Biker flees after truck kills woman riding pillion

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February 17, 2019

Ahmedabad, Feb 17: A biker fled after a truck ran over the woman who was riding pillion, on Iskon flyover in the early hours of Saturday. Traffic police officials said that according to eyewitnesses, the truck was headed towards Mehsana.

“At about 1.45am the truck rammed into the bike. The woman, who is yet to be identified, fell from the bike and was run over by the truck,” said inspector A R Rana of traffic SG-2 police station. “She died on the spot and the man sped away.”

The driver of the truck also fled from the spot. “We detained a minor boy who was in the truck,” Rana said. “We are gathering CCTV footage to identify the biker.”

Rana said that police found an Aadhaar card on the woman which has been issued in Karnataka. “The picture in the card could not be matched as the face of the woman is mutilated,” a senior police official said.

Traffic police officials said they have registered a case under sections of causing death without intention against the driver of the truck and have dispatched a team to arrest him based on the information given by the minor.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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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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