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Seva Niketan Pays Tribute to Gunner M. Dilli Rao

Port Blair, July 17: Mr B.Ishwar Rao, Councillor, P.B.M.C and Mr Mangat Ram, Secretary Seva Niketan Garlanded the statue and paid tributes to Shaheed M.Dilli Rao Gunner of 51 Field Regiment ( Artillery ) who laid down his life, fighting insurgents in Assam on 13th July 2002. At a function held on Saturday 13th July 2019 at Dairy Farm Junction, which was attended by Mr A. Chakraborthy, Warden and Inmates of Seva Niketan, Parents of the braved son, relatives, youths and the general public paid floral tributes to M. Dilli Rao. Inmates of Seva Niketan presented a patriotic song on this occasion. Gunner M. Dilli Rao was a student of Govt. Sec. School, Dairy Farm. Mrm. Mangat Ram briefed about the life of shaheed M. Dilli Rao to the Inmates and present gathering.

Thoratang Nallah Bridge Re-collapse; show-cause notice issued to respondent *The construction of this bridge is beyond engineering skill or what?

Port Blair, July 13: As per reliable information from the office of Assistant Commissioner (MA) on 12 July, 2019, says that the Bailey bridge on Thoratang Nallah near Swadeshnagar has collapsed again on July 11, 2019 at around 22.00 hrs. The bridge had collapsed earlier on 12th June, 2019 consequent to which its repair was undertaken by NHIDCL through the contractor Ravi Realcon Pvt. Ltd. who had duly given safety certificate on July 11 after its completion following which the bridge was thrown open for public transport for load class up to 40 ton capacity with effect from July 11. As per sources, the Assistant Commissioner (MA) issued a show-cause notice in this regard asking the General Manager of National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) to furnish reply within 5 days, failing which, necessary action as deemed fit will be initiated ex-parte. Collapse of the bridge within 9 hours after it was restored prima-facia appears to be a case of faulty

Think about next generation, this way!; “Let us feel free to plant more trees and get oxygen free”

Port Blair: We are all aware about the increasing problem of deforestation in India - across rural and urban areas. According to the Forest Survey of India (FSI) survey - over the last 30 years, nearly two-third of the forests the size of Haryana have been lost to encroachments (15,000 sq km) and 23,716 industrial projects (14,000 sq km). The total forest and tree cover is spread across 802,088 square km, which is 24.39 percent of the geographical area of the country. According to the Indian forest department, for every tree fallen, ten tree saplings should be planted to make up for its loss. But this practice is rarely followed. We all know that, Forests help us maintain ecological balance and reduce carbon footprints. However, hectares of forests are cut down or burnt every millisecond. Unimaginable, isn't it? Can we even exist in a world without trees and forests? Background: Celebrating the importance of tree, Van Mahotsav was initiated in the year 1950 to celebrate th

Sadhguru led 5th International Yoga Day 2019 in the A&N Islands onboard FDN-2

TMI Correspondent Port Blair, June 21: Sadhguru, founder of Isha Foundation and yoga instructors from Isha Hatha Yoga School led the main event of the 5th International Yoga Day celebrations organized by Andaman Nicobar Command (ANC) for defense personnel, on board the first indigenously built Floating Dock of the Indian Navy (FDN-2) on June 21. The yoga session was attended by Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM, ADC, Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) and personnel and families of the Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard posted at this first Joint-Services Operational Command of the country. Speaking on the occasion, Sadhguru said, “if your body is working against you is called ill health, if your mind is working against you is called madness, essentially if your body and mind is not function for you and working against you, that is means all the things will happen against you. So the practice of yoga will set right the mech

Kuldeep Rai Sharma finally wins A&N Lok Sabha seat

Port Blair, May 23: The counting of votes for the lone parliamentary seat from Andaman & Nicobar constituency was taken up at JNRM campus this morning. As expected well in advance, it turned out to be a two-horse race between the Indian National Congress and the BJP candidates. The BJP candidate Vishal Jolly took the lead right from the first round. He maintained the lead round after round up to the 12th round causing a scare of defeat in the hearts of the Congress candidate Kuldeep Rai Sharma and his supporters. But, when everyone in the Congress party thought it a lost game, after trailed all through from Diglipur to Port Blair, in the 13th round of counting it was Little Andaman which came to the rescue of the luck come to the trailing candidate Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma. Kuldeep who was trailing by about 10000 votes, reduced the lead to about 3000. With the remaining two rounds being Nicobar and Campbell Bay, which are traditionally considered a Congress stronghold, the