Groundbreaking ceremony held for new JD(S) office in Bengaluru

Bengaluru,Mar 3: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has allotted 39 guntas of land to Janata Dal (Secular) to construct its head office in Bengaluru.

The land is located on Platform Road in Seshadripuram near Krishna Flour Mills. JD(S)?national?president and former prime minister H?D?Deve Gowda performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the new party office on Monday.

Addressing the media, Gowda said the party would construct temporary structures to house its office and later think about constructing a permanent office. “For now, we have a new office. We have paid Rs 72,000 for six months and will pay the rest accordingly in the future,” he said.

According to a party spokesperson, the monthly rent for the office is Rs 24,000. Construction of temporary structures will begin next week.

JD(S), which has been without an office since February 15, had been criticising the ruling Congress government for delaying allotment of land to it, despite having petitioned the BDA?a few months ago. However, the BBMP?Council swiftly approved the land lease for the JD(S)?in the last few days. The previously allotted land to the JD(S), near Chowdiah Memorial Hall, was entangled in a legal dispute between the BBMP?and some private parties.

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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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