Port Blair, Oct. 19: Ms V.  K Mariyam Bibi, ex -Adhyaksha, Zilla Parishad, South Andaman has expressed gratitude to the Director shipping service for allowing four wheelers in the vehicle ferry plying between Bambooflat to Chatham and vice versa. Due to rise in Covid-19 cases, the vehicles were restricted in this route.  After a request was made by PRI's, NGO's and general public the same has been restored.

230 Families Comprising of 664 People in Two Containment Zones Screened on the First Day Itself

Port Blair, Oct. 18: In continuation to the efforts of the District Administration in its fight against the spread of COVID-19 in Diglipur, active field surveillance has been conducted in which 230 families comprising of 664 people in the two containment zones were screened on the first day itself. More than 400 medicine kits have already been distributed amongst the ILI/ SARI suspects.

Port Blair, Oct. 18: The team of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman & Nicobar Islands State Unit, under the leadership of Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President met Shri J.P Nadda, National President, Bhartiya Janata Party at New Delhi on 17th of October 2020.

Francis Xavier

I can’t correctly recall when I first met Samir Acharya, but everyone in Port Blair of those days met him somewhere sometime. Our first serious discussion was about the Moravian Missionaries in Nicobar. I was looking for information about the Brethren who came from Tranquebar to convert the Nicobaris to Christianity, but perished, except for one, due to the inhospitable climate. When I mentioned it somewhere Samir Acharya said he’s got the letters of the lone survivor with him.  I didn’t believe it. It was in the early 80s and how could a businessman possess such documents, that too in those times when internet was non-existent and letters took ages to reach Port Blair! 

Shaheed Dweep, Oct. 18: In a shocking incident reported at Shaheed Dweep today afternoon, a son attempted to murder his 65 year old father over minor property dispute. According to reports gathered, the incident took place in the afternoon hours, at Bharatpur Road, Neil Kendra when the son had used a spade to kill his father.