Protesters slam MCC for delaying Padil-Bajal RuB commissioning

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July 13, 2015

Mangaluru, Jul 13: The activists of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Democratic Youth Federation of India on Monday staged a protest demanding the Mangaluru City Corporation speed up the work on approach road to facilitate the commissioning of road under bridge (RuB) newly constructed in lieu of level crossing on Padil-Bajal road.

Even though the Southern Railway has completed the RUB, its commissioning was delayed after the MCC decided to deviate from the original plan for the approach roads so as to avoid acquisition of private properties. While the approach roads as originally envisaged by the Railways required acquisition of small portions of private property, the MCC wanted the roads on railway property itself.

The agitators who gathered at the spot shouted slogans against MCC holding it responsible for the delay in commissioning RUB, which was supposed to be completed by February 2015. Then Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda had laid foundation stone for the project on August 16, 2014.

Addressing the protesters, CPM leader Sunil Kumar Bajal said that even after the Railways has okayed the drawings for the revised approach road plan, the negligence of MCC has stalled the work.

He said local residents and motorists are facing hardship as the Padil-Bajal road was closed to facilitate the work on RUB since last October. “They have to use the longer distance route to reach the place in case of an emergency. The residents have to walk to reach the main road,” he said slamming MCC for causing inconvenience for the residents by not completing approach road on time.

The RuB is a decade-old demand of the residents of Faisalnagar, Veernagar, Vijaynagar, Bajal and Jalligudde. Since the Mangalore Junction Railway Station is on the busy Mumbai line, the gates of the level crossing close very frequently, affecting movement of vehicles.

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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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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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