Coastalwood Premier League Cricket from April 4 to 8; auction on Mar 15

March 13, 2017

Mangaluru, Mar 13: The newly formed Coastalwood Artists and Technicians Association, Mangaluru will be organizing a Cricket Tournament for the players of Costal film industry under the title Coastalwood Premier League from April 4 to 8 at Nehru Maidan, Mangaluru.

The players of the film industry will represent in 8 teams named 1. Glitz Gladiators, 2. M W Strikers, 3 Kadandale Tigers, 4. Kalkude Belters, 5, Royal Rangers 6. JugariWarriers. 7. Brand Vision Tuskers 8. R S Brothers that are owned by different franchisees.

As many as 140 players of the industry have been divided into three categories based on their performance shown in the trial matches conducted last year. The players will be distributed to the teams through an auction process which will be held at Forum Fiza Mall on 15.03.2017 at 3.00 p.m. Each team can utilize the Auction money of Rs.300000.00 each. Each team has to purchase one star player, one Icon player, 4 playrs from A Pool, 4 players from B pool and 3 players from C pool.

The following are identified as star players: Arjun Kapikad, Rupesh Shetty, Asthik Shetty, Anup Sagar, Saurab Bhandary, Prathvi Amber, Shravan Kadri, Prakash Shetty.

The tournament will be held as per the style of IPL, MPL. The organisers of MPL Mr. Mohammed Sirajuddin and Imthiaz are looking after the whole event under the banner of Brand Vision Event Management team.

The eight teams will be divided into two pools of 4 teams each. During the league system each team has to play 3 matches and 3 teams from each pool will be qualified to the knock out stage. The teams placed number one will directly qualify to the semifinals. However, the teams placed 2nd and 3rd have to play in eliminator matches to qualify to the semifinals. The matches will be held on the basis of 10 overs a side. The winners will receive an attractive trophy and cash prize of Rs.2,00,000.00 and the Runners up team will be awarded trophy with cash prize of Rs.1,00,000.00. Man of the match award will be given in every match. Man of the series, Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Best fielder awards will be given. There will be a special prize to the player who hit highest number of sixers in the tournament.

The Ministers, MPs, MLA s and other eminent persons are in the CPL Advisory Committee. Also the cine stars Mr. Devidas Kapikad, Naveen Padil, VijayakumarKodialbail, BhojarajVamanjoor, Shivsharan Shetty, VijayaVittalnatha Shetty etc are also in the advisory committee.

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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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