Ambulance ferries liquor, belly dancers perform at govt medical college in Yogi's UP

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December 26, 2017

An alumni meet at a government-run medical college in Meerut in chief minister Yogi Adityanath-ruled Uttar Pradesh has raised eyebrows as ambulance was used to ferry liquor cartons and belly dancers from Russia were called to perform at the function.

The function was held at state-run Lala Lajpat Rai Medical College in Meerut.

Pictures released by ANI, a prominent news agency, showed an ambulance van, with registration number UP 15 CT 2860 carrying cartons of liquor bottles of 100 Pipers label. Another picture showed a belly dancer performing at the event.

In the third picture released by the agency, members of the alumni were seen dancing.

According to reports, the event was held on Monday and when the news began to spread the principal of the medical college was forced to order a probe into the incident.

Reports also said that alcohol was served inside the college premises during the silver jubilee celebration.

The principal has said that he is yet to find out if the ambulance used to ferry the liquor bottles belonged to the college or some other private hospital.

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Media working against PM or CM, it means Democracy still alive.

what is wrong if liquer is served at a party, when government itself is selling liquer for revenue?

What''s Wrong in Celebration of Silver Jubilee ( 25 Years) by Doctors. They are also Human Being and Have Right to Celebrate . Only Deviation is that Whether the Ambulance Used is from Govt Hospital. If it''s from Private Hospital, there is No reason to Rush for this Reporting..

Cattle yogi should be resign

There are many paid media who work against Hon CM Yogi and Hon PM Modi

Fake news.. Media propaganda

Yogi and Feku not stand for poor people. Shame on you Gujarat people.. You poeple wont learn thats why you again made them to rule in Gujarat

No ambulance for poor patients.. shame on you Yogi

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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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