Port Blair, March 28: A condolence meeting was held at Chinmaya Mission Port Blair to pay homage to late Shri K.L Mahajan a noted social worker of these Islands. Shri Mahajan passed away at Kolkata on Saturday. The speakers highlighted the contribution of late Mahajan in various social fields. The meeting was attended by swami Shuddhananda Saraswati, resident Acharya of Chinmaya Mission, Shri Bishnu Pad Ray Ex MP, Shri Surendra Prahladka, President Chinmaya Mission, Shri H. N, Arora, Smt. Komal Anand, President Inner-Wheel Club, Shekh Farooq Alam and others.

Indian Coast Guard Evacuates 3 Patients From Afra Bay in Two Separate Operations

Port Blair, March 26: Continuing with its endeavor to protect life at sea and fulfill its charter of duties Indian Coast Guard yet again carried out two medical evacuations on 23rd and 25th Mar 2021 from Afra Bay.

At about 1230 Hrs on 23rd Mar 2021, Indian Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 10 received a message from AC Office Campbell Bay for medical evacuation of a patient namely Patrick, who was suffering from stomach pain, cough and continuous vomiting from last 15 hours. The Administration expressed its inability to depute local vessel due to technical issue. Considering the situation, ICGS C-150 was deployed on a very short notice for evacuation of diseased from Afra Bay. The patient was taken onboard after Rapid Antigen Test and was brought to PHC, Campbell Bay for further medical management. The patient was attended by Coast Guard Medical staff during the passage onboard Coast Guard Ship. The condition of the patient was reported to be stable.

Shefali Das Starts Contributing towards her Family Income After Getting Trained

Port Blair, March 26: The Flagship scheme of NRLM is focused on helping the rural public especially women to become self-employed through SHGs. A unique feature of this program is the formation of village-level institutions by the women themselves, facilitated by local level para-workers known as Community Resource Persons (CPRs). These SHGs provide the rural woman a platform to get together, pool resources, and initiate a collective enterprise.

Port Blair, March 26: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Secretary (Civil Supply & Consumers Affairs) A&N Administration to issue necessary directives to the authorised LPG distributor to make immediate arrangements for supply and distribution of LPG cylinders at Little Andaman.  There has been no supply and distribution of LPG cylinders in the Little Andaman Tehsil since last 3 (three) months and the stock of LPG available with them have been completely exhausted.

Port Blair, March 26: The UTGST Department of Andaman & Nicobar Islands conducted search and seizure operation in Shadipur & Aberdeen Bazaar on a Tour Operator/Service provider.

During the search operation, it was ascertained that the company has evaded tax amounting to Rs. 1.5 Cr. by way of non-payment of tax, irregular availment of ITC, non-filing of returns, wrong filing of returns, non-declaration of services provided and other business activities and premises.