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Port Blair, June 23: CPI (M) has demanded to create a separate Lok Sabha seat for Nicobar District, to be reserved for the Nicobari tribals. D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A&N State Organising Committee, who is currently on a visit to Delhi, today (23.06.2023) submitted a Memorandum to the Home Secretary in which it was submitted that the Nicobars District is the most backward District in the country in terms of overall development, communication facility, education, health, etc. Since independence, several Prime Ministers and other dignitaries visited the Nicobars District and promised its development but such assurances remain as a promise and no developmental work worth the name has taken place for the Nicobar group of islands.
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Kamorta, June 23: A major fire took place at Trinket Island in the Nancowy Group of Central Nicobars today. The fire spread across the island and took hours to control. However there are no casualties reported.
At present there are four families residing in the Trinket Island. The remaining had shifted from the island after the Tsunami of 2004.
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Port Blair, June 23: The general public have been informed that all households and establishments under the jurisdiction of Port Blair city have to pay a user fee every month towards the waste picked up from their door step. The user charges shall be collected as per the Schedule-III of PBMC’s SWM Bye-laws, 2017 notified by the A&N Administration Gazette vide No. 21/2017/F.No. 3-53/2015-UD-II, dated 16th February, 2017.
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Port Blair, June 23: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands Legal Education Society (ANILES) proposes to amend the Rules & Regulations, Memorandum of Association & Grant-in Aid Rules of the society to align with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Institute of Higher Learning (NSCBIHL) Society, Deemed University. The draft notification of the same has been uploaded in the A & N Administration State Portal (www.andaman.gov.in). The comments/suggestions, if any, may be submitted through the email id This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 23.07.2023.
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Port Blair, June 23: In compliance to the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways letter dated 20.02.2023 and Sub Rules 1 to 4 of Rule 11 of CMVR, 1989 which mandates every applicant to complete a tutorial on safe driving electronically in order to obtain Learner’s License. It has been observed that the LL test process has been delayed due to the time taken by the candidates for watching the tutorial video at the time of appearing LL test.
Read more: Tutorial on Safe Driving Mandatory for Learner’s Licence