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Port Blair, Nov. 16: National Press Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and intellectual fervour at Hotel Ami Grace, Gurudwara Line, Port Blair, this evening.

Joining the nationwide celebrations, local journalists in Andaman & Nicobar Islands organized a prominent event where media professionals converged to reflect on the challenges and advancements in the field.

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Port Blair, Nov. 16: Ms Rini Roselin Y, a young chess player from Port Blair, achieves the title of Arena Candidate Master (ACM). She is the first Girl chess player from Andaman & Nicobar Islands to attain the FIDE Arena title.

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Port Blair, Nov. 16: CITU, A&N State Committee organized mass demonstration, procession and public meeting today (16.11.2023) at Port Blair on various issues of workers like (i) Immediate revision of minimum wages for scheduled employment (ii) Against anti-labour actions of Labour Department (iii) Restore Sunday wages to 1/30th pay daily rated mazdoors (iv) Against price rise, etc. Hundreds of workers assembled in front of the office of the Labour Commissioner and staged a mass demonstration condemning the inaction on the part of the Labour Department on revision of minimum wages and anti-labour actions of officers of Labour Department. After staging mass demonstration, the workers took out a huge procession in the Port Blair town which culminated in a public meeting at Tiranga Park, Aberdeen Bazar. 

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Port Blair, Nov. 16: Shri Vishal Jolly National Executive Member BJP & Former State President BJP-ANI wrote a letter to the Hon'ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands for releasing of funds as compensation to fire victims and also make necessary arrangements for their temporary stay and rehabilitation.

In his letter Jolly wrote that a massive fire accident that rocked Port Blair on Diwali day i.e. 12th November, 2023, which caused colossal of damage to the properties belonging to the fire victims and stressed about the following points on incidents: -

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Port Blair, Nov. 16: In continuation of its fight against drugs, acting on a specific intelligence input, Police Team from Narcotics Cell, CID Unit consisting of Inspector S. Kannan, SI Mohd. Rahil Islam, ASI Sanjay Yadav, HC/1176 Sharfudeen, PC/1173 Ratan Das, PC/2772 Nandita Mistry, PC/2871 Vishal Kumar and PC/2836 M. Raja Rao under the supervision of Shri Vinay Mathur, DANIPS, Dy.SP, Narcotics intercepted one person namely Ashis Majhi (36)yrs, S/o Late Khagen Majhi, R/o Subash Gram, 5, North & Middle Andaman, Diglipur who had arrived at Port Blair from Kolkata on 15/11/2023 by Spice Jet flight. Total 5.277 Kgs of Ganja which was clandestinely concealed in his bag, was seized from him and the said person was arrested on the spot observing all codal formalities.

  1. 27th Edition of WAIPA’s World Investment Conference 2023 to be Held at IICC New Delhi
  2. State Institute of Education to Conduct NMMSS Examination on Dec. 29
  3. Seats Vacant in TGCE
  4. Circuit Sitting at Port Blair from Nov. 20
  5. Heavy Rains Expected on 17th & 18th Nov.