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Port Blair, May 10: On 09/05/2020, on receipt of credible information regarding manufacturing and selling of Illicit Handia at Ongi Tikery, Hut Bay. Immediately, a team comprising SI Panchu, I/c PS and PCs Md. Rafique, Budhani Uraon, Pushpa & HG/ Anand Amlon Tirkey were constituted under the leadership of Shri. Abhishek Gupta, SDPO Swaraj Dweep and conducted raid. During the search operation, huge quantities with number of utensils carrying Illicit Handia of approx. 233 Kgs were recovered from the possession of accused namely Smti. Baby W/o Tobias Tete (62) yrs R/o Kichad Nallah, Hut Bay, accordingly seizure was made on the spot and arrest was recorded after observing all codal formalities. In the past history of Little Andaman, such a big haul of Illicit Handiya has never been seized in a single raid.
The entire operation was conducted under the overall direction and supervision of Shri. Manoj C., IPS, Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District. The general public is requested to share information pertaining to any crime or other illegal activities to Police at 112, 03192-232100 & 03192-233077. The identity of the informant will be kept secret.
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Port Blair, May 10: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President-BJP, A & N islands, Shri. Vishal Jolly, Former State President-BJP, A & N Islands and all leaders of the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, has deeply condoled & mourned the Vishakapatnam Gas Leak Tragedy in which Eleven (11) peoples lost their lives and several got injured. The party leaders have prayed for speedy recovery of the injured persons.
The party has also deeply mourned & condoled the death of 16 persons who lost their lives in an unfortunate accident on a railway track at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
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Port Blair, May 10: The Secretary, Tribal Development Council, A&N Islands Mr. Rayhaan Pasha has requested the Lt. Governor, A&N Islands to help the Tribal Students of Nicobar, stranded at Mainland India by bringing them back to the Islands. He also mentioned in his request that the stranded tribal students are facing acute financial crisis and are in hand-to-mouth.
With no money with them, it would be difficult for them even purchase the tickets and food during the course of their transportation back to their native. He therefore called upon the Lt. Governor to issue directions to the concerned department of the A&N Administration to make arrangement for free food and transportation on humanitarian grounds.
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Port Blair, May 10: LIVE phone-in programme 'Morning Tea –Aapke Saath’, will be broadcast by All India Radio Port Blair on 11th May 2020 on the topic ''Role of Andaman Nicobar Police in fight against Corona'.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Shri. Vijay Kumar Singh, IPS will be the expert in the Studio answering to the queries of the listeners on the above said topic. This programme will be broadcast from 0715 hrs to 0755 hrs on 11.05.2020 (Monday). Listeners can call on phone number 232336 or 232558 to participate in this LIVE phone-in programme. This programme can be heard on MW 684 KHz and FM 100.9 MHz.
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Port Blair, May 8: The Chief Secretary of the Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Shri Chetan B Sanghi has told the All India Radio (AIR) in an interview that the Administration now has to plan whether to bring back the stranded islanders during the period of lockdown or after that.
According to the excerpts of the interview in AIR carried by the Administration’s mouthpiece ‘The Daily Telegrams’, “The Chief Secretary said that the Administration planned to bring the stranded islanders from mainland in view of the lockdown that was scheduled to be lifted on May 3 but considering the surge in the disease the lockdown had to be further extended for another two weeks and we now have to plan whether to bring back the stranded islanders during the period of lockdown or after that. We have collected the data of the stranded islanders which shows more than 1000 people which includes recovered medical cases, students”.
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Project Expected to Complete by June/July 2020
Port Blair, May 8: In an interview with the All India Radio (News), Port Blair on May 6th 2020, the Chief Secretary of Andaman & Nicobar Administration said that the current health crisis has posed a challenge for the completion of CANI project and that efforts are being made to ensure continuity of the project and its completion as per schedule i.e. June/ July 2020. The excerpts of the interview by All India Radio was carried in the Administration’s mouthpiece, “The Daily Telegrams’ on 7th May 2020.
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Port Blair, May 8: On behalf of Bharaitya Janata Party, A & N Islands, Shri K. Ramdas, State General Secretary-BJP, A & N Islands and Shri N. K. Udhaya Kumar, State President- BJ Yuva Morcha, A&N Islands today met the Principal Secretary, APWD Shri Candavelu, IAS as well as Shri Sudhir Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Shipping & Power and discussed the issue of acute water crisis. During the discussion the delegates from BJP suggested measures to improve the water source:-
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