Maharashtra Congress MLA Nitesh Rane pours mud over engineer
New Delhi: In yet another case of assault on a government official, Maharashtra Congress MLA Nitesh Rane and his supporters poured mud on a highway engineer.
Maharashtra Congress MLA Nitesh Rane is the son of former Maharastra Chief Minister leader Narayan Rane.
The incident took place on Thursday at a bridge near Kankavali on the Mumbai-Goa highway when the MLA was inspecting the potholes-ridden stretch. In the video, posted on news agency ANI, Nitesh Rane and his followers are seen dumping mud on the highway engineer after the lawmaker got angry over the repair of potholes.
The MLA and his supporters even tried tying the engineer, identified as Prakash Shedekar, to the bridge as they threatened him.
#WATCH: Congress MLA Nitesh Narayan Rane and his supporters throw mud on engineer Prakash Shedekar at a bridge near Mumbai-Goa highway in Kankavali, when they were inspecting the potholes-ridden highway. They later tied him to the bridge over the river. pic.twitter.com/B1XJZ6Yu6z
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2019
This comes around a week after BJP MP Kailash Vijayvargiya's son Akash Vijayvargiya was arrested for assaulting municipal officer Dhirendra Singh Bais with a cricket bat during an argument over a demolition drive in Ganji compound area in Indore.
The incident, which had taken place in full public view, had left the BJP embarrassed and prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to issue a stern warning and tell party leaders that arrogance and misbehaviour cannot be tolerated.
courtesy: indiatoday.in
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Oil prices sink, US stock futures jump as US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire
New York (AP): Oil prices plunged below USD 100 a barrel and Asia markets and US stock futures jumped after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 4.8% and South Korea's Kospi gained 5.6%. Futures for the S&P 500 advanced 2.3% as of 9:30 pm EDT, while Dow futures rose 2%.
Futures for US crude oil sank 14.3% to $96.83 a barrel and Brent crude oil, the international standard, dropped 13.3% to $94.74. Oil prices had spiked because the war snarled the production and transportation of crude in the Persian Gulf. Much of that oil exits the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz to reach customers around the world, but Iran had blocked it to enemies.
Late Tuesday, Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges, power plants and other civilian targets. Iran's foreign minister said passage through the strait would be allowed for the next two weeks under Iranian military management.
The dramatic moves in prices are just the latest swings to hit financial markets since late February because of constantly shifting signals about when the conflict may end.
Even with word of a ceasefire, neither Iran nor the United States said when it would begin, and attacks took place in Israel, Iran and across the Gulf region early Wednesday.
