Question: Will DKS be part of Cabinet? HDK’s reply: My father won’t interfere in portfolio allocation

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June 3, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 3: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday dismissed reports that his father and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda was continually “interfering” with the functioning of the newly formed coalition government.

He also denied speculation that Gowda had intervened to ensure that his sons - himself and his brother H D Revanna - landed plum portfolios such as finance and energy. Kumaraswamy, however, conceded that both he and his brother Revanna had sought the two portfolios.

When asked if senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar would be part of his Cabinet, a defensive Kumaraswamy said that his father had no role

to play in the portfolio allocation.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy said, “I have read media reports that Deve Gowda devised a master plan to ensure that Revanna got the energy portfolio instead of Shivakumar. This is far from the truth.”

Congress general secretary K C Venugopal merely discussed the portfolio list with Deve Gowda after it was finalised by Rahul Gandhi. It’s false that my father interfered in the allocation of portfolios,” he said.

Kumaraswamy also conceded that he had insisted on the finance portfolio.

“As chief minister, I wanted to hold the portfolio as I want to initiate several pro-people policies,” he said, adding that there were no differences of opinion between the leaders of the two parties over the matter.

He also said that Cabinet berths would be allotted only after the expansion of the council of ministers, which is scheduled to be held on June 6.

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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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