Port Blair, May 1: Following with the directions of Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, under the supervision of Shri. Keshav Chandra, IAS, Chief Secretary, A&N Administration and Shri. Devesh Chandra Srivastva, IPS, DGP, ANI, the Police Training School, Prothrapur of Andaman & Nicobar Police is hosting a transformative two-day course on New Criminal Laws from 1st May to 2nd May 2024. This initiative aims to empower officials from various crucial stakeholder like judiciary, prosecution, law department, prison and others within the justice system.

Mayabunder, May 1: On 29th April 2024, the staff of PS Mayabunder successfully carried out a search operation in the Karmatang area, resulting in the recovery of illegal timber.

Under the direction of Inspector P.K Abdul Arif, SHO of PS Mayabunder, Police Constables Dilleshwar Rao and Sailen Pandey conducted the operation in Karmatang, Mayabunder, following intelligence inputs regarding illegal timber storage. During the operation, they recovered 48 pieces of Padauk timber and 26 pieces of Pema timber, measuring a total of 0.923 cubic meters.

Port Blair, May 1: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Regional Centre, Port Blair has received original degree certificates of 28th, 30th, 31st, 32nd convocation (December-2017 to June-2018), 33rd (December-2018 to June-2019), 34th (December-2019 to June-2020), 35th (December-2020 to June-2021), 36th (December-2021 to June-2022) and 37th Convocation (December-2022 to June-2023). Students who have paid the requisite convocation fee of Rs.600/- are advised to collect their original degree/ diploma certificate from the Regional Centre during its working hours. The students who have not applied for convocation earlier are also advised to submit the fee through online mode on https://onlineservices.ignou.ac.in/idms/ immediately. All the IGNOU learners who have successfully completed their degree and diploma courses upto June -2023 are advised to contact the Regional Centre office.

Port Blair, May 1: The Andaman & Nicobar AIDS Control Society (ANACS) organized an Orientation and Capacity Building programme for the youth of “Red Ribbon Club” (RRC) of Andaman Law College, Port Blair on Prevention and Control of HIV & AIDS on 01st May 2024. More than100 youth were present for the orientation programme.    

The programme was organized under the leadership of Dr. Subrata Saha, Project Director, A&N AIDS Control Society.

Port Blair, May 1: Passengers/general public have been informed that the vessel MV Kalighat will sail for Little Andaman on May 3, 2024 at 0700 hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail back to Port Blair on the same day at 2100 hrs from Little Andaman. Passengers may book their tickets for the above sailing from DSS e-ticketing portal (https://dss.andaman.gov.in/eticketing) and STARS Ticketing Counter from May 2, 2024 onwards.