DVS bats for Yeddyurappa for BJP state president post

Bengaluru, Dec 26: Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Friday batted for former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa for the post of BJP state president.

“Yeddyurappa is a great leader and had worked hard to bring the BJP to the power in the State. He deserves to be the state president of the party. However, the party high command takes the final decision on this,” he said.

Gowda was speaking to media after taking part in a function, “Good Governance Day,” organised to mark the birthday celebrations of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee here on Friday.

Gowda, a former BJP?state president, said that a final decision on choosing the person for the post of the state president will be taken by the party high command. The term of the incumbent Pralhad Joshi will soon get over and a new state president has to be elected.

Gowda said the Congress was sending its ministers to force voters in the upcoming elections to the Legislative Council from the local bodies constituencies to swear in the name of God to vote for their candidates.

“This is happening not only in Bengaluru, but elsewhere too. The ministers have been assigned to hold such sessions across the State. The results, however, will be no different from that of the last Lok Sabha elections,” Gowda added.

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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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