Mr. Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member of BJP and Former State President of BJP, expresses deep sorrow at the passing of Shri R. Selvam, aged 48, S/o Late. Raman, R/o Mannarghat, who departed for the heavenly abode on 20-03-2024 at 01:30 AM at Madurai Rajaji Hospital. In his message, he said that today he lost a good friend of his besides he was a good grassroots leader, a hardworking Karyakarta, and a very dedicated social worker, who always had a deep commitment to serving the people.

Port Blair, March 19: The Chief Electoral Officer, Shri B S Jaglan, IAS, visited the Election Duty Certificate (EDC) Centre set up in the Office premises of the District Election Officer, South Andaman today and interacted with the staff and explained the procedure of EDC forms. The CEO was informed that as per Rule 17 of Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, "Voter on Election Duty" means any polling agent, any Polling Officer, Presiding Officer or other public servant, who is an elector in the constituency and is by reason of his being on election duty unable to vote at the Polling Station where he is entitled to vote.

Port Blair, March 19: The Election Commission of India has notified the General Election 2024 to the Parliamentary Constituency of A & N Islands, which shall be going to poll in the first phase on 19.04.2024. As per the schedule of Elections, the filing of nominations shall start from 20.3.2024 to 27.03.2024 in the Office of the Returning Officer, A & N Parliamentary Constituency (Dy. Commissioner Office South Andaman).

Billiground, March 19: In anticipation of the upcoming General Elections, and to ensure strict adherence to the Model Code of Conduct, the PS Billiground conducted an extensive operation to combat illicit trade within its jurisdiction. Acting on received intelligence, indicating that an individual namely Amal Dey was stockpiling a large quantity of illicit liquor behind the jungle near his rented hotel and engaging in the illegal sale of alcohol. On this Sh. Shiju Kumar, SHO PS Billiground along with his team initiated a covert investigation to verify the information. Following confirmation, a meticulously planned raid was executed by the team near Harinagar, opposite to PHC Billiground. Initially, the team recovered 8 bottles of 180 ml IMFL bottles hidden behind the hotel. Subsequently, a thorough search of the surrounding area, near the hotel, led to the discovery and seizure of a total 110 Nos. IMFL bottles.

Port Blair, March 19: On 18.03.2024, on tip off poaching of wildlife protected species, a raiding team was swiftly constituted lead by SI G Mohan Rao, SHO PS Humfrygunj alongwith PCs M Sudarsana Rao, Raja and Eshan Mondal. The raiding team conducted raid at Fish landing center, Guptapara and apprehend one person namely Mohan Kumar S/o Ram Lakhan (30) yrs R/o Memyo, Wandoor and recovered 36 kgs Venison meat, 9.3 kgs Wild Boar meat and 8.7 kgs of turtle meat from a wooden engine dinghy plying by him and the recovered wild life species meat and dinghy were seized at the spot.