Port Blair, Feb 15: The Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma today praised the Andaman & Nicobar Police Force for their excellent service. During the inauguration programme for Public Police, an NGO at Tagore Government College of Education, he commended the police force for being one of the best in the country.

He also stated that the Andaman police have received many accolades in the past, with many police stations in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands being declared the best in the entire country.

Port Blair, Feb 15: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands are prone to Geological and Hydro-meteorological disasters and located in one of the most seismically active parts of the world and several great earthquakes have occurred in the past.   The devastating earthquake that occurred on December 26, 2004 caused horizontal and vertical movement of land mass in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and generated ‘Tsunami killer waves’ in which, many lives were lost besides loss of properties.

Port Blair, Feb 15: A prize distribution function in connection with the Annual Athletic Meet -2023 of Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Aberdeen, Port Blair was organised today in the school auditorium. Smti. Kavita Uday, Chairperson, PBMC, Port Blair graced the occasion as chief guest of the function.

Port Blair, Feb 15: A recruitment drive will be carried out by the Andaman Public Works Department (APWD), A&N Administration for filling up various posts in the Department for which the written examinations will be conducted for the candidates on Feb. 18, 19 & 26, 2023. In this regard, the APWD has issued advisory for the candidates appearing for the exam as mentioned below:

Port Blair, Feb 15: CPI (M) has conducted public meeting at Paschimsagar in North Andaman on 13th February, 2023 evening. Addressing the public meeting, D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A & N State Organising Committee, who was on a tour of North Andaman, said that the problems of the people are increasing day by day and there is no hope of resolving it considering the character of the BJP-led central government and its Administration in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.  Unemployment, price rise, non-repair of rural roads, lack of drinking water, power disruption, non-completion of the work of ATR/NH 4, increasing corruption, lack of boat services to outstations, lack of internet and mobile services in large parts of the union territory, illegal migration etc. are the issues the people in these islands are facing. He said that both the BJP government and the Congress MP have failed to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the islanders.