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VOL: 03 I ISSUE NO: 28 I REG NO:ANDENG/2011/38184 I 05 FEBRUARY 2014 I WEDNESDAY I Rs. 2.00 I DAILY I PORT BLAIR I www.andamansheekha.com

Port Blair, Feb 04: The ill-fatedboat, MV Aqua Marine whichmet with a tragic accident on26 January 14, andsubsequently sank wassalvaged by the Andamanand Nicobar Command on 03February 2014.

Acting promptly on arequest received from thelocal administration forsalvaging the sunken boat toprogress the magisterialinquiry into the accident, the

Clearance Diving Unit conductsSalvage operation in two phases

Salvage Operation of MV Aqua Marine

Clearance Diving Unit(CDU) under the NavalComponent of the Andamanand Nicobar Command waspressed into immediateaction. Since the boat was ata depth of 25 metres,andnearly 600 metres from theshore, the salvage operationsinvolved detailed planningand extensive preparations.

The CDU began theoperation at first light on 02February 14. The salvage

was carried out in two-phases. The first phaseinvolved the difficult task oflifting the boat from a depthof 25 metres close to watersurface and the second phaseinvolved preparing it for beingtowed to shore.

“Deep Sea Lift Bags”were used for first phase ofsalvage. The bags arespecialised inflatableballoons that can support

Centre allocates Rs. 150 Cr.additional fund to Islands

Port Blair, Feb 04: TheAdministration whilesubmitting BE for the year2013-14 to MHA/Ministry ofFinance had projected therequirement of fundsamounting to Rs. 2355.86 Cr.under the Plan Section andRs. 1843. 18 Cr, under Non-Plan Section. As against thesaid requirement, the Govt. ofIndia, Ministry of Financehad allocated an amount ofRs. 1862.49 Cr. under PlanSection and Rs. 1440.93 Cr,under Non Plan Section.

Subsequently, whilesubmitting the RE, the

Administration had projectedthe requirement of Rs. 1906.63Cr. under the Plan Sectionand Rs. 2404.00 Cr.(including arrears payable toDGS&D amounting to Rs.489.30 Cr.) under the Non-Plan Section. As against that,the Ministry of Finance, Govt.of India had allocated anamount of Rs 1520 Cr. underPlan Section and Rs. 1515.52Cr, under Non-Plan Section.Thus a huge budgetary cutwas imposed on the fundallocation to this UT: so muchso that the Administration

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Women found dead under mysteriouscondition at Phoenix Bay Lodge

Port Blair, Feb 04: A lady,nearly 40 years, was founddead inside a lodge of PhoenixBay yesterday early morning.According to reports there wasno mark of any kind of injuryor struggle on the body of thelady, who actually belongs toAndhra Pradesh and wasworking as domestic help inAndaman in many houses.

Sources told that thelady had come to the lodgealong with a man on 2ndFebruary night and was

allotted a small room, whichlacks proper ventilation.

The man reportedlyleft the room after giving foodto the lady and after dinner thelady slept putting a mosquitocoil.

Police suspect that thelady died either because ofsuffocation or due to heartfailure, which will beconfirmed only after PostMortem report. Police hashowever registered a case inthis regard and investigatingwhether there is any otherangle in this case.

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Bishnu Raises DRMs’ issue,demands compensatory payto Fire and Police Personnel

Port Blair, Feb 04: TheMember of Parliament, Mr.Bishnu Pada Ray today saidthat many people areworking in variousdepartments since last manyyears and their services werenot regularised till now. Hesaid that the Administrationis looking into the matterregarding regularization ofDRMs working in differentdepartments for over 10years.

Addressing a pressconference at MP Bhawansoon after attending a reviewmeeting, the MP said that theChief Secretary has desiredthat matter regardingpossibility of regularizationbe examined by theconcerned authorities. TheMP further stated that duringthe meeting it was informedthat estimate for thedevelopment of facilities for

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safe berthing of fishingboats at Dugnabad is infinal stage.

He requested theAdministration for sendingproposal to the HomeMinistry for reinstatementof compensatory pay to Fireand Police Personnel,which according to him,was stopped after 2012.

The MP furtherurged for bringingAndaman & NicobarEmployment RegulationBill in the current session

of Parliament to solve theunemployment problem. Healso urged theAdministration for taking upimmediate repair of leakagein the Kadmatala Dam andrepair of Baratang road.

The matterregarding plying of 30 busesprocured under MPLAD,formulation of practicabletransfer policy, PMGSYroad, and construction ofsluice gate will be reviewedon February 12, the MPadded.

GANG RAPE AT DIGLIPURAuto Driver and friend rapeVS Palli Girl; four arrested

Diglipur, Feb 04: A girl fromVidya Sagar Palli (VS Palli)was allegedly raped by twopeople at Shibpur Village ofDiglipur today.

According toreports, the girl had cometo Diglipur School forattending Saraswati Pujaand while going back oneof her known fr iend,accompanied her. Whenthe girl said that she wantsto go home the boyreportedly offered to dropher by auto.

Soon the boy calledan auto and soon from RKGram (near CHC) two otherboys got into the autoforcefully and the autodriver started driving the


auto towards Shibpur.When the girl cried for helpone of the boys pressed hermouth.At Shibpur village, the firstboy reportedly raped thegirl and after that the autodriver allegedly raped her.After committing the crimewhen the girl was beingbrought back in the sameauto the girl somehowshowed hand to a PCR van,which was crossing by.

Soon the PoliceJawans intercepted theauto and rescued the girland the SI, Mrs. ShabanaHanif of Diglipur PS alsoreached the spot andarrested all four people.

M e d i c a lexamination is also beingdone at Digipur. Furtherdetails are awaited.

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was not able to meet theessential requirement of themost critical sectors likeShipping and Power.

Since the amountallocated at the RE stage wastoo short to meet ourrequirements, accordingly,the matter was taken up bythe Administration withMinistry of Finance at thelevel of Chief Secretary andLG. In this connection, the LGhad called on Minister ofFinance on 16.01.2014 andapprised him, inter-alia, ofthe acute shortage of funds

Centre allocates... (From page 1)being faced by the UT of A&Nislands both under Plan andNon-Plan Sections. Ministerof Finance having knowledgeand affinity with A&NIslands appreciated thehardship being faced by theUT of A&N islands andaccordingly approvedallocation of additional fundamounting to Rs. 150.00 Cr.(i.e. Rs. 72.78 Cr under Non-Plan Section and Rs. 77.22 Cr.under Plan Section) formeeting the requirement ofcritical sectors viz. Shippingand Power Sectors.

P or t Bla i r, F eb 0 4: AR ap id Ac t ion Medica lTeam (RAMT ) is beingdeployed at Netaji Sta-dium, Port Blair dur ingMilan-14 from 05-08 Feb-ruary, 2014 to showcaseIndia’s Humanitarian As-

Rapid Action Medical Team deployed sistance and Disaster Re-lief capability.

The RAMT will besetting a 25 bedded hos-pital and will be open forvisits by officials and gen-eral public from 05 Feb-ruary, 2014 onwards.

weights upto 10 tons. Threesuch bags were firmlyattached to the sunk boat bydivers who had to operate forlong hours in depths of 25metres to achieve thissuccessfully.

The boat was thengradually floated and raisedto three metres below thesurface of the water. It wasthen painstakingly towedcloser to the shore. This taskhad to be carried verymeticulously as any drasticmovement could uproot thebags and sink the boat,therebycausing loss of crucialevidence.

The boat wassuccessfully brought to adepth of seven metres, beforesuspending the operationsdue to poor light and fallingtide on 02 February 14. Thesalvage recommenced nextmorning and the secondphase of operations was putinto action.

The boat wasattached with specialised“Enclosed Salvage Bags”suited for shallow watersoperations. The boat wasfloated up 2-3 metres belowthe water surface, and

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thereafter carefully towedcloser to the shore till veryshallow depths, and finallybeached about 50 metres fromthe shore. The operation wascompleted by 1100 hours on03 February 14.

The CDU was able toachieve this extremely difficultand intricate task in a littleover fifteen hours. Thesuccessful and swift mannerin which the salvageoperations were carried out bythe Andaman and NicobarCommand, yet again reflectsthe promptness, flexibilityand resoluteness of theArmed Forces. Andaman andNicobar Command had earlierresponded immediately onreceiving news of the accidenton 26 January 14, anddespatched their Naval FastInterceptor Craft and theClearance Diving Team alongwith a Chetak helicopter andan Inshore Patrol Vessel of theIndian Coast Guard for thesearch and rescue operations.

The boat is animportant evidence in theongoing investigation, and itsrecovery will significantly helpto determine the cause of thetragedy.

Public Participatory in proposed projects of PBMCPort Blair, Feb 04: In Continu-ation of PBMC Press Releasedated 7/1/2014 and 25/1/2014the general public are in-formed that as a ‘Public Par-ticipatory’ the proposed

project of development ofGandhi Park into ‘One daydestination’, Construction of A/C Shopping Complex atRathnam Market and construc-tion of Private Bus Terminus

at Mohanpura will be dis-played at Sabarmathi Restau-rant, Gandhi Park on 05/02/2014 between 10.00 am and12.00 noon for public viewingand suggestion thereon.

Seminar and “Kavi Sammelan” by Socio-Cultural Organisation “Chetana” at MayabunderPort Blair, Feb 04: The Stu-dents of Mahatma GandhiGovernment College,Mayabunder were over-whelmed with the Socio-cul-tural programme organisedby the Organisation“Chetana”. On 01st day ofFebruary, 2014, the Socio-cultural Organisation“CHETANA” organised aSeminar in the conferencehall of the institution on thetopic “Historical backgroundof Socio-Cultural develop-ment of Andaman &Nicobar Islands”. In thisseminar speakers spoke andinteracted with the studentson the topics like Freedomstruggle, National Memorial-Cellular Jail, Battle of Aber-deen and Communal har-mony in the islands. Thespeakers called upon the stu-dents to contribute to the So-cial, Economical and Culturaldevelopment of these islands.They said that knowledgeand information of freedomstruggle and important eventsof these islands towards free-dom will build a sound basetowards attitude of contribu-tion for development of is-lands. Mr. Sony Thomas,Vice-Chairman, ZillaParishad, Middle and North

Middle Andaman was ChiefGuest and Mr. Saw Thomson,Pradhan, Gram PanchayatRampur was the Guest ofHonour. In their address, boththe dignitaries appreciated theeffort of Chetana and said thatsimilar kind of programmesshould be arranged in future.They said that such type ofprogramme, inhibits social andcultural values in the youths.

In evening, “ KaviSammela” was organised inthe Institution’s Auditorium.Shri. Umed Singh, StationCommander, MayabunderCoast Guard Station was theChief Guest on the occasion.In his address, Mr. Singh ad-vised students not to lose hopeat any level and in any field oflife. Dedication and Hardwork is the key to success. In

certain cases, consistent andrepeated attempts are re-quired to achieve success.Poets from Port Blair pre-sented their different forms ofpoems in the programme.Among the eminent poets inthe Kavi Sammelan wereJagdish Narayan Rai, I. AKhan, Sharda Ram, RajeshKumar Nirash, AnirudhTripathi, Shekh Farooq Alam,Smti. D. M. Savitri and DurgVijay Singh Deep. In theprogramme, four students ofthe institution also presentedtheir poems. Dr. R. N. Rath,president of “Chetana” high-lighted the activities of theorganisation. He said that theorganisation is acceleratingthe Socio-Cultural develop-ment in the rural part of theseislands.

Finally MV Aqua Marine is out, giving a good chance to the CCS team to conductthorough investigation to find out right cause of the accident.

Detailed Investigation of MV Aqua Marine Begins

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Port Blair, Feb 04: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has also taken up theissue related to workers ofDirectorate of CS and CA indetail with the Union HomeMinister Mr Shushil KumarShinde during his recentmeeting with him and submit-ted that a proposal for creationof 69 supernumerary posts ofMazdoors has been sent tothe Ministry of ConsumerAffairs, Food and Public Dis-tribution for sanction by theA&N Administration.

Submitting the copyof the latest correspondencebearing reference No.SD/2-106/Estt./2013(PF)/1567dated 30.10.2013 done by the

Kuldeep takes up issues ofDept of CS&CA with Home Minister

A & N Administration withthe Ministry of Consumer Af-fairs, Food and Public Distri-bution, Kuldeep has re-quested the Minister that theMinistry of Home Affairsbeing the Nodal Ministry inrespect of the UT Admin-istration of Andaman &Nicobar Islands, he maykindly bestow his personalattention so that the matterof creation of 69 supernu-mera ry pos ts of theMazdoors in the Director-ate of Civil Supplies & Con-sumer Affairs of A&N Ad-ministration gets expedi-tiously resolved and cre-ated for the welfare andfuture of the workers.

Port Blair, Feb 04: A TriathlonCompetition will be held on 06February for participants ofMILAN 2014. The Triathloncompetition is being held forthe first time in MILAN assports unfailingly engendercamaraderie and espirit-de-corps which also is the under-lying aim of MILAN.

‘Triathlon’ is derivedfrom the Greek words treis(three) and athlos (contest).Thus, a Triathlon has threedisciplines consisting ofswimming, cycling, running.These three segments are tobe covered without a break.

The MILAN 2014Triathlon Championship willcommence at Ross Islandwith a swimming race. A dis-tance of 1.2 km will be cov-ered by the competitors andfinish at the Aberdeen Jetty.

Triathlon to be Conductedfor the First Time in Milan -14

The competitors will then doa cycling race of nearly 12km from Aberdeen Jetty toKamraj Nagar. The final seg-ment of the Triathlon will bea cross-country race of overa distance of 4 kilometersfromKamraj Nagar to theBirchgunj Military Station.The event can be witnessedby the public between Aber-deen Jetty to Kamraj Nagar.

ATelegamescompetition will beheld at the Birchgunj MilitaryStation for personnel from theparticipating foreign ship oncompletion of the Triathlon.The Telegames are aimed atthe fun aspects of gamesrather than a competitive as-pect, and will consist of novelgames kike ‘Goofy Stick’,‘Passing the Water Balloon’and ‘Three-Legged Race’.

Port Blair, Feb 04: Adm DKJoshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM,NM, VSM, ADC Chief ofNaval Staff awarded theCyber Security Trophies totwo units adjudged best in theAndaman and Nicobar CyberCommand Security Competi-tion for the year 2013.

Information Technol-ogy has today permeated thesocial and financial fabric ofall citizens in totality. Whilethe advantages accrued fromeffective utilization of IT re-sources are many, they alsorender us highly susceptible tobreaches lurking in the cyberworld. The menace of cyberwizards with mal-intentionsand laxity in adhering to Cyber

CNS Awards CyberSecurity Trophies

Security Policies, manifestsinto security breaches acrossall boundaries.Hence on tak-ing over the prestigious Tri-Services Command, Air Mar-shal PK Roy, PVSM, AVSM,VM, VSM, ADC, had di-rected for steadfastness ofthe Cyber Security frame-work in the Command. Un-der his able directions theCommand has unceasinglyendeavoured to enhance ITAwareness and Cyber Secu-rity threshold of all personneland their families.

With an aim to boostthe IT Security, a number ofsteps have been initiated in theCommand, to include ITAwareness Days and Weeks

at all components and units.In order to provide further fil-lip to the efforts of compo-nents and units organizingsuch events, a Cyber Secu-rity Competition has been in-stituted in the Command.

The first edition ofthe Competition spanning thecalendar year 2013, concludedrecently. For the purpose ofassessment, six units wereshortlisted into major and mi-nor categories each, andevaluated by a jury. TheCyber Security Trophy forBest Minor Unit wasawarded to 108 Mtn Bde Sig-nal, and the Cyber SecurityTrophy for Best Major Unitwas awarded to 37 Wing AF.

HYDERABAD: The IndianNational Institute of OceanInformation Services(INCOIS) in the city is plan-ning to set up 35 seismic sta-tions on the Andaman andNicobar Islands in the nexttwo years to improve tsunamiwarning systems. The newstations estimated to come upat a cost of Rs 20 crore, willbe installed by 2016.

Scientists at INCOISsaid that the Andaman andNicobar region is one of thetwo epicentres of earth-quakes causing tsunamis inthe Indian Ocean, known tohave catastrophic effects onthe coasts of six countries.With the new stations in place,scientists said they can esti-mate the actual scale of anearthquake based on the de-formation of the earth’s crust.Estimating a deformationclose to the epicentre of anearthquake can help in issu-ing early tsunami warnings,they added.

“Monitoring of defor-mation of earth’s crust in real-time makes it feasible to esti-mate the scale of an actualearthquake thereby helping inissuing improved alerts,” saidDr T Srinivasa Kumar, incharge of the National Tsu-

35 seismic stations to beset up at Andaman and Nicobar

Islands for early tsunami warnings

nami Early Warning Systemat INCOIS. CH Patanjali, an-other scientist at INCOIS as-sociated with the project saidthe deformation of the crustduring earthquakes will dis-place or alter the locations ofthe seismic stations. The dis-placements will be measuredusing a satellite-based tech-nology called global satellitenavigation system (GNSS).Although Andaman has aboutsix seismic stations, the dis-placements of the stations arecurrently not measured forgiving out warnings. The new

GNSS stations will thereforebe a first for India.

“The displacementscaused by strong earthquakescan be in the range of a fewmeters. These displacementswill give us an indicator of theenergy scale of a quake,” hesaid. “Given that even acouple of seconds are criticalin a local tsunami warning, aquick estimation of importantearthquake parameters couldresult in improved early tsu-nami warnings,” said scien-tists. (Source : Times of In-dia)

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EDITORIAL.....The wedding video

I have just attended a hi-res,professionally covered videowedding. Not your Raju withRamu his assistant stuff, this islike a Ten Commandments set.Unlike a traditional plighting oftroth when boy and girl are themost important people at theirown wedding, in this versionthey are put into shade by acamera-wielding battalion andtheir technical crew.

Other sundry membersof the two families are dividedbetween arranging theceremonials and supporting thecamera units. Guests are madeto feel like Tussauds wax-works, standing in frozen anima-tion with no one doing them anyreverence.

Since all marriage videolensmen consider themselves across between David Lean,Shyam Benegal and DannyBoyle the action is frenetic andeveryone becomes secondary tothis magnum opus in the mak-ing. You, as a guest, are first ac-costed by sudden flashes oflight. Blinded, your wife snapsher heel on the black snakes ofelectrical coil slithering all overthe floor and clumsily under thecarpet and tamped with blacktape.

Just as you arrange yourexpression into candid cameraposition, you discover the lightwasn`t meant for you but forsome VIP and you only came inthe way and now the shot hasbeen ruined and it`s all yourfault. At top-end video wed-dings, there are two kinds ofclasses, the ones who get thelight and others who enter indarkness to witness the familyadviser telling the cameramannot to bother with this lot, theyare not important.Having nowjoined the melee, you are com-pelled to shuffle along to giveyour grubby little gift to the haphap happy twosome. Whyshouldn't they be happy, theyhave only been married twohours?Finally, you reach blush-ing young couple and SunilGavaskar or mayor or chiefminister or Rekha arrive simul-taneously and you are discarded

like a used wet wipe as camerasgo into action with the celebritycentrestage and everyone elseskittering about like bees aroundhoney. On come the flipping lightsagain and the high point is now re-corded, then others sensing this iswhere the main event is happen-ing rush up onto the stage and bed-lam reigns as the video brigadechoreographs this wonderful mo-ment in the newlyweds` lives,shoving the snout of the camerainto everyone's faces.

Parents, relatives, friends,all of them surrender their pre-rogatives to the power of the manwith the camera. He replaces eventhe religious representative in de-ciding how things should be run.

Even the ceremonies arerearranged to suit camera angles.I have witnessed the boy and girlexchanging garlands three timesso the cameraman could get aproper shot. 'Take one' failed be-cause someone's head came in theway.

'Take two' failed becausea shadow fell over the boy's faceand mumsie was not in the shotand mumsie was leaping off into asulk. It becomes farcical and evenembarrassing when later on thetape is inflicted on unsuspectingguests.

In one such incident arather well-known socialite wasseen in close-up wiping her curry-stained hands on the curtains. Shehas not returned to the social cir-cuit since.Seriously, record wed-dings anyway you like but don`tmake even the taking of vows sub-servient to t hecameraman.Everyone waits po-litely while he fiddles with somelead that has lost a fuse or tries toget a focus or needs dadaji toplease come to the middle of thestage and someone has to explainto dadaji he is needed and dadajican't hear anyway so that takes10 minutes to shove the old maninto the loving bosom of his fam-ily. And finally when you are leav-ing, Sunil Gavaskar decides to callit a day at the same time andthere's that light again. Give methe still photographer and wed-ding album any day. At least youcan skip the pages.

Scientist discovered Methodto curb greenhouse gases

Scientists discovered a new methodto convert harmful greenhouse gasesinto chemicals which can producesynthetic fuels on 2 February 2014.

A team of researchers at theUniversity of Delaware has devel-oped a highly selective catalyst ca-pable of electrochemically convertingcarbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) tocarbon monoxide with 92 percent ef-

ficiency. The carbon monoxide thencan be used to develop useful chemi-cals.

It was found that when anano-porous silver electrocatalystwas used, it was 3000 times moreactive than polycrystalline silver, acatalyst commonly used in convert-ing carbon dioxide to useful chemi-cals.


Top Discoveries AwaitingNASA's Next Big Telescope

Expectations are highfor the science that willcome from the $8.7 bil-lion James Webb SpaceTelescope—the succes-sor to the Hubble SpaceTelescope. Thetelescope's four mainscience instruments arenow all in one place, asare its 18 mirror sec-tions. When assembledin space, they will cre-ate the largest orbiting mirror everseen.

This long-awaited comingtogether is taking place in a vast cleanroom at the Goddard Space FlightCenter in suburban Maryland. Thelast pieces have arrived, and now thetwo- to three-year task of assemblingthe telescope has begun.

On Monday, NASA Admin-istrator Charles Bolden, Senator Bar-

bara Mikulski, Senior Project Scien-tist and Nobel laureate John Mather,and the Webb team celebrated thismilestone. And, with equal enthusi-asm, they anticipated the science thatwill come in once the Webb telescopeis in orbit, about one million milesfrom Earth.

With a mirror six times largerin area than the Hubble's, the Webbtelescope's possibilities are dramatic:

Humans may have come after aliensWashington: Harvard astrophysicistAbraham Loeb has claimed that hu-mans may be the last to evolve inuniverse, says ANI.

Loeb told Space.com thatwhen the universe was 15 millionyears old, the temperature of the cos-mic microwave background (CMB)was like that of a warm summer dayon Earth.He said that if rocky plan-ets existed at that epoch, then theCMB may have kept their surfacewarm even if they did not reside inthe habitable zone around their par-ent star, CNET reported. Loeb said

that there might have been huge starsexploding and emitting the heavyelements.He asserted that any plan-ets that may have resulted from theseexplosions would have enjoyed thewarmth of cosmic microwave back-ground radiation. Therefore, watermay have been present and life formsmay have existed.He suggests thatplanets with atmospheric bio-signa-tures around low-metallicity stars inthe Milky Way galaxy or its dwarfgalaxy satellites may once have beenanalogous to the very earliest of plan-ets.

Scientists say rats couldgrow to size of sheep in future

Over a long time it isthought that when biggeranimals become extinctrats will grow to fill theenvironment that theylived in.

Rats are knownto be really good atchanging to survive wher-ever they live. The wayanimals change over a long time iscalled 'evolution'.

So scientists think that rats

will 'evolve' to grow bigger and big-ger - growing to the size of other ani-mals.


Narendra Modi has movedahead of BJP, RSS: Digvijaya Singh

INDORE: Taking a jibe atBJP's prime ministerial can-didate Narendra Modi, Con-gress general secretaryDigvijaya Singh has said thathis (Modi's) stature was nowahead of his own party andthe RSS.

Dubbing Modi as apolitical leader of "hard corecommunalist ideology,"Digvijaya said "now Modi isahead of the BJP and theSangh."

He was talking toreporters last night when hehad come to attend a mar-riage function here.

Singh also rappedthe BJP over Gujaratgovernment's Rs 10.80 perday income norm for belowpoverty line (BPL) cardholders.

"When the PlanningCommission had fixed sucha standard, the BJP hadraised a hue and cry," he

said, adding that BJP presi-dent Rajnath Singh shouldreply over Gujarat govern-ment now setting a standardfor defining poverty.

Alleging that Modiwas a political leader of"hard-core communalist ide-ology," he claimed that theBJP's prime ministerial nomi-nee had honoured those ac-cused in the Muzaffarnagarriots.

Singh also claimedthat 60 per cent of the postsin favour of Modi on socialnetworking sites were"fake."


Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM, NM,ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff called on the Lt Governor,Lt Gen (Retd) A K Singh at Raj Niwas on 04.02.2014.Also present were Smt Suneeti Singh, First Lady of theIslands and Smt Chitra Joshi.

CARTOON CORNER..

Opening of RSC OpenVolleyball Tournament

Port Blair, Feb 04: Openingceremony of RSC Open Vol-ley ball tournament 2014 willbe held in the MultipurposeHall of Netaji Stadium on

5th February 2014, at 7 PM.The Chairperson, PBMCMr. K. Ganeshan will beChief Guest on thisoccasion.

Saraswati Puja Celebrated at Diglipur


Diglipur, Feb 04: Saraswatipuja celebrated throughoutDiglipur Island with amidstJoy. The priests in different

puja venues performed‘Anjali’ and then helped kidsto write for the first timewith chalk on a slate.Pushpanjali, offer ing offlowers along withmantras were offered.

Address: Roy Villa, INS Utkrosh Road, New Pahargaon, Garacharma Post Office- 744105, South Andaman. Ph: 09932082892. [email protected], [email protected]

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Port Blair, Feb 04: In a capti-vating concert held at theAndaman and Nicobar Com-mand last evening for the del-egates and participants ofMILAN 2014, bands of theIndian Army and Navy left theaudience spell bound withtheir melodious tunes. LtGen(Retd) AK SINGH,PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM,Hon’bleLt GovernorAndaman and Nicobar wasthe Chief Guest.Admiral DKJoshi, PVSM, AVSM, VSM,YSM, NM, ADC, Chief of theNaval Staff, who is in PortBlair for MILAN 2014 alsoattended the concert alongwith Air Marshal P K Roy,PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM,ADC, Commander-in-Chief,Andaman and Nicobar Com-mand and other senior del-egates from the participatingforeign navies.

From time immemo-rial, music has been an intrin-sic part of military lifestyle.Right from beginning the daywith the bugler’s call to thesounding of the Reveille atnight, music has been a sourceof inspiration to the troops.Inearlier times bands would ac-company the armies into thebattle field to inspire the fight-ing soldiers. Though this prac-tice slowly faded away, thetradition of having the militaryband has continued to main-tain links with the past and therich legacy. Thus, many unitsof the Armed Forces continueto maintain military bands.Bands of the Armed Forceshave performed in severalnational and international fora, and won wide acclaim fortheir musical virtuoso. Militaryband performances during the‘Beating Retreat Ceremony’to mark the end of the Repub-lic Day celebrations have al-ways been a key attraction tothe audiences.

The MILAN 2014Band Concert was held at theDweepika auditorium. The

Military Bands enthralsMilan 14 Delegates

proceedings began withmellifluousrenditions by theIndian Navy Bands from theEastern Naval Command andINS Jarawa. The band wasconducted by LieutenantCommander Vijay Charles D’Cruz, a very experiencedmusician officer of the IndianNavy. Novel versions of thepopular songs,Summer of ’69and Gangam style, which arepredominantly electronic in-struments’ songs, were ren-dered in acoustic style whichshowcased the musical dex-terity of the band. Interna-tional numbers played by theNaval Bnd were particularlyappealing to the audience.Apopular German militarymarch ‘AlteKamraden’ (OldComrade), the ‘WaltzingMatilda’, Australia’s mostwidely known Bush Balladand often called the ‘Unoffi-cial National Anthem of Aus-tralia’, a Sri Lankan patrioticsong ‘HelaJathikaAbhimane’(Proud to be A Sri Lankan)composed and arranged byDr Patrick Denipitiya, and aNew Zealand love song,‘Pokarekare Ana’whichtranslates into‘The Breakingof the Waves’, a traditionalMaori song which gainedpopularity during the FirstWorld War, were among theinternational numbers per-formed by the Naval Band.Incidentally, 06 February iscelebrated in New Zealand tocommemorate thehistoricsigning of the Treatyof Waitangi, which is thecountry’s Founding Docu-ment while 04 February is SriLanka’s National Day to cel-ebrate independence fromBritish rule in 1948. It was apleasant coincidence to havesenior delegates from the twocountries in the audience andthe band dedicated respectivenational tunes to them, be-sides invitees from othercountries participating inMILAN 2014.Bagpipers and

drummers from the 22PUNJAB of the Indian Army,followed the performance ofthe Naval Band. Led bySubedarLachhman Singh, theband performed a marchingrendition of popular patrioticnumbers including‘KadamKadamBadhayeJa’,the regimental quick march ofthe Indian National Army and‘SaareJahan Se Accha’, writ-ten by the famed UrdupoetIqbal in 1904. A Scottishsong,‘The Hundred Pipers’lent an international flavuor tothe performance by the band.

The final segment ofthe concert was performed bythe military band of theJammu and Kashmir LightInfantry Regimental Centre.The band was raised in 1948and has the unique distinctionof having participated in the9thAsian Games at NewDelhi in 1982 and the SouthAsian Athletics Meet atKolkata in 1987. The conduc-tor for last evening’s concertwas NaibSubedarRaghubirRoy. In a performance last-ing over half an hourthe bandplayed captivating tunes rang-ing from the popular Indiansong ‘Aye Mere WatankeLogon’ to ‘Scipio’s March’, apopular Roman song and‘Cornfield March’, a songoriginally based on the text byWilliam Shakespeare. A ren-dition of the classical,‘RaagKathak’, was a fineexample of adaptation of aclassical Indian tune by mili-tary bands. ‘SobreiasOlas’(Over the Waves), a Mexicansong and ‘Besami Mucho’(Kiss Me a Lot), a Spanishsong written in 1904 whichhas been translated into 20languages and sung in manydifferent styles were the otherattractions by the band. Theperformance was brought toa close with a soulful rendi-tion of the poignant tunes‘Abide With Me’ and ‘LastPost’.

Samsung Brand Shop inaugurated

Port Blair, Feb 04: The firstever Samsung brand shop,Digital Plaza, was inaugu-rated today at AberdeenBazar at 10.30 am. Mr.Arvind Bakshi, Branch Man-ager-Home Appliances(Chennai), Samsung IndiaElectronic Pvt. Ltd, inaugu-rated the Show Room in thepresence of Mr.Subramaniam, Regional Man-

ager, Chennai and Mr. Tho-mas Frederick, Branch Man-ager, Audio Video Division ofSamsung India ElectronicPvt. Ltd. Earlier Mr. RajeshPuria, proprietor of DigitalPlaza welcomed the dignitar-ies and well wishers who at-tended the inaugural cer-emony. Wide ranging prod-ucts of Samsung Brand is ondisplay in the showroom.

Weekly Cultural meet by ANAPort Blair, Jan 04: The AdityaNatya Academy (an eminenttheatre group in Island) orga-nized its 450th Weekly CulturalMeeting through a get-to-gether on Sunday, the 2nd Feb-ruary, 2014 at Kodiyaghat,South Andaman. Mr. NareshChandra Lal, the RenownedFilm Maker & Theatre Direc-tor of these Islands and mem-ber of Sangeet Natak Acad-emy, New Delhi graced theoccasion as the Chief Guest.

The programme com-menced with enchanting of‘Natraj Pronam Mantra’ fol-lowed by pledge, Amrita VaniPanth, placement of lastmeeting’s proceedings, pre-sentation of cultural news,recitation of Poem, Songs &Puppet Show contributed bythe members of the academy.

Various Competition viz. Spot-acting, Quiz, MathematicalRace, Balls throw & catching(for spouse only) were alsoarranged. Mr. NareshChandra Lal appreciated theactivities of academy and em-phasized for the theatricalunity in the Islands.

The General Secre-tary, Mr. Sunil Kumar Nath inhis brief speech expressed hisview that the Academy shouldadopt some innovation activi-ties in the field of culture. TheEx-General Secretary, Mr.Aradiranjan Bhattacharjeeconducted the wholeprogramme and theprogramme was concludedwith the vote of thanksproposed by Mr. Dipak Kr.Saha, Vice President of theAcademy.

The second show of Sound& Light programme a tCellular Jail (at 07:15 p.m.)will be held in English from

Sound & Light programme04th 08th February 2014due to Adminis t r at ivereasons . Inconvenience isregretted.

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