SHIVAMOGGA  SUNDAY  JANUARY 05, 2025  `12.00  PAGES 24  CITY EDITION COWPEA SEEDS GERMINATE IN SPACE ON ISRO CRAFT WITHIN FOUR DAYS ISRO says cowpea seed sent to space on PSLV-C60 POEM-4 have germinated under microgravity condition within four days of launch of the mission EIGHT SEEDS SENT TO STUDY PLANT GROWTH ALL MEASURES OF GROWTH BEING MONITORED ISRO sent eight cowpea seeds to study plant growth in space. “Life sprouts in space! VSSC’s CROPS experiment onboard PSLV-C60 POEM-4 successfully sprouted cowpea seeds in 4 days. Leaves expected soon,” ISRO said on X. The experiment is being done to demonstrate seed germination and plant sustenance until the two-leaf stage, it added ■ ISRO said it is monitoring all passive measurements, such as camera imaging, oxygen, carbon dioxide concentrations, relative humidity, temperature, and soil moisture for plant growth The fourth stage of the rocket carrying POEM-4 platform has been in orbit with 24 experiments at an altitude of 350 km since Tuesday P5 ■ 470 km ALTITUDE AT WHICH CHASER SATELLITE FOR DOCKING EXPERIMENT IS ORBITING 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 NSA Sullivan arriving for final round of talks today Madhugiri DySP remanded in judicial custody EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru RAMACHANDRAPPA, 58, deputy superintendent of police (DySP), Madhugiri sub-division, who was arrested after a video in which he is seen in a compromising position with a woman at his office went viral, was remanded in judicial custody on Saturday. He was produced before a court in Tumakuru district in the morning. He is now in Madhugiri prison. The DySP’s video went viral on Thursday He was suspended by . Director-General and Inspector-General of Police Alok Mohan after his arrest on Friday . A departmental inquiry has been ordered against him. After the video went viral, the 30-year-old victim from Madhugiri filed a complaint against Ramachandrappa at Madhugiri police station on Friday . The DySP has been booked for sexual intercourse by a person in authority (BNS 68), sexual harassment (BNS 75) and word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman (BNS 79). “The DySP was arrested based on a complaint from the victim,” Ashok KV SP , , Tumakuru, told TNSE. The DySP was allegedly caught on a mobile camera when he was with the woman at his office. In the 35-second video, the DySP is seen in uniform. The video was shot from outside the window of his office. The woman, after noticing it, raised an alarm. The woman is said to have approached Ramachandrappa to file a complaint over a land dispute. Toxic waste processing on hold as MP to lob ball to HC A N U R A A G S I N G H @ Bhopal IN an attempt to tamp down the agitation at Pithampur against the of Union Carbide’s toxic waste, the MP government on Saturday sought to lob the ball back into the judicial domain, saying it will seek fresh court orders. The waste was transported to Pithampur from Bhopal following a Madhya Pradesh HC order last month to do so within four weeks. “Keeping in mind the people’s concerns, we’ve decided to not take the incineration forward. The government will apprise the court on the concerns of the locals and await their next order,” said CM Mohan Yadav. The HC will hear on January 6, the 2004 petition on which it had ordered the government on December 3 to shift the toxic waste out of Bhopal. To meet his counterpart Doval; address young bizmen at IIT, Delhi J AYA N T H J A C O B @ New Delhi SPIRITUAL SOJOURN The Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama arrives at a hotel in Bengaluru on Saturday. He will be leaving for Bylakuppe in Mysuru district where he is scheduled to stay for a month | SHASHIDHAR BYRAPPA OUTGOING US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will visit India on Monday for a final round of talks with his counterpart, Ajit K Doval, and other senior officials as the two countries look to burnish their ties that enjoy a groundswell of bipartisan support. The discussions will cover a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, along with finalising ongoing initiatives as the Joe Biden administration concludes its tenure. Congressman Michael Waltz will succeed Sullivan on January 20, when Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. “National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to New Delhi, India on January 5-6 for a capstone meeting with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval that will span a range of issues across the breadth of the Overall, the message we intend to leave is one of real gratitude for the friendship and partnership Biden and Modi enjoyed over the last four years Senior US administration official US-India partnership — from space, defense, and strategic technology cooperation to shared security priorities in the Indo-Pacific and beyond,” said a White House statement. During his two-day visit, Sullivan will meet with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and is expected to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sullivan will also visit the RAMAKRISHNA BADSESHI @ Kalaburagi E J A Z K A I S E R @ Raipur A day after the police found the body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, the authorities resorted to bulldozer justice banned by the Supreme Court a few weeks ago, as they demolished the “illegal” property owned by the accused. The police arrested three, including, Ritesh Chandrakar and Dinesh Chandrakar — both cousins of Mukesh. The main road con- A bulldozer razing the property of tractor, Suresh Chandrakar, the accused | SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT is absconding. Ritesh and Dinesh are his siblings. demolished the house of the Mukesh had allegedly ex- accused using bulldozers. posed irregularities in his The murder led to a war road construction. of words between the ruling Mukesh, 33, was BJP and the opposimissing since Janution Congress. State ary 1. He had reporthome minister Vijay edly gone to attend a Sharma said Suresh meeting with Suresh. is a local Congress Later his mobile leader, adding all his phone went offline. bank accounts have Mukesh’s brother been frozen. HowevYuktesh lodged a er, Congress spokesMukesh Chandrakar missing person comperson Sushil Anand plaint on January 2. Shukla claimed that On Friday evening, his Suresh had joined the BJP body was found in a septic last month. tank on the premises owned Condemning the murder, by Suresh. The incident led the Editor’s Guild said, “The to jour nalists staging a young journalist’s death is a strong protest demanding matter of grave concern as justice for the victim. it raises suspicion of foul A 11-member special in- play The Press Council of .” vestigation team has been India expressed concern constituted to probe the inci- over murder and sought a dent. Following the CM’s di- report from the Chhattisrectives, the administration garh government. AROUND 80 BJP activists, including leaders of opposition in the Assembly and Council R Ashoka and Chalavadi Narayana Swamy were taken into po, lice custody for attempting to lay siege to RDPR Minister Priyank Kharge’s house here on Saturday, seeking his resignation over Bidar contractor Sachin Panchala’s suicide. Thousands of activists and senior leaders of the party marched towards Priyank Kharge’s house after holding a meeting near Mini Vidhana Soudha.Addressing the activists after garlanding the statues of Basaveshwara and Dr BR Ambedkar, Ashoka, Narayana Swamy and MLCs CT Ravi , and Ravi Kumar declared that their state-wide agitation would continue till Priyank resigned as RDPR minister. They accused the Congress of forcing honest officials and contractors to commit suicide. Many contractors, officials and EXPRESS READ 6 killed in TN cracker unit blast Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu): Six workers died and one sustained injury in an explosion at a licenced firecracker manufacturing unit at Kottaiyur near Virudhunagar on Saturday. Probe revealed violation of protocols during handling of chemicals lead to the accident at the unit’s mixing block, sources said. P5 Cold wave alert for parts of K’taka Bengaluru: IMD Saturday issued a cold wave alert for most parts of Karnataka, particularly for north-interior Karnataka. IMD also issued a Yellow Alert warning of severe cold wave conditions for three districts of Karnataka— Bidar, Kalaburagi and Vijayapura. P5 4 hurt in anganwadi roof crash Kolar: Four students sustained injuries after the roof of an anganwadi came crashing down on them in Dasarahosahalli of Bangarpet, Kolar district, on Saturday. There were 13 students in the classroom. The building was reportedly constructed 10 years ago. Anganwadi workers shifted the injured students to Bangarpet government hospital. Pant strikes, Bumrah scare as Test goes to the wire FIFTEEN wickets fell. India took four-run lead. The pitch is still assisting seamers. The match is evenly poised, may be tilting towards India, but the day was dominated by two players on the field and one off it. The Sydney crowd for the fifth and final Test couldn’t have expected such a gripping day. And the third day would be as thrilling with match and series poised for photo finish. The focus on the second day was on two players – Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah. And WITH THIS ISSUE OWNING THE WEEKEND Bulldozer justice a day after cops BJP marches to Priyank’s house, LoPs detained find journo’s body SYDNEY THRILLER G O M E S H S @ Chennai IIT, Delhi, where he will meet young Indian entrepreneurs and deliver a speech at the institute, highlighting the key steps taken to strengthen the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), a highpoint of bilateral ties under the Biden administration. “This will be Sullivan’s final trip to the Indo-Pacific region as National Security Advisor. “He’s very excited and looking forward to these conversations at this critical time,” US National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said. “The two national security advisors will take stock of the progress that the two countries have made over the last four years,” a senior official said. They will also “continue to finalise some ongoing initiatives that were important priorities for us to wrap up to continue our technology cooperation,” the official said. off the field on rested skipper Rohit Sharma. Pant had come for criticism after the ‘reckless’ shot that got him out in the second innings of Melbourne Test. In the first innings, he scored one of the slowest 40 of his Test career off 98 balls. On Saturday, Pant broke the shackles and did what Pant does best. A blistering 29-ball halfcentury ensued. This is the second fastest fifty by an Indian in Tests. At one ball short, the fastest one is against his name as well. His 61 helped India take a healthy 145-run lead after the bowlers restricted the home team to just 181 runs in the first innings. What seemed heartening is that India managed to edged out Australia without Jasprit Bumrah – the highest wicket-taker of the series — after lunch. Bumrah was the second player who was in focus throughout the day. He walked off the field at about 1.20pm. About 40 minutes later, he left the stadium for a scan and came back only two and a half hours later. Every move of Bumrah was followed. If he doesn’t take the field in the second innings it will give Aussies psychological edge. “The medical team is monitoring him,” Prasidh Krishna, who took three wickets, said. Off the field Rohit Sharma made an appearance on the official broadcasters channel to clear his position in the team. He said he made way for Shubhman Gill because he was not doing well and that he has not retired. “I am not going anywhere,” P11 is how Rohit signed off. Japsrit Bumrah celebrates a wicket against Australia. Later, he went off the field with injury | PTI Senior BJP MLC and former minister CT Ravi being detained by the police in Kalaburagi on Saturday | EXPRESS PLUS 12 PAGES farmers committed suicide and the number of maternal deaths has gone up after Congress came to power in the state, they alleged. They sought to know why nobody has been arrested in connection with Sachin Panchala’s suicide though he stated in his note that former corporator Raju Kapnoor, a close aide of Priyank Kharge, and his (Kapnoor’s) eight supporters harassed him for not paying them Rs 1 crore. Ashoka said, “Why has the government P4 not arrested Kapnoor?”