Payoffs: Now, Congress releases diary seized from BJP leader

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Days after the BJP referred to a diary containing details of alleged payoffs to the Congress high command, the state Congress alleged on Saturday that a diary , reportedly seized from BJP MLC Leher Singh Sisoriya, had information of Rs 391.5 crore allegedly paid to BJP leaders and others.

Of the total payments allegedly made when the saffron party was in power in Karnataka, Rs 154 crore has been marked against entries Namo and AS.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president Dinesh Gundu Rao, who released details of the diary to the media in Bengaluru on Saturday , said the signature on the pages of the document bore a similarity to that of Sisoriya, who was the BJP tre asurer when BS Yeddyurappa was chief minister. "The diary was seized by the income-tax department during raids conducted on November 9, 2013," Rao said.

"The allegations made in this diary are of the same nature as those that have been levelled against the Congress government. I don't know who Namo or AS is. These are similar to the entries of RG and SG found in the diary that was allegedly seized from Govindaraj. So, will the BJP seek resignation from its national leaders on moral grounds?" asked Rao, who was accompanied by Congress MLCs VS Ugrappa, HM Revanna, Ivan D'Souza and Sharanappa Mattur. Dinesh Gundu Rao's allegations come two days after the entries of a diary, purportedly belonging to Congress MLC K Govindaraj, cropped up in the public domain. The diary has details of alleged payoffs by Karnataka ministers to the party high command.

Abbreviations such as CMO+RA, JS, SK, SR, RR, SR, RR+KSE, DVS+PS among others are listed under the heading `received'. Another column titled `paid' contains short forms such as AS, BSY, Namo, SS, SK, MD Rao, DP , party fund, media (PTV), etc. In the diary , the amount of money received by the respective parties is Rs 391.5 crore, tallies with the amount of money paid.

Sisoriya said, "Firstly, the signature in the diary says `Leher'. I never sign like that.I always sign as `Lahar'.When I was BJP treasurer, Amit Shah and P Muralidhar Rao weren't part of the national leadership."

The Congress asked for an impartial probe by a sitting SC judge into the allegations."Whether it's the Leher Singh diary , the Sahara-Birla diary or the one supposedly seized from Govindraj, let there be a probe from a sitting judge. If charges against our leaders are proved, we will face the consequences.Will the BJP do the same?" asked the Congress leaders.

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Dear Skazi,

In politics ground there is no fear of GOD, for the sake of money and power these goons are ready to sell their own children, then what respect they will have for Dharmasthala. Only we the citizens must watch and teach them during the election.
Not to look about any party, always prefer to elect a qualified,active dynamic candidate.

Jai Hind!

All are naked in the bathroom .... All the persons named in cong diary, BJP diary, Sahara diary go to Dharmasthala and take a oath ........ Let us see the Tamasha .... Naren, we hope you can arrange this and make dood ka dood and pani ka pani ....

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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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