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Port Blair, Jan 30: The Lt. Gov-ernor, Lt. Gen A.K. Singh(Retd.) will be on a two-dayvisit to Diglipur on Febru-ary 1 & 2, 2015. The itiner-ary of the Lt Governor dur-ing his stay there includeslaying foundation stone ofKhudirampur Dam, inau-guration of RCC bridge con-structed by Zilla Parishadat Sitanagar and inaugura-

LG to visit Diglipurtion of Diglipur Vikas Melaat Vivekananda stadium onFebruary 1.

On February 2, theLt. Governor will visit Rossand Smith Island viaKalipur Beach.

On completion ofvisit, the Lt Governor willreturn to Port Blair in the af-ternoon on February 2,2015.

First Primary Angioplasty ofA& N Islands Performed at CMSH

Port Blair, Jan 30: Basicallywhen a person gets heart at-tack due to blockage of a blood

vessel supplying heart, itneeds to be cleared within sixhours or else the heart muscle

undergoes irreversible dam-age. Any treatment done af-

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Traffic Police team reaches MiddleAndaman to check illegal operation of

commercial vehicles; Diglipur next

Billyground, Jan 30: The Traf-fic unit of Andaman andNicobar Police has started amassive drive for tracing ille-gally operating Commercialvehicles in North & MiddleAndaman. From yesterday,the 29/1/2015 a team underthe supervision of TrafficP ol i c e     I ns p e c t o r   V H FAgusteen  started driveagainst commercial vehicles,which were plying on ATRwithout proper documents.

This drive startedfrom Baratang and today the

TrinathSheekha News Service

team started checking ve-hicles at Rangat area in the

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Port Blair, Jan 30: As part ofenforcement under SwachBharat Abhiyan, the peoplewere earlier cautioned tokeep their surroundingsclean and not to throw anygarbage in open. The A&NPolice has been taking strictaction against the defaultersunder section 34(5) and34(7) of Indian Police Act1861. On Jan 29, 10 persons

Police fines Tenpeople for throwing garbage

were challaned at NeilKendra (4), Tamil Basti area(5) and Telgu Basti area (1)in the jurisdiction of PS NeilIsland.

   Meanwhile, thegeneral public have been ad-vised not to indulge in anyact which leaves the publicspaces unclean or unhy-gienic in any way, a commu-nication from SP (HQ) said.

Gift, Souvenir or bribe?Customs Officer arrested with

Johnnie Walker bottles and foreigncurrency from Port Blair Airport

Port Blair, Jan 30: Mr. SwapanKumar Majumdar, Superin-tendent of Customs, posted inA & N Islands has been ar-rested from Port Blair Airportby the Immigration and CIDunit of Andaman and NicobarPolice today, when largeamount of foreign made li-quor bottles and some foreigncurrency have been foundfrom his luggage.

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Sheekha News Service

According to reportsthe CID team had informationthat the Customs Superinten-dent is allegedly accepting for-eign goods and currencies asgift or complements from for-eigners, who are visitingAndaman in foreign Yachts orother foreign ships.

Today when Mr.Swapan Kumar Majumdarwas heading for Kolkata, theCID team requested CISF offi-cials to check the luggage ofMr. Majumdar after which

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Andaman tour turns costly,Chandigarh MC to recover cost

from salaries of councillorsChandigarh, Jan 30: TheChandigarh MC authoritieshave decided to recover theamount spent on the expen-sive trip of the councillors tothe Andaman Islands by de-ducting the amount fromtheir salaries. MC sourcessaid: “There is no other wayto recover the loss suffered bythe corporation.”

The tour - which tookplace from August 31 to Sep-tember 9 last year - had trig-

gered controversy due to over-shooting of the sanctionedexpenditure, and familymembers of several council-lors joining the trip, taking thetotal delegation up to 40 fromthe approved 26. The corpo-ration had reportedly spentRs28 lakh on the tour. MCcommissionerVivekPratapSingh told ToI: “There is noother way to fulfil all thelosses suffered by MC au-

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Seminar on Organic Farmingof Horticulture Crops in Islands

Port Blair, Jan 30:A two-daystate-level seminar-cum-ex-hibition on Strategies, Chal-lenges and Opportunities ofOrganic Farming of Horti-culture Crops in Andamanand Nicobar Islands is be-ing organised by the High

Value Agriculture Develop-ment Agency (HVADA) inassociation with the Na-tional Horticulture Mission(NHM) at the MegapodeResort on February 1&2,2015.

The seminar will be

inaugurated by the Hon’bleLt Governor, Lt Gen A.K.Singh (Retd) as chief gueston February 1 at 10 A.M.

Organic VegetableMission of Neil Island willalso be launched on the oc-casion.

terwards cannot bring thosedamaged muscle back to itsfunction. So this first sixhours of chest pain signify-ing underlying heart attackis called golden period asany intervention done dur-ing this period has tremen-dous benefits to the patient.So when a diabetic elderlyfemale patient was broughtto us with chest of two hourduration and ECG showingheart attack, we immediatelyshifted patient to our heartcare centre at second floor.An emergency angiographywas done by cardiologist DrUttam Kr Saha, which

First Primary...showed complete blockage ofa major blood vessel of heart.Immediate aspiration ofblocking debris comprisingblot clot, cholesterol and cal-cium was done by a very finecatheter. Subsequently bal-loon dilatation and place-ment of stent was done. Poststenting completerecanalisation was seen asevident in the underlyingphotographs. The patientwas shifted to ICU where shewas kept under ventilatorsupport for one day. She re-covered by fifth post proce-dural day and was dis-charged hale and hearty.

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morning at about 9 AM. Ve-hicle operators in Rangatarea were in confusion forsome times that how the PortBlair based Traffic Policecould impose fine or seizeany vehicle at Rangat area

Police officials in-formed Andaman Sheekhathat such checking has al-ready been held in Hut Bay

Traffic Police...and Havelock areas and pres-ently they have started inNorth & Middle Andaman.He said that it is a normalprocess, the Andaman &Nicobar Traffic Police couldact anywhere in A & N Is-lands to check illegal opera-tion of vehicles. He said,  histeam will continue this driveup to Diglipur.

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Free Medical Campby Coast Guard at Namuna Ghar

Port Blair, Jan 30: In yetanother initiative towardswelfare of local populace,Headquarters Coast GuardRegion (A&N) in associa-tion with GB Pant Hospital,Port Blair organised freemedical check-up camp atNamuna Ghar, DundusPoint on 30 Jan 15. Ateam of 06 doctors includ-ing three specialists in Pe-diatric, Gynaec and Medi-cines from GB Pant Hos-pital took part in the medi-cal camp. Facilit ies ex-tended during the camp in-clude check up of vital pa-rameters, general hematol-ogy, specific blood/urinetests, general health check-up and specialist opinion inGynaec and Pediatric.

Large number ofresidents of the NamunaGhar and surrounding areas

were benefit ed by themedical camp. During thecamp health check up ofthe students of Govt Sec-ondary School, NamunaGhar was also undertaken.Coast Guard also issuedmedicines to the patients asprescribed by the doctors.

The phanchyat thanked In-dian Coast Guard fororganising the medical campin Namuna Ghar as part ofevents planned for CG Day2015.

Acommuniqué received fromPRO Coast Guard.

Sky show at Science CentrePort Blair, Jan 30: The Sci-ence Centre, Port Blair willbe organizing a sky showbetween 5.30 & 7 pm onJan 31, 2015. Theprogramme includes de-scription about the planetsVenus & Moon. The visitorsshall be provided with a sky

map of the sky over PortBlair for locating planets andother celestial bodies. Thevisitor can have the oppor-tunity of viewing the planetVenus & Moon through tele-scope. The entry fee for thesky observation is Rs.10/- foreach person.

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Port Blair, Jan 30: The PortBlair Municipal Council bidfarewell to three employeesof the Council, who superan-nuated from government ser-vice on 31-01-2015. At asimple function held in thechamber of the Chairperson,PBMC cheques of all retire-ment benefits including GPF,gratuity and other monetarybenefits were handed over toSmtiP. Chinna, WCM, Estt.Section, Shri R. Periyan, Sr.Supervisor, Sanitary Sectionand Shri Anwar Hussain,Cleaner, Mechanical Sec-tion. Senior officials of theCouncil were also presenton the occasion. In his ad-

PBMC bids farewellto three employees

dress, Shri M Arumugam,PBMC Chairperson re-called the valuable servicesrendered to the Council bythe three employees and

wished them happy andhealthy post retired life.Mementoes were also pre-sented to the three employ-ees on the occasion.

Refresher Training on NationalSchool Safety Conducted at Car Nicobar

Port Blair, Jan 30: The Direc-torate of Disaster Manage-ment (DDM), A & N Admin-istration in collaboration withDirectorate of Education, A& N Administration alongwith the National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF) hasconducted a day long re-fresher training on SchoolSafety under National SchoolSafety Programme for theteachers/in-charge DisasterManagement of Car NicobarEducational Zone at Confer-ence Hall of Education Of-fice, Car Nicobar on 30thJanuary 2015.

The Directorate ofDisaster Management,Andaman & Nicobar Admin-istration in tandem with Di-rectorate of Education isimplementing National SchoolSafety Programme in all the412 schools of Andaman &Nicobar Islands. This Direc-torate, for the last two years

has successfully conductedseries of two day training ofteachers programme in all theEducational Zones ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands.Subsequently, each and everyschool are in the process ofhaving a full-fledged SchoolDisaster Management Plan tocombat any crisis in anorganise way. On the occa-

sion the Chief Guest ShriAkhil Kumar, Assistant Com-missioner, Car Nicobar, wasexuberant to inaugurate therefresher training of teachersprogramme on school safety,while realizing the signifi-cance of disaster manage-ment he emphasized on Pre-paredness, Prevention and

Port Blair, Jan 30: It isbrought to the notice of thegeneral public that DistrictWarning Sirens has been in-stalled in the premises of sec-retariat, DBRAIT, DSS Ma-rine, Chatham Saw Mill (For-est Dept), police station Ab-erdeen, police station

Testing of DistrictWarning Sirens

Pahargaon, police stationchatham, JNRM college, PortBlair, Fish Landing Centre,Junglighat , IOC, ForestGuest HouseCarbynsCove,police stationBambooflat ,Police StationOgrabraj, Police Station

Port Blair, Jan 30: PCC Presi-dent and all leaders havedeeply mourned the death ofone of the senior leaders ofthe Party Mrs Jamuna Devi,90 years, w/o Late

Death MournedBhagwandin, r/o Bhatu Basti,who left for heavenly abodetoday and prayed the Al-mighty for eternal peace tothe departed soul and strengthto her family.

Port Blair, Jan 30: The PrePrimary teachers ofMayabunder Zone have sub-mitted before the PCC Presi-dent Kuldeep R. Sharma thatdue to reasons not known to

Pre-Primary Teachers’ Salary heldup; Kuldeep demands clearance of dues

them, their monthly wages/salary are held up since Sep-tember, 2014.

Accordingly Kuldeephas taken up the issue with

Port Blair, Jan 30: Unnati isorganizing a workshop on 30-01-2015 at 09:00 AM atGovindanagar, Havelock forthe benefits of more than 125trainees trained by Unnati intailoring activities with thesupport of Usha InternationalLtd and NABARD. Thisworkshop is being organisedunder follow-up nad aftersupport programme for reha-

bilitation trainees and also toset up state light tailoring,fashion design and machinerepair with the support ofUsha International Ltd, NewDelhi in association with PRI.The workshop will be at-tended by officers of Unnatiand Usha International Ltd,New Delhi.SmtiShantaKumari Coordina-

Workshop by Unnati at Havelock

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EDITORIAL.....Friends in the age of social media

I wake up in the morningand remember it is myfriend’s birthday. I like tomake my own greetingcards. I arrive at my friend’sdoorstep with card and a giftonly to be greeted with asnarl. “You did not wish meon my birthday.” I am on thedefensive for a moment be-fore I reminded my friendthat I had called up to wishhim that morning. My friendis unimpressed. “You neverwished me on Facebook.”

So that’s the truth ofsocial media. A birthday isnot complete unless youhave been wished onFacebook. But is that all thathas changed?BeforeFacebook happened, all ofus had under a dozenfriends. Unless you wereMiss India in which case youcould be excused for havinghad a hundred friends.Among adult Facebook us-ers, the average number offriends is 338, and the me-dian (midpoint) number offriends is 200. That basi-cally means half of the bil-lion odd people onFacebook have less than 200friends. Maybe these are theintroverts. Another half abillion people on Facebookhave more than 200 friends.

There is somethingwrong with this equation. Ifthe world is full of friendsbumping into each other onFacebook, who is fightingthe wars we keep hearingabout on television? I sus-pect it is that half of human-ity which is restricting itselfto only 200 friends. Theyaren’t working hardenough.The definition ofwho we term as a friend haschanged. Everyone is afriend – your colleague,your parents, relatives andeven the odd neighborhoodcat is on everyone’s friendlist. The number of friends

you have on Facebook is thenew status symbol. If youhave anything less than 338friends, you will be respon-sible for ruining the conver-sation. It is like going to aparty of billionaires anddropping a bombshell byannouncing you have ex-actly twenty bucks on you.And no you did not meantwenty billion.

Even a zoo has dif-ferent enclosures for differ-ent animals but notFacebook. Your spouse, cur-rent girlfriend, heartthrob-in-office, neighborhoodhottie and even ex-girl-friend are all clubbed to-gether in one enclosure. It isbound to createcomplications.As my twenty-something colleague pointsout that the spouse will of-ten ask, “Why is your ex al-ways the first one to “like”every photo and comment ofyours? Is he still interestedor is he simply stalking you?Do you still chat with himon the side?”

College life is get-ting complicated. You can-not tell your friends not totext you during class whenthey see you posting selfieseven as the Professor isdishing out generous help-ings of knowledge. Or whenyou hear someone say, “Noshe is not like a friend …you know, she is just aFacebook friend.”

There is this beauti-ful proverb that says, “Thefirst time you share tea withsomeone, you are a stranger.The second time you taketea, you are an honoredguest. The third time youshare a cup of tea, you be-come family.”Until we areable to do that, we have tolive the way people now de-scribe their relationshipstatus these days – “It’scomplicated.”

Chouldari, Police station Humfrigunj,O.P Wimberlygunj ,O.P Ferrargunj,Police Booth HatiTappu, ,O.P Tirur,Tirurjarawa Protection Post , OPRadhanagar ,Rajiv Gandhi Aquacul-ture ,Kodiyaghat ,Police station Neil, Police station Havelock, Nimbutala,Rangat ,OP 19 KM R.K Pur,L/Andaman ,Fire station ,Hut Bay (L/Andaman),EOC Car Nicobar,Teressa – A.E office APWD,Chowra-JE office, APWD, Katchal–A.E office APWD, EOC kamortaand EOC Campbell bay. The sirenshave been installed to alert the gen-eral public during any Disaster whichis blown at high pitch/volume. Thesiren will be blown in the followingmanner during occurrence of the di-saster.

The siren will be tested on

3rd and 18th of every month at 1000Hrs. during the test, the siren will beblown for two successive blast for30 seconds.

Siren of Electronic DisplayBoard installed at police controlRoom, state control Room, Junglighat(Fisheries Dept), Met office, MRCC,JOC, INS Jarawa at Port Blair, Fish-eries Dept. at Rangat, EOC atMayabunder, MRCC at Diglipur,Fisheries Dept. at Hut Bay, EOC atCar Nicobar, and MRCC & EOC atCampbell Bay will also be blown in asimilar manner at 1000 Hrs.

Therefore the general pub-lic is hereby informed not o panicduring the test of siren and requestedto remain calm during test blast ofsiren on the date and time specifiedabove.

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the Secretary Education. In his let-ter the PCC President wrote that PrePrimary teachers and Preprimaryayas of Mayabunder zonehave not been paid their wages/sala-ries since September, 2014 for whichthey are suffering a lot. He has alsostated that many of them are unable

to bear their basic need like food,room rent , electric bill, tuition feesetc and are in a very pathetic condi-tion and requested to look into thematter sympathetically so that thesepoor staff of the AN Administrationget their salary in time and their duesare cleared at an early date.

Pre-Primary Teachers’....

tor Unnati, Shri VadivelanPerumalCoordinator Usha International Ltdand MsSangitaJaiswas inspectorUsha International Ltd andAblaSamaddar Ex-Adhyaksha,

ZillaParishad will address the gath-ering will also distribution of certifi-cates to 40 trainees trained by Unnatiin tailoring activities with the supportof Usha International Ltd.

Workshop by Unnati.....

Mitigation. He further asked the par-ticipants to pay attention to learn thesurvival techniques during the day longtraining programme and further askedto develop a habit of preparedness asa way of life. Other distinguished guestspresent over the inauguration were ShriBedinus, Education Officer, Dr. An-thony, Medical Officer, Shri MaheshKumar, SHO, Shri Bishen Das, FireOfficer and Smti. Mani Mala, Princi-pal, GSSS Lapathy shared their expe-riences and spoke at length on variousaspects of Disasters and Disaster Man-agement at school level.Earlier, ShriGyan Singh, Asst. Director (Log.),DDM welcomed all the participantsand the dignitaries present on the oc-casion before narrating the past inci-dences of school catastrophes whichled into the introduction of an exclu-sive school safety programme by theGovt. of India across the country andin Andaman & Nicobar Islands and re-viewed the National School Safetyprogramme before explaining in detailwith a power point presentation aboutthe project components and its imple-mentation, how to use the fund andmaintenance of accounts and subse-quent submission of utilization certifi-cate. Participant’s doubts were alsoclarified during the session.Shri JanikRam, Liaison Officer, DDM ran apower point presentation on how toprepare School Disaster ManagementPlan in the schools and its significancehighlighted. Further, the resource ex-plained in detail about the EvacuationMap, Risk Map & Facility Map was

explained and participants taught sketchon the charts to have clarity on the vi-tal components of School DisastersManagement Plan.

Dr Anthony, Medical Officer,BJR Hospital was a special resourcefor the First Medical Responder train-ing, various techniques of life savingskills were taught to the participants.ShriJatin Singh Yadav, Sub-Inspector,NDRF who hails from specialized forceto respond all kinds of disasters in In-dia exhibited their skills with great alac-rity beginning from MFR, First Aid,CPR, CSSR and SAR were veryhandy.Shri K. Venket Raman, DistrictProject Coordinators of NSSP ran theirpower point presentation on projectdeliverables like Hazard hunting, Risk& Facilities Map and the most vitalNon-Structural Mitigation.Shri BishenDas, Fire Officer, along with his teamexplained various classes of fire andits extinguishers before exhibiting thedemonstration at the field, the partici-pants were made to have hands on ex-perience with the equipments.ShriBedinus, EO, Car Nicobar, grace thevaledictory session of the programmeand urged teachers have become nowa force to be reckoned with, and theyare ready for this cause as well, thevision of the programme to create aculture of disaster preparedness willdefinitely be realized before distribut-ing the certificates to the participantswho have come from far off places ofCar Nicobar. The programme wasended with the vote of thanks by ShriJanik Ram, Liaison Officer, DDM.

Refresher Training..

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Green tea ingredient mayhelp kill oral cancer cells

A green tea ingredient mayactivate a procedure that killsoral cancer cells, leavinghealthy cells intact, accordingto a recent study.

The study could pavethe way for oral cancer treat-ment and also other forms ofcancer treatments, as perfood scientists from Pennsyl-vania StateUniversity.Previous studiesrevealed that the compoundknown as epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which isfound in green tea, destroyedoral cancer cells and did notharm healthy cells.

The new studyshows that EGCG may acti-vate a process that causescell death.

Joshua Lambert, as-sociate professor of food sci-

ence and co-director of PennState's Center for Plant andMushroom Foods for Healthsaid in a statement, "EGCGis doing something to damagethe mitochondria and that mi-tochondrial damage sets up acycle causing more damageand it spirals out, until the cellundergoes programmed celldeath."It appears that thecompound EGCG leads to theformation of reactive oxygenspecies in cancer cells,which, in turn, damages themitochondria. The mitochon-dria responds by producingmore reactive oxygenspecies.With this continualmitochondrial death, the can-cer cell also decreases theexpression of anti-oxidantgenes, thus lowering its de-fenses.

Hydrogen Sulfide CouldHelp Lower Blood Pressure

Research has indicated thata new compound, calledAP39, which generatesminute quantities of the gashydrogen sulfide inside cells,could be beneficial in casesof high blood pressure anddiseases of the blood vesselsthat occur with ageing anddiabetes.In such conditions,the body’s own levels of hy-drogen sulfide are depleted,thought to be consumed byoxidants in the tissues andblood. Now, in laboratorytests, studies led by Univer-sity of Exeter MedicalSchool, in collaboration withthe Slovak Academy of Sci-ences, found that replenishingthese levels through tinydoses of AP39 yielded signifi-cant benefits.The work, sup-ported by the Slovak Re-search and DevelopmentAgency and published in theNitric Oxide Journal specialedition on hydrogen sulfide,found that administration ofAP39 to animals with highblood pressure significantlylowered heart rate, blood

pressure and blood vesselstiffness.Professor MattWhiteman, of the Universityof Exeter Medical School,who led the study, said: “Thisresearch significantly adds toour growing body of evidencethat hydrogen sulfide couldhold the key to new and ef-fective therapies in humans.We are still at an early stage,but so far the key to successappears to be getting hydro-gen sulfide delivered to theright place inside cells andmimicking the way the bodynaturally produces this gas.The mechanism may bethrough blocking a calciumchannel on the heart thatregulates heartbeat, slowingit down. Clinically used drugswhich also block this chan-nel have similar effects, butmore than 10 fold higherdoses are required.”

The research teamis now investigating the ef-fects of AP39 in other mod-els of heart and blood vesseldisease, such as cardiac ar-rest and heart attacks.

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Have guts, amendConstitution: Mamata dares BJP

KOLKATA: Coming downheavily on forced religiousconversions West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee, ina veiled attack on the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) Friday,challenged it to amend thesecular Indian Constitution.

"Why should some-one force others to convert?Who gave them that responsi-bility? Some people are sayingthis religion is good, that isbad. Don't ride the rickshawpulled by a man of this reli-gion... etc.

"They are controllingpeople; they don't know whenyou are in power you mustpractice good governance first.Good governance doesn'tmean controlling others. Youcan't control anybody's rights.

"Secularism is en-shrined in the Constitution. Ifyou want to do that (control)and if you have the guts thengo and amend the Constitu-tion, change it...," Banerjeesaid at a function here.

The Trinamool Con-

gress (TMC) supremo's com-ments came a day after an FIRwas registered against VishwaHindu Parishad (VHP) chiefPravin Togadia and function-ary Jugal Kishore for hurtingreligious sentiments followingthe alleged conversion of over100 tribals in West Bengal.Banerjee said people are usingmoney to convert people.

"What kind of reli-gious conversions? Forciblysome people are indulging inreligious conversions by giv-ing money.

"Tribal people are ourpride. Why do they have toundergo conversion. They willdecide for themselves," shesaid.

The TMC had allegedthat the VHP conducted a'ghar wapsi ' ceremony atKharmadanga village inRampurhat in the dis trictWednesday during whichnearly 150 Christians were'forcibly' converted.

The VHP refuted thecharges of conversion but

claimed that a Hindu religiousceremony was conducted inwhich over 1 ,000 peoplefrom the village, includingMuslims and Christians tookpart.

On MahatmaGandhi's 67th death anniver-sary Friday, Banerjeestressed on communal har-mony and said there is an at-tempt to foment religious ten-sions in the state.

"The Indian Consti-tution doesn't give the rightto disrespect others. IndianConstitution is a secular con-stitution and tells us to treatreligions equally. "We are no-ticing (some people are) trig-gering a conflict between onereligion and another. Somepeople are trying to inciteviolence and tension amongdifferent religions".

She added: "If some-one thinks that now they arein the chair (in power) andwill throw away others, thenpeople will throw away suchpersons."

Rumours have been vindicated:Arun Jaitley on Jayanthi Natarajan resignation

NEW DELHI: Leading thecharge against the Congress,finance minister Arun Jaitleyon Friday said that on the ba-sis of the former environmentminister's letter that had beenrevealed this morning, issueswhich were so far believedto be rumours, had been vin-dicated now.

READ ALSO: Fulltext of Jayanthi Natarajan'sletter to Sonia Gandhi

"For any governmentwhich administers the coun-try, the prime responsibility re-mains to administer theeconomy of the country,"Jaitley said, reacting toJayanthi Natarajan's explo-

sive letter to Congress chiefSonia Gandhi.

"Permissions weredecided by whims of the partyleaders over legal require-ments. This is crony capital-ism, Arun Jaitley added.

READ ALSO:Jayanthi Natarajan writesexplosive letter to Sonia, quitsCongress

"Among main rea-sons for slow growth duringthe UPA government's term,was delays in granting per-mission to projects. Theyused to get satisfaction bygiving people trouble. Thiswas sadistic economics,:Arun Jaitley said.

"The PM(Manmohan Singh) and theUPA govt were silent spec-tators on environment li-censes being granted. It wasthe party which would de-cide," Arun Jaitley added.

The finance ministersaid the environment ministryshould look into clearancesgranted during UPA regime.

On Friday, contentsof an explosive letter writtenby former environment min-ister Jayanthi Natarajan wererevealed in which she ac-cused Congress vice-presi-dent of interference in the en-vironmental ministry and lefther to take the blame.

Port Blair, Jan 30: TheAndaman Chamber of Com-merce and Industries in asso-ciation with the Departmentof Sports will be organizingthe MMT Andaman Mara-thon on Feb 1, 2015 at PortBlair. The event will com-mence on Feb 1 at 5.30 amfrom National Memorial Cel-lular Jail.

   In this connection,an additional bus services willbe made available fromFerrargunj at 4 am and fromGuptapara at 4.15 am. Theboat services will be available

Special Bus, ferryservice for Andaman Marathon

from Bambooflat jetty at 4.45am for the convenience ofparticipants and general pub-lic.

       Meanwhile,  inview of Andaman Marathon2015 to facilitate the partici-pants of Bambooflat and itsadjoining areas the Director-ate of Shipping Services willbe providing special vehicleferry service on 01.02.2015(Sun) at 0400 Hrs fromBambooflat to Chatham. Theparticipants of the above ar-eas can avail the special ve-hicle ferry service on Feb 1.

five, one litre bottles ofJohnnie Walker Black Level(made in Scotland), five caneof Beer Heineken beer, one for-eign cigarette packets and afew other foreign items werefound from his luggage.

The CID and Immi-gration team immediatelyreached the scanning sitealong with the Dy.S.P (CID)Mr. Subodh Goswami. TheCustoms Superintendent wasrequested show his purse forfurther check as CID team hadinformation that the officer isalso in possession of foreigncurrencies. The team washeaded by Inspector SolomonSamuel. Other members of theteam consist of SI JyothiChatwal, Head ConstableAjay Kumar, ConstableVenkateshwar and anotherstaffs of Bomb DisposalSquad.

Eye witnesses saythat during check 250 Euros,

Customs Officer...50 US dollars and 50 Austra-lian Dollars have been foundfrom the purse of Mr.Majumdar.

The Customs Super-intendent, Mr. SwapanKumar Majumdar was pro-ceeding to Kolkata by Go Airflight but was later arrested.

As accepting foreigngoods and currencies as giftis also a crime for Govern-ment Servants, the CID teammay also register a caseagainst Customs Superinten-dent under Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA).

“General Public isrequested to pass such infor-mation about illegal activitieson the following telephonenumbers 233307, 232586,100, 9434288536 &9434289985. The informerwill be rewarded suitablyand his/her identity will bekept secret,” a police releasesaid here.

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Port Blair, Jan 30: The localunit of Patanjali Yog Samitihere will be organizing regu-lar yoga classes at the DIET,Garacharma premises, free ofcost from Feb 1 to March 2,2015. People above the ageof 5 years have been re-quested to avail this benefit.

Free yoga classes by Patanjali Yog SamitiThe Samiti is also conduct-ing free yoga classes at dif-ferent places in the Islands.Interested people can availthe opportunity and partici-pate in the classes. For moredetails one can contact overph. no.9474270017, a com-munication said.  

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8 31.01.2015 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair

DATE -31 -01-2015

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‘Nathuram Godsewanted rebirth to kill Gandhi again’

RANCHI: Nathuram Godsebelieved in rebirth and wantedto "kill Gandhi again" in hisnext birth. The confession bynone other than the assassinof Gandhi, who made head-lines again after more than sixdecades when a BJP MP de-scribed him as a "patriot" anda Hindu body allegedly per-formed a ceremony in Meerutfor construction of a "templededicated to Godse", was re-vealed by a former CIDsleuth.

Babu Harihar Singh(96) had a tryst with historywhen he became part of thesix-member investigatingteam that quizzed Godse af-ter Gandhi's assassination onJanuary 30, 1948. Singh,who retired as ASP in erst-while Bihar in 1977, is per-haps the only survivor whohad seen both Gandhi andGodse.

However, old age hasnot made Singh's memoryfeeble and he remembered viv-idly what Godse had told theCID sleuths in Mumbai'sArthur Road Jail. "I am aHindu and I believe in rebirth.Since I will be hanged and

will die an untimely death, Imay remain as a spirit till I amreborn. I pray to god that I amreborn with Gandhi so that Ican kill him again," Singhquoted Godse as saying dur-ing interrogation.The investi-gating team comprised twosub-inspectors, one assistantsub-inspector (Singh) and twoconstables and was led by in-spector Manohar Jha who in-terrogated Godse for 45 days."There were CID teams fromdifferent states who campedat the military barrack in Worliand interrogated Godse one byone for 45 days," he said, add-ing, "the idea to call CIDteams from states like Punjab,Madras, Central India agencyand Delhi was to find his linkin different states, and ac-cordingly the CID would workwith police of the respectivestates to establish the case,"said Singh, who stays with hisfamily in Ranchi.

The team went toerstwhile Bombay in the firstweek of March 1948 and re-turned in mid-April. "Godsehad always been cooperativewith the investigators. Faircomplexioned and blessed

with a smart personality, hehad no remorse for his actand was frank enough to ex-press himself," Singh remi-nisced but refused to be judg-mental.

Asked if he tried toknow the reason behindGodse's hatred for MahatmaGandhi, Singh said quotingGodse, "I used to respect himas a saint because he alwaysspoke the truth, which wasnot easy, but he was a failedpolitician."

Singh further ex-plained that Gandhi's pro-mi-nority policies, particularlythe communal riots ofNaokhali (now inBangladesh), irked Godse.The co-conspirator, NarayanApte, was also locked up inthe Arthur Road Jail.

thorities due to the expensivestudy tour. Instead of tellingcouncillors to pay up themoney, we will deduct it fromtheir salaries. The review pro-ceeding will be completedshortly.”

In the tour, councillorsreached Chennai on September1, and on the third, they left forTirupati in Andhra Pradesh,which had no relevance to thetour. On September 5, the groupleft for Havelock Island in theAndamans, which has no civicbody. In the island, the groupvisited several beaches and en-

joyed boat rides. BJP councillorAsha Jaiswal had taken alongher daughter and that of BJP’sMahila Morcha president forthe tour. BJP councilor ArunSood took along four familymembers - his wife, two chil-dren, and a niece. CongresscouncillorSheela Devi was alsoaccompanied by her daughter,while the councillors who hadtaken along their spouses wereSatish Kainth, Gurbax Rawat,Poonam Sharma (all from Con-gress), Gurcharan Das Kala(BJP), MP Kohli and BabuLal(both nominated).

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