, ) !" VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( 1%$21+>?@A -+343-4 0-.12 +-./ E7FG)+3+3 3+; )'35)+-3'';D,+3+ +;A)-5,)/;; ;+,5B)'34 )) -) ;+; )( 3+B;/,+(3+)' C' #&=711, 9 C) ,)$ ! >>BC>?: >@D $%&$' %$( )$'% *+%))$,( ! "$% !& P * +,2,' 3 ) +, n an apparent rebuff to the ' ' ) *+ ICongress-led Bharat Bandh +,2,' 3 call over the rising fuel prices, oil companies once again hiked +,2,' 3 is a problem whose solution is sheeter” on the issue of price rise amajwadi Party president the prices of petrol and diesel not in our hands,” he said. whenever it was in power and is SAkhilesh Yadav criticised on Monday even as the shut- he BJP on Monday The Modi Government has now shedding crocodile tears. the Modi Government on down met with mixed response Tslammed the Opposition worked a lot to bring down Accusing the Opposition of Monday for hiking the prices across the country. The Bandh parties for the Bharat Bandh inflation and has achieved suc- tying to create a “negative of petroleum products on the turned violent in some parts of called against increase in fuel cess as well, said Prasad, adding atmosphere” in the country day Opposition parties the country and normal life prices and said the inflationary that inflation was 10.4 per cent since Modi came to power in staged Bharat Bandh. was hit in both the Hindi trend was temporary and between 2009 and 14 of UPA May 2014, he wondered if some Akhilesh said the heartland and in south India. caused by global factors which rule and is now 4.7 per cent. “invisible hand” gave “supari” Government attitude shows Except Trinamool Congress, all were beyond the control of the “The people were indiffer- (contract) to destroy the its “insensitivity” towards major Opposition parties Central Government. ent to the nationwide shut- progress India has made. common people. backed the bandh. Hitting out at the Congress down, because they understand “The Congress is a cruise Akhilesh said, “While Normal life remained unaf- and its allies, Union Minister the rise in fuel prices, though of corruption and whichever the Opposition is protesting, fected in Delhi with offices, Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged temporary, is because of factors party joins it will sink with it,” prices of petrol and diesel schools and colleges opening at that they resorted to violence beyond the control of the Indian he said, adding this is the rea- have been hiked again this their regular time and vehicles during the Bandh due to lack Government,” he said. Union son several Opposition parties morning. This reflects the plying on the roads. The protest of support from the masses. Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi have kept away from the Government’s audacity and remained largely “peaceful”. “We are standing with the also criticised the Congress say- ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the arrogance and insensitivity In the national Capital the day people in their concern, but this ing it has been a “history- Congress. towards the common man.” began with Congress presi- dent Rahul Gandhi and senior to shed their differences and $%&'$$(%$)*$'+,'$--.%+ party leaders, including Sonia move forward unitedly “to + Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, save” sovereignty and democ- .)%.$%&$)&+0)++&' = offering prayers at Rajghat and racy in the country. The Modi )$%&$&1(%$$1$)$%$'+ "3 . then leading protests that led to Government has acted against 1,((&)%)12&.3+)&$+1'$)41 =" traffic congestion in the New the interests of the country and $'$2$+%&' 2 . 3 "2 . K Delhi area. Nationalist has now “crossed the limits”, '.+'%1&-&'.'$) . 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" said the country is being divid- Maharashtra and Rajasthan, " ed under Modi, and hence a the Bandh received good $)$&- $2$(,):(,*(1)*$'+1,% '$(,) / " united Opposition will defeat response and saw sporadic inci- "2 $ the BJP in the next elections. dents of violence, it met with &)*) )*'1%)$'*&$''0 “People believed in him and mixed response in West Bengal 1$+%&+&)'*'%$1%$3'$ &%&-1%(1'&%'%'%)1%&-% ; helped form his Government,” and Tripura. Normal life was he said. also affected in BJP-ruled .&,'%)$'+$1'&M.)&11+% *%N$%$()&%1%+,)'0$'$%&'+ L! M 5@/ Former Prime Minister Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Manmohan Singh said it was and Odisha. ()&%1%$0$'1%)1'0-,().1 ! ! time for all Opposition parties Continued on Page 4 R !"#$ " Mumbai: The rupee on ! " Monday crashed below the 72- +,2,' 3 formed solely for the purpose ry. While just seven months are +,2,' 3 talnar axis covering areas of mark to end at a life-low of 72.45 to launder the proceeds of left for the March 2019 dead- Potapalli, Dubbamarka, Sala- against the US dollar on grow- he Interpol has issued a Red crime in companies located in line, a huge quantum of work he CRPF is deploying seven tong, Elmagunda, Minpa and ing fears of contagion from an TCorner Notice (RCN) the UAE, British Virgin Islands is yet to be awarded. Tmore battalions (7,000 per- Mukram, another battalion emerging-market rout and esca- against Purvi Modi, a Belgian and Singapore,” the ED has said Many States have been far sonnel) in the Bastar region of will be put to use in Elangadgu, lation of global trade war. national and fugitive diaman- in its first Prosecution $ too slow in transferring the Chhattisgarh to reinforce its Kolsiguda, Dubbakonta, Karig- Heavy speculative dollar taire Nirav Modi’s sister at the Complaint (equivalent to $ funds to the State Rural Roads presence in the wake of inputs undam and Rasa Vang Nala in demand along with panic behest of ED even as the CBI chargesheet in police parlance) ! +,2,' 3 Development Agency that Maoists have plans to tar- in Bheji. among importers sent the moved an extradition request in May at a designated court in (SRRDA) for fast execution of get the forthcoming Assembly Likewise, two battalions domestic currency tumbling by for his brother Nishal Modi in Mumbai. Through the RCN, elay in funding and award the job, the Centre noted at a elections in the State as also in will be headquartered at a sharp 94 paise to hit a historic connection with the 13,000 the ED is seeking to secure her Dof works under the recent meeting chaired by neighbouring Madhya Pradesh Basaguda and one each at Kont, low of 72.67 in mid-morning crore PNB credit fraud scam. presence for the investigations &'( Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Rural Development Secretary and Rajasthan. Usur and Mirtu. The Maoists trade, triggering the central The RCN, an internation- as she did not comply to the ) Yojana (PMGSY) Phase 1 has Amarjeet Sinha. The move comes after the had killed 25 CRPF personnel bank intervention to defend the al arrest warrant, against Purvi, summons issued by the agency O + " slowed down road construction In this scenario, the target Union Home Ministry, through last year in Sukma and the para- currency. 44, relates to a money laun- in the case. In the chargehseet, in States like Bihar, Andhra under PMGSY-I seems an order dated August 14, military force subsequently It finished the day 72 paise dering case being probed by the the ED alleged that the dubious Pradesh and Odisha, raising unachievable, admitted a senior directed the CRPF for the avenged the killings and liqui- lower against the American Enforcement Directorate. overseas companies run by her concern over achieving the official from the Union Rural deployment of seven battalions dated over a dozen ultras. currency — its biggest one-day Purvi has been charged by were “formed and managed in , target set for 2019. The quali- Development Ministry over- following a request from the Intelligence inputs with the crash since August 13. the CBI and ED for her alleged a very complex manner to ty of work being undertaken is seeing the PMGSY. Sinha has Chhattisgarh Government. Union Home Ministry had After a short-lived recov- role in laundering the proceeds camouflage the criminal origin also said to be not up to the written to all the defaulter These battalions will be warned that Maoists are impart- ery, forex market sentiment of crime generated from the of funds in these companies”. - $. / mark. States, asking them to pull up deployed in Sukma and Bijapur ing training to the cadres in fab- once again turned volatile after PNB scam and being a benefi- Trusts like Montecristo $.)! Upset over the situation, their socks. districts of Chhattisgarh, both ricating IEDs and carrying out US President Donald Trump ciary of the scam to the tune of Trust, Ithaca Trust and New . the Centre has directed the Take the case of Andhra considered Maoist strongholds. ambushes in order to disrupt the decided to raise the economic over 950 crore. Zealand Trust were found to be L ML M States to expedite the work so Pradesh. The Southern State While one battalion will be Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, and financial stakes of the “She is also theassociated with Purvi, the ED $ as to meet the target of con- has a target of completing con- headquartered at Kistaram and MP and Rajasthan.