Don't spare anybody who disturbs peace: Jarkiholi

DHNS

December 25, 2017

Belagavi Dec 25: Small Scale Industries and district in-charge Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi directed police officials to try hard to maintain peace, law and order in Belagavi city.

Speaking to reporters after an official meeting with district officials in Belagavi, on Monday, Jarkiholi said that police should arrest troublemakers irrespective of how influential they are.

"It doesn't matter which community or faction the rabble-rousers belong to. You must take action against those responsible for the breach of peace. Or else the government will take action against you," he warned police and other officers.

"Whether it is a MLA or MLC, the Congress party does not create differences between communities. Everybody knows who does it," the minister said alluding to BJP's heightened activism.

"I have asked the police to install CCTV cameras at all sensitive places in the city and high mast lighting too. That will done, whatever the cost," Jarkiholi assured media people.

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Nobody is there to make order and protect us from SDPI and PFI goons in Mangalore. Our ill fate

Sir,

I am from rural area, now staying in Mangalore. I am running a small shop, all of my revenue became less because of shopping malls. Please provide us to work in shoping malls by any govt scheme. I need to run shop in shopping mall, but I dont have money. There are many people like me doing small businesses. Please do something sir.

Then arrest all SDPI, PFI workers and some Muslims

The right hand of CM. Do your business

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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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