Port Blair, Jan 18: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma called on the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands yesterday and took up some important issues of these Islands.

Among other crucial issues, he requested the Hon’ble Lt. Governor to take up this matter of shortage of ship for Southern Group of Islands with the Ministry of Shipping to give preference to Andaman Ships for Annual Survey in Mainland Dockyards so that the turnaround timing of the ship after Annual Survey is reduced to minimum and round the year at least 50% of the ships are available for Hut Bay and Nicobar District as shipping is the lifeline of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Port Blair, Jan 18: The A & N Police is organising week long programme from 16th to 23rd January 2023 to celebrate the Police Raising Week. On 18th January, 2023 an “At Home Function” was organized at Police Lines, in which Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, graced the occasion alongwith Hon’ble Justice Subhasis Dasgupta and Hon’ble Justice Saugata Bhattacharya (Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench at Port Blair).

Port Blair, Jan 18: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency reviewed the preparations for the forthcoming Iconic events to be organized to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with particular emphasis on 126th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 23rd January, 2023 in A&N Islands.

Port Blair, Jan 18: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency launched the book “Exam Warriors” detailing how to approach exams with a positive mindset & a solid plan, authored by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi today at Raj Niwas in the presence of Chief Secretary, Shri Keshav Chandra, Director General of Police, Shri Neeraj Thakur and other Senior officials of Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Andaman & Nicobar Police and Andaman & Nicobar Forest.

Port Blair, Jan 18: State President, BJP, A&N Islands, Shri Ajoy Bairagi and Shri Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member, BJP met Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India at New Delhi and discussed about the extremely pathetic condition of NH-4 in North & Middle Andaman District and Construction of Chatham-Bambooflat Bridge.