JD(S) will form next govt on its own; no alliance with BJP, Cong: HDK

May 22, 2017

Bengaluru, May 22: Ruling out the possibility of pre-poll or post-poll alliance with the two national parties, the Congress or the BJP, in Karnataka, JD(S) state president and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday has said that his party will be the single largest after the 2018 Assembly elections.

Interacting with the media persons here, he said that JD(S) is confident of forming the next government on its own. In case of a hung Assembly (after the 2018 elections), the JD(S) will seek fresh mandate from the electorate. The JD(S) will not join hands with any party to form the government

He said he has his own vision for the development of Karnataka. A coalition government cannot make it a reality. So, the party needs a clear majority.

“The JD(S) will win 80 to 90 seats if the elections are held now. I have prepared a strategy to win the majority. I will implement it in the run- up to the elections. The party will field its candidates from all the 224 constituencies, he added.

Kumaraswamy claimed that both the Central and the state intelligence agencies have found that the JD(S) will emerge as the largest party in the next Assembly elections. The two national parties have become anxious because of these intelligence reports. So, he said, the ruling Congress has been trying to tarnish his image by reviving 11-year old illegal mining case, he charged.

The biggest achievement of the Siddaramaiah government is rendering the Karnataka Lokayukta defunct. The government projected the anti-corruption watchdog as a bad institution and took away all its powers. Efficient and honest officers in the Lokayukta police were transferred for raiding the close aides of Siddaramaiah, 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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