BJP begins preparation for 2018 Karnataka Assembly polls!

March 29, 2015

Bengaluru, Mar 29: The three-day national meet of the BJP, to be held in Bengaluru from April 2, is essentially to build the party in South India, where all states are election-bound in one way or another.

The presence of around 300 BJP leaders, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and national president Amit Shah, is being perceived to have a strong psychological impact on party cadre in Karnataka and the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Of these three states, Tamil Nadu and Kerala will have assembly polls in 2016, where the BJP plans to open its account in a big way.

In Karnataka, elections are due to gram panchayats (expected to be non-political, but candidates invariably identify themselves with a party for political and financial support) and the BBMP, followed by taluk and zilla panchayat polls later in the year. Apart from these elections, the tenure of various civic bodies is due to expire at different periods before the parties get ready for assembly polls in 2018.

"This is the reason Bengaluru was chosen as the venue, though Bihar will be the first among the block to face assembly elections. Our president has been touring the southern states and the three-day meet here will have a cascading effect on the neighbours,'' Malavika Avinash, BJP state spokesperson, said.

After the Delhi assembly fiasco of announcing a chief ministerial candidate in Kiran Bedi, when the party was in the throes of a poll campaign, the BJP has now decided to identify and groom leaders well ahead of the polls.

Apart from boosting the morale of party workers, the meet will discuss membership enrolment done by the states and tackle the land ordinance Bill, for which the NDA government has decided to issue an ordinance. Karnataka had been given a 1 crore membership enrolment target and party sources said it has reached around 75 lakh.

Shah will arrive in Bengaluru on April 1 to oversee the arrangements. The state unit has constituted 35 departments such as hospitality, food and health to ensure smooth functioning. The three-day meet will be held at Hotel Lalit Ashok. A public meeting will be addressed by the PM at National College Grounds on the evening of April 3.

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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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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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