Let Deve Gowda say what he wants:?Siddaramaiah

January 22, 2015

Bengaluru, Jan 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday termed the accusations by H?D?Deve Gowda that he and the Congress government were practising partisan politics as nothing but geriatric prattle.

“Let Deve Gowda say what he wants. He is an old man... It’s nothing but old age which is making him speak harshly against me,” said Siddaramaiah.

When questioned about the JD(S)?being forced out of its office on Race Course Road, Siddaramaiah said the decision of the Supreme Court had to be followed. “It is based on the Supreme Court order that the JD(S)?is being asked to vacate the Race Course Road office. Everyone has to abide by the court order,” he said.

Gowda had on Tuesday accused the State government of dillydallying over providing land to the JD(S)?to construct their head office in the City.

Earlier, Siddaramaiah inaugurated the publicity drive of the government to showcase its welfare schemes by launching special vehicles to five districts – Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapur, Haveri and Yadgir.

The Department of Information and Public Relations intends to reach out to about 1,000 villages in these five districts and showcase the government’s Ksheera Bhagya and Anna Bhagya schemes. The publicity vehicles will house still photographs and videos pertaining to the schemes, apart from folklore music by artistes who will be accompanying in the vehicle.

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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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