Port Blair, June 23: In what can be said as a nexus or a racket to extract money from the poor and helpless, a medical officer has been accused of forcing a minor girl to get her pregnancy aborted through a private medical practitioner in Port Blair.

Port Blair, June 24: The Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Universal Service Obligation Fund, New Delhi is planning the commissioning of two segments of Chennal Andaman Nicobar Islands (CANI) Submarine Optical Fibre Cable Connectivity with effect from 1st July 2020.

De-Dieselization of Power Generation in North & Middle Andaman

Port Blair, June 22: The economic crisis triggered by the COVID – 19 pandemic is a signal of a paradigm shift required in the power sector via liberalization, privatization and localization. The ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT PLAN – Phase 1, shall encompass the unfinished agenda of holistic reforms through De-dieselization of the power generation in these islands.

Port Blair, June 23: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Secretary (Tourism), A&N Administration to allow  small tourist boats for conducting their tourism activates at Water Sports Complex, Port Blair. 

Tenders invited by APWD shall be open for all contractors irrespective of their enlistment in APWD or any other Govt. Department

Port Blair, June 22: At present, in Andaman Public Works Department (APWD), the construction works of various magnitudes are invited through open bidding system among enlisted contractors of APWD/ other departments of appropriate class from I to V. In order to promote competition and open avenue for participation of all contractors in the tenders invited by APWD, the Andaman and Nicobar Administration has decided that henceforth, the tenders invited by the APWD shall be open for all contractors irrespective of their enlistment in APWD or any other Govt. Department subject to the condition that they have experience on executing the relevant magnitude of work as per CPWD Works Manual and with other GOI organisations in these Islands and do not have any adverse remarks.