Polls for six MLC seats in Karnataka on June 8; BJP to field Ganesh Karnik again

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May 13, 2018

Bengaluru, May 13: The polling to fill the imminent vacancies in the Legislative Council of Karnataka will be held on June 8 and the counting will be held on June 12, announced the Election Commission.

The elections will be held for the six constituencies in Karnataka - South East Teachers, South Teachers, South West Teachers, South West Graduates, Bengaluru Graduates and North East Graduates.

The vacancies will be created on June 21, when the current tenures of Ramesh Babu, Marithibbe Gowda, Ganesh Karnik, D H Shankara Murthy, Ramachandra Gowda and Amarnath Patil as the members of the Legislative Council of Karnataka will end.

The notification for the biennial elections to fill vacancies in the legislative councils of Karnataka will be issued on May 15 and the last date for filing nominations will be May 22. The scrutiny of the nomination papers will be done on May 23 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination will be May 25, the EC stated.

The BJP has named former MP Ayanur Manjunath as the candidate for South-West Graduates Constituency and sitting MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik for the South-West Teachers Constituency.
B Niranjan Murthy has been chosen as the candidate from the South Teachers’ Constituency while K B Shrinivas has been named as the candidate from North-East Graduates’ Constituency.

Haalanur S Lepakshi has been named as the candidate from South-East Teachers’ Constituency and A Devegowda from Bangalore Graduates’ Constituency.

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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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