He's innocent, says terror suspect's mom

Bagalkot, September 3: The mother of one of the suspected ultras arrested recently has claimed that her son is innocent and is not involved in terrorist activities.

Sakina, whose son Mohammed Yousuf Nalband is in the custody of the Bangalore City Crime Branch (CCB) police, claimed that her introvert son only went to the mosque for prayers and he does not even have a passport.

Dismissing the allegations that Nalband was involved in extremist activities, Sakina said she would punish him herself if his anti-national activities were proved. She lives alone at her house at the Kirani market area of the old city.

Nalband, who has done an ITI?course, had been working for the Tata company in Bangalore for the past six years.

He has a brother and three sisters and his father had died recently.

The CCB?police are said to be investigating Nalband's alleged secret links and activities.

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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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