Port Blair, June 4: In a landslide victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from A&N Parliamentary Constituency, Shri Bishnu Pada Ray defeated his nearest contender, Indian National Congress candidate, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma by a margin of 24,396 votes. The return of Bishnu Pada Ray in his 4th term as the Member of Parliament of Andaman & Nicobar Parliamentary Constituency for the 18th Lok Sabha, with such a big margin has made him the Vox Populi of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Port Blair, June 3: In a significant and path breaking achievement, all the Nine Police Stations of South Andaman District, Offices of 3 Sub Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) and District SP’s office have received the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification issued by the Quality Management Council, Kerala.

On 03/06/2024 the certificates were presented to the Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District and the Station House Officers (SHOs) of South Andaman District by Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS, Chief Secretary, A&N Islands at Police Headquarters, Atlanta Point, Port Blair. The ceremony was held in the presence of Shri Devesh Chandra Srivastva, IPS, Director General of Police, A&N Islands along with other senior officers from the Andaman & Nicobar Administration and Police Department.

Port Blair, June 3: The prestigious 2024 World Junior Chess Championship commenced yesterday at the Radisson Gift City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Five-time world champion, Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, was the chief guest at the opening ceremony and made the ceremonial move against Geet Sethi, a professional billiards player, to inaugurate the event in the presence of the chief arbiter of the event, International Arbiter, Vardapetyan Ashot from Armenia and office bearers of All India Chess Federation.

Port Blair, June 3: On 01 June 24, Commodore Jasvir Singh took over the command of Naval Ship Repair Yard, Port Blair from Commodore M Rajkumar. The Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY) at Port Blair is the largest industrial establishment of Andaman and Nicobar Command and is the nerve center for all refit/ repair activities of Ships, Yard craft based at Port Blair and visiting Indian warships as well as ships from Friendly Foreign Countries.

Port Blair, June 3: All arrangements for the smooth & transparent Counting of votes is complete and the counting of votes for the polling held in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Parliamentary Constituency will start at JNRM Counting Centre tomorrow (June 4) from 8 am onwards under the supervision of General Observer appointed by the ECI, Shri Brajesh Narain Singh, IAS, the CEO, A&N Islands, Shri B.S Jaglan, IAS and Returning Officer, ANIPC, Shri Arjun Sharma, IAS.