Port Blair, Oct. 15: Firing practice by CG Dornier will be carried out from 1400-1600 hrs on Oct.27 & 28, 2022. The safe flying height is above 6000 feet AMSL.  All concerned have been warned to keep themselves and their vessels/fishing boat away from the firing range during the above mentioned date and time.

Port Blair, Oct. 16: Heavy rain (07-11 cm) is likely to occur at one or two places over A&N Islands on Oct. 17, 18, 19 & 20.  Meanwhile, due to squally weather, wind speed is likely to exceed 45 kmph over Andaman Sea along and off Andaman and Nicobar coasts. Fishermen have been not to venture into the sea from Oct.18 till Oct. 20. For further enquiries/ information, one may contact helpline of State Emergency Operation Centre at Helpline No. 1070 & District Emergency Operation Centre at Helpline No. 1077.

Port Blair, Oct. 14: The Hon’ble Special Judge Shri Raja Chatterjee on 13th October 2022 convicted one accused persons namely Mithun Sikder, resident of Durgapur Village, Diglipur in a sexual assault case committed by him against a minor girl then aged 11 years.

Port Blair, Oct. 16: Two COVID positive cases have been detected today in A&N Islands from incoming flight passengers who arrived here yesterday. Today, 13 flights with 1842 passengers arrived, out of which, 1652 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 148 passengers and the reports are awaited.  

Port Blair, Oct. 14: R Vineeth an island boy has created history by becoming the first mountaineer from A&N Islands. Born on 28th Sept 1997 to Shri. Ramachandran and Smti. R Pandiyan Kumari in Port Blair, Vineeth attempted to scale Mt. Deo Tibba located in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh at a height of 6001 mtrs above sea level on 10th Oct 2022.