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Regn. No. 34190/75 No. 346 Port Blair, Friday December 29, 2017 Web: dt.andaman.gov.in Rs. 3.00 Kamort4 Pages

Te l e g ra m she Daily

The Largest Circulating Daily of A&N Islands

C M Y K

NEWS IN BRIEF

Balasore, Dec 28

India today successfully

carried out an interceptor

missile test, validating the

reliability of its two-layered

Ballistic Missile Defence.

The indigenously

developed supersonic

interceptor missile is

capable of destroying any

incoming enemy ballistic

missile at low altitude.

The interceptor was

engaged against a target

which was a Prithvi missile

launched at about 09:44 hrs

hours from launch complex

III of the Integrated Test

Range at Chandipur in

Balasore taking up the

trajectory of a hostile

ballistic missile.

After about two minutes at

09:47 hrs, the interceptor,

Advanced Air Defence

missile ranges of 30 kms

positioned at Abdul Kalam

Island off Odisha coast

India successfully test-firessupersonic interceptor missile

Port Blair, Dec.28

'Patriotic Film Festival' is being organised by the Directorate of Information, Publicity

and Tourism, A&N Administration in association with Directorate of Film Festival, New

Delhi, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the auditorium of Anthropological

Survey of India (ASI) and at Corbyn's Cove beach from Dec.28 to 30. On Dec.29, film

'Lagaan' will be screened at ASI at 4 pm while 'Bose-The Forgotten Hero' will be shown

at Corbyn's Cove beach at 5 pm. The entry to both the shows are free.

Patriotic Film Festival

'Lagaan' to be screened at ASI;'Bose-The Forgotten Hero' at

Corbyn's Cove beach

Port Blair, Dec.28

The Department of

Fisheries is implementing

various components of the

centrally sponsored

scheme on 'Blue

Revolution' with the

objective of increasing fish

production and income of

fishers in A & N Islands.

One of the component of

the 'Blue Revolution'

scheme is 'Motorization of

Fishing Crafts' which

envisages to provide

subsidy @ 40% subject to

a maximum of Rs.48,000/-

for purchase of inboard /

outboard engine, fishing

gears, propellors, etc. to

Increasing fish production & income of fishers

Motorization of fishing crafts under

'Blue Revolution' scheme

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CS to attend Annual

day of CGEWCCPort Blair, Dec.28

The Central Government

Employees' Welfare

Coordination Committee, A

& N Islands, will be

celebrating its Annual Day

on 29th December, 2017 at

6 pm at Multipurpose Hall

of ALHW, Phoenix Bay,

near Fisheries Jetty. Shri

Anindo Majumdar, Chief

Secretary, A & N

Administration will be the

chief guest, a

communication said.

Port Blair, Dec.28

The Adhyaksha, Zilla

Parishad, South Andaman,

Smti Baby Fareeda along

with Shri Yashvi Parekh,

Executive Engineer, ZP, SA

during their visit to Little

Andaman recently

inspected the R.O Plant

installed at Hut Bay. Shri

Vasudevan Nair, Zilla

Parishad Member was also

present during the visit.

She found that the RO

Plant is not working

properly due to non-

functioning of motor. At

present, the water from RO

Plant is supplied to

Adhyaksha ZPSA inspects

RO Plant at Hut Bay

GMSSS, Hut Bay only.

The Adhyaksha, directed

the EE, ZP, SA to get the

motor repair ed

Port Blair, Dec.28

The Vice Chancellor, Pondicherry Central University, Prof.

Gurmeet Singh is currently on a 4-days visit to these Islands

from Dec.27. Soon after arrival, he visited National Memorial

Cellular Jail and paid tribute to the freedom fighters at Martyrs

Column. In the evening, he visited Brookshabad campus

of Pondicherry University and expressed his happiness on

the infrastructural facilities available in the campus. This is

his maiden visit to these Islands after assuming the charge

as Vice Chancellor.

Prof. Gurmeet Singh had lively discussion with the

Principals/Heads of all the colleges viz. JNRM, TGCE,

ANIIMS, MGGC, ANCOL, DBRAIT, Andaman Law

College, IMRC and Department of Marine Biology & Ocean

Studies and Disaster Management, Brookshabad today at

JNRM. This is the first occasion when a Vice Chancellor

held a meeting with all the Principals and Directors of

Research Institute affiliated to Pondicherry Central

University. He addressed to all the grievances of the

colleges and institutes and assured an early redressal. While

interacting with the Heads of these Institutions, he stressed

upon providing quality education and promoting research

culture in the respective institutions. He assured all possible

assistance from the University for research in various fields.

During the interaction, he encouraged the Heads of

VC Pondicherry University holds lively

discussion with Principals of colleges

Provide quality education & promote

research culture in institutions: VC

Institutions to come forward with the new ideas/best

practices in their respective field of Higher Educations and

assured that he will try to address all the issues pertaining

to the institutions of these islands. The Vice Chancellor

also assured that he would be interacting with the students,

faculties, Principals and Director of Research Institute of

these islands frequently.

Prof. Gurmeet Singh was accompanied by Prof. Sreenivasan,

Dean, College Development Council, Pondicherry Central

University and Prof. Mohan Raju, HOD, Pondicherry Central

University Campus at Port Blair.

During his visit to different Colleges, he visited JNRM,

ANIIMS, DBRAIT and TGCE and interacted with the staff

members and expressed his happiness over the encouraging

atmosphere available in the islands.

The Vice Chancellor also visited JNRM Campus and

inspected different units of JNRM including Library. Prof.

Gurmeet Singh appreciated the facilities, infrastructure and

reading materials available in JNRM Library. Prof. Singh

also suggested that the University will provide e-

connectivity to access reading materials available with

different libraries of other Universities including

Pondicherry Central University.

The Vice Chancellor also visited TGCE. After garlanding

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Port Blair, Dec.28

On the occasion of 93rd

Birth Anniversary of the

legendary singer Mohd.

Rafi, a grand Musical Night

was organised by Srishti

Musical & Cultural Group,

Bengaluru at

A n t h r o p o l o g i c a l

Auditorium here on Dec.24.

Shri Indra Pal Singh,

Chairperson, PBMC was

the chief guest while Shri

J.N. Singh, veteran singer

was the guest of honour

on the occasion. Speaking

on the occasion, the chief

guest thanked the

Organiser for organising

such a wonderful event

which will be remembered

Hits of Mohd. Rafi

delights gatheringPort Blair, Dec.28

The Adhyaksha, Zilla

Parishad, North & Middle

Andaman, Smti Kalpana

Bain and Smti. Swapna

Mondal, Up-Adhyaksha

along with Shri Manoj Paul,

Chairman of Works &

Development Committee,

Executive Engineer and

other officials of Zilla

Parishad visited Middle

Andaman on Dec.26 and 27

and reviewed the pending

works as well as the

progress of ongoing

works. She directed the

executing agencies for

taking up the works and

complete the projects on

priority basis, a

communication said.

Adhyaksha ZPN&M reviewspending & ongoing projects

ZPSA Up-Adhyaksh

highlights

grievancesPort Blair, Dec.28

The Up-Adhyaksh, Zilla

Parishad, South Andaman

Shri Gadadhar Mazumder

along with Pradhan, Gram

Panchayat, Chouldari met

the Lt. Governor, A & N

Islands on Dec.26 and

discussed various s issues

concerning the people of

the Islands. They

submitted a memorandum

which highlighted on

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We are notcollecting Aadhaardata: FacebookCalifornia, Dec 28Facebook has asserted ithas no plans of"integration orauthentication withAadhaar" and is notlinking the social mediaaccounts to the 12-digitbiometric identifier.The clarification camein response to reportsthat indicated thatFacebook was runninga test, where itrequested for people'sAadhaar informationwhen they signed upfor a Facebook account.

Bypoll in threeParliamentaryconstituenciesNew Delhi, Dec 28The ElectionCommission todayannounced by-poll tothree ParliamentaryConstituencies.Alwar and AjmerParliamentaryConstituencies inRajasthan and UluberiaConstituency in WestBengal will go to polls on29th of next month.Mandalgarh assemblyconstituency inRajasthan and Noaparaassembly constituency inWest Bengal will also goto poll on the same day.

Holiday on Dec.30Port Blair, Dec.28For the first time, theA&N Administrationhas declared Dec. 30,2017 as public holidayin view of celebration ofFirst Flag Hoisting ofIndependent India byNetaji Subhas ChandraBose on this day in theyear 1943.

Kerala Samajam tocelebrate X-Mas &New Year todayPort Blair, Dec.28Kerala Samajam, PortBlair will be celebratingX-Mas and Happy NewYear, 2018 on Dec.29,2017 from 5.30 pmonwards at KeralaSamajam Hall withvariety entertainmentprogrammes like music,skits and drama etc.Shri Indra Pal Singh,Chairperson, PBMCwill be the chief gueston the occasion, acommunication fromGeneral Secretary,Kerala Samajam said.

Kalpa Taru DaycelebrationPort Blair, Dec.28Kalpa Taru Day will becelebrated in the shrineof RamakrishnaMission, Port Blair on1st January, 2018 at 6pm with special Arati,special offerings,special prayers withdevotional songs,discourses on thesignificance of the day.

Mild tremors feltin UttarakhandUttarakhand, Dec 28An earthquake of mildintensity was felt insome parts ofUttarakhand today.The epicentre ofearthquake was Pokhriblock of Chamolidistrict.

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WEATHERRain or Thundershower likely to occur at isoleted places ove NicobarIsland. Weather most likely dry over Andaman island.Maximum and Minimum temperature will be around 29°C and 24°Crespectively on Friday 29/12/2017Maximum Temperature (°C) of Date : 29.0Minimum Temperature (°C) of Date : 25.3Relative Humidity(%) at 0830 IST 089Relative Humidity(%) at 1730 IST 092Sunrise Time for tomorrow(in IST): 0538Sunset Time for tomorrow(in IST): 1705Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs) in mm: 002.4Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 011.4Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January upto 0830 hrs (of date) inmm 17 3276.8

Mumbai, Dec 28

Indian cricket team is set to

leave for South Africa for a

challenging away tour. The

Virat Kohli-led unit will play

three Tests, six ODIs and three

T20Is. Ahead of the team’s

departure, India captain Kohli

and coach Ravi Shastri

addressed the media and

talked about the challenge of

playing abroad, the conditions

This one and a half year will define

this Indian team: Virat Kohli

Riyadh, Dec 28

Former World Champion

Viswanathan Anand has

exacted sweet revenge for the

2013 World Championship

defeat against World Number

1 Magnus Carlsen when he

beat him at the World Rapid and

Bli tz Championship in

Riyadh on Wednesday. It was

the ninth round match up, with

Anand being on an unbeaten

run.

The former World Number 1

played the contest with black

pieces and started off on an

aggressive note which caught

Carlsen off guard.

Viswanathan Anand beats World No 1 Magnus

Carlsen in World Rapid Championship

Anand finished off the match in

34 moves to remain unbeaten

in the competition after nine

games. He has won five of them

and drawn four.

Before taking on Carlsen,

Anand drew against Vladimir

Fedoseev and is currently in

the lead with Vladimir Kramnik

and Wang Hao.

Anand who lost his crown to

Carlsen in 2013, will be happy

to end an otherwise

underwhelming year with a

convincing win against one of

his strongest rivals.

GAIL- Indian speed star district

level trial to be conducted on Jan.6

Port Blair, Dec.28

The District Trial of third session

of GAIL - Indian Speed Star

(NYCS GAILRATAAR) Pan

India Athletics Talent Hunt for

Summer Olympics 2020 &

2024, the journey for glory

towards India's Olympic Dream

at Port Blair district will be

conducted at Port Blair at Netaji

Stadium on Jan.6, 2018.Last

year's participants who couldn't

make it to the final trial can also

participate in this t rial.

Registration for the trial will start

from 8.30 am onwards.

The GAIL-Indian Speed star

project, supported by GAIL

(India) Limited is being executed

pan India by the National Yuva

Cooperative Society (NYCS)

among the age group of11-17

years in 100m, 200m and 400m

track events. National Yuva

Cooperative Society has tied up

with M/s Anglian Medal Hunt

Company, Mumbai as i ts

Technical Partner for the project.

Interested athletes both boys

and girls of the age groups

have been requested to contact

they will get in South Africa,

mindset of the team and more.

On bowling unit: Bowling has

come a long way, batting has

come long way. We try to do

well than the last time. It’s a

opportunity for us to go back

again. Try to the same thing in

much better way

On overseas tours: You need

to take up the challenges while

traveling to places like South

Melbourne, Dec 28

Alastair Cook reeled off a

record-breaking double

century to put England in full

command of the fourth Ashes

Test with a formidable 164-run

innings lead in Melbourne on

Thursday. The stoic opener

emphatically bounced back

after a lean run of scores to

finish the day unconquered on

244 off 409 balls. At the close,

England were 491/9.

Along the way, Cook

surpassed the highest score by

a visiting batsman in a Test

match at the famous Melbourne

Cricket Ground, bettering the

208 by West Indian great Viv

Richards in 1984.

He earlier bettered Wally

Alastair Cook's historic double gives

England 164-run lead on Day 3 at MCG

Hammond`s 200 set back in

1928 as the highest Test score

at the MCG by an Englishman.

Cook`s fifth double-century in

151 Test matches also

catapulted him above West

Indian Brian Lara to become

the sixth highest run-getter in

Test cricket with 11,956.

Australia, who already have

won back the Ashes with an

unassailable 3-0 lead, looked

unable to stop the flow of runs

in the final session as Stuart

Broad supported Cook to take

the game away from the hosts.

Broad, who survived a series

of hair-raising short-pitched

bal ls, thrived in his

partnership with Cook, pushing

the tourists beyond 450 on a

lifeless pitch.

Africa, England and Australia

because you go there once

and then you won’t travel there

for a long time because of the

way scheduling is done. It’s an

opportunity for us. On return to

cricket: I was away for thing

which is important. Switching

back to cricket is not difficult at

all. I have been training,

somewhere in the head South

Africa was in my mind.

Brisbane, Dec 28

World No.1 Rafael Nadal

has wi thdrawn from the

Brisbane International with a

knee injury, but said he still

i n tends to p lay in next

month's Australian Open.

The Spaniard, who hasn't

played since losing to David

Goffin at the World Tour

F ina ls in London, was

scheduled to start his season

in Brisbane this weekend,

but said he would now not

be coming.

"I am sorry to announce I

won't be coming to Brisbane

Nadal pulls out of Brisbane

International but says yes to

Australian Open

this year," Nadal said on

Twitter on Thursday.

"My intention was to play but

I am still not ready after last

year's long season and the

late start of my preparation."

But Nadal sa id he st i l l

planned to play in the year's

opening Grand S lam

tournament , s tar t i ng in

Melbourne on January 15.

"I will be seeing my Aussie

fans when I land on the 4th

(of January) in Melbourne

and star t t here my

preparation for the Australian

Open," he added.

Port Blair, Dec.28

The 30th Annual Athletic

Meet of the Government Model

Secondary School, Kamorta

was held recently at the school

premises. Shri Ismail Sarder,

Executive Engineer, APWD,

Nancowrie, who was the chief

guest on the occasion, declared

the meet open. Whi le

addressing the students,

teachers and guests present on

the occasion, he appreciated

the hard work, discipline and

team work of the teachers and

students in the school. Smt

Aysha Majeed, Chairperson,

Tribal Council, Nancowrie was

the guest of honour at the

opening ceremony. In her

Annual Athletic Meet of GMSSS Kamorta held

address, Smt Aysha Majeed

exhorted the students to continue

to participate in the sports and

cultural activities in the school.

Earlier, Smt Anitha Nath.G,

Headmaster Incharge of the

School welcomed the gathering.

During the closing ceremony, Dr

Ramya, Chief Medical Officer,

CHC, Nancowrie who was the

chief guest declared the Athletic

Meet closed. Shri M. Nehru,

Asst. Educat ion Off icer,

Nancowry was the guest of

honour The chief guest praised

the sports and cultural activities.

Dering House won the

Champion Trophy and Runner-

up trophy was lifted by Trinket

House.

the portrait of Gurudev Tagore, he interacted with the

Principal and faculty members and enquired about the

functioning of the College and the problems faced by the

institution. Certain problems were instantly settled by him

for the benefit of the students. After the discussions, he

made a visit of different infrastructural facilities available

in the College and appreciated the facilities available for

training. While visiting the Museum of the College, he

appreciated the model of National Memorial Cellular Jail

prepared by the trainees of the College.

SEVA SUCHNAYEINALLTHE SAILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS

BARATANG

MV Chouldari will sail for Baratang on 28.12.2017 (Thu) at 0700 Hrs fromPhoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 1515 Hrs fromBaratang. Passeger tickets for the above sailing will be issued to the generalpublic on 28.12.2017 at DSSS Information Counter one hour prior to thedeparture of the vessel.INTER ISLAND SECTOR:

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay on 29.12.2017 (Fri) at0700 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 30.12.2017 (Sat) at1600 Hrs from Car Nicobar via Hut Bay.MV Campbell Bay will sail for Campbell Bay via Hut Bay & Nancowry on02.01.2018 (Tue) at 0700 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on04.01.2018 (Thu) at 0900 Hrs from Campbell Bay via same route. Passengertickets for the above sailing will be issued to the general public from 29.12.2017(Fri) at STARS Ticketing Counters. Similarly booking of cargo tickets (perishableitems only) will commence from 29.12.2017 (Fri) between 0900 Hrs to 1200Hrs at Commercial Wing. All the consigners are advised to book actualquantity of cargo to be transshipped, as no excess cargo will be allowed.MV Bharat Seema will sail for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay on 02.01.2018 (Tue)at 0800 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 03.01.2018 (Wed)at 1600 Hrs from Car Nicobar via Hut Bay. Passenger tickets for the abovesailing will be issued to the general public on 29.12.2017 (Fri) from 0900 Hrsonwards at STARS Ticketing Counters & CSC's. Similarly booking of cargotickets will commence from 29.12.2017 between 0900 Hrs to 1300 Hrs atCommercial Wing. All the consigners are advised to book actual quantity ofcargo to be transshipped, as no excess cargo will be allowed.

Hyderabad, Dec 28

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu is eyeing

the world no 1 position next season but said

she will not lose her sleep over rankings as

consistent performances will automatically

earn her the numero uno spot. Sindhu had

achieved a career-best ranking of world no

2 for about two months in the later half of the

season. "I want to see myself as world no 1

in the upcoming season. I am at 3 now and

it depends on tournaments, if you play well,

you will automatically get the ranking. So I am not thinking much about the rankings. I just have to

play well and I know I will automatically be there," said Sindhu, who guided Chennai Smashers to

a 4-3 win over Mumbai Rockets in PBL on Wednesday. The 22-year-old clinched titles at Syed

Modi GPG, India Open, Korea Open, besides finishing second at World championship, Hong

Kong Open and Dubai Super Series Finals this season. Sindhu feels the duration of matches in

women's singles have increased after her epic World Championship final against Nozomi Okuhara.

PV Sindhu Eyes

World No.1 Rank

For Next Season

Provide quality education...(Contd. from page 1)

general fishers. In the case of Schedule

Tribe, women and their cooperative, the

subsidy will be provided @ 60 % subject

to a maximum of Rs,72,000/-.

The Department of Fisheries, A

& N Administration has proposed a

target of 100 beneficiaries under the said

component and Rs.48.00 lakh has been

allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture

and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India

during the current financial year 2017-

18. As against the projected target of 100

beneficiaries, the Department has

recently 141 beneficiaries under the

programme.

The programme would benefit the local

fishers / tribes having non- motorized

crafts to acquire inboard /outboard

engines and also procure various fishing

gear which would help them to undertake

longer duration of fishing. There are 1341

nos. of non-motorized crafts presently

operational in the Islands. The scheme

of Govt. of India would benefit the Island

fishers to motorize their crafts leading

to increase in marine fish production and

income of the fishers, a communication

said.

Motorization of fishing...(Contd. from page 1)

Firing practicePort Blair, Dec.28

The firing test of 70th

batch recruit constables of

A & N Police will be carried

at Police Firing Range.

Birdline, Prothrapur on

Dec.30, 2017 from 0500hrs

to 1730 hrs.The general

public, especially the

villagers of Bird Line and

Prothrapur area have been

requested to keep

themselves and their cattle

away the firing range, a

communication said.

the concerned school Principal

or they may come to the venue

on the day of event with a valid

document of date of birth and a

passport size photograph for

registration. They may also

contact the District Event

Coordinator over Phone

No.9434279915, a

communication said.

for the days to come. He also reminded of few evergreen

hits sung by the great singer. At the outset, Shri

Shashidhar. B. Rai, singer, Organiser & Director of the

programme honoured the chief guest and guest of

honour.

Smt Sheela Singh, ex-Chairperson and Smt. Zubaida

Begum, ex-Chairperson also graced the occasion. Along

with Shri Sahashidhar B. Rai, few noted singers of the

Islands viz Hassan Shah, Mustafa, Ashok, Abdul

Rasheed, Sajid Sulaiman, Madan Gupta, Shailender

Singh, Parwati, Ramla Bibi, Tanushree Goswami and

Neelima Tewari enthralled the gathering

and kept them spell bound with their

performances.

Hits of Mohd. Rafi ..(Contd. from page 1)

Chouldari to Mini Bay,

Water Sports activity in

Chouldari creek, Organic

Agro tourism in Flat Bay

Island etc. They also

demanded inner line permit

to stop influx of population.

ZPSA ...(Contd. from page 1)

Death condoledPort Blair, Dec.28

The State President of BJP A&N Islands Shri. Vishal

Jolly and Party workers have condoled the demise of

Suren Baroi, Founder Worker of BJP, R/o Manpur who

died on Dec.26, 2017 at Chennai Hospital, a

communication said.

immediately and also to install motor of higher

capacity so that water of RO Plant can be supplied to

PHC Hut Bay also. With this, the staff and the patients

will get clean drinking water, a communication said.

Adhyaksha ZPSA ...(Contd. from page 1)