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Port Blair, Jan 02: All setfor the first chartered flighton Port Blair-Chennai-PortBlair sector to commence on3rd January, 2015. As perthe schedule, the Air Indiaflight No. AI 3787 will de-part from Chennai at 0940hrs and will reach Port Blairat 11:55 hrs.

On its return flightNo. AI 3788 the aircraft willdepart from Port Blair at

All Set forFirst Chartered Flight

12:30 hrs. and reachChennai at 1445 hrs.

Passengers whohave been issued tickets inthis flight are advised to re-port at the airport twohours before departure offlight.

Individual passen-ger will be allowed to carrya maximum of 15 kgs reg-istered baggage and 8 kgshand baggage free of cost.

Port Blair, Jan 02: In a welcomemove the Lt. Governor, A&NIslands has revised the mini-mum wages across six sched-ules of employment includinggovt. offices, departments, in-dustrial establishmentsbased on Variable DearnessAllowance pattern.

Talking to AndamanSheekha this evening Mr.Madhu, Labour Commis-sioner, A & N Administration

Lt. Governorrevises Minimum wages

of employmenttoday said that the minimumrate of wages has now beenincreased by Rs.8/- per dayacross all the schedules ofemployment including govt.offices/industrial establish-ments. The revision of mini-mum wages shall be effectivefrom Jan 1, 2015.

According tosources, the current minimumrate of wages is Rs.269 for un-

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Andaman’s lone Referralhospital functions without

Orthopedic Surgeon

Port Blair, Jan 02: On 25th and26th December 2014, Port Blaircity witnessed many acci-dents and nearly three casesof accident on 25 Decemberand eight cases of accidentson 26 December reached G BPant Hospital. Out of these,one patient was seriously in-jured and required immediateattention of an OrthopedicSurgeon but sadly during thattime there was no OrthopedicSurgeon available in G B PantHospital.

Again on 28 Decem-ber 2014, Mr. K Ganeshan,

Sarthak KanjilalSheekha News Service

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10 feet long KingCobra recued from Rangat

Senthil KumarSheekha News Service

Rangat, Jan 02: A 10 feet long, King Cobra wasfound inside a house of Jankpur Village ofRangat today, which triggered panic amongthe villagers.

Soon Fire Brigade was called and fireservice Jawans Mr. William and Constable MDMustafa carefully rescued the King Cobra fromthe house and released it in Forest in the pres-ence of Forest Officials.

Port Blair, Jan 02: TheAndaman and Nicobar Policetoday declared the list of suc-

Nineteen new SubInspectors Selected by ANP

Sarthak KanjilalSheekha News Service

cessful candidates for the postof Sub-Inspector (Executive).The list has been displayed atthe Notice Boards of PoliceHeadquarters, Police Lines,

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Port Blair, Jan 2: The As-sociation of Tour Operators(ATO) has urged the UTadministration to observe amemorial prayer on Jan 26,2015 in memory of the vic-tims, who lost their lives inthe unfortunate boat trag-edy on this day last year.

In a letter to the Lt.Governor, the ATO Presi-dent, Mr M Vinod said that

Observe memorialprayer on Jan 26: says ATO

the tragic incident claimed22 lives of innocent touristslast year. No tourist boatsfor Ross Island and NorthBay will ply to observemourning on the day andATO will organize a candlemarch on Jan 26 fromTiranga Park to WaterSports in the evening tomourn the demise of the visi-tors, he said.

Port Blair, Jan 02: Indian OilCorporation Limited havelaunched PAHAL(Pratyaksh Hastantar itLabh) for LPG on 1st Janu-ary 2015 with the rest of the622 districts of the country,nearly 13,984 customers ofA & N Islands, who havealready become CTC (CashTransfer Compliant) shall bebenefited by receiving thesubsidy amount for LPG di-rectly to their bank account.They shall however have tobuy the cylinders at the mar-ket prevailing price. Atpresent the market price for14.2 Kg LPG cylinder is Rs.804.50.    A  sum  of  Rs.568.00 will be paid in ad-vance to the consumer, intheir bank account, whonow joins the scheme, assoon as he makes the first

Indian Oil CorporationLimited launches PAHAL for LPG

booking for a cylinder afterjoining the scheme, to ensurethat he has extra money re-quired to be paid for the firstLPG cylinder at marketprice.

All Non-CTC con-sumers will be allowed aGrace Period of 3 monthsfrom the date of launch ofPAHAL (DBTL) to becomeCTC. During this period suchconsumers will receive theirentitlement of subsidized cyl-inders at the then applicablesubsidized retail selling price.

After the grace pe-riod of 3 months, all non-CTC LPG consumers willget an additional 3 monthsParking Period, during whichthe sale will happen at Mar-ket Determined Price. Butthe total cash on the salemade to such consumers (asper their entitlement) shall beheld back with the respec-tive OMC to be transferredto the LPG consumers’ bankaccount in case consumerbecomes CTC anytime dur-ing the Parking Period. Incase consumer does not be-come CTC during this Park-ing Period, the parked fundswill lapse and consumer shallbecome ineligible to receivethe parked funds and sale willcontinue at market deter-mined price till consumer be-comes CTC.

After the expiry ofthe Grace Per iod of 3months, and thereafter anadditional Parking Period of3 months, all non-CTC con-sumers will receive cylindersat market determined priceand will not be entitled to to-tal cash until they becomeCTC. When non-CTC con-sumers become CTC be-yond the parking period theywill be eligible to get onetime permanent advance andtotal cash entitlement on bal-ance subsidized cylinders inthat financial year.

Workshop on RenewalEnergy Sources Potential today

Port Blair, Jan 02: A work-shop on ‘Renewable EnergyPotential in Andaman &Nicobar Islands’ on Jan 3,2015 at DBRAIT auditoriumis being organized by theNRSE Division of ElectricityDepartment in associationwith Bureau of Energy Effi-ciency (BEE) and The En-ergy & Resources Institute(TERI) at DBRAIT audito-rium tomorrow. The Lt. Gov-ernor, Lt. Gen A.K. Singh(Retd) will be the chief guestfor the occasion, Member ofParliament, Shri B.P. Ray willgrace the occasion and ChiefSecretary, Shri AnandPrakash will be the guest ofhonour.

   According  to  an

Electricity Department pressrelease today, Shri DevendraChaudhry, Special Secretary,Ministry of Power, Smt.Varsha Joshi, Joint Secretary(MNRE) and Shri V.K. Jain,Director (MNRE) as repre-sentatives from Govt. of In-dia have arrived here to at-tend this all important work-shop.

  Apart  from  them,16 experts from various or-ganizations such as Shri K.Boopathi from National Insti-tute of Wind Energy, ShriAtmanand & three othersfrom National Institute ofOcean Technology, ShriShrish Garud & Dr. UjjwalBhatacharjee from TERI,Shri S.S. Mani from NTPC,

Dr. P.K. Maji & Shri SubirChattopadhyay fromMECON, Shri VenkateshDwivedi from Energy Effi-ciency Services Ltd., ShriPushp Khetarpal & ShriNaveen Jain from PetronetLNG Ltd., Shri Rakesh Kumarfrom Solar Energy Corporationof India and Shri Jaya Prasadfrom BHEL will also be presentin tomorrow’s workshop. Theseexperts will share their knowl-edge about solar energy, windenergy, tidal/wave energy,power generation by LiquefiedNatural Gas and Energy Con-servation. Shri Utpal Sharma,Principal, DBRAIT will alsogive a presentation on load fore-casting for A&N Islands, therelease added.

Advisory for JNRM studentsPort Blair, Jan 02: The regularclasses in all UG & PG coursesin JNRM for even semesterhave started from Jan 2. All stu-dents have been advised to at-tend the classes so that they may

acquire the required 75% of at-tendance in order to becomeeligible for appearing in April/May exam 2015. All those stu-dents who could not appear inApril/May exam 2014 due to the

shortage of attendance or anyother reason have been advisedto contact the Incharge, Admis-sion & Examination for re-reg-istration in the even semester ofJanuary 2015.

Arrival & departure of MV NancowryPort Blair, Jan 02: MVNancowry is expected toarrive here from Chennai at2 pm on Jan 4, 2015. Shehas on board 1187 passen-gers and 523.80 MTs of

cargo. On arrival, the shipwill be berthed at HaddoWharf.

    MV  Nancowrywill sail for Vizag at 10 amon Jan 7, 2015 from Haddo

Wharf.Excess baggage will

be loaded, medical examina-tion and embarkation of pas-sengers will be done from 7am to 9.45 am on Jan 7.

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Contribution towardsLG’s Relief Fund

Port Blair, Jan 2: The Presi-dent and members of BaruvaAbhyudaya Sangham, A&NIslands has donated anamount of Rs 15,000/- to-wards the LG’s Relief Fund.The Demand Draft washanded over to the Lt Gover-nor at Raj Niwas on02.01.2015.

Lt Gen KJ Singh,DGEME visits ANC

Port Blair, Jan 02: Lt Gen KJSingh, Director General ofElectronics and MechanicalEngineers (EME) and SeniorColonel Commandant is on avisit to the Andaman andNicobar Command from 02to 07 Jan 15.

The EME work-shops under the Commandrender engineering support toall land based assets of the

three services.A SpecialSainik Sammelan was con-ducted at Amphibian Audito-rium at Birchgunj on 02 Jan15 which was attended by allpersonnel of the Corps ofEME, including Ex-Service-men settled in the islands. Healso visited the Field Work-shop to witness the RepairFacilities available and theInnovations.The General

complimented the personnelof the Corps for providing ef-fective Engineering Supportto the spectrum of equipmentthat spans across severaltechnological generations.The General Officer alsolauded the workshops on vari-ous welfare measures under-taken for ex-servicemen andfor extending a helping handto the local populace.

Port Blair, Jan 02: Meeting ofDistrict Planning Committeeof North & Middle Andamanwill be held in the conferencehall of Zilla Parishad, North

DPC meeting of N & M Andaman& Middle Andaman,Mayabunder from 7th to 9thJanuary, 2015 to deliberateDraft District Plan proposalsformulated by Govt. depart-

ments under A&N Adminis-tration and Panchayati RajInstitutions in North & MiddleAndaman for incorporation inAnnual Plan 2015-16.

Dr. Kamala Shankar to performat Tourism festival on Jan 12

Port Blair, January 2: Dr.Kamala Shankar, a renownedexponent of Indian ClassicalHawaiian Guitar will enthrallthe audience at the IslandTourism Festival on January12, 2015. The tourism festi-val which kick- starts at theITF ground on January 5, willwitness Dr. Kamala Shankarcaptivating the gatheringthrough her immaculate andmelodious rendition of music.She is known for her tremen-dous control and versatilityalong with depth on her in-strument. She has an excep-tional and natural ability toplay the ‘Gayaki Ang’ style.Dr. Kamala is a prodigy ofIndian Music and achievedthe record of first lady Gui-tar Artist. Dr. KamalaShankar has been awardedwith the most prestigious“Rashtriya KumarGandharva Samman 2009-10” by the Govt. of MadhyaPradesh. She has modifiedthe Guitar and thus ‘Shankar

Guitar’ came into existencein the year 2001.

She has performedin various countries like,U.S.A., Switzerland, Gulf ofDubai, Al-Sharjah, Bahrain,Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Hungary,Austria, Slovakia, France,Singapore etc. She has manymusic albums to her creditfrom H.M.V. (R.P.G.) as“Music Melody on HawaiianGuitar”, Jhankar Music Com-pany as “Rich Heritage”, andMystica Music Company as“Tantarang” etc.Dr. KamalaShankar is a regular per-former for Spic-Macay andhas performed extensively allover India and participated inmany work-shops under thisoganisation. She is activelyengaged in her Foundationnamed “Shankara Arts Foun-dation” (Seat for learningGuitar, semi classical & clas-sical vocal Music) based inVaranasi since year 2007 andteaching students in GuruShishya Parampara style.

U.S. Ambassador RichardVerma arrives in New Delhi

New Delhi: The U.S. Missionto India announces the arrivalof Ambassador RichardVerma on January 2, 2015 inNew Delhi. He will continuethe U.S. Mission’s work inadvancing the U.S.-Indiastrategic partnership.

Upon arrival, Am-bassador Verma said, “I amhonored to serve as U.S.Ambassador to India at such

an exciting time in our bilat-eral relationship. I look for-ward to meeting the Indianpeople and working togetherwith the Indian governmenton our shared goals of secu-rity, development, and pros-perity.”

Ambassador Vermais a former Assistant Secre-tary of State for Legislative

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EDITORIAL.....

Nothing to cheer about inthe country under BJP rule: Lalu

PATNA: RJD president Lalu Prasadon Friday said there was nothing tocheer about in the country in the newyear under BJP rule and said theparty's downfall would start fromBihar in the assembly poll this year.

"We wish each other happyNew Year but I see nothing to cheerabout in the country this time underBJP rule," Prasad said.

"The way things are chang-ing with them(BJP) at the helm,likereligious conversion of the poor, min-isters using unparliamentary languagefor opposition leaders, and glorifica-tion of Nathuram Godse ...that dayis not far when they will replace tri-color with their saffron flag," the RJDchief alleged.

On BJP's winning streak instate elections inMaharastra,Haryana, Jammu &Kashmir and Jharkhand after victoryin Parliamentary election, Prasad saidit was due to "people falling in thetrap of their (BJP's) false promises."

"Prime Minister NarendraModi hoodwinked voters in all thesestates by promising to make themnumber one state in the country," hesaid and asked, "have Maharashtraand Haryana become number onestate as he had promised?"

Prasad said merger of par-ties in old Janata Parivar had beencompleted except for someformalities."Dil mil gaya hai to samjhovilay ho gaya hain, bus ab kewal kagajpar kaam baki hain (convergence ofour heart means merger of JanataParivar has been achieved only someformalities are left to be completed

on paper)," he said.About old acrimony with

JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar andwhether workers of the two partieswould forget their differences,Prasad refused to accept that Kumarconspired to send him to jail in amulti-crore fodder scam case and in-stead blamed BJP leaders for it.

"Nitish Kumar was not apetitioner against me. Rather it wasBJP leaders Sushil Kumar Modi andRavishankar Prasad who had goneto court against me," he said.

He said it was in his fate togo to jail and "I do not accept NitishKumar responsible for it."

Claiming BJP's downfall willbegin from Bihar in the assembly polllater this year, the RJD chief said di-vision of votes had helped BJP winin the general election in the state andhighlighted RJD's 29 per cent voteand JD(U)'s 19 per cent vote sharein the polls.

On BJP claiming return of"Jungle Raj II" in the wake of joiningof hands between RJD and JD(U),Prasad said these were words of"frustration" of BJP fearing the com-bined strength.

Speeding bus kills one,injures many in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: One man waskilled and a dozen were injured by aspeeding Chandigarh Transport Un-dertaking bus in Sector 42 on Friday.

The bus, which rammed intoa rikshaw outside Chandigarh Insti-tute of Hotel Management, criticallyinjured the man sitting in it. It gotstuck in the green divider belt on roadwhen passengers claimed that a girlstanding on the divider had comeunder it.The traffic police and districtauthorities then decided to overturnthe bus to rescue the trapped girl,Ankita Sharma, a college student.The girl was rescued by a cop AjayKumar, who was appointed in thearea police beat. Traffic police cranewas used for the purpose.

But while doing so, a dozen

passengers were injured, who weresitting inside the bus.

All the injured were taken tothe Government Multi-speciality Hos-pital in Sector 16 where the man wasdeclared brought dead. The girl sus-tained fractures on her leg. Otherpassengers sustained minor injuries.

Police said that CTU driver,Bhupinder SIngh, managed to escapefrom the spot. Hunt for him is on.

Introduce shareauto and call taxies

The minimum auto fare, which hasbeen increased in recent past ismaking holes in the pockets ofcommon man. Even if someonewishes to go to District Court Gatefrom Secretariat exit gate, whichis hardly 10 mtrs, he has to pay Rs.15 now, instead of Rs. 10.According to many regular com-muters, hike in fuel price is just thelatest excuse for the auto driversto demand more fare.

Many believe that theway in which the minimum autofare has been fixed is wrong. Theminimum auto fare must be Rs.10.Surprisingly instead of asking autodrivers to charge fares from cus-tomers as per auto-meter the Ad-ministration is encouraging them tocharge from passengers, as pertheir guess work rate.

Many believe that in-creasing the auto fares is not aproblem, the problem is even after

this the Auto Drivers will fleececustomers and cry about the stateof affairs. The frustrating experi-ences of many commuters are alive example to prove the rampantdemands by many auto drivers.

The saddest party is thatAuto drivers, taxi drivers have gottheir own associations to presstheir own un-fare demands but,who cares about common man? Isthere any Association for a com-mon man who pays this heavy autofares.

Perhaps this is the time forAdministration to introduce share-autos in Andaman, in which a loneperson, one can travel paying less.The Administration must also startfew call taxi centres at differentareas like Junglighat, Haddo,Haddo Port etc. for the conve-nience of general public and savethem from exploitation. Let therebe healthy competition.

Affairs. From 2009-2011, he servedas a principal advisor to SecretaryClinton. He led the StateDepartment’s budget and policy ef-forts on Capitol Hill, handled morethan 200 Senate confirmations, andmanaged several major congressionalinvestigations. He was also theAdministration’s lead negotiator withCongress on Iran sanctions and theratification of the new STARTTreaty. He most recently served asa senior counselor at both Steptoe &Johnson and the Albright StonebridgeGroup, where his practice focused oninternational law and global regula-tory compliance. Earlier in his career,Mr. Verma served in the Senate asthe senior national security advisor toSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid.He also worked in the House of Rep-

resentatives for Defense Appropria-tions Committee Chairman JackMurtha. Formerly a country directorfor the National Democratic Institutefor International Affairs in EasternEurope, Mr. Verma was a seniorNational Security Fellow at the Cen-ter for American Progress, a mem-ber of the Council on Foreign Rela-tions, and served on the boards of theClinton Foundation, Human RightsFirst, and the National DemocraticInstitute.

Mr. Verma served on activeduty in the U.S. Air Force from 1994to 1998. He received his LL.M. withdistinction from Georgetown Univer-sity Law Center, and his J.D. cumlaude from American University’sWashington College of Law. He holdsa B.S. from Lehigh University.

U.S. Ambassador... (From page 4)

Odisha jaundice toll jumps to 19BHUBANESWAR: Two moredeaths due to jaundice were con-firmed in Odisha's Sambalpur townFriday, taking the toll from the wa-ter-borne disease to 19.

Two hundred and ninety-three new cases of jaundice havebeen confirmed in the last four dayspushing the total number of peopleaffected in the town since May 2014to 2,308, director of public health KCDas told IANS. While Satrughan

Pradhan, a 54-year-old man died Dec27, Jamini Panda, a 25-year-oldwoman died two days later, he said.

A poor drainage system anddamaged water supply pipelines ap-peared to be the main reason for jaun-dice outbreak in the town, which hasa population of nearly 200,000.

Due to leakage in the rustywater supply pipelines drain waterseeped through and contaminated thedrinking water.

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New compound to killcancer cells identified

A small molecule that resetsthe ‘biological clock’ of can-cer cells can help shrink tu-mour growth and lead to po-tential new therapy to treatcancer, says a research. Themolecule called 6-thio-2’-deoxyguanosine (6-thiodG)can stop the growth of can-cer cells, the findings showed.

“We observed broadefficacy against a range ofcancer cell lines with verylow concentrations of 6-thiodG,” said Jerry Shay, pro-fessor at University of TexasSouthwestern Medical Centrein the US.The researchers didnot observe serious side ef-fects in the blood, liver andkidneys of the mice that weretreated with 6-thiodG. Themolecule acts by targeting aunique mechanism that isthought to regulate how longcells can stay alive, a type ofageing clock. This biologicalclock is defined by DNA struc-

tures known as telomeres,which cap the ends of the cell’schromosomes to protect themfrom damage and which be-come shorter every time thecell divides.

Once telomeres haveshortened to a critical length,the cell can no longer divideand dies though a processknown as apoptosis. However,cancer cells are normally pro-tected from this death by anRNA protein complex calledtelomerase, which ensures thattelomeres do not shorten withevery division. But 6-thiodGcan be used to disrupt the nor-mal way cells maintain telom-ere length.

“Since telomerase isexpressed in almost all humancancers, this work representsa potentially innovative ap-proach to targeting telomerase-expressing cancer cells withminimal side effects on normalcells,” Mr. Shay pointed out.

New drug combo found highlyeffective for kids' malaria treatment

The new research was con-ducted by University ofWestern Australia whereinkids with Plasmodiumfalciparum infections wereexamined. Some of the chil-dren examined had Plasmo-dium vivax infections.

The searchers dur-ing the study found thatartemisinin-naphthoquinewas not infer ior toartemether-lumefantrine intreating Plasmodiumfalciparum infection, how-ever, it was found to be moreeffective in treating Plas-modium vivax infections.

The study pointedout that there are two spe-cies of Papua New Guineanamely Plasmodium vivaxand Plasmodium falciparumwhich are responsible for

most of the malaria infec-tions and likewise have twosepa rate ant i-mala r ialdrugs.Tim Davis from theUniversity of Western Aus-tralia concluded that the tol-erability, safety as well aseffectiveness of three ev-eryday doses ofartemisinin-naphthoquinedrugs should be considered

together along with otherpresently available combi-nation drugs for treatingsimple malaria in PapuaNew Guinea and similarepidemiologic situationswith transmission of manyPlasmodium species.

The recent r e-search is published in thejournal PLOS Medicine.

New Health Policy 2015 by Health MinistryNew Delhi, Dec. 31: TheMinistry of Health and Fam-ily Welfare on Wednesdayplaced the draft copy of theNational Health Policy 2015in the public domain to seeksuggestions, comments andviews from various stake-holders. The Policy ad-dresses the urgent need toimprove the performance ofhealth systems. (Read:President PranabMukherjee’s agenda for ahealthier India).

It is being formu-lated in the last year of theMillennium Declaration and

its Goals, inthe globalcontext of allnations com-mitted tomoving to-wards uni-versal healthcoverage. Itis a declara-tion of the determination ofthe Government to leverageeconomic growth to achievehealth outcomes and an ex-plicit acknowledgment thatbetter health contributes im-mensely to improved pro-ductivity as well as to equity.

An official release said, thePolicy can be viewed atww.mohfw.nic.in and the lastdate for sending views andcomments is February 28.(Read: Government’s healthpolicy to strengthenAyurveda globally)

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Two injured in bomb explosion in BurdwanBURDWAN: Two personshave been injured in abomb blast at Borogoria vil-lage in Burdwan district, apolice officer said today.

The victims werefirs t t aken to the localhealth centre and la tershif ted to a hospita l inDurgapur, the police officersaid.

Describing the two

injured as party supporters,Trinamool Congress ac-cused BJP of hurling bombat the two while BJPcharged that they were in-jured yesterday while mak-ing bombs.

The police officer,however, said that they havenot received any complaintfrom any party in this re-gard.

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Woman stripped onorders of tribal panchayat inMP for 'eloping with lover'

INDORE: While the worldwas getting ready to party onNew Year's eve to welcome2015, back in the tribal heartof Madhya Pradesh, a tribalpanchayat (village council) inAlirajpur district unleashed aspine-chilling punishment toa married woman and her al-leged young lover.

Just a few hours af-ter the 25-year-old woman,who is a mother of two chil-dren returned with a relativeand allegedly her lover,Kamlesh to their villageWadha in Alirajpur 'sUdaigarh area (250 km fromIndore), the duo were pro-duced before a tr ibalpanchayat by none otherthan the elected villagesarpanch (head) Dhan Singhon December 31.

Both the woman andKamlesh were first beatenup publicly in the presenceof villagers and then ton-sured. Subsequently, thewoman was stripped andforced Kamlesh to "washher breasts" (breastfeed),Udaigarh police station in-

charge Gopichand Patel toldthe TOI on Friday.

Surprisingly, the en-tire cruel and ugly public epi-sode went unabated, despitethe woman's husband oppos-ing the violent and humiliat-ing act.

The matter came tolight on Thursday, when thewoman reported it to theUdaigarh police. "A case hasbeen registered against 10accused and raids are beingconducted to arrest them,"SP Alirajpur Akhilesh Jhatold the TOI over phone onFriday.

The in-charge ofUdaigarh police station inAlirajpur, Gopichand Patel,

meanwhile, confirmed aboutreceiving the complaint fromthe concerned women, whoalleged being beaten, de-nuded and tonsured publiclyat the behest of tr ibalpanchayat on December 31.

"We've booked 10persons under Sections354A, 294,323, 120B, 147and 506, but the accused areyet to be arrested," Pateladded.

A week ago, thewoman had allegedlyeloped with her relativeKamlesh to neighbouringGujarat and was broughtback by husband and vil-lage sarpanch on Decem-ber 31.

Agnikula KshatriyaSangam demands air service

between PB and VizagPort Blair, Jan 02: A delega-tion of Agnikula KshatriyaSangam (AKS), A&N Is-lands met the Lt. Governortoday and submitted a char-ter of demands which in-clude, among other issues,air service from Port Blairto Vizag, introduction of

Science in Telugu MediumSchool at Haddo, construc-tion of passenger hall, STSbus service for the ship pas-sengers from Haddo Wharfto Chatham jetty/PhoenixBay jetty and Bus Termi-nus, a release said here to-day.

Students Sensitizeon sanitation & Waste ManagementPort Blair, Jan 02: The Sani-tation wing of PBMC orga-nized “Swatch BharatAbhiyaan” awareness on02.01.2014 at Govt. Sr. Sec.School, Mohanpura. Morethan 150 School children,teachers participated in theawareness programme.

Shri. Vijay Kumar,Sr. Sanitary Inspector, NodalOfficer (SWM) gave aemonstration on identificationand the Waste Segregation ofsource level. He also briefedabout the 3 (R-R-R) of waste

management and stressed onthe Representative group ofPBMC sang songs onSwatccha Bharat. Shri. VijayPrasad Tiwari, Sanitary Of-ficer, PBMC, Smt. ZameelaBibi, Councilor, Ward. 13 andall Sr. Sanitary Inspectors &Sanitary Inspectors were alsograced the function and mo-tivated school children to be-come a part of it to dreamcome true by 2019 as desiredby Shri. Narendra Modi, theHon’ble   Prime Minister  ofIndia.

skilled in the District of SouthAndaman/North & MiddleAndaman District while it isRs.280 for Nicobar District.

Lt. Governor....The detailed rates for allschedules of employment in-cluding of govt. offices/in-dustrial establishments is

(From page 1)available on the website ofA&N Administrationwww.and.nic.in as well as atlabour.and.nic.in.

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Offices of the Superintendentof Police South Andaman, N& M Andaman and NicobarDistrict and PS Aberdeen.According to the list alto-

Nineteen new...gether 19 candidates havebeen selected, of them 13 arefound general category, 4from Other Backward Classesand 2 departmental.

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former Chairperson of PBMCmet with an accident andagain he needed urgent atten-tion of Orthopedic Surgeonbut both the Orthopedic Sur-geons available with G B Pantwere on leave. Ultimately boththe patients were sent to Main-land for specialized treatment.

G B Pant Hospital isthe main referral hospital ofAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands and it is totally unac-ceptable from the side ofHealth Department to fail inproviding atleast one Ortho-pedic Surgeon for such seri-ous cases.

When contacted Dr. BG Lall, the Medical Superin-tendent of G B Pant Hospital

Andaman’s lone...told Andaman Sheekha thatthis usually does not hap-pens but in this case oneDoctor had gone on leaveand other one was later al-lowed to go on leave on be-cause of some urgent medi-cal needs in his family.

“Generally whenorthopedic surgeon is notavailable in G.B.Pant hospi-tal, general surgeonshandles emergency traumacases,” he said.

Hope before startingambitious medical collegethe Andaman and NicobarAdministration will fixthese minor issues in basichealth care system of A & NIslands.

(From page 1)Additional Facility for LPG customersPort Blair, Jan 02: A facilityhas been made available forthe LPG customers to knowtheir LPG ID , DBTL status ,LPG Quota , subsidy amount.Below are the keywordswhich customer has to typein the SMS and send to7738299899. The query willbe based on the mobile num-

ber of the customer registeredwith IOC , hence better thepenetration of mobile numbersin our data bases more no ofcustomers can use this. De-tails regarding this is also avail-able in http://indane.co.in/aadhaarcheck.php. SMS aresend by the gateway of NIC.INDANE LPGID - To get

the LPG ID; INDANEDBTLSTATUS- To get thestatus of seeding; INDANELPGQUOTA - To get thecurrent status of quota ofsubsidized cylinders con-sumed and INDANE SUB-SIDY -To get the details ofthe permanent advance andlast refill subsidy received.

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