic growth and they should market was producer driven do more to bring down the and quantity and prices were he Ram Temple issue is yet rates to reasonable levels. determined by oil producing Tagain in the centre stage He also asked them to countries. notwithstanding Congress MP review the payment terms in “Though there is enough Shashi Tharoor’s clarification order to provide relief to a production, the unique features pertaining to his statement on the construction of Ram But the BJP was unrelent- weakened rupee. He was speak- of marketing in the oil sector regarding its construction. The Mandir in Ayodhya were quot- ing in its attack. BJP spokesper- ing at the third annual brain- have pushed up the oil prices. BJP on Monday latched on to ed out of context by the media. son GVL Narasimha Rao said storming meeting with chief The PM made a strong case for his remarks that “no good Tharoor asserted he never said his party wants an early verdict executives of top global and a partnership between the pro- Hindu would have wanted to Hindus do not want a temple from the Supreme Court on the Indian oil and gas companies ducers and consumers in the oil " see the Ram temple built by at the disputed site in Ayodhya. Ram Temple case but the and experts. market, as it exists in other demolishing somebody else’s Tharoor tweeted that he Congress is trying everything Modi’s nudge to countries markets. This will help stabilise countries would be very criti- On technology, he place of worship (Babri made the remark at the literary to delay it. like Saudi Arabia comes against the global economy which is on cal to bridge this gap. appealed for assistance in areas Masjid), to accuse the Congress festival in a personal capacity The BJP wants a grand the backdrop of ever-increasing path of recovery,” said the He appealed to oil pro- where high pressure and high of using its leaders to build a when he was asked for his Ram Temple and will wait for prices of fuel and public unrest PMO statement. ducing countries to channel temperature technology appli- momentum against its con- opinion. He said his remark the court’s verdict, Rao said, amid increased concerns with- Modi highlighted that the their investible surplus to pur- cations are relevant to com- struction. should not be seen as the asking Rahul to clear his stand. in the ruling dispensation consuming countries, due to sue commercial exploitation in mercial exploitation of natur- The BJP also targeted Congress’s view on the matter. “You (Congress) are conspiring ahead of the five Assembly rising crude oil prices, face oil sector in the developing al gas. Modi reiterated for Congress president Rahul “I condemn the malicious to ensure that there is no ver- elections, considered the semi- many other economic chal- countries,” said the PMO. review of payment terms so as Gandhi wondering if he was a distortion of my words by dict from the court,” he said. finals, in the next couple of lenges including serious He also sought the role of to provide temporary relief to Hindu or not. some media in the service of The Congress is doing months before the 2019 Lok resource crunch. “The coop- private participation in the the local currency, the state- Union Minister Prakash political masters. “Most Hindus “vote bank politics”, he said, Sabha polls finals. eration of the oil producing distribution of gas sector. ment said. Javadekar said he is astonished would want a temple at what alleging that Rahul had earlier that Tharoor believes that true they believe to be Ram’s birth- claimed that his party was a Hindus don’t want a Ram place. But no good Hindu “Muslim party”. O Temple in Ayodhya. “This would want it to be built by Rahul wears his “Shiv # $ could be a view of Tharoor or destroying another’s place of bhakti” (devotion to Lord Shiv) ! " his party chief Rahul, not of worship,” he tweeted. on his sleeve but he should % people. This shows how cut off “I was asked for my per- answer whether he is a Hindu they are from reality and how sonal opinion at a literary fes- or not, Rao said. they only become Hindu dur- tival and gave it as such. I am The Congress took a defen- ing elections,” said Javadekar. not a spokesperson for my sive stand and stated that $ Following the storm over party and did not claim to be Tharoor has already clarified # his statement, Tharoor came speaking for Congress party,” what he said. “I have not heard out to clarify that his remarks he added. his statement. # $ #)$ nion Minister MJ Akbar * L ) Uon Monday filed a private )) M # () criminal defamation complaint (- ./ 0 against journalist Priya Ramani 1$ 2 for levelling charges of sexual misconduct against him amid $ % a rising MeToo campaign in 345 $ O India, even as the Congress L M * + demanded his resignation and * rescue of the pachyderms the BJP continued to back him throughout the day. by maintaining that the junior “At least five elephants, External Affairs Minister has including two calves, of a herd already presented his side of the of around 20 were trapped in picture. the heavy current while $0$6' Soon after returning from crossing the river near his Africa tour on Sunday, Athagarh. day after 15 bodies were Akbar had dismissed the A sudden release of flood Arecovered from the land- charges by nine women jour- # $ % waters at the Mundali Barrage slide-hit Baraghara village in nalists as “innuendos, hearsay, $& $ # '($ is further humiliated in conti- trapped them. Soon, they were Gajapati district on Sunday, false, fabricated”, saying that he '& " nuity for which we will take swept away and detached from reports on Monday said that as would take legal action which week after writer-director legal recourse,” said Kapadia. the herd. many as 21 more people were he did on Monday accusing women journalists too have AVinta Nanda accused In another application filed Only after the Mundali feared dead after landslides in Ramani of “wilfully, deliber- said that they stood by their senior film and television actor before the Andheri Barrage gates in the down- Kainpur panchayat of Rayagad ately, intentionally and mali- charges and would strike back Alok Nath — known for his Metropolitan Magistrate on stream were opened to release block in the district. ciously” defaming him. legally. Incidentally, not a sin- “sanskaari” father on-screen Saturday, Alok Nath and his the excess water, the elephants He sought her prosecution gle legal case has been filed image — of sexually violating wife Ashu sought a direction to swam to safer places,” said under the penal provision on against Akbar by any her 19 years ago, Alok Nath the suburban Amboli police Forest Ranger RK Nayak. defamation. of those who have levelled the filed a civil suit against her at station to take cognisance of Struggling in floodwaters “The complainant (Akbar) charges. Dindoshi sessions court here the letter sent by them seeking for nearly five hours and swept ! also had a long career in jour- The women, who accused demanding an apology and defamation proceedings against away for over 15 km, the ele- " nalism, he launched India’s Akbar of sexual harassment, compensation of 1. Nanda. As part of the applica- phants appeared very tired and first weekly political news mag- include Priya Ramani, Ghazala Meanwhile, Nanda’s lawyer tion filed by her and her hus- tense as they managed to reach ##$" azine...,” the complaint said Wahab, Shuma Raha, Anju Dhruti Kapadia said that his band before the Andheri Court, the right embankment of the & and listed out defamatory Bharti, Suparna Sharma and client would fight the battle the actor’s wife Ashu appeared river. P) imputation made by Ramani Shutapa Paul. against Alok Nath legally. “At before Magistrate RM Nerlikar “Taking rest for about an on social media against him. Akbar’s complaint against the moment we are awaiting and recorded her statement hour, the elephants found their & The MeToo movement has Ramani said while it is appar- the decisions of various asso- before the Magistrate and way back to the Athagarh for- * singed the media and ent that the accused (Ramani) ciations where my client has pressed for initiation of est in the evening,” Nayak said, entertainment industry in has resorted to a series of filed her complaint, like Cine & defamation against Nanda. adding that forest officials suc- The reports said 15 persons India. Last week, the movement maliciously serious allegations TV Artistes Association (CIN- The Magistrate has now ceeded in convincing local vil- had gone missing after the stirred many women scribes to which she is diabolically and TAA), Screen Writers scheduled the application for 5'33$567$3$.$0 jungles by the evening, said the lagers not to disturb the landslide out of which seven accuse many senior journalists, viciously spreading in media, it Association (SWA), and Indian further hearing on November forest officials overseeing the stressed animals.