M G Hegde all set to rejoin Cong with supporters

April 18, 2013

Mangalore, Apr 18: After having deserted the JD(S) following high drama in terms of internal conflict, M G Hegde and his group of supporters are all set to join Congress again.

Mr Hegde, who had migrated from Congress to JD(S) last year, had been appointed as JD(S) state secretary by H D Kumaraswamy. However, he had quit JD(S) last month along with former minister B Nagaraj Shetty and others in protest against party's district president M B Sadashiva's alleged dictatorship.

Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore, former JD(S) leader Shashiraj Shetty said that JD(S) in Dakshina Kannada fell prey to selfish interests of a section of leaders in its own fold. Several party workers and leaders have already resigned from the party.

A good number of them including M G Hegde will be joining the Congress party at a programme soon in the presence of senior Congress leaders Oscar Fernandes and B Janardhana Poojary, Mr. Shetty informed.

In order to strengthen JD(S) in Dakshina Kannada district, H D Kumaraswamy had paid frequent visits to Mangalore and inducted several leaders into the party. But the district leadership's move of expelling D M Aslam and himself from the party, drew the ire of several party workers and leaders and ultimately resulted in a mass resignation scenario.

Those at the helm at district JD(S) are not concerned over these mass resignations and are blackmailing H D Deve Gowda and Mr. Kumaraswamy of resigning from the party themselves instead, Mr. Shetty alleged.

Mr. Shetty further accused district JD(S) President M B Sadashiva of capitalizing on the election season to mint money.

Party loyalists who worked for more than a decade for the party have been denied election ticket while S P Chengappa, who does not even possess a primary membership of the JD(S), has been fielded as the party's official candidate, Mr. Shetty pointed out.

Rajeev Poojary, Jagadish Padpu, Harry Sequeira, Anil Sequeira, Asif Bengre, Pramod Pinto were present.

Meanwhile in a press release, JD(S) leaders N P Pushparaj and M Kasim have stated that they also would be joining Congress soon along with their supporters.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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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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