Port Blair, Feb 7: CPI (M) has demanded to construct temporary sheds at any government vacant land near Rangat Bazar and allot the same to the Rangat fire victims.

In a letter sent to the Lt Governor, A & N Islands, D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A & N State Organising Committee said that during his tour to Rangat, he visited the Rangat Bazar where a devastating fire broke out on 23rd January 2024 in which about 60 shops were gutted. The victim shopkeepers informed CPI (M) Secretary that they have sustained huge loss of property and trading goods. These shopkeepers have further informed him that they lost whatever they earned all these years.   

Port Blair, Feb 7: Shri Ajoy Bairagi, State President Bharatiya Janata Party today met Shri Keshav Chandra, Chief Secretary, A&N Administration and raised some vital issues for filling up of vacant posts of Assistant Professor, Physical Education in various educational Institutes like JNRM, Andaman College, TGCE Port Blair and Mahatma Gandhi College, Mayabunder.

Bairagi said these posts are vacant from several years and if not filled on regular basis, the posts will be banned and we will lose the posts. These posts can be filled in consultation with UPSC and many Youths of the Islands have the required qualification. Due to non-advertisement of these vacant posts, qualified youths have left with no options rather to work as physical education teachers in schools.

Port Blair, Feb 7: The Andaman Nicobar Territorial Congress President, Shri. Rangalal Halder has called upon the Health Secretary, A&N Admn. highlighting the alarming shortage of essential Medical personnel at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kalighat.

In a letter addressed, he said that PHC Kalighat currently grapples with a deficit in technicians, nurses and doctors, hindering essential healthcare services. Despite possessing a functional X-ray machine, the absence of qualified technicians has impeded timely diagnostic services to patients.

Port Blair, Feb 7: This is for the information of all truck drivers and owners operating in Port Blair city about the timings for loading and unloading of goods may be read as under:

1st Shift: 0500 hrs to 0700 hrs

2nd Shift: 1130 hrs to 1400 hrs

3rd Shift: 2000 hrs to 2330 hrs

Patna, Feb 7: The 12th National School Chess Championship 2024 began this morning at Gyan Bhavan in Patna, Bihar. The championship is organized for school children in six different age groups: Under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17.