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Drone attacks last week onSaudi Arabia’s crude processing facility, the largest inthe world, have impactedhalf of the country’s crudeoil production and about 5%of the world supply. Following the attacks, on Monday,Global Brent crude futuresshot up more than 20% to$66.91 per barrel.
However, allaying Indianfears, Saudi Aramco offi��cialstold oil companies that theattacks would not result in ashortage of supplies, the Ministry of Petroleum has said.
Ratings agencies, however, said India would see a risein prices due to the increasein the risk premium.
“Yesterday [September15], Saudi ARAMCO offi��cialsinformed the Indian refi��nersthat there would be no shortage of supplies to them,” theMinistry of Petroleum andNatural Gas (MoPNG) said ina statement. “MoPNG isclosely monitoring the situation in consultation with Indian refi��ners and SaudiARAMCO.”
MEA condemns attacks
Ministry of External Aff��airsspokesperson Raveesh Kumar, in a statement, condemned the drone attacks.“We reiterate ourresolve to oppose terrorismin all its forms and manifes
tations,” the statement said.Saudi Arabia is a major
source of oil imports for India, accounting for nearly18% of the 226 million tonnesof crude the country imported during 201819, accordingto data with the Ministry ofCommerce.
India, which importsmore than 80% of its crudeoil requirement, is particularly vulnerable to geopolitical risks arising out of the oilproducing countries.
“While the oil marketsawait further updates on theresumption of supplies fromSaudi Arabia, they will nevertheless be nervous as any
retaliatory measures by Saudi Arabia and its allies willkeep the market on tenterhooks,” said K. Ravichandran, senior vicepresidentand group head, CorporateRatings, ICRA.
“As a result, oil pricesshould factor in sizeable geopolitical risk premium,which will be negative for Indian consumers,” he added.“Nevertheless, this impact islikely to be shortlived as themarket will rebalance swiftlyonce the tensions abate.”
Drone strikes on Saudi facilitylead to jump in crude pricesSupplies to India will not be aff��ected, Saudi Aramco offi��cials tell oil companies
Special Correspondent
New Delhi
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U.S. HINTS AT MILITARY
RESPONSE A PAGE 14
The Supreme Court on Monday found the government’sstatistics of thousands of instances of death, terror andviolence in Jammu and Kashmir from 1990 as “formidable reasons” for the August5, 2019, lockdown that followed the withdrawal of thespecial rights and privilegesof Kashmiri people with thereading down of Article 370.
AttorneyGeneral K.K. Venugopal reeled out numbersto prove that the restrictionsstopped the bloodshed inthe Valley, and there was nodearth of facilities for ordinary Kashmiris.
He told a Bench, led byChief Justice of India RanjanGogoi, that since 1990,41,866 persons had lost theirlives in 71,038 terror incidents. They included 14,038civilians, 5,292 security personnel and 22,536 terrorists.
“A terrible state of affairs... These are formidablereasons [for the lockdown]...These are security matters,”Justice S.A. Bobde, on theBench, said.
‘No bullets fi��red’
Solicitor General TusharMehta submitted that “not abullet has been fi��red afterAugust 5”.
The court directed theUnion of India and the Jammu and Kashmir government to fi��le their responses
to petitions, like the onefi��led by Kashmir Times Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin, against the lockdown.
The court urged the J&Kgovernment to make “all endeavours”, keeping in mindnational and internal security, to ensure that “normallife is restored in Kashmir,
people have access tohealthcare facilities andschools, colleges and othereducational institutions andpublic transport functionand operate normally”.
Govt. data on J&K terrorjustify lockdown, says SCNumbers from 1990 present ‘formidable reasons’
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI
Prices of petroleumproducts like petrol anddiesel are likely to go up byup to ₹��5 a litre each over thecourse of the next few daysafter international crude oilprices shot up following thedrone attack on SaudiAramco’s facility at Abqaiq.Oil marketing companieswill have to increase theretail prices in a fortnight.Shares of Indian refi��nersclosed in the red on theBSE. A page 15
Petrol pricemay rise by ₹��5
The Supreme Court onMonday allowed seniorCongress leader GhulamNabi Azad to go on arestricted tour of fourdistricts of Jammu andKashmir “without indulgingin any political activity orrally”. A page 13
Azad allowed tovisit 4 districts
The communicationblockade has aff��ectedstudents who misseddeadlines to fi��ll up forms forcourses at foreignuniversities. A Kashmiriscientist in the U.S. and anIndian scientist are trying tohelp them. A PAGE 13
Students missdeadlines
Former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Kodela Siva Prasada Rao wasfound dead under suspicious circumstances at hisresidence here onMonday.
Joint Commissioner of Police (WestZone) A.R. Srinivassaid the 72yearoldpolitician was suspected to have committed suicide byhanging from a ceiling fan athis residence in BanjaraHills.
He was taken to Basavatarakam IndoAmerican Cancer Hospital, where doctorsdeclared him dead.
“After attending on himfor more than an hour, doctors pronounced Rao dead,”Mr. Srinivas said, adding that
there was a ligature markaround his neck.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that Mr. Rao’s daughter, Vijaya Lakshmi, foundhim hanging in his bedroomon the fi��rst fl��oor of the
house. Based on hercomplaint, the Banjara Hills police registered a case under Section 174(suspicious death) ofthe Cr. PC.
“Around 11 a.m.,when Vijaya Laksh
mi went to the fi��rst fl��oor toinform Rao that she was taking her mother, Kodela Sasikala, to hospital, she foundthe doors bolted from inside. She opened the window to fi��nd him hanging,”the Joint Commissioner said.
Former Andhra PradeshSpeaker found deadStaff Reporter
Hyderabad
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A SURGEON A PAGE 8
Four members of a Muslimfamily were injured when amob of around a dozen unidentifi��ed people attackedthem at the Aligarh railwaystation on Sunday afternoon, allegedly because oftheir religious identity.
According to an FIR registered by the GovernmentRailway Police (GRP), SahimKhan, a resident of a villagenear Kannauj, and his familyhad just alighted from theKanpurAnand Vihar Express at Aligarh at 4.30 p.m.when the group attackedthem on the platform. Mr.Khan’s nephew, TaufeeqKhan, suff��ered an injury onthe forehead. Their wives
were also beaten. Station House Offi��cer
Yashpal Singh said an FIRwas registered against unidentifi��ed people. “CCTVfootage is being looked into
to identify the culprits. Prima facie, it seems like a caseof altercation leading to anattack.”
Four of Muslim family injured in attack at Aligarh railway station Likely that altercation could have led to incident, say police
Special Correspondent
Ghaziabad
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Victim of attack: Taufeeq Khan suff��ered an injury on theforehead and is admitted to hospital. * MANOJ ALIGADI
Board. The maximum detention period under the PSA,enacted in 1978, is two years.
Mr. Vaiko last week moveda habeas corpus petition inthe court to have the Stategovernment produce theformer Chief Minister incourt and set him free.
The court heard the petition on Monday and issuednotice to the Centre andscheduled the hearing forSeptember 30. When theBench, led by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi, turned to Solicitor General Tushar Mehtafor a response, he questioned the locus standi of Mr.Vaiko to fi��le a habeas corpuspetition for Dr. Abdullah.This petition was reservedfor family members alone,the law offi��cer said.
Hours before the SupremeCourt was to hear a petitionby Rajya Sabha member Vaiko against the detention ofNational Conference leaderand former Chief MinisterFarooq Abdullah, the Jammuand Kashmir Home Department issued orders to detainthe Srinagar Member of Parliament under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for 12 days onSunday night.
As per the latest order under the PSA, his residencehas been declared a subsidiary jail.
A senior government offi��cial told The Hindu that Dr.Abdullah would be detainedinitially for 12 days, but theperiod could be extended fora maximum of three months.Any detention beyond threemonths will have to be ratifi��ed by the PSA Advisory
Farooq detained under PSA, his house declared a jail Move comes ahead of Vaiko’s plea inSupreme Court against his detention
Special Correspondent
New Delhi
Under cover: Security men standing guard outside the house of NC leader Farooq Abdullah inSrinagar on Monday. * PTI
NC CHIEF CONFINED TO
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Rise in crude oil pricesspooked all the emergingmarket currencies withrupee being hit the worst,despite the Central bank’sintervention that helped thecurrency to reduce losses.The rupee opened weakerat 71.75 against the dollar,compared with the previousclose of 70.93. It hit theday’s low of 71.68 beforeclosing at 71.60, down 68paise. This was the fi��rstseason of weakening of thedomestic unit after eightdays of gain. A page 15
Rupee tumbles68 paise
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CMYK
A ND-NDE
P.K. Mishra emerges asPMO power centre AHMEDABAD
Prime Minister’s newly
elevated Principal Secretary
P.K. Mishra has emerged as
the most powerful
bureaucrat handling the most
important matters in the
PMO as per the distribution
of work among the three top
bureaucrats: Dr. Mishra, NSA
Ajit Kumar Doval and
Principal Adviser P.K. Sinha.
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NEARBY
Petition in NGT againstodd-even initiative NEW DELHI
A plea challenging the odd
even vehicle rationing
scheme announced by the
Delhi government was fi��led
at the NGT on Monday. CM
Arvind Kejriwal had
announced that the scheme
will be rolled out between
November 4 and 15.
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The Ayodhya mediationcommittee on Monday fi��leda short memorandum informing the Supreme Courtthat parties across the Hin
duMuslim religious dividehave approached it with a request to resume talks to amicably resolve the over 70yearold RamjanmabhoomiBabri Masjid title dispute.
The memorandum said
the parties had suggestedthat mediation could continue even as the SupremeCourt continues to hear theAyodhya dispute appeals.
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI
Ayodhya parties want to resume talks
Yogi govt.’s move to shift17 OBCs to SC list stayedLUCKNOW
In a major setback to the Yogi
Adityanath government, the
Allahabad High Court on
Monday stayed its decision to
include 17 Other Backward
Classes in the Scheduled
Castes list. NORTH A PAGE 6
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