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Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW IRAN IS NOT PLAYING A ‘25 CR PEOPLE TO PARTICI- SHIKHAR WANTS TO BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH TIT-FOR-TAT GAME PATE IN STRIKE ON JAN 8’ BE MORE IMPACTFUL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 88 HYDERABAD, TUESDAY JANUARY 7, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable GLITZ, GLAMOUR, BANTER AND A WORD OF ADVICE BY CHIRU { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com DON'T TURN UNIVERSITIES INTO PETROL PRICES UP 15 PAISE, DIESEL SENSEX NOSEDIVES 788 PTS SONIA GANDHI DEMANDS JUDICIAL POLITICAL BATTLEFIELD: SMRITI BY 17 PAISE AS CRUDE HITS USD 70 ON US-IRAN STANDOFF INQUIRY INTO JNU VIOLENCE nion Minister Smriti Irani said on Monday that the violence in the etrol prices on Monday were hiked by 15 paise a litre and diesel rates he BSE benchmark Sensex crashed by nearly 788 points and the NSE ongress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday demanded a UJNU was 'unfortunate and condemnable' and asked political parties Pwere up by 17 paise as global oil prices hit USD 70 TNifty tumbled around 234 points on Monday as heightened tensions Cjudicial inquiry into the major violence that broke out in the Centre- not to turn the educational institutions into a political mark in the wake of escalating US-Iran in the Middle East kept investors on edge. The 30-share BSE index administered Jawaharlal Nehru Iniversity (JNU) here last night that battlefield. "A university is a place where students tensions fanning fresh fears of conflict in ended at 40,676.63, dropping of 787.98 points, or 1.90 per cent. resulted in many students and faculty members getting build their future and learn about nation- the crude-rich Middle East. The retail Similarly, the broader Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling by 233.60 seriously injured. In a statement here, she said the building. Such places should be kept away pump prices of petrol in Delhi rose to points, or 1.91 per cent. On the Sensex chart, entire party stands in solidarity with the JNU students from politics. Students come here, filled with Rs 75.69 per litre - the highest since November 2018, Bajaj Finance was the top loser, dropping 4.63 "The entire Congress party stands in solidarity with inspirations and aspirations and they should while those of diesel climbed to Rs 68.68, according to a per cent, followed by SBI, IndusInd Bank, India's youth and students. We strongly deprecate the not be used as pawns in the hands of political price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. This is the fifth Maruti, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank, sponsored violence in JNU yesterday (Sunday) and parties and their leaders," she said on Monday. straight day of increase in retail pump prices. ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries. demand an independent judicial inquiry," Gandhi said. Delhi goes to PM meets top honchos polls on Feb Gold zooms Rs 720, hits on reviving economy 8, results on lifetime high of Rs 41,730 Feb 11 PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Gold prices in the national The election commission on capital hit an all-time high level Monday announced on Monday and zoomed Rs February 8 to be the date of 720 to Rs 41,730 per 10 gram Delhi assembly elections. following a pick-up in safe- JNUSU : VC, Model code of conduct haven demand for the metal police allowed comes into effect with the amid weak equities and bull- announcement, the EC said. ish global trends. ABVP goons The date of notification is Silver also witnessed to attack January 14, while January 21 increased buying as it surged 4 will be the last date of filing Rs 1,105 to Rs 49,430 per kg nominations. from Rs 48,325 per kg in the There are total of seventy previous trade. Gold had in the seats in Delhi out of which previous trade closed at Rs Aam Aadmi Party won sixty 41,010 per 10 gram. PNS n NEW DELHI stormed on reviving the econ- Chairman Sunil Mittal, seven last time. "Safe-haven demand contin- per ounce and, likewise, silver crude oil prices. omy and business sentiments, Mahindra Chairman Anand Continued on Page 3 ued in the precious metal with also quoted higher at USD In the morning trade, the Ahead of the Union Budget, creating jobs and pushing Mahindra, Tata Sons word of war between the US 18.34 per ounce. rupee depreciated 31 paise to Prime Minister Narendra growth. Chairman Emeritus Ratan and Iran. Along with a weak- International gold prices at 72.11 weighed by the spike in Modi on Monday met India's Sources said the meeting Tata, Tata Group Chairman N. er rupee, rise in international COMEX climbed as much as crude oil prices, amid rising top 10 business leaders which was held at the Prime Chandrasekaran, Adani Group gold prices supported domes- 2.3 per cent to USD 1,588.13 concerns over US-Iran ten- included bosses of India's Minister's Office in the after- Chairman Gautam Adani, TVS tic gold prices to trade at life- an ounce, the highest level sions. largest conglomerates like noon and Modi listened Chairman Venu Srinivasan, time high level," Devarsh Vakil, since April 2013, and traded at The Sensex crashed nearly Reliance Industries, Vedanta, patiently to the who's who of Vedanta Chairman Anil Head (PCG-Advisory), HDFC USD 1,575 an ounce. Along 788 points on Monday as Tata Group, Mahindra & India Inc including Reliance Agarwal, and L&T Chairman Securities, said. with the other Asian curren- heightened tensions in the Mahindra, Adani and Bharti Industries Chairman Mukesh A.M. Naik, among others. In the global market, gold cies, the rupee traded with a Middle East kept investors on Enterprises, as they brain- Ambani, Bharti Enterprises Continued on Page 2 traded with gains at USD 1,575 loss of 25 paise amid higher edge. Crude oil futures Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Arora jump over 3% as tensions in Middle ‘Stop protests, East escalate Protests in Hyd varsities against JNU violence further Modi govt not 8 PNS n HYDERABAD Students Union (PDSU) and Students Federation of India against Indian Protests broke out at three (SFI) also staged a protest in university campuses in front of the Arts College on the Muslims’ Hyderabad on Monday against Osmania University campus, PNS n HYDERABAD the attack on students of condemning attacks in JNU Delhi's Jawaharlal University and demanded action against Amid the ongoing protests by a masked mob. The students the guilty. over the Citizenship of the Hyderabad Central The protesters raised slogans Amendment Act (CAA), University (HCU), Maulana against the ABVP, holding it Union Minister Ramdas Azad National Urdu University responsible for the attacks on Athawale on Monday said and Osmania University staged the JNU students and teachers. Over 1 lakh throng Tirumala the amended law is not against protests, condemning the JNU Osmania University students stage protest at Arts College in the city on Monday They also set afire an effigy of the Muslim community in violence. the ABVP. on Vaikunta Ekadasi day India andthat the Narendra Mild tension prevailed on by the Leftist student groups each other for the JNU vio- Continued on Page 3 Modi-led BJP government at the campus of the Osmania and Akhil Bharatiya Vidayarthi lence. The students affiliated More reports in Page 4 5 Uddhav: PNS n TIRUPATI waiting since Sunday in the Centre is for all. University due to the protests Parishad (ABVP), blaming with the People's Democratic JNU violence serptentine queues, were Speaking at the second More than one lakh devotees allowed into the shrine from national conference of All reminds from all over the country the wee hours on Monday, he India Working Journalists me of 26/11 thronged the famous hill tem- said. Association (AWJA) here, the Iran offers $80 attacks ple of Lord Venkateswara at After offering worship, they Union Minister for Social Mee-Seva centres to turn into ATMs 5 nearby Tirumala on Monday walked out through the tradi- Justice and Empowerment mn bounty on on the occasion of Vaikunta tionally bedecked sacred said development of Muslim Project to be rolled out by end of the month Ekadasi festival. 'Vaikunta Dwarams' (passage), community has been the stand The presiding deity of Lord which is opened only on of the Modi government even PNS n HYDERABAD Trump head Venkateswara was adorned Vaikunta Ekadasi day, the offi- as he appealed to the commu- Currently there are PNS n TEHRAN with huge diamond set orna- cial said. A traditionally dec- nity to stop their agitation With the help of T-wallet, 4,264 Mee-Seva ments, while the entire sprawl- orated golden chariot proces- against the amended law. Mee-Seva centres are turning franchise agents An $80 million bounty has ing temple complex and its sion carrying the centuries-old He said the Act was for into ATMs in Telangana. been placed on US President surroundings were bedecked Utsav idol of the Lord was also minorities in Pakistan, Initially TSTS ran a pilot registered who will be Donald Trump's head after with flowers and illuminated, taken out around the over Afghanistan and Bangladesh project where in the cash with- quickly on-boarded General Qasem Soleimani Sensex a temple official said. 2,000-year-old shrine on the who face religious persecu- drawal facility was available for was killed in US airstrikes nosedives The devotees, who had been occasion, he added.