Modi govt directly responsible for Bengaluru violence: Hindu Mahasabha

April 21, 2016

Hubballi, Apr 21: The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has held Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government directly responsible for Tuesday's violence in Bengaluru.

Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, new State president of the Mahasabha Na. Subramanyaraju said that it was natural that workers were angry against the Union government as it had unilaterally taken a decision on workers' PF.

As it had taken an irresponsible decision without responding to workers' grievances, it led to workers anger, subsequent violence and loss to public property in Bengaluru, he said.

Both the Union and State governments should first address workers' grievances and take steps to release the arrested workers. Compensation should be paid to the police personnel injured in the violence, he said.

Mr. Subramanyaraju said that the Mahasabha also condemned the Union government's action of allowing an inquiry team from Pakistan to visit the sensitive airbase at Pathankot, in connection with the terrorist attack there.

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Oh My GODSE! Hindu MahaSaba is Anti-National now!

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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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