Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha seat has traditionally seen the fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Bishnu Pada Ray of the BJP had won the last Lok Sabha election in 2014 after defeating Congress’ Manoranjan Bhakta. read more

Andaman and Nicobar Islands will vote on April 11 and results of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be declared on May 23. read more

Having completed the six-month Flight Engineer course on Friday, Jaiswal will now be posted to a helicopter squadron where she will monitor and operate IAF’s complex aircraft in various conditions. read more

There was no tsunami alert issued as sea levels around the Andaman Nicobar archipelago showed no major rise, said SPS Shenoi, Director INCOIS. read more

Cyclonic storm “Pabuk” is approaching the archipelago and currently hovering over the Andaman sea and the neighbourhood, they added. read more

The vessel’s cargo includes construction materials such as sand, rocks and cement, handicrafts and coconut products arranged by the Aceh Chamber of Commerce. read more

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata has warned of heavy rains in the Andaman and Nicobar islands due to the approaching tropical cyclone ‘Pabuk’ which will emerge in the Andaman sea on January 5, an official said on Thursday. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced renaming of three islands of Andaman and Nicobar on the occasion of 75th anniversary of Tricolour hoisting by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Port Blair. The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep, PM Modi said during a speech. The PM also released a commemorative stamp, its first-day cover and a Rs-75 coin on this special day. He also announced setting up of a deemed university after Bose. (Hindustan Times)read more

The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep, PM Modi said during a speech. read more

There are many primitive tribes like the Sentinelese in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, contact with whom is prohibited for outsiders, the commission’s chairperson Nand Kumar Sai told reporters here Tuesday. read more

Police said investigators had traced the two Americans through calls made to Chau’s telephone phone. The Americans had “local mobile numbers”, he added. read more

Detailing how the Sentinelese speak, John Allen Chau, noted that they “make high pitched sounds.... sounds such as the letters b, p, l and s.” Chau, the first outsider to have sneaked into the island in 12 years, also described the topography of isl... read more

Two officers said that they have found evidence that two other US citizens came to Andaman and held several meetings with the John Chau at a “safehouse” just days before he went to the island. read more

The American tourist died last week after making several attempts to reach the Sentinelese to preach Christianity -- knowing it was illegal to go within three miles (five kilometres) of the island. read more

That dramatic episode of the aborigines shooting arrows and injuring FD filmmaker (late) Prem Vaidya is part of the 22-minute award-winning documentary, ‘Man in Search of Man’, produced by FD, a body under the information and broadcasting ministry. read more