HYDERABAD  THURSDAY  NOVEMBER 07, 2024  `9.00  PAGES 16  LATE CITY EDITION COLLATERAL-FREE EDUCATION LOAN UNDER PM-VIDYALAXMI SCHEME OVER 22 LAKH STUDENTS TO BENEFIT EACH YEAR Anybody who gets admission in Quality Higher Education Institutions (QHEI) will be eligible to get collateral-free, guarantor-free loan from banks and financial institutions to cover the full amount of tuition fees and other expenses related to the course. The scheme will cover 22 lakh students every year. An outlay of `3,600 crore has been approved The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved PMVidyalaxmi scheme to provide financial support to meritorious students for higher education ■ 860 `10,700 CRORE EQUITY INFUSION IN FCI ■ In other major decisions, the cabinet approved infusion of `10,700 crore as equity in Food Corporation of India (FCI) in 2024-25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this will enhance FCI’s ability to manage food procurement and distribution efficiently, besides ensuring better support for farmers and helping improve food security HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA TO BE COVERED UNDER PM-VIDYALAXMI SCHEME CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI TRUMP BEATS A FEMALE RIVAL FOR 2nd TIME OUTPERFORMS HARRIS IN MANY STATES COMPARED TO 2020 SECOND IN OVER 130 YEARS TO WREST PRESIDENCY AFTER A FOUR-YEAR GAP DON POWER AGAIN IN U.S. This will truly be the golden age of America... I am going to stop wars - Donald Trump, US president-elect DONALD TRUMP Total votes so far 71,895,011 (51%) President-elect Donald Trump gestures at supporters during his ‘victory speech’ at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday | AFP 291 223 Total votes so far 67,020,269 (47.4%) 270 TO WIN Had a great conversation with my friend, President Donald Trump. Looking forward to working closely together once again Narendra Modi, PM Look forward to an era of a strong US under President Trump’s decisive leadership. We rely on continued strong support for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy D ONALD Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday , an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. The victory validates his bare-knuckle approach to politics. He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal—often misogynistic and racist— terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants. The rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity resonated , with angry voters—particularly men— in a deeply polarised nation. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump told cheering supporters in Florida. Trump’s win after a gap of four years is also spectacular in the sense that only one other American president has secured two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president, served as the US presi- J&K passes resolution seeking restoration of spl status, guarantees F AYA Z W A N I @ Srinagar THE newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution calling on the Centre to initiate dialogue with the elected representatives of the Union Territory to work out mechanisms for restoring special status and constitutional guarantees to the erstwhile state. “That this legislative assembly reaffirms the importance of the special status and constitutional guarantees, which safeguarded the identity, culture and rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and expresses concern over their unilateral removal,” the resolution read. The resolution was moved by deputy J&K chief minister and senior National Conference leader Surinder Choudhary . BJP members, including the leader of opposition Sunil Sharma, opposed it. Assembly did Sharma said the resolution was not part of the listed business of the House. “Arits job: Omar ticle 370 is history. Nothing is going to J&K Chief Minister happen as Article 370 abrogation was Omar Abdullah passed by Parliament and supported by said the assembly the Supreme Court,” he said. has done its job. Amid the uproar, Speaker Abdur Ra“The assembly him Rather asked the BJP lawmakers to has done its job. I speak. “If the opposition members do will only say this not want to speak, I will put it to vote.” much,” he said on As the protests continued, the Speaker the passage of put the resolution to voice vote and it the resolution passed. When the Speaker announced that the resolution was passed, the BJP members intensified their protests with some rushing into the well of the House chanting Jai Shri Ram and slogans against the resolution. Sharma warned that the BJP won’t allow any further proceedings until it’s withdrawn. The Congress, which remained silent on Article 370 while campaigning for the J&K elections, said the resolution is “the first democratic expression” of the people of J&K and reflects their aspirations. dent between 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. In state after state, Trump outperformed what he did in the 2020 election while Harris failed to do as well as Joe Biden did in winning the presidency four years ago. Upon taking office again, Trump also will work with a Senate that will now be in Republican hands, while control of the House hadn’t been determined. In his second term, Trump has vowed to pursue an agenda centred on dramatically reshaping the federal government and pursuing retribution against his perceived enemies. The results cap a historically tumultuous and competitive election season that included two assassination attempts targeting Trump and a shift to a new Democratic nominee just a month before the party’s convention. Trump will inherit a range of challenges when he assumes office on January 20, including heightened political polarization and global crises that are testing America’s influence abroad. His win against Harris marks the second time he has defeated a female rival in a general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to speak to Trump to P9 congratulate him on his victory . ‘GOLDEN AGE FOR U.S.’ | P9 ‘TRUMP’S WIN POSITIVE FOR INDIA’S IT INDUSTRY’ | P10 SENATE RESULT HOUSE RESULT 52 Republicans 38 seats not up for poll, Expected to head a new entity called the efficiency commission, which will audit the government and recommend drastic reforms, including possible scrapping of entire depts 3 fipped 50 207 Republicans 28 seats not up for poll Democrats 188 218 TO WIN 5 flipped Trump’s A team ELON MUSK Democrats 43 2 flipped A G E N C I E S @ Washington Trump’s first term witnessed high turnover rate with many of his team members resigning, being fired, or reassigned. This time, he is expected to fill his Cabinet with loyalists. Here’s who could be part of the Trump-Vance team in 2025 VIVEK RAMASWAMY Helped Trump gain popularity among the young generation. Trump said he would love to have him around, heading a department: “He’ll do a better job than anybody you can think of.” ‘Samosa Caucus’ gets a little bigger RIC GRENELL KASH PATEL Former US ambassador to Germany who also served acting director of national intelligence, enjoys good rapport with Trump. Could be considered for Secretary of State or NSA Served in various roles in the defence and intelligence communities during Trump’s first term; impressed him with ideas over security and defence issues. Could be made NSA or the CIA chief INDIAN-AMERICAN lawyer Suhas Subramanyam created history by becoming the first from the community to be elected from Virginia and the entire East Coast to the House of Representatives. He joined the ‘Samosa Caucus’ in the US Congress that had five Indian Americans — Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal and Shri Thanedar. All five were reelected. Subramanyam defeated Mike Clancy of the Republican Party . He is currently a Virginia State Senator. “I am honoured and humbled that the people of Virginia’s 10th District put their trust in me to take on the toughest fights and deliver results in Congress. This district is my home,” Subramanyam said. He had previously served as a White House Advisor to Pres- TG pulls the plug on Keshavapuram proj M A N DA RAV I N D E R R E D DY @ Hyderabad THE state government has cancelled the Keshavapuram project contract envisaged by the former BRS regime for meeting the drinking water requirements of Hyderabad city under the Godavari Phase-2 project and instead decided to lift 15 tmcft from Mallannasagar. The cancelled project was designed to lift 10 tmcft of water from Kondapochamma Sagar and fill Keshavapuram reservoir from where it would be pumped to Hyderabad. Orders scrapping the project were issued by the Municipal Administration department on Tuesday and were made public on Wednesday . Government sources said that lifting water from Mallannasagar to meet the needs of Hyderabad would save around `2,000 crore. Of the 15 tmcft to be lifted from Mallannasagar, 10 tmcft would be used for supplying drinking water to Hyderabad city while the remaining 5 tmcft will be used to fill Osmansagar and Himayathsagar. These proposals were also approved during the recent Cabinet meeting. With the Cabinet giving the green signal, the government The scrapped plan  Lifting 10 tmcft of water from Kondapochamma Sagar and store in Keshavapuram reservoir  Supply this water from Keshavapuram Reservoir to Hyderabad city through Ghanpur pumphouse THE ALTERNATIVE  15 tmcft to be lifted from Mallannasagar to Ghanpur  Of this 15 tmcft, 10 tmcft will be used for supplying drinking water to Hyderabad city from Ghanpur Pumping station  Remaining five tmcft will be pumped to fill Osmansagar and Himayathsagar  Length of project, as per old plan: 71.9 km  Length of project, as per new plan: 162 km N E W P L A N ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT AND JILL COLVIN @ Washington (AP) Harris concedes defeat, calls up President-elect Trump and congratulates him on his victory KAMALA HARRIS has decided to invite tenders for the project tentatively titled: “Godavari Drinking Water Supply Phase-2 and Rejuvenation of Osmansagar and Himayathsagar for Musi River Cleanup”. As per the new plan, a pipeline would be laid to lift 15 tmcft of water from Mallannasagar to the Ghanpur pumphouse from where it would be pumped to meet the needs of Hyderabad and to fill Himayathsagar and OsmansaCONTINUED ON P5 gar. Over 2.66 L motorists in Hyd jumped signals in 10 months C H I T H A LU R I R EVA N T H @ Hyderabad DATA-CENTRIC Officials collect details of citizens as part of the comprehensive socio-economic, employment, political and caste survey at Vittalwadi, Narayanguda in Hyderabad on Wednesday | VINAY MADAPU A whopping 2,66,509 cases of signal jumping were booked in the last 10 months in the Hyderabad police commissionerate limits alone. This was revealed to TNIE by Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Hyderabad, P Viswa Prasad on Wednesday while giving details of the first day of a special drive against helmet-less and wrong side driving that began on Tuesday . Viswa Prasad also revealed that in the last 15 days, the Hy- derabad police have registered cases against 901 persons who were driving private vehicles. “Private vehicles are not allowed to have sirens. Only police, ambulance, fire brigade and RTA vehicles can have sirens,” he said. On Tuesday, the city police fined 6,631 motorists for not wearing helmets and another 1,503 for driving on the wrong side of the road. Of these 6,631 violators of the helmet rule, 1,451 were stopped on the spot while 5,180 have been identified with the help of surveillance CONTINUED ON P5 cameras. ident Barack Obama. Subramanyam’s parents arrived in the US through Dulles Airport in the late 1970s. Shri Thanedar was re-elected for the second consecutive term from the 13th Congressional District of Michigan. He won it for the first time in 2023. Raja Krishnamoorthi won the seventh Congressional District of Illinois for the fifth consecutive term. Ro Khanna who represents the seventeenth Congressional District of California and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who represents the seventh Cong ressional District of Washington State, retained their respective seats. Similarly, Dr Ami Bera, the senior-most Indian American Congressman representing the sixth Congressional District of California since 2013, was reelected for the seventh consecutive term. SC pulls up UP govt over illegal house demolition S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi THE Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government over its “high-handed” approach to demolitions, and ordered it to pay `25 lakh to a man whose house was razed in 2019 without following the due procedure to widen a road. “This is completely highhanded. Where is the due process followed? We have an affidavit that says no notice was i s s u e d . Yo u only went to the site and infor med the people through a loudspeaker. You didn’t give time to the family to vacate,” the court said. “You can’t come with bulldozer and demolish the house overnight,” it added. A three-judge bench of the court, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, asked the state chief secretary to conduct an inquiry into the illegal demolition in Maharajganj district. The bench was hearing a suo motu writ petition registered in 2020 based on a complaint by Maharajganj resident Manoj Tibrewal Aakash, whose house was demolished in 2019.