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Launches daily flights connecting Port Blair to Bengaluru and Chennai
Port Blair, Dec 20: Akasa Air, India’s fastest-growing airline commences operations from Port Blair, the capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, operating daily flights between Bengaluru and Port Blair via Chennai, with no change of aircraft required. The inaugural flight on 15 December 2023 departed Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair at 10:35 am arriving at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru at 14:50 hrs, with a stop at Chennai International Airport in Chennai at 13:00 hrs. These strategically planned routes will enhance connectivity between the tourist hub and two major routes.
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Port Blair, Dec. 20: A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party Led by its State Vice President, Shri M. Vinod along with Smti Milly Roy, Pradhan, Urmilapur, Shri Bisnu Mondal, Panchayat Samity Member, Urmilapur and Shri Ankit Mirdha, State Secretary, BJ Yuva Morcha met Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS Chief Secretary, A&N Administration today at his office.
The delegation discussed various issues pertaining to Urmilapur Panchayat and the Chief Secretary after listening to the delegation has assured to look into all the issues raised by the delegation at the earliest.
Read more: BJP Delegation Meets Chief Secretary and DGP A&N Islands
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Port Blair, Dec. 20: The General Body meeting of the Hinterland Seamen Union (CITU) was held at Port Blair recently under the chairmanship of TK Khalil. Addressing the meeting, D. Ayyappan, Vice President, CITU A & N State Committee briefly explained the difficulties being faced by the seamen working in the vessels owned and operated by the Andaman & Nicobar Administration. He said that the seamen in the inter-island sector are getting the wages fixed about 14 years back and there is no wage revision for the seamen since then. He further pointed out that the central government is going ahead with its proclaimed policy of privatization, casualisation and contractorisation of government sector.
Read more: General Body Meeting of Hinterland Seamen Union Held
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Port Blair, Dec. 20: The Andaman & Nicobar Police has proposed to organize DGP cup State Level League-cum-Knockout Cricket Tournament at Netaji Stadium, Port Blair and Mahatma Gandhi International School, Brookshabad. The entry fee for the said tournament is Rs. 20,000 (Rs. Twenty Thousand Only). The prize details for the same is under:-
1) Winner: Rs.100000/- (Rupees One Lakh) With trophy
Read more: DGP Cup State Level League–cum-Knockout Cricket Tournament 2024
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CPI (M) Andaman & Nicobar State Organising Committee deeply mourn the passing away of N. Raveendran, retired Headmaster and a resident of Shadipur, Port Blair today (20.12.2023) morning at Port Blair. He was 91 years. A left-minded person, he was a former leader of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Associaiton. While in government service, he had actively participated in the government employees’ movement in different parts of these islands.