'Masjid Ehsaan' holds blood donation camp

December 5, 2013

Mangalore, Dec 5: With the aim of making Masjids perform more social duties and to ensure that the Masjids do not confine themselves to being mere places of worship,'Masjid Ehsaan', newly built under Highland Educational and Cultural Centre at Vas Lane, Falnir, organized a first of its kind blood donation camp in its premises.

Though Masjid committees have held such programmes earlier, it is for the first time that blood donation camp was held in the Masjid premises.

The programme was a great success as men and women came in large numbers to donate blood for a cause.

President of Highland Islamic Forum Mohammed Rizwan, counting on the basic principles of Islam said that all the teachings of Islam are based on two basic principles—worship of God and service of men. In accordance to this, this newly-established masjid in Mangalore has taken a step forward in providing community service to people through mass blood donation without differentiating between men and women.

Already, a Hajj training camp for Hajj pilgrims had been held in the Masjid. In January, a programme for orphans'A Day with Yatheem' will be held along with health check-up, treatment and free nutritious food to inmates of the orphanages, he said.

Along with a chamber for offering namaz, there is also a chamber for women to offer prayers. An Arabic academy called Al-Khalam also offers religious education to children in the Masjid. Unlike most Masjids in Mangalore, Ehsaan Masjid also gives instructions in local languages along with Arabic for the convenience of Muslims who come for Friday Jumma namaz.

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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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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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