Port Blair, Sept. 10: Recently, there has been an increase in the number of complaints related to mobile apps and websites offering loans online. These apps and websites provide micro loans of a few thousand rupees. However, even after the loan amount has been paid back, the victim is told that the payment was rejected and is continuously harassed into paying again. If the amount is not paid by the victim, he/she is threatened with distribution of edited images of the victim with vulgar caption to the victim's contacts. In some cases, the victim's relatives are also harassed as the scammers have access to the victim's contacts.

Port Blair, Sept. 10: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has expressed profound gratitude to the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration for considering his request to introduce the UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payment system for ferry ticket purchases.

Kamorta, Sept. 10: The Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee under the leadership of its President Mr. Rangalal Halder and Campaign Committee Chairman Mr. TSG Bhasker conducted a significant meeting with PWD DRM's and 1/30th paid employees of Kamorta Island.

Port Blair, Sept. 10: To reaffirm our fight against drugs, and as a capacity building measure, the Andaman & Nicobar Police in coordination with Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), organized a three hours training-cum-workshop programme on “FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION AND REASONS FOR ACQUITTAL IN NDPS CASES” for the Supervisory and Investigating officers of A&N Police in the Conference Hall of the Police Training School, Prothrapur, on 09/09/2023. The training was imparted by a team of officers from NCB, led by Shri Rakesh Chandra Shukla, Zonal Director, Kolkata Zone, NCB. The list of participants included the officers and staff of A&N Police across the ranks from DySPs to HCs.

Port Blair, Sept. 10: The District Administration under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman, Smti Veditha Reddy, IAS, conducted Camp Court under the banner ‘Zilla Prashasan Apke Dwaar’ in the community hall of Tushnabad, Gram Panchayat today. A large number of citizens from the villages of Tushnabad, Habdipur, Caddlegunj, Aniket, Mohwaderra and adjoining villages attended the Camp Court and placed their grievances before the Deputy Commissioner and team.