Anant Kumar Hegde will be Karnataka CM if BJP voted to power in 2018: JD(S) leader

DHNS

December 30, 2017

Haveri, Dec 30: JD(S) leader and MLC Basavaraj Horatti on Friday stated that the BJP would make Anant Kumar Hegde as the Chief Minister if voted to power in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

"B S Yeddyurappa won't become the chief minister if the BJP comes to the power in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Instead, the party will make Anantkumar Hegde as the chief minister," Horatti told reporters.

The MLC stated that the RSS knew how to handle leaders from other communities.

"There are 9 MPs from the Lingayat community representing the BJP in the state. However, the party leadership hasn't inducted even one of them into the Union Ministry," he said.

Horatti sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to resolve Mahadayi water dispute.

"Modi should convene the meeting of chief ministers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa to find a solution to the dispute," he said and added:" MP Shobha Karandlaje should request Modi to settle the dispute instead of protesting in front of chief minister's residence."

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

News Network

December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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