I don’t want to KPCC chief post; people defeated me though I worked for them: Siddu

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June 16, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has made it clear that he was not interested in becoming the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

“No, I am not in the race,” said the Congress leader when asked about his name doing the rounds for the KPCC chief post, which is currently held by Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara.

Siddaramaiah also lamented that people have defeated him in recent assembly polls though he had worked for them selflessly. “The people rejected our (Congress) government. They did not accept our programmes. I have accepted the people’s decision,” he said criptically.

Siddaramaiah’s name, along with other party leaders K H Muniyappa, Dinesh Gundu Rao, M B Patil, Satish Jarkiholi and B K Hariprasad are on the grapevine for the post of KPCC president, which will gain significance ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

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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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