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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan. 20: The 128th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be observed on 23.01.2025. Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon'ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice Chairman, Islands Development Agency will pay floral tribute at Netaji Statue, Marina Park on 23rd January, 2025 at 0800 hrs.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan. 20: The schedule of All India Trade Test (AITT) for supplementary candidates has been received from Directorate General of Training (DGT), New Delhi, for Trade Practical and Engineering Drawing subjects of the annual pattern under the Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) for various Engineering and Non-Engineering trades.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan. 19: The 68th (SGFI) National School Track Cycling Championship for U-17 Boy’s and Girl’s is presently being held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Island Cycling Team have won Gold Medal in Track Cycling (Team event) for under 17 years (Girls). Ms. Namita Violet, Ms. I S Bridney, Ms.Britney and Queendaline were the Gold Medalist in the team event. Individual events for Under (19) Boy’s and Girl’s will be played tomorrow.
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Car Nicobar, Jan. 19: The Nicobar District Administration, under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner (Nicobar), Shri Amit Kale, IAS, has launched a transformative cleanliness campaign named ‘Clean Nicobar, Green Nicobar’. The drive, conducted under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), commenced on 15th January and will continue till 25th January, 2025.
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Ograbraj, Jan 19: On the night of 16th January 2025, an alarming incident took place during a night patrolling operation in Port Mout, Brindaban RF - Block-1, Caddlegunj, when a team of forest officials, apprehended individuals engaged in illegal sawing down of a Padauk tree.
During the operation, one of the offenders, identified as Deepak Singh (known as Shilbu) attempted to resist arrest by wielding a machete which resulted in an injury to one of the forest workers. As the situation escalated Shilbu's brother Ghan Shyam Singh (known as Deepu), who was armed with a machete arrived on the scene and verbally threatened the forest officials to kill them and demanded the release of his brother. In the ensuing chaos, the offenders managed to escape under the cover of darkness, taking advantage of the night hours.
Read more: PS Ograbraj Arrests Offenders for Attacking On-Duty Forest Officials