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Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Sep 4 (ANI): Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday unveiled a vision document for the strategic development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the year 2020.

Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Security and Development of the Andaman and Nicobar [...]

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Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) has declared results of summer 2009 Diploma examination of Andaman and Nicobar Govt. Polytechnic.
These Results are avialable on MSBTE Website – http://www.msbte.com/
Direct Link to Results [...]

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Government will issue smart Identity Cards (IDs) to all the usual residents of nine costal states and four union territories as a measure to ensure security in coastal areas following Mumbai terror attacks.

Nine coastal states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal [...]

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): In a bid to modernize country’s paramilitary forces, Centre will provide arms, ammunition and vehicles worth 500 crore rupees to seven paramilitary forces by September end.

According to the Action Plan -II of the Ministry of [...]

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Facilitating the unenviable task of conducting the electoral process, the Indian Air Force (IAF) pressed into service two IL-76, four AN-32 transport aircraft, 25 medium-lift helicopters and four Chetak helicopters during the just concluded elections.

The helicopters drawn from 13 different IAF airbases across the country were provided to Assam, [...]

New Delhi, Apr.16 (ANI): Following are some interesting poll-related facts

Lakshdweep 105 Polling booth accessible by boats only

-EVMs were carried to Minicoy Island by helicopter

Andaman Nicobar Island

-The Andaman Nicober group of Islands is one constituency and is 700 Km. long. Many places require 35-40 hrs journey by ships. Poll personal to some [...]

New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): With the Election Commission identifying the twenty-three thousand villages that would go to polls for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday as “vulnerable”, the onus is now on the central and state governments to ensure peaceful elections.

A total of 1,715 candidates, including 122 women, are contesting for [...]

Chennai, April 4 (IANS) While the Sri Lankan Tamils’ issue continues to be a hot topic in Tamil Nadu ahead of the parliamentary polls, efforts are on by authorities in the island nation and in India to solve the problem of fishermen trespassing into each other’s territorial waters, sources said Saturday.
Sri Lankan diplomatic sources indicated [...]

New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil will issue the notification for the first phase of the five phased Lok Sabha elections today.

As many as 124 out of the total 543 constituencies will go to polls in the first phase, which is scheduled to be [...]

Port Blair, Feb.28 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi announced a number of development programmes for Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday including a plan to develop the place into [...]

Port Blair, Feb 27 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address a public rally at Netaji Stadium here today.

Besides addressing a rally, Sonia is also scheduled to unveil the statue Rajiv Gandhi at Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex.

On Saturday, UPA chairperson will visit Car Nicobar and Cambell Bay where she will unveil the [...]

New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Monday gave its approval to the establishment of National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) at Kalyani in West Bengal as an autonomous institution under the aegis of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology with the budgetary provision of Rs. 210 crores.

The Institute has [...]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI): The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration has tightened its vigil along the coasts by establishing additional marine police outposts in view of the current security situation.
This was stated by Lieutenant Governor of the Islands, Lt. General (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas exhibition in Chennai.
The Island’’s security agencies [...]