DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 18 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 J&K statehood awaited, Omar Govt not keen on local body polls before it DEEPTIMAN TIWARY NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20 WITHTHECentregivingnoindication of early movement on restoring statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, sources in the Omar Abdullah government have indicated they are not keen on holding the pending local bodyelectionswithoutthesame. Sources said the National Conference (NC) government believes holding elections to panchayats or the District Development Councils (DDCs) would have no import if J&K remains a Union Territory. Panchayat elections in J&K have been due since January 2024, while the five-year term of the DDCs ends in a year. “The reins of power are in Delhi.Thereisamulti-levelcommandstructureintheUT…Until CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE WORLD TECH BOSSES TO CELEBRITIES: THOSE WHO ATTENDED BIDEN ISSUES PARDONS FOR FAMILY PAGE 15 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. E 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 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 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 RG Kar rape-murder BJP-led SMC reverses decision to convict gets life term; allow free banners for religious will go to HC, ask for event; party leader hits back death, says Mamata KAMAAL SAIYED SURAT, JANUARY 20 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 ajuniordoctoratthestate-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. Convict Sanjoy Roy at the Sealdah court, Monday. Partha Paul 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 AN ONGOING mega-scale religious event being held in Surat appears to have split the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the district after the civic body decided to take down the publicity banners put up for the occasion. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) had earlier allowed organisers of Shiv Mahapuran katha by religious preacher Pradeep Mishra to put up around a 100 hoardings and 80bannersof thefunctionacross the city free-of-cost. However, recently, the civic body seems to have had a change of heart with the standing committee taking the decision that organisers would be charged for the posters. Perhaps, the most livid about the decision is BJP corporator and transport committee chair- 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 15 DEHRADUN, JANUARY 20 man of the civic body, Somnath Marathe, who is in the organising committee of the event. He told The Indian Express that he would complain to the partyhighcommandagainstthe standingcommitteechairmanof SMC, Rajan Patel, over the decision to remove the banners and hoardingsfromdifferentpartsof the city without taking him into confidence. The event is being organised by the Sai Leela Charitable Trust (Sai Leela Group) of Surat, run by Samrat Patil and his brother Sunil Patil, who are currently with the BJP. The event started on January 16 and is due to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Uttarakhand Govt clears UCC rules, set to be rolled out after local body elections AISWARYA RAJ Sourcessaidtheeventisdrawing2lakhpeopledaily. Hanif Malek 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 totheUSwithin 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 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 of- CM Dhami: Will soon announce date of its enforcement ficials 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 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… We have discussed CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad