Port Blair, April 18: The National Students Union of India's State General Secretary, Saurav Nair on Friday demanded to confer the prestigious Padma Bhushan award posthumously to Ex-Member of Parliament, A&N Islands Late. Manoranjan Bhakta on the occasion of his death anniversary on 12th June 2022.

Port Blair, April 18: A meeting of Local Born Association (LBA) was held on 16.04.2022 at the Conference Hall of LBA Office to nominate the Office Bearers and to form the Sub Committees. Accordingly, the following elected members were nominated as office bearers:-

Port Blair, April 18: The Andaman & Nicobar Territorial Fishermen Congress Committee today held a protest at Bambooflat against fuel and LPG cylinder price hike across the country. Protesters raised slogans and held banners against the central government.

Port Blair, April 18: Former State President, BJP, A&N Islands, Shri. Vishal Jolly has demanded to restore all convoys in Andaman Trunk operating between Jirkatang to Middle Strait and from Middle Strait to Jirkatang.  The same has been curtailed and restricted to a limited movement due to the COVID pandemic since March 2020. Now the Govt. of India including UT Administration have been revoked Disaster Management Act, which was enforced to impose restriction and containment of COVID-19 in the country.

Port Blair, April 18: As a part of celebration of “AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV”- Ayushman Bharat, Block Health Mela was organized at Panchayat Shopping Complex, Shore Point, Ferrargunj Block by the District Administration through its District Health Society (SA) today. Various awareness stalls of departments have been displayed on the theme- Health, Nutrition & Sanitation, also felicitating health screening of general public at the Mela itself.