SDPI wins one seat in BBMP, accuses MIM of dividing Muslim votes

August 25, 2015

Bengaluru, Aug 25: Social Democratic Party of India, the political arm of Popular Front of India, which had opened its account in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2010, managed to win one seat in 2015 too.

Mujahid Pasha

Buoyed by the victory of some of its candidates in 2013 civic polls and recent gram panchayat polls across Karnataka, the Muslim dominant party had contested for 18 seats out of 198 wards.

Among 18 candidates, Mujahid Pasha, who had contested in Siddapura Ward has registered a victory.

However, SDPI has lost Padarayanapura Ward, wherein its female candidate Prof Nazni Begum had defeated JDS candidate with a clear margin of 2500 votes in 2010.

Dr Mahboob Shareef Awad, Karnataka state present of SDPI, told Coastaldigest.com that in a few other seats his party candidates have lost to other candidates with a minor margin.

Expressing contentment over SDPI’s overall performance in its second attempt in the BBMP, he said that workers' hard work yielded positive result.

“In two wards our candidates lost to Congress thanks to the presence of Muslim candidates from Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen of Asaduddin Owaisi,” he said.

He also made a veiled remark against Mr Owaisi, saying that a few youth in Muslim community were misguided by social media campaign launched by Hyderabad based party.

“Unlike them, we don’t provoke anyone through speeches. Our agenda is development,” he said.

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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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