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One injured in roadaccident at Diglipur

Diglipur, Apr 21: An accidentwas reported at R K GramDiglipur today, where a TataAce hit an electric pole. As thepole was in dreadful condition

and after accident it wasfurther damaged. The drivergot minor injuries. Accordingto the driver the steering of thevehicle got locked suddenly,which resulted in the accident.The police is investigating thematter.

DJ VenkateshSheekha News Service

Lady Missing from LillipurPort Blair, Apr 21:  A ladynamely Smt. T. Ogaeshwari,w/o T. Rama Rao (24 yrs),r/o Lillipur, Haddo, PortBlair is missing since April18, 2014. Her descriptiveroll is height – 5 feet 6 inch,

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Shortage of Shipsparalyses Mainland-Island

transportation networkMohammed SajidSheekha News Service

Port Blair, Apr 21: Every yearduring summer vacationsthousands of people visitMainland India. Though agood number of peoplechoose to f ly, there arethousands of others, whohave no other options thantravelling in ships toMainland India.Sadly this is the time, whenevery year most of the shipsof Andaman and NicobarAdministration eitherremain out of service or aresent for Annual Survey,leaving common man in highsea.

At present in almostevery sector there is shortageof ship, forcing public towait for long for theirMainland Journey and evenif there is a sailing, getting

tickets becomes impossibledue to heavy rush. Thequestion is why the ShippingDepartment can’t ensurethat the Annual Surveys aredone much before SummerVacation? Why every yearthere is a shortage of ship inMainland Island sector?

When Contacted Mr.Veraiah, the Deputy Director

of Shipping Services toldAndaman Sheekha thatpresently Annual Survey ofMV Nancowry and MVHarshavardhana is going onand DSS is trying to get thisships back within thismonth. He said that toensure that he Survey workis done in speedy manner the

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Jyotiraditya Scindia spent themost in run-up to second round

of polling in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL: The Modi wave hasforced Congress candidates tosplurge more than a compla-cent BJP in the run-up to thesecond round of polling inMadhya Pradesh. All 10 Con-gress candidates in the fray arefar ahead in poll expenditure,according to calculations byelectoral officers before thesecond phase of polling.

And leading the packis Congress candidate fromGuna, Jyotiraditya Scindia,who is locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Jaibhan SinghPawaiya, who too heads theBJP expenditure list.

Guna seems to be thecostliest of the 10 constituen-cies going to polls with 20%of the total expenditure of Rs471 lakh being made here.Scindia with a poll expenditureof Rs 50.88 lakh till the thirdround of calculation is the high-est-spending candidate.

Scindia's rival JaibhanSingh Pawaiya, who is givingtough competition to the 'ma-haraja', is not far behind. WithRs 36 lakh spent till the thirdround of calculation, Pawaiyahas splurged the most amongall BJP candidates in the fray.

The average expendi-ture by 10 Congress candi-dates is Rs 25 lakh per candi-date, while that of BJP candi-dates is around Rs 21 lakh. A

total of Rs 471 lakh was spentcumulatively by 20 candidateseach from Congress and BJP,till the third round of calcula-tions by EC.

While Guna saw bothcandidates loosening theirpurses to the hilt, least moneywas spent in neighbouringGwalior. Both BJP's NarendraSingh Tomar and Congress'Ashok Singh cumulativelyspent just Rs36 lakh, says theEC report.

Adding zing to thespending spree in Gwalior wasBahujan Samajwadi Party's(BSP) candidate Alok Sharma,who left his BJP and Congresscounterparts far behind bysplurging Rs18 lakh, which isthe maximum spent among allcandidates in the fray fromhere.

Earth Day to be celebrated todayPort Blair, Apr 21:The EarthDay will be celebrated bythe Forest Extension & Pub-licity Division of Directorateof Environment & Forestshere along with the rest ofthe country and the worldtomorrow (Apr 22). Thetheme for this year’s cel-ebration is ‘Green Cities’.

A number ofprogrammes have beenchalked out to mark the oc-casion. As part of this, seed-lings of various plants will bedistributed amongst generalpublic and organizationsfrom Forest Nurseries, freeof cost. Entry to the MiniZoo, Haddo & Chidiyatapu

Biological Parkwill be for thepublic so as tocreate aware-ness amongstthe visitorsabout the im-portance ofwild animalsand flora in pro-tecting our en-vironment andplanet earth.

B e -sides, naturestudy tour for30 students to ChidiyatapuBiological Park and MundaPahad, quiz and elocutioncompetitions on the topic

Inauguration ofcoaching camp

Port Blair, Apr 21: A monthlong coaching camp, to beorganized by Departmentof Sports and A&N StateSports Council in cycling,badminton, table tennis andvolleyball for boys and girlswill commence at NetajiStadium, Sports Complex,Port Blair from April 22,2014.

The Director

Sports, A&N Administra-tion, Shri Lucas Robert willinaugurate the coachingcamp on April 22 at 4 pmat multipurpose hall, NetajiStadium. All the partici-pants have been intimatedto remain present in theirproper playing kit at 3.45pm on April 22 at multipur-pose hall, Netaji Stadium,a communication said.

‘we and clean cities onmother planet earth’ will alsobe organized, a communica-tion said.

Inauguration of New Admin Block atCG District Headquarters No.9, Diglipur

Port Blair, Apr 21: The newAdministrative block ofCoast Guard District Head-quarters No.9 Diglipur wasinaugurated by Air MarshalPK Roy, PVSM, AVSM,VM, VSM, ADC, The Com-mander-in-Chief Andaman& Nicobar Command in thepresence of Inspector Gen-eral VSR Murthy, PTM,TMCommander Coast GuardRegion (A&N) on 21 Apr14. Brig Anil Singh, ChiefEngineer A&N Zone, MrsJyoti Muruthy, PresidentTatrakshika (A & N) andCommandant Arun Singh,Commander, Coast GuardDistrict Headquarters No.9were also present on the oc-casion.

The Admin block ispart of new OTM and Mar-ried accommodation projectat Aerial Bay, Diglipur at acost of Rs.18.44 Crores.

The project consists of AdminBlock, Comstan , MRSC, MIRoom, Canteen cum shop-ping complex, CommunityHall, CG Officers Mess, sail-ors inliving accommodationand Married accommodationfor officers and EP. AirMarshal PK Roy expressedhis deep satisfaction with theinfrastructure developmentof Coast Guard at all stationsspread across the A&N Is-lands. The CINCAN also

appreciated the dedicated ef-forts put in by the Com-mander District Headquar-ters No. 9 and MES authori-ties for transforming the ex-isting area into Excellent De-fence establishment, over-coming all odds, in order toenhance operational capa-bilities of the District Head-quarters. A communiqué re-ceived from CommandantRajeev Sharma, PRO, CoastGuard.

built- thin, face – long, hair– black, complexion – fairand she was wearing greencolor top and brown colourpajama and leather slippersat the time of leaving house.

“Intimation on herwhereabouts may be given

to the nearest Police Stationor Out Post or overtelephone nos. 100, 232100and 232232, ” acommunication from theSuperintendent of Police,South Andaman Districtsaid here today.

Lady Missing... (From page 1)

Director of Shipping Serviceshas gone to Mumbai. He saidthat MV Akbar is out ofservice because of some

technical fault and DSS iswaiting for some spare partsfrom Mainland for the repairof the ship.

Shortage of... (From page 1)

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I am pleased to learnthat the Earth Day 2014is being celebrated in theAndaman and NicobarIslands on 22 April 2014,alongwith the rest of thecountry and the world.The theme this year is“Green Cities”.

The Andamanand Nicobar Administra-tion is organising variousevents and activities togenerate awarenessamong masses keepingin view the three key elements viz. Energy, Green Build-ings and Transportation.

On this occasion, let us rededicate ourselves toprotect our precious, planet, -EARTH- by ConversingEnergy, Constructing Eco Friendly Houses and Reduc-ing Emission of Green House Gases for a better andhealthy living environment with sustainable growth anddevelopment and keep our Islands clean and green.

Sd/-Lt Gen (Retd) A K Singh

Lieutenant GovernorAndaman & Nicobar Islands

MESSAGE

North Bay beach toremain close on WednesdaysPort Blair, Apr 21: This is forthe information of generalpublic/tourists that North BayBeach will remain close on

Wednesdays. No passengerferry/ FRP Boats shall be al-lowed to sail to North BayBeach on Wednesdays. How-

ever, Rajiv Gandhi WaterSports Complex will remainopen for other water sportsactivities.

Coaching camps byDepartment of Sports and SSC

Port Blair, Apr 21: A onemonth coaching camp to beorganised by Department ofSports and A&N State SportsCouncil for Cycling, Badmin-ton, Table Tennis and Volley-ball for Boys and Girls will

commence from 22.04.2014at Netaji Stadium, SportsComplex, Port Blair.

Shri. Lucas Robert,Director Sports will inaugu-rate the coaching camp on 22/04/2014 at 04:00 pm at Multi-

purpose hall, Netaji Stadium,Port Blair. All the participantsare intimated to remainpresent in their proper play-ing kit at 03:45 pm on 22/04/2014 at Multipurpose Hall,Netaji Stadium, Port Blair.

Port Blair, Apt 21: AndamanSai Seva Samiti is a Samaj andNon Profit Organization es-tablished to serve the commu-nity at any level in these A &N Islands. Our organization isto extend its reach in the so-cial sector through its initia-tives under the point to pointSai Seva & Welfare programsfor the society. The associa-tion organized several pro-grams since last 2 years, suchas, free health camps, blood

Free Tuition Classes byAndaman Sai Seva Samiti

donation camps, free distribu-tion of clothes to the needy-people, extending help tohomes for needy children, dis-tribution of school kits to thestudents including uniform anddistribution of ration articlesto the widows etc.

The samiti is nowdecided to organize a FREETUITION CLASSES for10th (Maths Science and En-glish) & 12* Class (Maths,Physics and English) at

Prothrapur (Nemali’s house/Sky Group at Prothrpaur junc-tion) from 01/05/2014 (Thurs-day) for the benefit of thepoor and needy students.

In these context, thestudents are requested toavail the opportunity and en-roll their names in the officeof the Andaman Sai SevaSamiti at Bathu Basthi or con-tact through the followingphone numbers 9933230696/9434266796.

Strike disrupts normal life in KashmirSRINAGAR: Normal life inKashmir valley was disruptedon Monday due to a strikecalled by hardline HurriyatConference leader Syed AliShah Geelani against deten-tion of separatist leaders andyouth campaigning for a boy-cott of Lok Sabha elections.

Schools, colleges,shops and other business es-tablishments remained closedin most parts of the valley

while public transport re-mained off the roads due tothe strike call. However, pri-vate vehicles could be seenplying on the roads in mostparts of Srinagar city, the sum-mer capital of the state. Offi-cials said while life remainedaffected in other parts of thevalley also, some shops wereopen in the interior areas ofsome districts and towns.Geelani has called for a strike

to protest against the deten-tion of separatist leaders bypolice while they were cam-paigning for poll boycott insouth Kashmir which is go-ing to polls on April 24.

The Hurriyat hawkhas asked people to observe'civil curfew' on polling days— Arpil 24 (south Kashmir),April 30 (central Kashmir)and May 7 (north Kashmir)— in the valley.

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EDITORIAL.....English pinglish

I am yet to make my great big for-tune in mutual funds. But meanwhile,i feel i have gained something moreprecious. I have learnt a new lan-guage - Pinglish. It is English chargedwith the speed and immediacy of a'ping', and its principles are simple.Just de-bone speech of all pauses,let consonants collapse into each otherand one sentence morph into thenext. Then, breathe in all the air inthe neighbourhood and belt out anentire paragraph faster than the hu-man ear can catch.You need to prac-tice hard, of course. Rome was notbuilt in a day! Before you can attainthe gold standard of the TV adver-tising superman and say 'Mutualfunds are subject to market risksplease read all scheme related docu-ments carefully before investing',you will need to expand the vital ca-pacity of your lungs, and coach yourtongue to perform a quick trapezebetween lip and palate. But i can as-sure you that it is well worth the ef-fort. In fact, my only regret is that idid not learn this verbal circus actsooner in life.I now realize why mycallow attempts at 'popping the ques-tion' to a succession of lady lovesmisfired uniformly. The mistake imade was that i dawdled; taking mytime in unveiling the secrets of theheart in a fine filigree of prose. Mid-way through this mellifluous oratory,i lost my audience. Elsewhere too,sticking to the conventional speed lim-its of speech has been of little help.It certainly has not helped at the of-fice. For too long have i kept puttingoff asking the boss for a desperatelyneeded hike in pay. Now, Pinglish hasgiven me the confidence to be ableto state my case before acute stagefright sets in. Emboldened by speed,i may even be able to slip in a fewfruity asides on the lines of 'The-kind-of-money-this-office-doles-out-w h o- s a y s - s l a v e - l a b o u r - i s -abolished?'Freed from the tyranny ofthe elaborately structured sentence,we can all go about our lives at afaster clip. If Twitter and sms have

knocked out florid prose and ren-dered long compositions comatose,the ability to say everything in a singlegasp can make arguments shorter,funny stories briefer (and thereforewittier) and condense communica-tions into capsules. It may also lib-erate us from that necessary evil ofevery conference - the key note ad-dress. Chief guests are honourablemen but if you have heard one, youhave pretty much heard them all.Most people in an audience actuallydread the moment when the guestof honour steps up before the miketo share his experiences and 'say afew words'. If they sit through hisspeech, it is only because of whatcomes after - food and drink. So theguest of honour who volunteers tocompress his wisdom into a single,seamless utterance will surely be thetoast of the evening.As a practisingPinglish speaker, i believe the T20style of speech could come in handyin Parliament. From what we sawof the last sessions of our Lok Sabha,the need of Zero Hour is not master-ful marshalling of facts or carefullycrafted argument. MPs need to bequick off the mark and finish speak-ing before the Opposition can reachtheir happy hunting ground - the wellof the House. Since sound travelsfaster than human beings, Pinglishwill help members on the TreasuryBenches to rush through Bills andresume their seats even as a raucousOpposition is girding its loins for thecustomary charge.I also see quickspeech as the liberating anthem ofsociety's marginalized - the meekamong us who are never quite ableto put our views across. So gatherall ye who stand by helplessly as theircontributions to the flow of conver-sations are abruptly cut short, whosepunch lines are preempted, and ring-ing conclusions left unheard. We shallovercome our legion of interjectorsby outpacing them. So, altogethernow: Thank you, mutual funds. Orto put it better - thank you mutualfunds!

LK Advani’s website hackedNEW DELHI: The official websiteof veteran BJP leader LK Advaniwas hacked on Monday, allegedly byPakistani hackers who posted mes-sages of "free-Kashmir" on the por-tal.

The hacker, who called him-self Muhammad Bilal, wrote "Paki-stan Zindabad" messages on the siteand called for an end to militarizedgovernance in Kashmir.

The hacking comes close onthe heels of a claim by Kashmiri sepa-ratist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelanithat BJP's prime ministerial candidateNarendra Modi had sent two emis-

saries to him.Muhammad Bilal, the hacker,

began his message by saying, "GoodMorning Narendra Modi" and wenton to raise the Kashmir issue.

The message posted on thesite terms the freedom of Kashmir asthe goal of those who hacked Advani'swebsite.

Meanwhile, Advani, whowas in Tamil Nadu on Monday cam-paigning for the party in Vellore, wasnot aware of the hacking. None ofhis associates accompanying him orpeople at his residence knew of thedevelopment.

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Heat wave in Odishaleaves five dead

BHUBANESWAR: At leastfive people have died due tosunstroke in Odisha this sum-mer, an official said on Mon-day.

Two people died inthe coastal district of Cuttack,one on March 23 and anotheron April 14, an official of thestate revenue department toldIANS.

The districts ofBoudh, Puri and Sambalpur

have reported one death eachthis month, he said.

While three of thedead were over 65 years old,two were aged 45 and 52 re-spectively, he said.

A heat wave hasbeen sweeping across thestate for the past severalweeks with some places ex-periencing a maximum tem-perature of over 40 degreescelsius.

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PM's scientific adviser questionstiming of Sanjaya Baru's book

NAINITAL: Ascribing politi-cal motive to the memoirs ofSanjaya Baru which claim thatManmohan Singh had littlecontrol over his ministers, hisscientific adviser CNR Raosaid the allegation was "base-less" and an attempt to "dam-age" the Prime Minister'sreputation.

Professor Rao ques-tioned the timing of the booklaunch and said it clearlyshows the political motiveshidden behind the move atelection time.

"The allegation thatManmohan Singh was a weakPrime Minister with little con-trol over his ministers is ab-solutely baseless.The book isan attempt to damage Singh'sreputation for political mile-age," he said speaking at afunction organised here byPAHAR, an academic-culturalorganisation to felicitate himfor his life time achievementsyesterday.Rao also said that In-dia needs to invest in educa-tion and health to be reckonedamong the countries withmaximum contribution to re-search activities."The presentinvestment of 2 per cent ofthe GDP needs to be enhancedand we need to follow themodels of developed countrieswhich allocate around 6 per

cent of the GDP to education,"he said. Answering a questionby a student as to who washis role model, Professor Raonamed Sir Jagadish ChandraBose and said, "Bose shouldhave been the first Indian tobe awarded the Nobel Prize asin 1897, (Guglielmo) Marconisent the first wireless commu-nication over sea.But Bose didit two years ahead of him.There are records to provethis.

"Instead of showingexcitement there was benignignorance. His missing out onthe prestigious award is animportant lesson for India," hesaid, recalling that when Bosewas 80 years old he had ex-pressed concern over Indianot contributing its bit to the

research world. "Now at 80,I share Bose's regret," he said.Speaking at the function, Pro-fessor Rao stressed the needfor investing in youth and saidthe allocation of funds for sci-ence outreach programme foryoung students in remoteplaces are not sufficient.

He said time hascome when industry needs tocome forward to contributefinancially for promotion ofeducation and research.

"I have not receiveda single penny from industryto conduct research in myentire professional career,while in developed countrieslike USA industries havegained out of investing heavilyin the field of research"he said.

Madani backs Modi for not accepting skull capNEW DELHI: Siding withNarendra Modi for not accept-ing skull cap, leading Muslimleader Mahmood Madani hassaid such an act amounts to"politics of symbolism".Madani, however, said theGujarat chief minister shouldtake steps to mend relationswith the community by ensur-ing justice to those affected in2002 riots so that a "relation-ship can be built". "It is all rightfor Modi to not accept a skullcap as even I will not sport atilak. Accepting or wearing

skull cap is politics of symbol-ism and political parties shoulddesist from doing such things.By resorting to this, thepseudo-secular parties merelyshow-off. Instead they shouldlook at solving problems of thecommunity," Madani, who isthe general-secretary of JamiatUlema-e-Hind, said.

Modi had sparked offa controversy after he refusedto accept a skull cap few yearsback. In a recent interview, hesought to justify his act say-ing he does not believe in "poli-

XI State Open Badmintonchampionship-cum-

selection trial on Apr 25-26Port Blair, Apr 21: The XIState Open Badminton Junior(U-17, U-19) and Sub-Junior(U-13, U-15) Championship-cum-Selection trial is sched-uled to be held on April 25-26, 2014 at Multipurpose hallat Netaji Stadium, Port Blair.The entry fee for singles isRs.300/- and doubles is

Rs.500/-. Interested teams/in-dividuals may register theirnames in the office of theState Olympic, Netaji Stadiumby April 24, 2014 along withentry fee. Further details canbe had over telephone num-bers 03192-243001,9933278929 during officehours, a communication said.

Applications invited forDramatic performance for

tourists in Cellular JailPort Blair, Apr 21: The Depart-ment of Art and Culture, A&NAdministration is exploring thepossibility of organizing 20-40minutes’ performance relatedto any episode from the his-tory of Andaman and NicobarIslands for enactment in theNational Memorial Cellular Jailon daily basis by theatregroups. This would be anadded attraction for the tour-ists in the National Memorial.

It would also provide a regu-lar platform to theatre artiststo showcase their talents.

In this context, appli-cations are invited from the in-terested theatre groups of theislands. The last date for re-ceipt of application is 25th April2014. More details can beobtained over phone no.230117, a communica-tion from the Director(Sports) said.

 ‘Kala Kendra’: Conduct of regularcultural evening during weekend

Port Blair, Apr 21: The Depart-ment of Art and Culture, A&NAdministration plans to orga-nize regular cultural eveningsby engaging cultural organiza-tions in various art forms likefolk or classical dance andmusic, theatre etc. It would bean added attraction for thetourists and general public and

would be a regular feature. Inthis regard, proposals are in-vited from local cultural orga-nizations and artists’ fraternityby 30th April 2014. More in-formation in this regard can beobtained over phone no.230117, a communicationfrom the Director (Art & Cul-ture) said.

tics of appeasement".Asked on what steps

should Modi take if he has tobetter his relations with thecommunity, Madani said hehas to first ensure justice to the2002 Gujarat riot victims.

"The onus is on him(Modi) to mend the relations.He has a history of 12 years,which speaks for itself. Butwhat he should do is ensurethat those affected by the 2002communal riots get justice. Ifthat is done, a relationship canbe built," he added.

My SBI Bank Pass book bearing A/C No. 32207989058 is-sued in the name of Miss. Jhuma Bairagi D/o Mr. BiswajitBairagi, R/o R.K. Gram lost at Diglipur Bazar, finder pleasecontact, 9476090438.

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Tamil Nadu model is better thanModi’s Gujarat model, Rahul Gandhi saysRAMANATHAPURAM:Lauding the Tamil Nadumodel as better than theGujarat model, Congressvice-president Rahul Gandhion Monday said he washappy that Congress wasfighting the elections alone inTamil Nadu and hoped theparty would capture power inthe state in 2016.

Addressing a publicmeeting to seek votes for theparty candidate SThirunavukkarasar at coastalRamanathapuram district aday before election campaign-ing comes to an end in thestate, Rahul hit out at BJPprime ministerial candidateNarendra Modi for projectingGujarat as an ideal state.

Rahul heapedpraises on Tamil Nadu's de-velopment. "Tamil Nadu hasshown what Tamil people arecapable of. Modi talks aboutGujarat model. Maybe, heshould come here and take alook at TN model" Rahul said.

Rahul said that thecountry "does not need a gov-ernment that makes Hindusfight Muslims." "You mustensure that a secular govern-ment comes to power at the

Centre," he said."We don't need a

government that spreads ha-tred among people, a govern-ment that makes Hindus fightMuslims. We don't need agovernment that imposesideas from one state to an-other," he said.

Rahul, who gener-ously invoked the name ofCongress stalwart KKamaraj throughout hisspeech, called upon thepeople to vote for the Con-gress in the Lok Sabha elec-tions as Tamil parties are notgoing to form government atthe Centre.

"We are going to givethe people of Tamil Nadu thetype of government they de-

serve," Rahul said to a hugeapplause from the cadres.

"I am proud to seeparty workers charged up andready to fight the electionsunder Congress banner. Nowwe will not have to compro-mise," he said in an apparentreference to coalition com-pulsions the party faced in thepast.

With almost all Con-gress heavyweights, includingUnion finance minister PChidambaram and G KVasan seated on the dais,Rahul declared that the partywould fight not just the par-liamentary elections alone butall future elections and cap-ture power on its own in TamilNadu.

World book & copyright day on April 23Port Blair, Apr 21: TheWorld Book & CopyrightDay will be celebrated atState Library, Port Blairfrom April 23 to 25, 2014.In this connection, a threeday ‘book exhibition’ willbe organized in the ground

floor of the State Libraryfrom April 23 to 25.T he exhib it ion wil l beopened from 11.30 am to7.30 pm to all the libraryusers, students and gen-eral public to regeneratetheir int er es t t owar ds

book and library.T he exhib it ion wil l beinaugurated by Smt. LeelaVa rghese, Depu tyDirect or of Educa t ion(Perl.) on April 23 at 6 pmas the chief gues t , acommunication said.

Mrs. AP JohanammaFrancis passes away

Port Blair, Apr 21: Mrs. AP Johanamma Francis, Retd.Programme Officer, Social Welfare Department, W/o LateAP Francis, Retd. Asst. Secretary, A&N Admn, aged 63years, R/o Anarkali, Port Blair passed away at 8.45 PMtoday. Body of the departed is being shifted to her resi-dence at Coorg Niwas, Anarkali, Port Blair. Later APJohanamma Francis is the maternal aunt of Denis Giles,Editor, Andaman Chronicle.

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