Mangaluru: 8 college students arrested while selling ganja

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January 14, 2019

Managaluru, Jan 14: In a joint operation, the city crime branch of Mangaluru city police and sleuths of Economic Offence nabbed eight college students in the city while selling ganja to students yesterday.

The arrested are: Akshay K Prasad, 22, Jaffer, 22, Nimil, 21, Amit Srivatsan, 21, Ashwin, 21, Mohammed Ameer, 22, Akash S Nair, 22 and Akshay, 22.

All of them originally hail from Kerala and are staying in Mangaluru for education. Seven of them are engineering students and one is a student of physiotherapy.

Based on information from credible sources that the accused were selling and consuming ganja at a ground near Morgans Gate here, the police cracked the whip on them.

According to the police, the accused used to purchase ganja from Kerala and sell it in Mangaluru.

Ganga weighing 500gm worth Rs 12,000, eight mobile phones and two two-wheelers have been seized from them.

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Shocking and saddened. To the youngsters, your parents spent their hard earned money working day and night to send you to college. Now imagine what your mother, father, brothers and sisters are going through, after seeing their sons photos arrested for using and selling drugs. You educated youngsters have ruined your lives and your families lives. Nothing good happens by taking drugs it’s only the beginning of your destruction. So get smart and stay away from drugs and stay away from people who take drugs.

Shocking and saddened!

To the youngsters, your parents spent their hard earned money working day and night to send you to college. Now imagine what your mother, father, brothers and sisiters are going through, after seeing their sons photos arrested for using and selling drugs. You educated youngsters have ruined your lives and your families lives.Nothing good hapens by taking drugs its only the bigining of your distruction. So get smart and stay away from drugs and stay away from people who take drugs.

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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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