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Chennai-Port Blair flight carries passengers instead of cargo, airline faces action
By Neha LM Tripathi | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2020 08:48 PM IST
The budget carrier’s flight was scheduled as a cargo flight but the airline booked passengers and operated it as commercial flight.
Great Andamanese tribe hit by Covid-19
By Agencies | Port Blair
UPDATED ON AUG 28, 2020 09:19 AM IST
Six of the 10 have recovered and are in home quarantine, officials told AFP, while the rest are undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
At launch, PM Modi hails optical fibre project
By Deeksha Bhardwaj | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2020 01:37 AM IST
On December 30, 2018, the Prime Minister had laid the foundation for the 2,312-kilometre-long submarine optical fibre cable project connecting Chennai and Port Blair, capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The project has been implemented at a cost of Rs 1,224 crore.
Submarine optical fibre cable will transform lives in Andaman and Nicobar: PM Modi
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 10, 2020 11:14 PM IST
PM Modi earlier on Monday morning inaugurated the submarine optical fibre cable connecting Chennai and Port Blair, via video conferencing. He had laid the foundation stone for this project in December 2018 at Port Blair.
PM Modi inaugurates submarine optical fibre cable connecting Chennai, Port Blair
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 10, 2020 11:07 AM IST
PM Modi had tweeted to say it’s a very special day for the residents of the islands. He also said that the OFC will provide “high-speed broadband connectivity and a big boost for the local economy”.
PM Modi to launch submarine cable connectivity for Andaman & Nicobar on Aug 10
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 07, 2020 06:16 PM IST
Small and medium trade enterprises will also benefit from opportunities in e-commerce with the new connectivity in place, and educational institutions will utilise the enhanced bandwidth for e-learning and knowledge sharing. Business Process Outsourcing services and other medium and large enterprises too also benefit from better connectivity.
Supreme Court cold-shoulders top CBI officer for defying 18-month-old transfer order
By Abraham Thomas | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 29, 2020 08:48 AM IST
Ajay Kumar Bassi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) with the CBI was ordered by the agency to go to Port Blair on January 11, 2019.
Coronavirus: Kolkata Port Trust monitors Bangladeshi vessels; Bengal’s biggest school defers results
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON MAR 13, 2020 10:26 PM IST
Between January 27 and March 12, as many as 8,145 crew members and passengers of 441 vessels, including 350 passengers of a ship from Port Blair, were screened, the statement said. So far, only one crew member reported fever but he tested negative and was subsequently released from quarantine.
Court asks CBI why Rakesh Asthana was not put to polygraph test
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 20, 2020 04:10 AM IST
CBI special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also directed that the first Investigating Officer of the case, Ajay Kumar Bassi, to be present during the next hearing on February 28 to explain the case diary.
Repelled Chinese vessel in Sept, says Navy chief
By Rahul Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2019 06:03 AM IST
According to marinetraffic.com, a ship tracking and maritime intelligence website, the Shi Yan 1 is 60 metres long, 26 metres wide and has a gross weight of 3,071 tonnes. The website tracked the Chinese-flagged vessel’s current position to the South China Sea.
John Allen Chau: 1 year on, time adds intrigue to Andaman mystery
By Prawesh Lama | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 18, 2019 12:55 AM IST
Chau, who worked for All Nations, an evangelical group based in Kansas City that introduces Christianity in the remote corners of the world, was so obsessed with the island that he broke a series of laws and did not hesitate in putting his own life in danger.
‘The Cellular Jail should be a place of pilgrimage’
By Navneet Vyasan | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON OCT 02, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Says author Vikram Sampath, whose new book charts Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s journey from a small village in Maharashtra to the heart of the Indian independence movement
Indian Coast Guard seizes ketamine drug worth Rs 300 cr from Myanmarese ship
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 22, 2019 06:10 PM IST
The Coast Guard, in a coordinated sea-air operation on Thursday, apprehended the ship off the Car Nicobar islands.
AFT: Admiral Verma superseded justifiably
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 17, 2019 04:20 AM IST
AFT said while Verma had not been able to make out a case of mala fide or bias against him, the government was able to prove that he had been superseded because of justifiable reasons.
Esow Alben-led India bag historic cycling gold
By Sandip Sikdar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 15, 2019 11:05 PM IST
Esow, Ronaldo and Rojit dominated the 250m, steeply banked wooden track as the five-day tournament got underway at the Oderlandhalle velodrome in Frankfurt.
Vice Admiral Bimal Verma withdraws supersession plea
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 20, 2019 11:36 PM IST
Bimal Verma, who heads the Andaman and Nicobar Command in Port Blair, would have been the senior-most officer in the navy on May 31 when Admiral Sunil Lanba retires.
No word from govt on complaint, says Verma’s lawyer
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 16, 2019 12:20 AM IST
Verma moved the AFT on April 25 for the second time after the government named Admiral Singh as the next navy chief in March. The defence ministry was asked to take a decision on Verma’s complaint by May 15.
Superseded Vice-Admiral Verma moves tribunal for second time
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2019 12:00 AM IST
Verma had petitioned the AFT against his supersession earlier too, but was asked to withdraw his plea and raise matter with the defence ministry first.
Not getting salary, CBI’s AK Bassi, who probed Rakesh Asthana, tells Supreme Court
By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2019 10:17 AM IST
Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of the CBI, AK Bassi, on Friday told the apex court through his lawyer that he has not been receiving his salary from the department after he refused to take on his new posting in Port Blair.
Jet Airways grounds 3 more planes owing to rental payments; cancels 19 flights
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2019 05:41 PM IST
With three more planes taken out of operations, the number of aircraft on ground due to non-payment of lease rentals by Jet Airways now stand at six in the last two days.
Indigo, GoAir banned from flying Airbus A320neo aircraft to Port Blair
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2019 10:59 PM IST
The ministry of civil aviation has banned Indigo and GoAir from flying Airbus A320neo aircraft having Pratt and Whiney engines to Andaman and Nicobar islands’ capital Port Blair.
Modi must get credit for mainstreaming the nationalist narrative
By Anirban Ganguly
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2019 07:53 AM IST
By paying obeisance at the Cellular Jail to revolutionary nationalists, PM Modi rekindled a deeper sense of gratitude.
‘Orange’ alert for Andaman due to cyclone ‘Pabuk’
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2019 12:48 PM IST
Cyclonic storm “Pabuk” is approaching the archipelago and currently hovering over the Andaman sea and the neighbourhood, they added.
Indonesian ship brings cargo to Port Blair
By Rezaul H Laskar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2019 12:08 PM IST
The vessel’s cargo includes construction materials such as sand, rocks and cement, handicrafts and coconut products arranged by the Aceh Chamber of Commerce.
PM Narendra Modi to visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today, busy domestic schedule ahead
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Varanasi
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2018 08:55 AM IST
Before travelling to Varanasi, Modi will stop in Ghazipur, where he will release a commemorative postage stamp on Maharaja Suheldeo and address a public rally. The PM’s rally in Ghazipur is being seen as an effort by the BJP to woo the Rajbhar community there, which revers Maharaja Suheldo.
Andaman’s most-visited islands to be renamed during PM Modi visit
By Ananya Bhardwaj | The Print, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2018 02:47 PM IST
The Modi government is continuing with its name-changing spree, with the government now deciding to rename Havelock Island to Swaraj Dweep, Neil Island to Shaheed Dweep and Ross Island to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island.
Police map area of island where US man was killed, spot Sentinels
By Associated Press | Associated Press
UPDATED ON NOV 24, 2018 08:33 PM IST
During their visit to the island’s surroundings on Friday, investigators also spotted four or five North Sentinel islanders moving in the area from a distance of about 500 meters (1,600 feet) from a boat and studied their behavior for several hours, said Dependra Pathak, the director-general of police of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where North Sentinel is located.
Shields, medicines, gifts: How US tourist prepped for Sentinel Island trip
By Tanmay Chatterjee and Prawesh Lama | New Delhi/Kolkata
UPDATED ON NOV 24, 2018 10:21 AM IST
Chau was attacked with arrows and died in his second attempt to reach the North Sentinel Island on November 16. The previous day he had tried to enter the island, which is out of bounds for visitors, but retreated when a young boy attacked him an arrow.