Will Karnataka govt table Anwar Manippady report now?

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March 30, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 30: After the Supreme Court’s dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the Karnataka government, the latter has no option but to place the Anwar Manippady report before the House.

The report allegedly states that some 28,000 acres out of 54,000 acres of Wakf properties has been embezzled worth some Rs 2.3 lakh crore as on 2012 when the report was submitted to the then state government headed by the BJP.

It had recommended that the state government should restore the encroached properties, including three medical colleges, 12 engineering colleges, hundreds of professional colleges, schools, commercial complexes, five star hotels etc.

This is a 7,000-page report, which details the encroachments of Wakf land and property by Muslim politicians, businessmen and prominent leaders of the community. Land was allegedly sold off at throwaway prices in collusion between the real estate mafia, Wakf officials and politicians.

The apex court dismissed the SLP filed by the present state government on March 15. The state had filed the petition challenging a High Court order of March 28, 2016, which directed the government to place the report in both Houses of the legislature.

The privileges committee of the Karnataka State Legislative Council had recommended that the state government place the report before the House. Even the then Council Chairman had ruled that the government table the report.

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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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