BJP Yuva Morcha leader offers Rs 11 lakh for Mamata Banerjee's head

April 12, 2017

Agra, Apr 12: A leader of BJP's youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), on Tuesday announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh "for cutting off the head" of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee following a lathicharge in Suri, Birbhum district, to disperse a rally raising slogans of "Jai Sri Ram" on Hanuman Jayanti.

Yogesh Varshney, former mandal president of BJYM in Aligarh, said the lathicharge was "unfortunate", as people were brutally beaten up. He said the victims of the lathicharge were not from any political party but simple devotees.

He accused that the Mamata Banerjee government of appeasing Muslims while targeting Hindus. Varshney said the prize of Rs 11 lakh on West Bengal's CM head was his way of expressing anger at the incident.

In Birbhum, Suri police on Sunday had told the organisers of Bir Hanuman Jayanti that it would not allow holding of any rally or meeting at Suri on Tuesday. The organisers asked the police to allow the rally after assuring that they would not carry arms. However, the police did not budge from its stand.

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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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