Delhi monday, january 16, 2017 www.thehindu.in ● Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 7 ● No. 13 ● CITY EDITION ● 28 Pages ● Rs. 8.00 Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad, Malappuram and Mumbai Petrol price up by Rajnath reviews Trump attacks Kohli and Jadhav 42 paise and diesel security situation in civil rights icon scintillate in India’s by ₨1.03 a litre poll-bound Manipur John Lewis superb win Page 9 Page 13 Page 14 Page 17 • • BRIEFLY Centre throws VIP security shield around Kerala BJP brass Kiran Doshi gets The Hindu in the State last year. Secretary and including In- security cover. Punjab goes Prize The ‘Y’ category CRPF protection The Central Reserve Po- telligence Bureau oicials. to the polls on February 4. CHENNAI: Kiran Doshi, a retired comes after spate of attacks on cadre lice Force (CRPF) has been Around 300 individuals are diplomat and educationist from asked to take up the security given security cover by Cent- ‘X’ category security Gujarat, won The Hindu Prize detail, the Home Ministry of- ral security forces which in- The four RSS leaders — 2016 on Sunday for his third VIJAITA SINGH manam Rajashekharan, ficial said. Last year, Prime clude the CRPF, CISF, Indo- Rameshwar Dass from Lud- major work of fiction, Jinnah former State president P.K. Minister Narendra Modi had Tibetan Border Police hiana, Pramod from Amrit- Often Came to Our House. Mr. NEW DELHI: The Centre has Krishnadas, general secret- raised the issue of attack on (ITBP) and the Border Se- sar, Ramgopal and Kuldeep Doshi was selected from nearly granted VIP security cover aries M.T. Ramesh and K. BJP and RSS functionaries curity Force (BSF). Bhagat from Jalandhar — 60 entries for the seventh to four Bharatiya Janata Surendran were granted ‘Y’ during a rally in Kozhikode. “We grant security on the were given ‘X’ category se- edition of the prize. The award Party (BJP) leaders from category security by the basis of the assessment done curity. The Central Indus- — a citation and a cash prize of Kerala, in response to the Home Ministry a fortnight Committees assess risk by the intelligence agencies. trial Security Force (CISF), Rs. 5 lakh — was given away by State party unit’s allegation ago. There are two committees Their ground reports sug- which has a specialised VIP Pulitzer Prize-winning author that there has been a spate of A file photo of a BJP protest in Kerala against attacks on its which decide the allocation gested that the four BJP per- security unit was tasked with Geraldine Brooks at the ongoing attacks on its cadres after the 12 guards per person cadre. — PHOTO: S. GOPAKUMAR of a security category: the sons required protection,” providing cover to the RSS The Hindu Lit for Life fest here. Communist Party of India This means around twelve Protection Review Group the Ministry oicial. functionaries. Under the ‘X’ ½ LIFE | PAGE 20 (Marxist)-led government personnel will give them cial said. The Kerala unit of on its cadres and workers af- and the Security Categorisa- In December 2016, four category, about 5-6 armed came to power. proximity security cover, a the BJP has alleged that there filiated to the Rashtriya tion Committee, both RSS functionaries in Punjab commandos are deployed Four killed in mine BJP State president Kum- senior Home Ministry oi- were more than 400 attacks Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headed by the Union Home were also accorded central with each VIP. collapse in Bengal KALIKAPUR (BANKURA): At least four persons have died and Behave, Economic several others are missing after Afairs Secretary an illegal coal mine collapsed in Rawat warns of crackdown, the Mejhia block of Bankura district of West Bengal on tells Amazon Thursday night. Rescue work is yet to start, villagers said. Even SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT as district police officials but another video surfaces NEW DELHI: claimed that “no such incident Amazon’s indifer- occurred”, villagers said nearly ence in addressing India’s 60 workers were in the mine It affects the morale of the jawans and thereby the force, says Army chief complaints about products when it collapsed. that denigrate Indian icons ½ NATION | PAGE 9 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT and symbols will prove peril- ous for the global e-tailer, NEW DELHI: Despite Army Secretary, Department of TEAM PUNJAB: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Oil Minister’s brother’s Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat Economic Afairs Shaktik- welcomes Navjot Singh Sidhu into the party at his residence gas agency raided sounding a warning to sol- anta Das said on Sunday. in New Delhi on Sunday. — PHOTO: PTI Mr. Das’s comments pub- BHUBANESWAR: Raids were diers on Sunday against us- lished on a social media net- conducted by the anti- ing social media to air their work came a day after the corruption vigilance wing at grievances instead of going Ministry of External Afairs several petrol pumps and through the regular chan- Sidhu begins his said the Indian ambassador cooking gas agencies, including nels, a third video surfaced in Washington DC was one belonging to the brother of late in the evening in which reaching out to the company. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra an unidentified jawan breaks “Amazon, better behave. Congress innings Pradhan, in Odisha following into song to highlight the dif- Desist from being flippant allegations of adulteration and ficulties the troops face on about Indian symbols and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Amritsar East seat, Mr. Sidhu black-marketing. State BJP the border. icons. Indiference will be at will be star campaigner in general secretary Prithviraj “A few colleagues are us- your own peril,” Mr. Das said CHANDIGARH: Ahead of the Pun- the Punjab Assembly polls Harichandan called it ‘misuse of ing social media to draw the on his Twitter handle. The jab Assembly polls, former for the Congress,” he said. vigilance’ by the BJD media's attention to their comment drew a large num- BJP leader Navjot Singh Mr. Sidhu, who hails from government. problems. It afects the mor- ber of responses prompting Sidhu on Sunday joined the Patiala, became MP for the ½ PAGE 12 ale of the jawans and thereby NEWS | the army... You can be held STERN VIEW: Army chief General Bipin Rawat paying homage at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Mr. Das to explain his re- Congress party. first time contesting on BJP guilty of a crime... and get Gate on the occasion of Army Day, in New Delhi on Sunday. — PHOTO: PTI marks. The ex-cricketer was ticket from the Amritsar in Man wanted in 6 child punished,” Gen. Rawat “Comment on Amazon formally inducted into the 2004. He later successfully abuse cases held warned while addressing the now, I am not getting days dress the issue as a whole. address after taking over as was as a citizen of India as I party by Congress vice pres- contested the Amritsar bye- Army Day parade in Delhi of; all the tears have fallen “There are thousands of Chief, Gen. Rawat last Friday felt strongly about it. Noth- ident Rahul Gandhi in New election and retained the NEW DELHI: An alleged Cantonment. His comments from her eyes. One who is units in place. It is diicult to defended the sahayak sys- ing more should be read into Delhi on Sunday. seat in the 2009 general elec- paedophile, who had been came after a second video of married to us, she feels monitor the issue at every tem. He also announced that it. Remain committed to eco- Soon after joining the tions. making weekly visits to the a jawan went viral, alleging neither married nor unmar- level. Hence a mechanism a “suggestion and grievance” nomic reforms, ease of doing Congress, Mr. Sidhu In April 2016, he took oath Capital for the past 13 years discrimination by oicers. ried,” the song posted on needs to be put in place. The system would be put in place business & open trade. tweeted: “Beginning of a new as a member of the Rajya preying on children, has been Unlike the earlier ones, Facebook says. Ministry is working on it,” through which soldiers Sometimes get touchy when inning. On the front foot.. Sabha, but resigned in July arrested. the latest video is not self- The jawan also sings that defence sources said. could reach him directly our icons are involved,” Mr. Punjab, Punjabiyat & every 2016, saying he was being Sunil Rastogi, a tailor from made by a soldier expressing politicians don’t seem to Last week, Lance Naik without their identity being Das said in subsequent mes- Punjabi must win!” sidelined in the party. Soon, Rudrapur town on the UP- grievances but features a care about youth in the milit- Yagya Pratap Singh of 42 In- disclosed. sages. His intervention on Punjab Congress chief thereafter he also quit from Uttarakhand border, has been Sikh soldier singing in Punj- ary. “They go to sleep after fantry brigade expressed his In his video, nursing as- the issue came days after Ex- Capt. Amarinder Singh, who the BJP and later formed a named in at least six cases of abi to a group of colleagues. wishing good night, we cel- grievances against the sistant Naik Ram Bhagat ternal Afairs Minister was not present at the occa- new political front – Awaaz- sexual assault or attempted The soldier sings of the ebrate Diwali on borders...” sahayak (orderly) system in speaks in support of BSF Sushma Swaraj threatened sion, said it was “great news” e-Punjab, along with former sexual assault on children, said tough conditions they live in, the Army and spoke of sol- jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, visa boycott for Amazon’s and that Mr.