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Port Blair, June 23: Shri Devesh Chandra Srivastva, IPS, has taken over the charge of Director General of Police, Andaman & Nicobar Islands today. A ceremonial Guard of Honour was presented at Police Headquarters to welcome the DGP. Shri Devesh Chandra Srivastva, an officer of 1995 batch of Indian Police Service, has over 27 years of wide experience in the field of policing and served in various capacities in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Delhi and Mizoram. He has also served on central deputation in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and thereafter in ONGC as Executive Director (Security). After serving as DGP, Mizoram for 16 months, he has been posted as DGP, A & N Islands.
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Port Blair, June 23: CPI (M) has demanded to create a separate Lok Sabha seat for Nicobar District, to be reserved for the Nicobari tribals. D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A&N State Organising Committee, who is currently on a visit to Delhi, today (23.06.2023) submitted a Memorandum to the Home Secretary in which it was submitted that the Nicobars District is the most backward District in the country in terms of overall development, communication facility, education, health, etc. Since independence, several Prime Ministers and other dignitaries visited the Nicobars District and promised its development but such assurances remain as a promise and no developmental work worth the name has taken place for the Nicobar group of islands.
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Port Blair, June 23: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands Legal Education Society (ANILES) proposes to amend the Rules & Regulations, Memorandum of Association & Grant-in Aid Rules of the society to align with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Institute of Higher Learning (NSCBIHL) Society, Deemed University. The draft notification of the same has been uploaded in the A & N Administration State Portal (www.andaman.gov.in). The comments/suggestions, if any, may be submitted through the email id This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 23.07.2023.
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Kamorta, June 23: A major fire took place at Trinket Island in the Nancowy Group of Central Nicobars today. The fire spread across the island and took hours to control. However there are no casualties reported.
At present there are four families residing in the Trinket Island. The remaining had shifted from the island after the Tsunami of 2004.
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Port Blair, June 23: The general public have been informed that all households and establishments under the jurisdiction of Port Blair city have to pay a user fee every month towards the waste picked up from their door step. The user charges shall be collected as per the Schedule-III of PBMC’s SWM Bye-laws, 2017 notified by the A&N Administration Gazette vide No. 21/2017/F.No. 3-53/2015-UD-II, dated 16th February, 2017.
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