IAS officer attracts CM's ire for not implementing govt orders

DHNS

June 9, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 9: Excise Commissioner Munish Moudgil on Friday attracted the ire of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for not following the government orders.

It is learnt that Kumaraswamy is upset with the IAS officer for not reversing transfers of government employees, who were on election duty.

According to sources, several women officials met Kumaraswamy and complained that though the Assembly elections were over, Moudgil had not reversed their transfers. As a result they had not been able to go back to their original postings.

The Election Commission had transferred several officers to different departments during the recently concluded Assembly elections. It had clarified that the transfers would be only up to the elections.

A few days ago, the State government had given a general order stating that the transfers should be reversed.

While a majority of the departments implemented the government order, Moudgil didn’t. Sources said that Moudgil had maintained that the transfers would be reversed only after the ongoing MLC elections.

Notwithstanding his decision, the women met Kumaraswamy and appealed to him to intervene. After hearing their appeal, Kumaraswamy is said to have threatened to suspend Moudgil. Though no action has been taken against the officer as yet, official sources confirmed that he would face disciplinary action if he didn’t reverse the transfers immediately.

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Reshuffle everything. Transfer right hand of feku

Ultimately EC working for amit shah and modi. They preplanned everything.

All are RSS IAS officers? (no offence please)

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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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