Port Blair, Oct. 29: The Port Blair Municipal Council has sanctioned two micro-credit loan under Self Employment Programme (SEP) of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihood (DAY-NULM). The loans were disbursed to Shri. N. Senthivel and Smt. L. Mahalaxmi on 29/10/2020. Smti. Anjali Sehrawat IAS, Secretary PBMC and Lead District Manager Port Blair Shri. P.K. Ummer Farooq handed over the sanction letter for an amount of Rs. 1.9 lakhs and Rs. 1.8 lakhs respectively. Sh. N. Senthivel runs a Food Items shop near Shadipur Chowk while Smt. L . Mahalaxmi  runs a small bakery from her home.

Port Blair, Oct. 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman & Nicobar Islands led by Shri Ajoy Bairagi, State President, BJP, A & N Islands through Shri M Vinod, State Vice President has requested Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation, GOI to Increase the number of inbound flights from major metropolitan cities such as Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangaluru, Hyderabad etc. from November, 2020 onwards.

Port Blair, Oct. 29: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party condoles the demise of Late. (Shri.) Keshubhai Patel, Former Chief Minister of Gujarat and the stalwart leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. Late. (Shri.) Keshubhai Patel was 92 years old and passed away due to Cardiac Arrest. He had recently recovered from COVID-19.

Port Blair, Oct. 29: The South Andaman District Police solved an attempt to ATM theft case within an hour with the apprehension of one Juvenile in conflict with law.

On 27/10/2020 at around 0600 hrs, a complaint was received from the Manager, HDFC Bank, Junglighat, Port Blair that the ATM installed at the main branch was vandalized by some miscreant.

Andamans Have the Potential to Become an Educational Hub due to its Strategic Location: Kuldeep

Port Blair, Oct. 28: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma had requested the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi to kindly consider establishment of Central University in Andaman & Nicobar Islands in place of Deemed University.