Man booked for abusive comments against Jesus on News Portal, Facebook

March 2, 2015

Mangaluru, Mar 2: A case has been registered in Pandeshwar police station in the city against an online commenter for abusing Jesus Christ and Christian beliefs on a news portal.

The complaint was lodged on Monday by Christian community leaders Roy Castelino, Fr. JB Crasta, Stany Alvares, Sheldon Crasta and ICYM director Fr. Ronald D'souza.

It is stated in the complaint that a person named Shri Ram Yadapadittaya has been posting abusive comments against Jesus Christ and the priests and the nuns of Christian community on a Mangaluru based news portal and also on the social networking site Facebook for a few days.

However, the news portal removed the “hate comment” after receiving complaint from the readers.

Since this is act intends to spoil the peace and harmony in the society, the complaints have urged the police to book and arrest the accuse under IPC section 144, 295 A, and 163 A and B.

Prior to lodging the complaint, the delegation also visited the DC office and submitted a memo to DC through ADC Sadashiv Prabhu and Mangaluru City police commissioner S Murugan. The commissioner responded positively and said that the culprit will soon be arrested.

Youth leaders Jackson Saldanha, Sandeep Monteiro were among the present at the occasion.

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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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