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Regn. No. 34190/75 No. 16 Port Blair, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Web: dt.andaman.gov.in Rs. 3.00 6 Pages

Te l e g ra m she Daily

The Largest Circulating Daily of A&N Islands

New Delhi, Jan 17

Twenty five children have

been selected for the

national bravery awards

2016. These include 13

girls. Four of the awards

have been given

posthumously. The

coveted Bharat award has

been conferred on 8 year

old Late Kumari Tarh Peju

of Arunachal Pradesh, who

sacrificed her life while

saving two of her friends

from drowning.

The prestigious Geeta

Chopra award has been

conferred on 18 year old

Tejasweeta Pradhan and 17

year old Shivani Gond of

West Bengal who showed

immense courage

fearlessly helping police

and NGO in uncovering an

international sex racket

leading to the arrest of the

25 children including 13 girls selected

for National Bravery Awards

mastermind in Delhi.

The Sanjya Chopra award

has been given to 15 year

old Sumit Mamgain of

Uttarakhand who

displayed outstanding

bravery in fighting a

leopard to save his cousin.

Port Blair, Jan 17

The Distr ict

Administration, South

Andaman Distr ict has

decided to conduct 'Tehsil

Diwas' on monthly basis in

each Tehsil of the South

Andaman Distr ict, to

ensure time bound

redressal of the grievances

of the general public/PRIs,

under the chairmanship of

the Sub-Divisional

Magistrate (SA)/

Additional Distr ict

Magistrate (SA) &

A s s i s t a n t

C o m m i s s i o n e r ( S )

concerned with the

Executive Engineers of

APWD & Electricity Deptt,

Joint Director, Agriculture,

Assistant Directors of

Fisheries & AH&VS

Deptt., Deputy Directors of

Health, Transport &

Shipping Departments,

Deputy Education Officer

concerned, Block

Development Officer,

Tehsildar, Executive

Engineer, PRI, Executive

Engineer, ZP, Deputy

Superintendent of Police

and Assistant Chief

Conservator of Forest as

Members.

The ‘Tehsil Diwas’ will be

held once in a month at

each Tehsil and all the Sub

Division level officers of

various Departments shall

compulsorily take part in it

under the chairmanship of

Sub Divisional Magistrate.

If he has to take leave of

absence, the same shall be

taken from the chair prior

to the meeting. SDM/

ADM/ACs as the case may

be, shall attend to the

grievances of the

individuals and pass

necessary written

instructions to the

Departmental heads in the

meeting itself which

should be as per law &

rules/regulation as

applicable.

The Departmental heads

should carry out the

instructions within time as

directed by the Chairman

and submit compliance to

the Deputy Commissioner/

Sub Divisional

Magistrate/ Additional

Distr ict Magistrate/

A s s i s t a n t

C o m m i s s i o n e r ( S ) /

Departmental HOD. If the

Departmental head is not

able to implement the

direction in time due to

illegal issues/ fund

constraint/ other genuine

constraints & restrictions,

the same shall be

communicated within 7

days to Sub Divisional

Magistrate/ Deputy

Commissioner (SA). If the

Deputy Commissioner (SA)

finds that the directions

have not been complied

without any genuine

reason or due to

lackadaisical/malafide

Speedy redressal of local problems at Sub Division level

South Andaman District Admin. to

conduct ‘Tehsil Diwas’ once in a month

Port Blair, Jan 17

The Distr ict Industr ies

Centre, Department of

Industries launched Single

Window Clearance Portal

on Nov. 15, 2016 under the

'Ease of Doing Business'

Mission. Under this portal

clearances are made

available in a common,

uniform and integrated

Single Window Clearance

Portal by DICmanner, so that

entrepreneur can view all

details at a single place viz.

common application form

(CAF) module, online

portal for clearance, online

portal for incentives, digital

locker, dash board, help

desk portal and online

discussion forum.

(Contd. on last page)

The children will receive

their awards from Prime

Minister Shri Narendra

Modi on 23rd of this month.

They will also participate in

the parade. President Shri

Pranab Mukherjee will host

reception in their honour.

Port Blair, Jan 17

The Society for Promotion

of Indian Classical Music

and Culture Amongst Youth

(SPIC-MACAY) Local

Students Chapter, at

DBRAIT, will be organizing

Lecture-demonstrations

(Lec-Dems) by renowned

Violinist Lalgudi GJR

Violinist GJR Krishnan to

perform at DBRAIT todayKrishnan along with

accompanist Shri B.

Ganapathy Raman on

Mrindangam and Shri H

Sivaramakrishnan on

Ghatam, from 18th to 20th

January for the students of

schools and colleges. The

schedule of Lec-Dems are as

under:

18/01/2017 3 PM to 4.30 PM

Auditorium BRAIT Campus

18/01/2017 5.30 PM to

6.30 PM

Auditorium JNRM Campus

19/01/2017 10.30 AM to 11.30 AM

Auditorium BRAIT Campus

20/01/2017 10 AM to 11.30 AM

Govt. Girls’ Senior Secondary School

Port Blair, Jan 17

The Editorial Team of

A&N Quarterly a

publication of the

Andaman & Nicobar

Administration has invited

articles for it upcoming

issue with 'Platter' as its

theme. The articles should

be original and supported

with high resolution

photographs relevant to

the content of the article.

The article should also be

supported with a colour

photograph of the author

and submitted in hard and

soft copies to Functional

Manager (EI), District

Industries Center, Middle

Articles invited for publication

in ‘A&N Quarterly’Point, Port Blair - 744101,

A&N Islands.

The articles should be with

reference to the Union

Territory of Andaman &

Nicobar Islands only. They

should original preferably

written by the author, in

case it belongs to another

source, the source should

be mentioned in the article.

The articles submitted

shall be scrutinized by the

Editorial Board of the

magazine. The Board has

the right to accept or reject

an article without informing

the author. It also has the

right, if required, to make(Contd. on last page)

Neil Island, Jan 17

The Golden Jubilee of

Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Neil

Island was celebrated in the

school premises on Jan 13

& 14. The Golden Jubilee

march was flagged off by

the Member of Parliament,

Shri Bishnu Pada Ray on

Jan 13.

The two day cultural

programme was

inaugurated by the

Secretary Education Smti.

Tanvi Garg, as chief guest,

on Jan 13. She also

Golden Jubilee of GSSS Neil Island

celebrated with befitting programmesinaugurated the Zonal

Level Science Exhibition

organized by the students

of both Middle & Sr. Sec.

Schools. Former teachers

and students were

felicitated by her and a

souvenir was released on

this occasion. A health and

blood donation camp was

organized by super

specialists for the alumni

members. Dr. Amitava De,

Deputy Director (Malaria)

and Dr Ganesh Samadar,

CMO were the chief guests

on this occasion. Dr.

Swapan Kumar Biswas,

President of the alumni

addressed the gathering

and Shri. Jacob Kutty,

Vice-Principal of the school

welcomed the dignitaries. A

colorful cultural function

was presented by students

of both schools on the

occasion.

The second day’s

function started with run

for fun and cycle race

attended by boys and girls

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Staff Reporter

Port Blair, Jan 17

The three -day State

Level exhibition

'Gyanodaya', 2016-17

organized by the Science

Wing of Department of

Education, A&N

Administration in

collaboration with the

Department of Science &

Technology, A&N

Administration and

Department of Education in

Science & Mathematics

(DESM), NCERT, New

Delhi, got underway with

its inauguration by the

Secretary Education, Smti.

Tanvi Garg in the

Auditorium of Govt. Girls.

Sr. Sec. School here this

‘Gyanodaya’-2016-17 gets underway

Models of various disciplines

on display; exhibition open till Jan 19

evening.

Addressing the

gathering, the chief guest

said 'Gyanodaya' is a

platform for students to

interact, learn and share

knowledge. She said,

Science can be applied in

real life, and lauded the

beautiful models of

various disciplines

displayed by the students.

She also urged everyone

to visit the exhibition and

encourage the students.

The chief guest also went

round the exhibition hall,

evinced keen interests in

the models on display

there and interacted with

the students. The chief

guest and other dignitaries

also released the Souvenir

of Gyanodaya-2016 on the

occasion.

As many as 159 models

are on display at the

exhibition. The exhibition

will remain open from 10am

to 5pm upto Jan 19, 2017.

Altogether 7 educational

zones of A&N Islands are

participating in the

exhibition.

The DDE (Admin.), Shri

S.S.Rawat, DDE

(Planning), Dr. Dheeraj

Kumar, DDE (Science), Shri

Mammen Thomas, DDE

(Academics), Dr. Suman

Devi, DDE (Perl.) Shri

Suresh, DEO, South

Andaman, Shri Nathenial,

DEO, Wimberleygunj, Shri

Gyansheel Dubey,

Principals and Teachers of

various schools were

present on the occasion.

Earlier, the DDE (Science),

Shri Mammen Thomas

welcomed the gathering

Port Blair, Jan 17

Ld. Sessions Judge

Sidhartha Kanjilal has

convicted the accused

Keshav Rao on Jan 16, 2017

for assaulting a pregnant

woman following which she

succumbed to the injuries and

died. The accused Keshav

Rao was produced from

judicial custody on Jan 17 and

after hearing him and his

counsel, the Ld. Court of

Sessions Judge has imposed

punishment upon the accused

Keshav to suffer rigorous

imprisonment for 5 years and

to pay fine of Rs.5000/- and in

default of payment of fine, he

One convicted for

assaulting womanhas to suffer further rigorous

imprisonment for a period of 6

months for commission of

offence punishable U/s 304

Part II IPC.

The Sessions Judge also

imposed punishment upon

the accused person to suffer

rigorous imprisonment for 6

months and to pay fine of

Rs.1000/-. In default of

payment of fine, he has to

suffer rigorous imprisonment

for 1 more month for the

offence punishable U/s 451 of

IPC, a communication from the

Public Prosecutor, A&N

Administration said here

today.

Port Blair, Jan 17

An awareness programme

on cashless and clean India

was organised by NIC,

Port Blair today for the

benefit of the trainees of

Tagore Govt. College of

Education, Port Blair. Shri

Gautam Gupta, Scientific

Officer of the organization

explained about cashless

transactions. A powerpoint

presentation was also

Awareness on 'Cashless India'

created at TGCEpresented by him to

highlight digital payment

like bank cards, USSD,

Aadhaar card, e-wallet, UPI

etc. The main theme of the

programme was to 'Go

Cashless, Go Digital'. The

programme was attended

by all the students of

Computer Department and

faculty members of the

College, a communication

said.

Port Blair, Jan 17

Inspector General

Kuldeep Singh Sheoran,

PTM, TM Commander Coast

Guard Region A&N laid the

foundation stone for

construction of Coast Guard

jetty at Diglipur and

Mayabunder. The Coast

Guard jetty at these locations

will be constructed as

extension to the existing

PMB jetty with auxiliary and

berthing facilities. The

projects are being executed

by Andaman Lakshadweep

Coast Guard Jetty at Diglipur and

Mayabunder; foundation stones laid

Harbour Works in

association with Military

Engineer Services and will be

completed over the next two

years. The construction of

the jetties will provide

impetus to sea surveillance

capacity of Coast Guard in

the Northern Group of

Islands.

The Commander Coast

Guard, while addressing the

senior officials during the

function, emphasised upon

infrastructure development

in these Islands in

conformity with the

expansion plans envisaged

in the Coast Guard

Development Plan 2017-22.

He acknowledged the

continued co-operation and

support of A&N

Administration in enabling

these facilities to enhance

Coast Guard operations

capacity. The projects for

Coast Guard jetty at Hutbay

and Campbell Bay are also

being progressed and

Commander Coast Guard

stressed upon monitoring

the projects for timely

completion for induction and

basing of more Coast Guard

assets in A&N Region. The

functions were attended by

officials from ALHW, MES,

respective stakeholders and

local dignitaries, a

communication from PRO

Coast Guard said.

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Chairperson & Members of

NHRC to arrive on visit to Isles todayPort Blair, Jan 17

The Chairperson, Members and officials of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will

be on a three-day visit to the Islands from Jan 18 to 20, 2017. During their stay here, the Members

of the Commission will hold a programme on 'Human Rights', at 10 am in the auditorium of

Tagore Govt. College of Education followed by an open hearing/camp sitting at the same venue

on Jan 19, 2017. The Commission will also hold meeting with local NGOs and Senior Officers

of A&N Administration in the conference hall of Secretariat in the afternoon of Jan 19, followed

by media briefing.

The Members of the Commission will also be visiting Car Nicobar on Jan 20 and hold meeting

with officials and representatives of Tribal Council. On completion of the visit, they will leave

for mainland on Jan 21, 2017, an official release said.

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WEATHERRain or thundershower likely to occur at isolated places. Maximumand minimum temperature will be around 29°C and 21°C respectivelyon Wednesday 18/01/2017

Observational data for Port Blair in last 24 hoursMaximum Temperature (°C): 29.6Minimum Temperature (°C): 21.4Relative Humidity (%) at 0830 IST: 066Relative Humidity (%) at 1730 IST: 078Sunrise Time for tomorrow (in IST): 0544Sunset Time for tomorrow (in IST): 1716Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs) in mm: 000.0Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 000.0Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January 17: 83.6upto 0830 hrs (of date) in mm

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REVISED SEVA SUCHNAYEINALLTHE SAILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at at 0800

Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 2100Hrs from Hut Bay. Passenger tickets for the above sailing will be issued

to the general public on 18.01.2017 from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARSTicketing Counters.MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at at 0800

Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 2100Hrs from Hut Bay. Passenger tickets for the above sailing will be issued

to the general public on 20.01.2017 from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARSTicketing Counters. MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 22.01.2017 (Sun) at 2000 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 23.01.2017 (Mon) at0800 Hrs from Hut Bay. Passenger tickets for the above sailing will be

issued to the general public on 21.01.2017 from 0900 Hrs onwards atSTARS Ticketing Counters.

18.01.2017 (WEDNESDAY)HAVELOCK & NEIL ISLANDMV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 0620 Hrs

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at0900 Hrs from Havelock.

MV Katchal will sail for Neil Island on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 0630 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at0845 Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Neil Island on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 1100Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day

at 1600 Hrs from Neil Island.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Havelock on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 1300

Hrs from Neil Island Jetty and will sail back to Neil Island on the sameday at 1445 Hrs from Havelock.MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 1400 Hrs

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at1630 Hrs from Havelock.

MV Katchal will sail for Neil Island on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 1400 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at1600 Hrs from Neil Island. (Additional Service)

RANGAT & DIGLIPURMV Rani Changa will sail for Rangat via Neil, Havelock, Strait Island

and Long Island on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at 0615 Hrs from Phoenix BayJetty and will sail for Port Blair on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at 0615 Hrs from

Rangat via same route.MV Kamorta will sail for Diglipur via Havelock on 18.01.2017 (Wed) at0630 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on 19.01.2017

(Thu) at 0630 Hrs from Diglipur via Havelock.19.01.2017 (THURSDAY)

HAVELOCK & NEIL ISLANDMV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at 0620 Hrs

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at0900 Hrs from Havelock.MV Katchal will sail for Neil Island on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at 0630 Hrs from

Phoenix Bay jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 0845Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Neil Island on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at 1100Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same dayat 1600 Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Havelock 19.01.2017 (Thu) at 1300 Hrsfrom Neil Island Jetty and will sail back to Neil Island on the same day

at 1445 Hrs from Havelock.MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at 1400 Hrs

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at1630 Hrs from Havelock.HUT BAY

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 19.01.2017 (Thu) at at 0800Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 2100

Hrs from Hut Bay.20.01.2017 (FRIDAY)HAVELOCK & NEIL ISLAND

MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 20.01.2017 (Fri) at 0620 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

0900 Hrs from Havelock.MV Kamorta will sail for Neil Island on 20.01.2017 (Fri) at 0630 Hrs.

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at0845 Hrs from Neil Island.MV Kamorta will sail for Neil Island on 20.01.2017 (Fri) at 1100 Hrs from

Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 1600Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Kamorta will sail for Havelock on 20.01.2017 (Fri) at 1300 Hrs fromNeil Island Jetty and will sail back to Neil Island on the same day at1445 Hrs from Havelock.

MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 20.01.2017 (Fri) at 1400 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

1630 Hrs from Havelock.RANGAT & MAYABUNDER

MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Rangat via Havelock and Long Island on20.01.2017 (Fri) at 0630 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail forPort Blair on the same day at 1300 Hrs from Rangat via same route.

MV Katchal will sail for Mayabunder on 20.01.2017 (Fri) at 0600 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

1300 Hrs from Mayabunder.21.01.2017 (SATURDAY)HAVELOCK & NEIL ISLAND

MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at 0620 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

0900 Hrs from Havelock.MV Katchal will sail for Neil Island on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at 0630 Hrs from

Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 0845Hrs from Neil Island.MV Katchal will sail for Neil Island on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at 1100 Hrs from

Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 1600Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Katchal will sail for Havelock on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at 1300 Hrs fromNeil Island Jetty and will sail back to Neil Island on the same day at1445 Hrs from Havelock.

MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at 1400 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

1630 Hrs from Havelock.HUT BAY

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 21.01.2017 (Sat) at at 0800Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 2100Hrs from Hut Bay.

Mayabunder, Jan 17 As part of the SubashMela at Mayabunder, theSubash Mela OrganisingCommittee conducted a DistrictLevel Marathon, open for Men& Women, from TugapurJunct ion to Netaji SportsComplex Mayabunder on Jan15. The District Administration& the Organisers createdhistory by organising such along distance Road Race forMen & Women at Mayabunder.As many as 48 runners fromNorth & Middle Andaman tookpart in the Marathon. A hugenumber of villagers and schoolchi ldren from Tugapur to

Marathon for men & womenorganised at Mayabunder

Mayabunder area gathered onthe road side early morning toencourage the runners andparticipants. Comdt. N. P. Singh,Station Commander, CoastGuard, Mayabunder was thechief guest on the occasion &flagged off the event in thepresence of Shri. Benadickt,Asst. Director, Admn. & Shri V.Ranjith Kumar, Asst. Director,Sports / District Sports Officer,N & M Andaman. Out of 48 runners, 41completed the race. ShriKishore Tirkey of Diglipur stoodFirst. Shri Raja Singh Tugapur- 8 stood Second and ShriSaw Khtolay of Karmatang

stood third. The prizedistribution ceremony was heldat Netaji Sports ComplexMayabunder in the presenceof Assistant Director, (Admn.)Assistant Director, Sports,Pradhan of Mayabunder,Pradhan Pokkadera, & SHOMayabunder. All the Runnersthose who completed therace were awarded with T.Shirts with the messageprinted 'say no to tobacco &alcohol'. The main motto of theevent was to keep the Youthsaway from the menace ofalcohol, tobacco, & drugabuse, and to attract themtowards sports & games, acommunication said.

Department Clearance

Fire Fire Clearance Certificate

Electricity New Electricity Connection (LT)- Single Phase & 3 Phase (Domestic, Commercial & Industrial)

Electricity New Electricity Connection (HT)-11/33 KV-(Commercial & Industrial)

APWD Planning Permission & Approval of Building Plan (Urban & Rural Area)

PBMC Approval of Building Plan upto 500 sq. Mtrs, plot area by PBMC

Labour Licence under the Factories Act, 1948

Labour Registration under Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970

Revenue Land Conversion

Industries 25% Capital Subsidy

Industries 50% Infrastructure Subsidy

DIC Acknowledgment of MSME

The list of clearance covered under this portal are:

Single Window..(Contd. from page 1)

Port Blair, Jan 17

South Andaman

Police is continuing its

endeavor to curb down the

menace of illicit sale of

liquor and other

contraband articles and in

its pursuance, a Police

team of PS Chatham

conducted a raid at Haddo

Wharf on Jan 15, wherein

passengers had arrived

from Chennai in M.V.

Harshwardhana ship.

During the checking, 26

kgs of tobacco products

were recovered from a

Recovery of banned tobacco

articles by South Andaman Policeperson namely V.

Vairamanickam, 61, R/o

Bhatu Basti. Later, the

recovered articles and the

person were handed over

to the Food Safety Officer

for further needful action.

Meanwhile, the general

public have been

requested to pass on

information of any illegal

activity noticed in the

area in South Andaman

Distr ict to nos. 100,

233077, 232405, 282249 and

232232, a communication

said.

Gujrat, Jan 17 India has started building theworld`s biggest cricket stadiumthat will accommodate 110,000spectators and cost around$100 million.Since the capacity of Kolkata`sEden Gardens was reduced aspart of a major rebuildingproject, Melbourne CricketGround has held the title of thesport`s largest stadium withseating for around 100,000.But speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony onMonday in India`s westernGujarat state, officials said anew stadium would be able to

welcome 110,000 people.Gujarat Cricket Association vicepresident Parimal Nathwani putthe overall cost of the project inthe city of Ahmedabad at sevenbillion rupees, saying thevenue would house otherfacilities."The stadium will have 76corporate boxes, four dressingrooms, a clubhouse and anOlympic-size swimming pool,"Nathwani was quoted assaying.The complex, to be built overthe next two years, will alsohave three practice groundsand an indoor cricket academy.

Melbourne, Jan 17In Australian Open Tennis, thefirst Grand Slam of the season,top-shot players like worldnumber two Serena Williams,Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic andKarol ina Pl iskova todayadvanced to the Singlessecond round. While Serenagot the better of Swiss BelindaBencic, 6-4, 6-3, Plisbova sawoff Spain's Sara Tormo, 6-2, 6-0. Dominika Cibulkova andCaroline Wozniacki also madeit to the second round.In Men's Singles, ninth seedNadal defeated Florian Mayer,6-3, 6-4, 6-4, while third placedRaonic beat Dustin Brown, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. World number oneAndy Murray, Angel iqueKerber, Roger Federer,Garbine Muguruza andStanislas Wawrinka havealready progressed to

Melbourne, Jan 17 Victorian all-rounder MarcusStoinis will replace the injuredMitchell Marsh in Australia`sone day international squad forthe ongoing series againstPakistan, Cricket Australia saidon Monday.Fast bowling all-rounder Marshhas been ruled out of theremainder of the five-matchseries with a shoulder injury,which he sustained inAustralia`s six-wicket lossagainst Pakistan in the secondone-dayer at the MelbourneCricket Ground on Sunday.Australia have already added

India starts building 'world`s biggest'Cricket stadium in Ahmedabad; will

cost around $100 millionIt is on the site of the recentlydemolished Sardar PatelGujarat Stadium, which couldhold around 50,000 spectators.India, the world`s top-rankedTest team, has more than adozen stadiums capable ofholding international cricketmatches.The completed stadium isexpected to be the home of theGujarat Lions, one of the eightteams in the Indian PremierLeague Twenty20tournament.Gujarat are also the currentholders of the Ranji Trophy,India`s state championship.

Australian Open 2017: Rafael Nadal, SerenaWilliams, Milos Raonic power into 2nd round

Round-2.The Doubles, featuring a

batsman Peter Handscomb totheir squad with Chris Lynnruled out of Thursday`s thirdODI in Perth due to an ongoingneck injury.Stoinis has a single one-dayinternational for Australia to hisname, against England in 2015.The 27-year-old will playMelbourne Stars` Big BashTwenty20 match againstBrisbane Heat on Tuesdaybefore he and leg-spinnerAdam Zampa, who has beenreleased from the squad to playin the same match, join the one-day team in Perth onWednesday.

Australia's tour of India: MarcusStoinis replaces injured Mitchell

Marsh in Aussie ODI squad

number of Indian players, areyet to be played.

of this school which was flagged of by Shri Kundan Lal,

Coordinator, NYK, Port Blair. Exhibition football and

volleyball matches were organized between ex-students

and present students of this school. The ex-students

won both the matches. Various fun games, followed by

community lunch in the school premises were the other

highlights.

In the evening, the Alumni and Gram Panchayat

organized a programme in connection with the Golden

Jubilee celebration of settlement of Neil Island. Shri Udit

Prakash Rai, Deputy Commissioner of S/Andaman was

the chief guest on this occasion. Senior citizens of first

generation of settlement were felicitated by Shri D.P.

Chakraworty and Shri Jagat Ram Dey, the first settlement

officers of Neil Island. A colourful function, comprising

of folk dances and folk songs by the villagers and

students showcased traditional Bengali culture. Shri

Ramakrishna Biswas, Pradhan, welcomed the gathering.

Distinguished personalities and successful

entrepreneurs of Neil Island were felicitated by Shri Udit

Prakash Rai. Shri Bimal Roy, social

worker, Shri Susan Mallick, DEO, Dr. Tapan

Biswas, Dr Narayan Das and Dr. Shreekrishna Das,

super specialists, Shri M. Chitamberam, Shri

Gurudas Das, Smti. Aaarthi Bhattacharayee, Shri

Bhola Das and Shri Netai Saha, entrepreneurs of Neil

Island were among the personalities felicitated on this

occasion.

Golden Jubilee ..(Contd. from page 1)

corrections and amendments in the article. The selected

articles will be given incentives by this Board.

The articles may be limited to 2-3 pages in A4 size paper.

For further information, one may contact the the

Functional Manager (EI), District Industries Centre over

ph. no.03192-232819 during office hours, a

communication said here today.

Articles invited for ..(Contd. from page 1)

while the programme concluded with the vote of thanks

proposed by Science Consultant, Smti. Mariam Joy.

A welcome song was presented by students of Govt.

Girls' Sr. Sec. School.

Models of various ..(Contd. from page 1)

approach, he can recommend disciplinary action against

the concerned officer including adverse remark into the

ACR. Appeal against the final order of Deputy Commissioner

(SA) shall be made to Principal Secretary (Rev).

The Tehsil Diwas at Port Blair will be chaired by Sub-

Divisional Magistrate, South Andaman while the Tehsil

Diwas at Ferrargunj Tehsil will be chaired by Additional

District Magistrate and the Tehsil Diwas at Little Andaman

will be chaired by Assistant Commissioner(S). The Tehsil

Diwas at all these three places will be conducted on second

Saturday of every month. This arrangement will ensure that

all the local issues/ problems can be solved at the Sub division

level and the general public can be given instant relief. This

shall in turn result in increasing the responsibility of all

Departments, a communication from the Deputy

Commissioner, South Andaman said here today.

South Andaman District..(Contd. from page 1)

Johnesburg, Jan 17AB de Villiers will not be retiringfrom Test cricket, but SouthAfrica's one-day captain will sitout the upcoming seriesagainst New Zealand as hefigures out the best way tomanage his workload ahead ofthe 2019 World Cup. De Villiershas spent the past six monthson the sidelines with an elbowinjury, but is due to make hisinternational comeback in thethird Twenty20 internationalagainst Sri Lanka at Newlandson January 25.Asked when he would bereturning to the Test side, deVilliers said on Tuesday ."Notyet. I'm not there yet. Thereason being that I just need tosettle things in my head. Overthe last few years somethinghas come to mind, which is thefact that we haven't won a WorldCup yet. And for me to make it

to the 2019 World Cup, I can'treally be serious in everyformat."So I 've made myselfunavailable for the NewZealand Test series. I will bethere for the ODIs, and I'mdefinitely not retiring from Testcricket because I have plans tocome back at some stage. Forme, for now the most importantthing is the 2019 World Cup. I

Not retiring from Test cricket; unavailable forNew Zealand series: AB de Villiers

NEFR to launch

new tourist trainGuwahati, Jan 17

In Assam, the North-East

Frontial (NF) Railways has

announced the launch of

Aastha Circuit Tourist Train

from Guwahati. The new

train would take travellers to

a mix of popular pilgrimage

destinations across the

eastern part of the country

at affordable rates. The all-

inclusive special tourist trainwill start on February 17.The

train would take the tourists

to various famous religious

destinations like

Gangasagar, Sri Swamy

Narayan Temple, Kalighat,

Birla Temple in Kolkata, Sri

Jagannath Temple and

Konark Temple in Puri and

Bhubaneswar - Lingaraj

Temple. The duration of the

tour from Guwahati toGuwahati is six nights and

seven days and per person

cost for the entire trip is Rs

6,161 only.

want to make sure we get there,I want to make sure we lift thattrophy. That's the first goal forme."

Dubai, Jan 17 Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada`sstrong performances in therecently-concluded three-match Test series against SriLanka made him South Africa`shighest-ranked Test bowler,moving him one place aboveDale Steyn, who is currentlyrecuperating from the shoulderfracture he suffered during hisside`s tour of Australia inNovember.Rabada, who was one of SouthAfrica`s stars in its ICC U-19Cricket World Cup 2014triumph, stole the bowlinglimelight when he returned withthe figures of three for 44 andtwo for 50.For this performance, he hasearned a rise of three placeswhich has put him in fifth positionin the ICC Player Rankings forTest Bowlers.Rabada now leads Steyn bytwo points and trails Sri Lanka`sfourth-ranked spinnerRangana Herath by six points.

Kagiso Rabada replaces Dale Steynas South Africa's No.1 Test bowler;Hashim Amla climbs to sixth spot

For Sri Lanka, the only goodnews is the rise of fast bowlerNuwan Pradeep, who hasleaped six places to a career-best 33rd spot following figuresof four for 78 in South Africa`sonly innings.South Africa defeated Sri Lankaby an innings and 118 runs inJohannesburg, which gave ita 3-0 series win. The resultmeans third-ranked SouthAfrica has gained four pointsand has moved up to 107points, two behind Australia,while seventh-ranked SriLanka has dropped four pointsto finish on 92 points.

The six centurions from therecently concluded Testmatches in Johannesburg andWellington have also beenrewarded with impressivemovements in the latest ICCPlayer Rankings for TestBatsmen. South Africa`sHashim Amla, who whi lescoring 134 became the eighthbatsman to score a century inhis 100th Test, has jumped fourplaces to claim sixth position,while JP Duminy, who scored155 and added 292 runs forthe third wicket with Amla, hasvaulted nine places to securea career-high 33rd position.