DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 DONALD J TRUMP BACK AS 47th U.S. PRESIDENT: ‘SAVED BY GOD TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN’ ‘GoldenAgeofAmericabeginsnow’ Trade to immigration, energy to gender, Trump 2.0 ushers in major policy shifts Look forward to working together… shape a better future: Modi DAVID MORGAN, GABRIELLA BORTER, JEFF MASON & JOSEPH AX SHUBHAJIT ROY BUSINESS AS USUAL NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20 BY UNNY WASHINGTON, JANUARY 20 21/01/2025 92 120 148 THE WORLD TECH BOSSES TO CELEBRITIES: THOSE WHO ATTENDED BIDEN ISSUES PARDONS FOR FAMILY PAGE 12 and job loss that he said had ravaged the country. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Donald J Trump speaks after being sworn as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, Monday. Reuters Delhi’s challenge: Trump will play hardball, change rules of the game C RAJA MOHAN NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20 HERALDING A “thrilling new era of success”, President Donald Trump declared Monday that a “revolution of common sense” will guide his bold new effort to redirect America away from the “liberalextremism”athomeand “declinist pessimism” abroad. MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL & ANONNA DUTT NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20 DAYS AFTER 17 members of three families died under mysteriouscircumstancesinavillage in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an initial investigation hasrevealedthepresenceof pesticideresiduesinanearby“baoli” (water reservoir). It is suspected that the victims consumed water from this reservoir, sources told The Indian Express. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 and triggered what he called several “catastrophes” abroad, Trump ● promised radical departures from America’s long-standing policies on immigration and trade and more recent ones limiting free speech, promotingraceandgenderidentities, mandating green choices on consumers. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 TRUMP’S ORDERS ON DAY 1 IMMIGRATION: National emergency at the US-Mexico border, sending troops to the southern border ENERGY: National energy emergency, focus on development in Alaska; revoke federal mandates on EVs GENDER: Recognise only two genders — male and female DIVERSITY: End ‘radical and wasteful’ diversity, equity and inclusion programmes inside BADLAPUR SEXUAL RG Kar rape-murder PROBE INTOresponsibleASSAULT CASE 5 cops for custodial death convict gets life term; of accused; HC directs govt to file FIR will go to HC, ask for death, says Mamata OMKAR GOKHALE MUMBAI, JANUARY 20 FIVE POLICE officers, including a police driver, were responsible forthecustodialdeathof thejanitoraccusedintheBadlapursexual assault case, the Bombay High Court was informed Monday in the wake of the inquirybyamagistrate.Themagistrateinquiryheldthatif Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports areconsidered,“falseencounter” allegations made by parents of thedeceased“foundsubstance”. 70 No ‘mystery’ disease behind Rajouri deaths, experts point to pesticide E Trump’s inaugural speech, delivered immediately after he was sworn in as President, set the stage for what could be a hugely controversial and potentially transformational second term as American president. AttackingAmerica’s“corrupt establishment” that has failed to address multiple crises at home EXPLAINED DONALDTRUMPvowedtousher in a new era of American greatness,minutesafterhewassworn inastheUSPresidentforthesecondtimetocompleteanextraordinary political comeback following two impeachment trials, a felony conviction, two assassination attempts and an indictment for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. In his inaugural address, TrumppledgedtorescueAmerica from what he described as years of betrayal and decline, prioritising a crackdown on illegal immigrationandportrayinghimselfas a national savior chosen by God. “ThegoldenageofAmericabegins right now,” he said. “First,Iwilldeclareanational emergency at our southern border,”hesaid.“Allillegalentrywill be immediately halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminalaliensbacktotheplaces from which they came.” The speech echoed many of the themes he sounded at his first inauguration in 2017 when he spoke darkly of the “American carnage” of crime Convict Sanjoy Roy at the Sealdah court, Monday. Partha Paul TANUSREE BOSE KOLKATA, JANUARY 20 A SEALDAH court on Monday sentenced Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment “until his last breath” for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run RG Kar College and Hospital on August 9 last year, which triggered outrage and massive protests by doctors across West Bengal. While reading out the ruling, the court of additional sessions judgeAnirbanDassaiditwasnot the “rarest of rare case”. In her first reaction soon after the ruling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she “is not satisfied with the punishment”. Later, she said her government would appeal the rulinginHighCourtandseekthe death penalty for Roy. Roy, a 35-year-old civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, was convicted on Saturday under Sections 64 (punishment for rape), 66 (punishment for CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Police take Badlapur sexual abuse case accused to a court in Thane. File The high court directed the Maharashtragovernmenttoregister a First Information Report (FIR) against the officers based on the findingsof the magistrate and initiate further proceedings. The officers were identified as senior police inspector Sanjay Shinde (Thane Crime Branch), assistant police inspector Nilesh More, head constables Abhijeet MoreandHarishTawadeandthe driver Satish Ramnath Khatal with constable rank. On September 23, 2024, the 23-year-old janitor who was arrested the previous month over the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Police probe: Saif attack accused used Bengal resident’s Aadhaar to get SIM VIJAY KUMAR YADAV MUMBAI, JANUARY 20 FROMCROSSINGtheDawkiriver to enter India about seven monthsago,totravellingtoWest Bengalwherehestayedforafew weeksandusedanAadhaarcard of a resident there to get a SIM card, and finally moving to Mumbaiinsearchof ajob.Based Mohammed Shariful Islam on his questioning, the Mumbai Policehavetracedthemovement of Mohammed Shariful Islam alias Vijay Das (30), the Bangla- deshinationalarrestedfortheattack on actor Saif Ali Khan. A preliminary probe has found that the SIM card being used by the accused was registered in the name of ‘KhukumoniJahangirSekh’from West Bengal, whose Aadhaar cardheissuspectedtohaveused to procure it, police sources said. Shariful Islam is suspected to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 the federal government PARDONS: Issue pardons for some of those convicted/ charged in connection with the 2021 Capitol riots TARIFFS: Establish External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties and revenue CLIMATE: Withdraw from the Paris Agreement FULL COVERAGE PAGE 12 PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Donald J Trump on his “historic inauguration as the 47th President of the United States” and wished him a successful term ahead. No sooner did Trump take oath as the US President at the CapitolHill’srotundathanPrime Minister Modi tweeted: “I look forward to working closely together once again, to benefit both our countries, and to shape abetterfuturefortheworld.Best wishes for a successful term ahead!” While India-US relations are on a strong footing, Delhi is concerned about two specific issues — tariffs and illegal immigration — that Trump flagged in his 29minute inaugural speech. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was seated in the audience at Capitol Hill as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister. This is his second visit to theUSwithin thelast 30 days; he had visited the US in the last week of December, and met the incomingTrumpadministration officials as part of an outreach from Delhi to Washington DC. “Privileged to represent as CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Uttarakhand Govt clears UCC rules, set to be rolled out after local body elections AISWARYA RAJ DEHRADUN, JANUARY 20 TATKAL REGISTRATION, doorto-doorservices inremoteareas, and a state-wide mock drill on January 21 — these are some of the key provisions in Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code manual of rules, which the Pushkar Singh Dhami Cabinet approved Monday. The move drew criticism from the Opposition Congress, which called it a violation of the Model Code of Conduct in place ahead of local body polls. According to sources, the rules manual, which was approved at the Cabinet meeting convened for the purpose Monday, is expected to be announced after the election Thursday. The training of the officials is also in the final stages. Once these are rolled out, Uttarakhand will become the first state to implement the UCC. Leaving the State Secretariat after the Cabinet meeting, Chief CM Dhami: Will soon announce date of its enforcement Minister Dhami said: “We had announced in 2022 that our first work will be UCC after the governmentisformed.Thecommittee framed the draft and it was passed with the President's assent. The training is in the final stages and we will soon announce the dates for the implementation… Wehavediscussed the rules today”. On January 13, Uttarakhand government began training its officials to help familiarise them with the UCC portal. Officials said online portals havebeendevelopedforcitizens and officials, featuring Aadhaarbased verification, AI-based translation services in 22 Indian languages, and data integration across more than 13 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 In Hyderabad, an exclusive police station for lakes, land, lung spaces PAGE 1 ANCHOR NIKHILA HENRY HYDERABAD, JANUARY 20 SITTING ON a plush black sofa, T Ramanaiah, 67, narrated how fouracresof governmentlandallotted two decades ago to 20 Dalit families in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area had allegedly been usurped by land grabbers in a span of 10 years. As he handed over a petition, handwritten on a letterhead that sported a portrait of Dr B R Ambedkar,apoliceinspectorsitting beside him patiently noted down his complaint and said, “We will send a team to the area within two days.” The scene was set in Hyderabad’s Buddha Bhavan, a government complex where a new, one-of-its-kind police station is coming up. The station, which will start its official functioning by the second week of February, will deal only with cases of government asset protection and disaster management. Meaning, a police station exclusivelymeantfortheprotection of lakes, parks, open lung spaces, government land and other assets in Hyderabad. TheIndianExpresstookapeek intothefunctioningofthisunique police station, which will come under direct supervision of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Hyderabad Disaster Response andAssetProtectionAgency(HYDRAA) Commissioner A V Ranganath,evenbeforeitisallotted office space. Ramanaiah told The Indian Express, “We had petitioned the revenue officials several times before turning up here. We are hopeful that the police here will give us our land back.” Shortly after Ramanaiah’s case was heard, came another T Ramanaiah, a petitioner, narrates his grievance to an inspector who notes down his complaint. Nikhila Henry petitioner — K S N Reddy. A resident of the posh Saroornagar area in Hyderabad, Reddy said that about 30 acres of the Saroornagar lake had been encroached upon. “Thelakehasshrunkfrom90 acres to 60 acres due to illegal constructions,” Reddy, who has been living in the area for 26 years, told The Indian Express. “Either the buildings have to be regularised under the law or demolished for violating environmental laws.” He carried with him a map of the shrunken lake. Reddy’s grievance, too, was noted down by a police officer of the rank of inspector. Back inside his office, HYDRAACommissionerRanganath, anIPSofficer,wassurroundedby a crowd of petitioners, who had come in to raise their grievances regarding similar cases of lake andlandencroachments—while some wanted a quick inspection of thesites,otherswantedaclear assurance of demolitions. “Now all the cases, hundreds of them, that HYDRAA had lodged in different police stations will be transferred to this police station,” Ranganath said. According to an order issued by the state government on January 7, the police station will be headed by an officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. “This will be a team of police officers who are committed to environmental protection because we are doing this for posterity — for our children,” Ranganath said. Adjacent to Ranganath’s office,inB-BlockofBuddhaBhavan, some security officers were giving last-minute instructions to carpenters who were setting up cubicles for the police station. Another petitioner, N Venkatesh,said,“Hyderabadhas dozensof lakesandnaalaswhich make the city unique. It is the duty of every citizen to protect CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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