BJP fixed land price on Jindal pact: R V Deshpande

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June 15, 2019

Karawar, Jun 15: Expressing dismay over the State BJP leaders stand on the grant of land to the Jindal Steels, Karnataka Revenue minister R V Deshpande said that it was the decision of the the then BJP government to grant land on lease to the JSW when it was in power.

Speaking to newsmen the minister, has wondered why the BJP is staging dharna on the issue, when the JD(S)-Congress coalition government had granted the land to JSW higher than the price, per acre, earlier fixed by the BJP government headed by B S Yeddyurappa as chief minister.

Opining that the BJP leaders holding protest against the State Government is totally unwarranted, the revenue minister reminded that “Jindal had made a huge investment in Ballary district, the most backward region in the state, and had also generated more jobs”.

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Yeddy was the most corrupt CM in the history of Karnataka....other one is SM Krishna who is cleaned by joining the BJP.

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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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