VOL: 03 I ISSUE NO: 59 I REG NO: ANDENG/2011/38184 I 14 MARCH 2014 I FRIDAY I Rs. 2.00 I DAILY I PORT BLAIR I ww.andamansheekha.com

(See page 8)

(See page 8)

Meet the Man, Leading India’s Search for MH370

CINCAN PK Roy to headOperation ‘Search Light’

Port Blair, Mar 13: Air Marshal,P K Roy PVSM, AVSM, VM,VSM, ADC, Commander - in-Chief of Andaman & NicobarCommand has beennominated as Overall Force

Staff CorrespondentSheekha News Service

ANC turns crucial in Missing Jet SearchAndaman Nicobar Command

officially joins searchfor missing Malaysian Jet MH370

Port Blair, Mar 13: TheAndaman and NicobarCommand, the only tri-service joint command,having base in A & N Islands,

has deployed ships andaircrafts to search for themissing Malaysia Airlinesplane.

The Andaman andNicobar Command, whichwas in standby sinceyesterday, today received

‘Go ahead’ from the Ministryof Defence at around 1000 hrs.

“Navy Dornier DO228 launcher from Carnic at1630hr. Search East towardsMalacca Strait withinChennai Flight Information

Staff CorrespondentSheekha News Service

Laukinagar’s new-born baby dies

Billyground, Mar 13: A new-born baby who was declareddead by a Staff Nurse yesterday

but was later found alive, fewminutes before her burial,died early this morning atMayabunder Hospital. She

TrinathSheekha News Service

(See page 2)

2 14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair

New Ancient CrocodileSpecies Discovered, ‘ButtonTooth Crocodile’ Identified

By ‘Sheer Serendipity’

Two fossils found threemonths apart were found to fittogether perfectly to make acomplete skull of a completelynew crocodile species.

The ancient species,K o u m p i o d o n t o s u c h u saprosdokiti, which means the"unexpected button toothedcrocodile," was discovered onthe Isle of Wight, a county lo-cated in the English Channel.The findings, published in theActa Palaeontologica Polonica,describe the new species asmeasuring 2 feet long and liv-ing about 126 million yearsago. “The sheer serendip-ity of this discovery is quite bi-zarre,” Dr. Steve Sweetman,a paleontologist from the Uni-versity of Portsmouth, said ina statement. “Finding the twoparts is in itself remarkable.That they should be foundthree months apart by differ-ent collectors and taken to themuseum where the samemembers of staff were on dutyand therefore able to recall thefirst specimen defies belief!”

The first part of thetiny skull was found by DianeTrevarthen, while on a fossil-hunting holiday with her fam-ily. She later brought the fossilto the museum, Dinosaur Isle,believing it belonged to one ofthe island’s well-known largercrocodiles from the Creta-ceous period.

It was only threemonths later, when two otherfossil hunters found a tinyfragment of a skull, did the staff

from the Dinosaur Isle mu-seum decide to compare thetwo discoveries. The twospecimens, one of the backhalf of the skull and the otherof its snout, fit togetherperfectly.At first, Sweetmanthought the fossils belonged toa crocodile known asBernissartia fagesii.

“I was convinced itwas a Bernissartia skull be-cause of its small size – thefully grown animal was only alittle over 2 feet long from noseto tail – but particularly be-cause of its button-shapedteeth, which are unique amongcrocodyliforms. They wereused to crush mollusc shellsand other invertebrates withtough outer coatings,”Sweetman said.

Sweetman took acloser look at the find and dis-covered the way the boneswere arranged in the ancientreptile’s skull differed from hispreviously held theory. Specifi-cally, the bones of the palateand the inner opening of theairway of the nose were notpositioned the way he ex-pected.

“The location of thehole in the mouth, where theairway from the nose opens,was surrounded by bones atthe very back of the palate,”Sweetman said. “This tells usthat the discovery is not onlya new species but also a newgenus of ancient croc closelyrelated to, but subtly differentto those alive today.”

One more falls victim ofDrunken Driving in city

Port Blair, Mar 13: 28-year-old Tirupati, resident ofBaratang, has become thelatest victim of drunken driv-ing in city. Tirupati was outon Wednesday mid-nightwhen the car he was drivingover speed suddenly lost hiscontrol and hit at Pole andthen building of Relax Bar atNayagoan.

The car was beingdriven by Tirupati, who wasreportedly under the influ-ence of alcohol. Tirupati died

Mohammed SajidSheekha News Service

on the spot before he could betaken to Hospital.

The Right side of thecar was completely damaged.From the condition of the carit is easy understand that thecar was travelling at a veryhigh speed. Sources toldAndaman Sheekha that thecar was moving very fast andthe driver lost control after hit-ting a pole. Andaman isnow where close to learninga lesson. Drinking and drivingseems to have become a habitand the lax laws are not doinganything to help thesituation.Meanwhile in what

can be described as a tragicroad accident, a bike rider isstated to have met with anaccident near Coffee Bagichaat Sippighat today afternoon.According to Police sources,the incident occurred whenShri Shiv Narayan (Shivi),45yrs, s/o Shri RameshChander, r/o Aberdeen Ba-zaar might have lost controlover his bike and collided headon with a telephone pole. Anauto driver shifted the injuredperson to PHC Garacharmaand subsequently referred toGB Pant Hospital where hesuccumbed to his injuries.

RSC Chairperson mourns Shivi’s DeathPort Blair, Mar 13: TheChairperson of RSC, Mr. K.Ganeshan and members ofRegional Sports Council,Port Blair have deeplymourned the sudden demiseof Mr. Shiv Narayan, R/o.

Aberdeen Bazar who losthis life in a tragic road ac-cident on 13/03/2014. Hewas the manager of JadwetSporting Club, Cricket teamand also an active Sportspromoter.

Death MournedPort Blair, Mar 13: Mr. VishalJolly, President of BJP A &N State Unit has deeply

mourned the sad demise ofShiv Narayan (Shivi) on 13-03-2014.

Two Road Accidents shock Port Blairians

Written test postponed Port Blair, Mar 13: Allconcerned have beeninformed that the written testsfixed for selection to the postsof Stenographer (OG), ForestGuards (MeritoriousSportsperson) on March 16,

2014 and Forester on March23, 2014 in the Departmentof Environment & Forests,Andaman and NicobarAdministration has beenpostponed due toAdministrative reasons.

    The next date for thewritten tests for the threeposts will be announced indue course, a communicationfrom the Chief Conservator ofForests/ CRZ&FC said heretoday.

was shifted to Mayabunderfrom Billygrond for bettertreatment. Till now the DHS orthe DC N & M Andaman has

not informed media aboutaction taken against the StaffNurse, who had declared thenew born baby dead.

Laukinagar’s new-born... (From page 1)

14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair 3

Chief of Air Staff WitnessesAnnual Exercise Of ANC

Port Blair, Mar 13: Air ChiefMarshal Arup Raha, PVSM,AVSM, VM, ADC, Chief ofthe Air Staff arrived at PortBlair on 12 Mar 14 for a twoday visit to review the ongo-ing exercise under way atAndaman and Nicobar Com-mand. The Chief of the AirStaff, who is accompanied byMrs Lily Raha, President AirForce Wives Welfare Asso-ciation were given a tradi-tional welcome by Air Mar-shal and Mrs PK Roy on theirarrival at INS Utkrosh.

At Port Blair, theChief of the Air Staff, re-viewed operational and ad-ministrative aspects ofAndaman and Nicobar Com-mand. The review focused onforce structures, infrastruc-ture development and thefunctioning of the operationalscenario of the unique ANC.The unified functioning can becrucial in Operations and Aidto Civil Power, especially intimes of crises and natural di-sasters. The visiting Air Chiefwas briefed on the ecologicalsensitivities as the nation de-velops the infrastructure pro-viding for security.

Air Chief MarshalArup Raha graduated fromthe National Defence Acad-emy, Pune with thePresident’s Gold Medal in1973 and was commissionedin the Flying Branch in Dec1974.

An experiencedfighter pilot, he is a Cat AQualified Flying Instructorand a Fighter Combat Leaderwith nearly 3400 hrs of flyingexperience, mainly on fighteraircraft. He has served asDirecting Staff at two premierinstitutes of the IAF i.e. Fly-ing Instructors School and theTactics and Combat Develop-ment Establishment. He hasfunctioned as an inspector inthe Directorate of Air Staff In-spection in Air Headquarters

and as Staff Officer to theChief of the Air Staff.

He was deputed asthe Military and Air Attache‘in the Embassy of India, Kiev,Ukraine from 1999 to 2001.He has held many operationalassignments such as Com-manding Officer of a MiG-29Squadron, Station Com-mander of Air Force StationBhatinda in Punjab during ‘OPPARAKRAM’, Air OfficerCommanding Air Force Sta-tion Adampur and AdvanceHeadquarters Western AirCommand, Chandimandir. Hehas also served as the DeputyCommandant Air ForceAcademy, Hyderabad andSenior Air Staff Officer atHeadquarters Western AirCommand.

He has the rare dis-tinction of being the Air Of-ficer Commanding-in-Chief oftwo Operational Commandsi.e. Central Air Command andthe Western Air Command.

Before taking over as Chiefof the Air Staff, he held theappointment of Vice Chief ofthe Air Staff. He is currentlythe Commodore Comman-dant of No 47 Squadron.

Air Chief MarshalRaha is an alumnus of De-fence Services Staff Collegeand the National DefenceCollege, Delhi. For his distin-guished service, he has beenawarded Param VishishtSeva Medal, Ati VishishtSeva Medal and Vayu SenaMedal. He was appointed asHonorary Aide-De-Camp(Air) to the Hon’ble Presi-dent of India w.e.f 01 Dec2012.The review of the on-going Command exercise bythe Chief of the Air Staffemphases the importancebeing accorded, as capacitiesand capabilities of the De-fence Forces are shaped forthe challenges through theentire spectrum of opera-tions.

Port Blair, Mar 13: Mr. Har-ris Anselm the State President& all party members ofBahujan Samaj Party, A&NIslands have deeply condoledthe untimely death of Shiv

Death MournedNarayan Wadhwa (Shivi), R/o. Aberdeen Bazaar age 45yrs, S/o. Ramesh Chander,brother of Laxmi Narayan(KUKU) died on 13.03.2014at G.B.PANT Hospital.

Port Blair, Mar 13: Mr. MVinod and all members of As-sociation of Tour Operators(ATO) have deeply mournedthe death of Shiv NarayanWadhwa (Shivi), R/o. Aber-deen Bazaar age 45 yrs, S/o.Ramesh Chander, brother ofLaxmi Narayan (KUKU)died on 13.03.2014 atG.B.PANT Hospital.

ATO mourns Shivi’s death

Port Blair, Mar 13 The pro-cess for first level checking(FLC) of Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs) whichstarted on March 11, 2014 atDBRAIT hall Pahargaon iscontinuing. The FLC for theadditional 250 EVMs broughtfrom Dehradun is being car-

FLC of EVMsnearing completion

ried by the Engineers of theElectronic Corporation of In-dia (ECIL) under strict se-curity measures. The firstlevel checking (FLC) ofElectronic Voting Machines(EVMs) is expected to becompleted tomorrow (Mar14, 2014).

My Sons Birth Certificate issued from DHS Port Blair inthe name of SUMITH KERKETTA s/o SUSEELAKONGADI, DOB 17/06/2011 being NO. 00978 on 27/06/2011 lost at Diglipur bazaar. Finder please call. 9932493418.

LOST

4 14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair

Nilekani resignsas UIDAI chairmanBANGALORE: Infosys co-founderand face of UPA government's flag-ship 'Aadhar' programme, NandanNilekani on Friday resigned as chair-man of Unique Identification Author-ity of India, three days after joiningCongress. Nilekani, who will contestLok Sabha polls from BangaloreSouth, said he has submitted his res-ignation to Prime MinisterManmohan Singh.

"Yes, I have resigned today,"Nilekani told , and added, he has sentin his resignation to Prime Minister.After his exit as CEO of Bangaloreheadquartered Infosys in 2007,Nilekani had taken charge as headof UIDAI, mandated to give a billionIndians an identity card, a mammothexercise that he had been success-fully overseeing. Nilekani formally

took a political plunge on Sunday,when he joined Congress, a day af-ter the party named him as its candi-date from Bangalore South, where heis taking on five-time BJP MPAnanth Kumar in a tough battle.

1Bangalore South has beena hostile terrain for Congress whichhad been tasting defeat since the late1970s, barring in 1989 when formerchief minister late R Gundu Rao hadwon. Weeks before his formal entryinto Congress, Nilekani had begun hiscampaign facing a daunting task toreach out to 20 lakh plus voters. Re-cently, Karnataka BJP had petitionedelectoral authorities against Nilekani,taking exception to his name and pic-ture figuring with Aadhar Card ad-vertisements, when the Model Codeof Conduct is in force.

14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair 5

6 14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair

14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair 7

MOVING EYES.....

Foreign Passenger Cruise “VOYAGER”arrived at Haddo Wharf, Port Blair on her maiden voyage on 13th March 2014.

Foreign Passenger Cruise “VOYAGER”arrived at Haddo Wharf, Port Blair on her maiden voyage on 13th March 2014.

Address: Roy Villa, INS Utkrosh Road, New Pahargaon, Garacharma Post Office- 744105, South Andaman. Ph: 09932082892. andaman.shikha@gmail.com, editor@andamansheekha.com

City Office: Andaman Sheekha, D & K City Building, Ground Floor, RGT Road, Port Blair. A & N Islands.

Edited, Published, Printed and Owned by Shri Sanjib Kumar Roy and Published from Roy Villa, INS Utkrosh Road, New Pahargaon,Garacharma Post Office- 744105,South Andaman, A & N Islands. Printed at Royal Printers, Bargat Line, South Andaman. Editor: Shri Sanjib Kumar Roy.

8 14.03.2014 Rs. 2.00 Andaman Sheekha Daily Port Blair

BJP decides againstmerger with BSR Congress

NEW DELHI: After publicopposition by senior leaderSushma Swaraj, BJP onThursday decided againstmerging BSR Congress withit even as the nomination ofthe par ty leader BSreeramalu for the BellaryLok Sabha seat was ap-proved.

The BJP parliamen-tary board discussed the is-sue at length and disfavouredthe merger of BSR Con-gress, sources said.

Sreeramulu is aclose confidante of theReddy brothers who had toquit BJP after their arrest inthe mining scam.

At the same time,BJP decided to fieldSreeramulu from Bellary inKarnataka.

BJP’s Karnatakaunit president Prahlad Joshi

said the “par liamentaryboard has decided to fieldSreeramulu to contest fromthe Bellary Lok Sabha seaton a BJP ticket.”

Sreeramulu saidthat he has been conveyedby the BJP leadership abouthis ticket and said his partywas ready for a merger.

BSR Congress hasbeen keen on merging withBJP but Swaraj had lastweek publicly articulatedher opposition to the entryof Sreeramalu and Reddybrothers into the party-fold.

She had also writ-ten to party chief RajnathSingh, saying such ‘tainted’leaders should not be al-lowed to be associated withthe party.

“BJP parliamentaryboard has decided againstthe merger of BSR Con-

gress. But it has allowedsome of its leaders to jointhe BJP-fold. However,each leader ’s credentialswill be screened and onlysuch people will be allowedto join the party who arenot tainted, have no casesand have a good public im-age,” a senior BJP leadersaid.

BJP is ready to givesome more seats to leaderscoming from BSR Con-gress.

Former Karnatakachief minister B SYeddyurappa, who recentlyreturned to the party foldafter he had to quit the postin the wake of corruptioncharges, is likely to bag aticket for his confidante GS Basavaraj from Tumkurseat . Basava raj is thesitting MP from Tumkur.

NEW DELHI: CBI on Thursdaycarried out searches at 15 loca-tions across the country, includ-ing offices of National Spot Ex-change Limited in Mumbai, in acase of alleged irregularities ininvestments by state-run tradingcompany PEC causing a loss ofRs 120 crore.

The searches were car-ried out after the agency regis-tered a case of alleged criminalconspiracy to cheat a public sec-tor unit (PEC) in the matter offloating fraudulent paired con-tracts for trading of agro com-modity on the platform of NSEL,without actually undertakingany genuine trade.

CBI alleged thiscaused a loss to the governmentto the tune of Rs 120 cr (approx).

The agency has regis-tered a case of criminal con-spiracy, cheating forgery andrelevant sections of Preventionof Corruption Act.

They said searchesstarted this morning at 15 loca-tions which included four in

Mumbai, two in Karnal and ninein Delhi.

The searched loca-tions included residential pre-mises of five PEC officials, twoof NSEL officials and one of pri-vate persons.

Seven offices of NSELand six offices of counterpart inPEC transactions are beingsearched as part of the opera-tion, they said.

About Rs 343 crore ofstate-owned trading firmsMMTC and PEC is stuck withthe crisis-ridden National SpotExchange which has to settlenearly Rs 5,400 crore with 148entities including many broker-age firms.

NSEL promoted byJignesh Shah-headed FinancialTechnologies India Ltd ( FTIL),was hit by crisis after it sus-pended trade on July 31 last yearfollowing a government direc-tive, raising concerns about pos-sible default of Rs 5,600 croredue to about 13,000 investors,including 7,000 small ones.

CBI carries out searchesat NSEl office, 15 locations

Commander of Indian Forcesincluding from Mainland forthe search operation of themissing Malaysian Jet.

Meanwhile thesearch mission for theMalaysian Aircraft has beengiven Code named“Operation Search Light”.One Dornier 228 of IndianNavy positioned at CarNicobar from Port Blair.“Awaiting clearance fromFlight Information Centre,Chennai. One AF C-130Jpositioned at Kalaikonda andone en-route to Port Blair. OneNavy P8I Maritime aircraft isalso en-route to Port Blairfrom mainland. Ships fromEastern Naval Command onstandby. Operations incoordination withMalaysian Armed Forces,”Col Harmit Singh the PRO ofANC said here today. Atrained helicopter pilot, AirMarshal Roy has 4,500 hoursof flying experience and isalso a qualified flying

instructor. He has held anumber of high rankingpositions, including as thecommander of the air forcestation in New Delhi, and thecommandant of the NationalDefence College, also in theIndian capital. He has alsoserved as the military and airattaché at the IndianEmbassy in Ukraine between2002 to 2005.

Air Marshal Royhas been awarded a numberof medals for distinguishedservice, including the VayuSena, Vishist Seva and AtiVishist Seva Medal.

He will coordinateIndia’s search as it joins 10other nations, including theU.S. and China, in the huntfor MH370 after it vanishedfrom the sky early Saturday.Earlier this week, India hadoffered Malaysia all possibleassistance in looking for theaircraft carrying 277passengers, including fiveIndians, and 12 crew.

Meet the Man... (From page 1)

Region (FIR). Will search inKuala Lumpur FlightInformation Region onreceipt of permission. P81 andC130J likely to arrive PortBlair 1730 and 2000hrrespectively,” Col. HarmeetSingh, the Public RelationsOfficer of Andaman NicobarCommand told ‘AndamanSheekha’ today. T h e

Malaysian Airlines Boeing777, MH370, with 239 peopleon board, vanished from airtraffic control screensmidway between Malaysia’seast coast and Vietnam on lastSaturday.

Dozens of countrieshave already joined hand inthe multinational searchoperation.

ANC turns... (From page 1)

Selection by Sports Authority of IndiaPort Blair, Mar 13: The SportsAuthority of India has beenrunning a number of SportsTraining Centres in differentdisciplines to groom theselected sportspersonsthrough selection trialconducted by SAI experts/coaches for exposing them inthe better arena of sports.    With this view, likeyesteryears, SAI is going toorganize the selection trial inthe discipline of cycling,football, kayaking & canoeingand rowing this year too. Theselection trial for thementioned disciplines will beheld at Netaji Stadium herefrom Mar 25 to 27, 2014 from10 am to 5 pm. The age groupof the selection trial has beenfixed from 13 yrs to 16 yrs.  For

RSC Cup final tournament on Mar 16Port Blair, Mar 13: The finalof RSC Cup Crickettournament scheduled to beheld tomorrow (Mar 14)

more details, the interestedsportspersons can contact SAIOffice at Netaji Stadium on allworking days from 10 am to 3pm. They will have to submittheir age proof/birthcertificate issued by theMunicipality, Panchayat etcand also the sportsparticipation certificate if any.The candidate thus qualify forage verification test, shouldundergo medical tests to betaken by the Doctors.   The sportsperson whocleared the medical test willbe undergoing a generalphysical fitness test followedby a specific sports test. Thefinal selection of thecandidate will be done by aCommittee constituted bySAI.  The Sports Authority of

India will provide variousfacilities to the selectedsportsperson during their stayat SAG hostel.   The facilities to be providedincludes free board andlodging @ Rs.57,750/- perannum (330 days), sports kits@ Rs.4000/- per annum, freeeducational, medical facilitiesand insurance @ Rs.2100/-per session, competitionexposure on as and whenrequired basis @ Rs.3000/-per session, free sportsequipments required fortraining, cash award by A&NAdministration/Govt. ofIndia for winning medals inNat ional/Internat ionalcompetitions, acommunication from theDeputy Director (SAI) said. 

between Nisa XI andNavjeevan Sporting Clubhas been postponed andwill now be held at Netaji

Stadium on March 16 at 9am, the Secretary of RegionalSports Council informedtoday. 

Prativa Utsav by Eastern Zone Culture CentrePort Blair, Mar 13: TheEastern Zone Culture Centre,GoI, Kolkata is going toorganize Prativa Utsav onMar 30, 2014. In this regard,the Department of Art andCulture has been requested toselect two young talentedartists (State or NationalScholarship Awardee) fromA&N Islands in the field of

folk/classical dance/songsto perform at Kolkata. Eachartist is allowed for amaximum 6 no. ofaccompanied for liveperformance. The selected artist shall beentitled for to & fro travellingexpenses in bunk class shipfare, journey DA @ 200/- perhead per day and

remuneration @ 6000/- forone day performance.  Interested artist (State orNational ScholarshipAwardee) may apply to theDirector, Art and Culturewith their bio-data before Mar18, 2014. More informationcan be obtained over ph.no.230117, a press releasesaid.