Port Blair, May 28: In a letter to the Hon’ble Prime Minister with copies to the Home Minister, the Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and the State President of BJP, A&N Islands, the Ex-Member of Parliament, A&N Islands, Shri Bishnu Pada Ray has requested for institutional/ home quarantine of all passengers/ islanders returning to the islands by air and ships with proper testing of samples by RMRC.  

Port Blair, May 28: The Andaman Mopla People Service Organisation (AMSO) has demanded for proper surveillance of Air-passengers arriving to Port Blair from mainland India.  

Port Blair, May 27: The Member of Parliament, A&N Islands, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has informed the Lt. Governor that the Kharif season in our Islands starts with arrival of South West monsoon and farmers are eagerly waiting to procure agricultural inputs like paddy seed, vegetable seeds, fertilizers etc. as these inputs are not readily available in the Sub Depots of Agriculture department in different Islands. The MP has therefore requested the Lt. Governor to consider the following relief to the farmers and cultivators of these Islands:-

Senior Citizen Shows COVID-19 Symptoms after Reaching Neil Island

Port Blair, May 27: A senior citizen who had arrived at Port Blair on 25th May 2020 from Chennai has been showing COVID-19 symptoms soon after he reached Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) today afternoon. The senior citizen had been to Chennai as an attendant of a patient who needed a review after getting treated.

Port Blair, May 27: The Central Crime Station police in its continuous efforts to crackdown on bootlegging, illegal and spurious liquors, strikes hard against bootleggers and conducted a raid at Chidiyatapu area.