Five Naxals, two supporters held in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Bijapur (PTI): Five Naxalites and two supporters of the outlawed Maoist movement were arrested with explosives in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a police official said on Sunday.
The five ultras were apprehended from the forest near Kandka and Jabeli villages under Naimed police station limits when the 210th battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), which is an elite unit of CRPF, was out on anti-Maoist operation on Friday, he said.
The five were identified as Kamlu Oyam (33), Laxman Ursa (30), Lekam Aytu (34), Lachhu Oyam (39) and Pandru Ursa (31), he said, adding a tiffin bomb, cordex wire and other materials were seized from them.
Meanwhile, Maoist supporters Mad Lakshminarayan alias Madde Lakshmaiya (20) and Laxman Chidem alias Lakshminarayan (21) were held at a mobile check point (MCP) on Mattimarka road under Bhopalpatnam police station limits, he said.
One tiffin bomb, detonators, electric wire and cordex wire were found in their possession, the official added.
A local court remanded the seven in judicial custody, he said.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
