ZSI Team Spots Female Turtle at Galathea, Tagged by Researchers in 2014

Port Blair, Feb 10: It was a delight for the researchers, when a team of Zoological Survey of India spotted a tagged turtle, in the South Bay Galathea in the Great Nicobar Island on 8th of February 2021. The female turtle is said to have been tagged in the year 2014 by the ANET researchers in Little Andaman Island.

Police Freezes Immovable Property, Bank Accounts and Seize 4 vehicles Including Super Luxury Audi A4 of Drug Peddler Mohammed Sultan and His Family

Port Blair, Feb 10: In a first-of-a-its-kind case in the Islands, A&N Police has frozen immovable property, bank accounts and seized 04 vehicles of drug peddler Mohammed Sultan R/o Garacharama. He was arrested on 22/10/2020 by Police Station Central Crime Station with 13.320 Kgs of Ganja. Md. Sultan has amassed huge wealth through his career of crime. During investigation by PS CCS the details of his illegally acquired properties were traced and identified. The investigation resulted in a Seizing/Freezing Order by the Station House Officer, PS as regards to a land piece at Chouldhari, four vehicles and 4 bank accounts having significant deposits. Mohammed Sultan has been involved in 11 cases of drugs and other cases since 2008.

Port Blair, Feb 10: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma is holding a Webinar through virtual mode on the occasion of Road Safety month on 11th February, 2021 at 10 AM for the youths and school students of the Islands. The idea is to make aware about the traffic rules, which will benefit to safe guard themselves.

Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccination to be Administered from 13th Feb

Port Blair, Feb 10: The State Steering Committee meeting on COVID19 vaccination was held under the chairman of Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Chetan B Sanghi, IAS in the conference hall of the Secretariat on 09.02.2021. The meeting was also attended by Shri. Jitendra Narain, IAS, Principal Secretary (Home), Shri Vijay Kumar, IAS Principal Secretary (Finance), Dr. V Candavelou, IAS, Commissioner Cum Secretary (Health), Shri S.K. Jain IPS, IGP (Headquarter), other secretaries of A&N Administration, Officials of Health Dept and representative from ANC.

Port Blair, Feb 10: It is observed that several cable television operators have tied their cable TV wires/cables to electricity poles of the Electricity Department unauthorisedly. Knotting the cables to electricity poles unauthorisely / improperly, not only is violating Indian Electricity Rules, but also compromising on safety and the danger to life on account of the haphazard pulling of wires over electric poles. The cable TV wires/cables are also being tied on the electricity poles causing hindrance to the staff in carrying out the work on electric poles. Moreover, any accident can occur to the cable TV operators who are not authorized to climb the electric poles.