DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 24 PAGES JOURNALISM OF COURAGE ‘ABUSE OF POWER... CAN’T BE TOLERATED’ NEW DEPT OF GOVT EFFICIENCY SC slams bulldozer action, lists demolition rules, warns officials Trump picks Musk: Five areas where their bond will be tested From China to EVs, tax and job-cuts to Starlink in Ukraine, SpaceX and govt ANIL SASI NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 13 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a key backer, to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) for his incoming administration. Theacronym,incidentally,refers to Musk’s favourite cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Trump also announced that Vivek Ramaswamy, an investor andhisrivalintheRepublicanpri- Naidu govt goes after Opp social media posts: 680 notices, 147 cases, 49 arrests SREENIVAS JANYALA HYDERABAD, NOVEMBER 13 THE TELUGU Desam Party-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh has launched a crackdown against social media activists and sympathisers of the Opposition YSR Congress Party, claimingthatthey“crossedaline” by posting derogatory content about “wives and daughters” of TDPleaders.BetweenNovember 6 and 12, the state police issued 680 notices, registered 147 cases CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Musk and Ramaswamy. TRUMPMEETSBIDEN,PAGE16 maries,willworkwiththeSpaceX and Tesla founder on the project to “dismantle” bureaucracy and provide “external advice” to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 VOTE DAY People wait outside a polling station in Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district to cast their votes during the first phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand on Wednesday. PTI PAGE6 66% TURNOUT IN JHARKHAND PHASE 1 Jharkhand (TOTAL SEATS: 43) Wayanad LS bypoll 2024 64.24% ANANTHAKRISHNAN G 66.48% 2024-LS 74.20% NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 13 2019 63.75% 2019 SLAMMING THE use of bulldozers against properties of crime accused, the Supreme Court, while underlining that the executive cannot play judge, ruled Wednesday that demolition of properties of citizens without followingdueprocessiscontrary to the rule of law. Directing that officials indulging in such “high-handed actions” be made accountable, the bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan, using its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, laid down certain conditions including mandatory notice which authorities have to comply with before demolishing properties. Making clear that “when a particular structure is chosen all of a sudden for demolition” and similarly situated structures in thevicinityarenottouched,itsaid “mala fide may loom large” and “authorities will have to satisfy Phase 2 voting on Nov 20 83.80% Note: EC data as of 11.30 pm BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY NIKHILA HENRY NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 13 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy at the Express Adda in New Delhi on Tuesday. Abhinav Saha Executive can’t be judge and hold an accused guilty, demolish one’s property: Bench 2024 Reddy: PM out to finish Opp states, diverting investments to Gujarat ACCUSING PRIME Minister Narendra Modi of “trying his level best to finish all Opposition states”,TelanganaChief Minister A Revanth Reddy has alleged thatinvestmentsforOppositionruledstatesarebeingdivertedto Gujarat through the Prime Minister’s Office. “He is the Prime Minister of India, but Modiji is behaving like thePMof Gujarat,”Reddysaidat `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 the Express Adda in New Delhi Tuesday. “From 2004 to 2014, Sonia Gandhi was the chairperson of the UPA, Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi advertised the Gujarat CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NETWORK AHMEDABAD ROAD RAGE: POLICEMAN HELD FOR STUDENT’S MURDER PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 RELATED REPORTS PAGES 9, 11 Arrested for Prayagraj violence in 2022, Javed Mohammad, now out on bail, at the site of his demolished house. File To those whose homes were razed, court order brings hope, but little else ASAD REHMAN, HAMZA KHAN, UPASIKA SINGHAL & ANAND MOHAN J NEW DELHI, JAIPUR, BHOPAL, NOVEMBER 13 THE SUPREME Court may have comedownheavilyonthestate’s demolitionof propertieswithout following due process, but for those who lost their homes to such actions, the battle is only half won. From Uttar Pradesh to Rajasthan, people who have lost properties this way are still awaiting fair compensation. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 15-DAYNOTICE, PENALTYONOFFICIALS GUIDELINES WILL not apply to illegal structures in public places. OWNER/ OCCUPIER must get 15 days to respond to notice. Give owner 15 days to remove illegal portion. COSTS, DAMAGES will be recovered from officials if demolition illegal.