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New Delhi, Dec 16The nation celebrated VijayDiwas today tocommemorate India'svictory over Pakistan in1971 war. Rich tributeswere paid to the martyrswho laid down their livesduring the war.Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi said, hesalutes the courage andvalour of Indian soldiers.In a tweet today, Shri Modisaid, the history created byIndian Army on this day in1971 will always beengraved in the goldenwords.Defence Minister ShriRajnath Singh said, India is

PM remembers brave soldiers who foughtin 1971, on the occasion of Vijay Diwas

proud of the Armed Forceswho have defended thecountry in every situation.

In his message, Shri Singhsaid the nation salutes theindomitable courage and

valour of India's armedforces.

New Delhi, Dec 16Finance Minister, SmtiNirmala Sitharaman startedpre-budget consultationswith different stakeholdergroups in connection withthe forthcoming GeneralBudget 2020-21 in NewDelhi today. Her firstmeeting was with thestakeholder groups fromDigital Economy, Fintechand Start-ups. FinanceMinistry said that the mainareas of discussion duringthe meeting included dataissues such as use of BigData Technology for Smalland Medium Enterprises

Finance Minister holds Pre-Budgetconsultations with stakeholders

sector and unleashing thepower of Big Data forPublic Governance. Otherissues included digitalinfrastructure and role ofgovernment, regulation ofdigital economy especiallyin privacy, financial

regulation, infrastructuregaps for digital India, andtaxation issues. The representatives ofDigital Economy, Fintechand Start-ups also sharedtheir views and suggestionsregarding Big Data, fiscal

incentives for datalocalisation, and incentivesfor pushing digitalpenetration in rural areas,among other issues. Manyspeakers suggested givingtax sops to Start-Ups andnurture them in the country.

Coast Guard conducts Regional LevelMarine Oil Spill Response Exercise

Port Blair, Dec 16The Indian Coast Guardalongwith all stake holdersconducted Regional LevelPollution ResponseExercise off Port Blair today.The preparedness of allagencies, during the drill,was witnessed by the ChiefSecretary, A&N

Administration, Shri ChetanB. Sanghi, alongwithInspector General MVPathak, TM, Commander,Coast Guard Region (A&N).The dignitaries alongwithrepresentatives of otherstakeholder agencieswitnessed the exercise on-board ICGS Vishwast. The

mock drill was undertakenby Indian Coast Guard inconjunction with stakeholders which included theA&N Administration,Pollution ControlCommittee (A&N), PMB,PBMC, DSS, IOC, DMA,Tourism, MMD andFisheries Departments.

The mock drill was a fullscale exercise for evaluatingthe capabilities andresponse mechanism of allstake holders andaugmenting regional levelemergency preparednesswith regard to risk factorsassociated with marine oil

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Suspension of IndraPal Singh revoked

Port Blair, Dec 16The State President, BJP,A&N Islands, Shri. VishalJolly has revoked thesuspension of Shri. IndraPal Singh, ex-State Vice-President BJYM &Councillor of Ward No. 07,Port Blair MunicipalCouncil. Shri. I.P. Singh hasbeen reinstated as PrimaryMember of Bharatiya Janata Port Blair, Dec 16

The three-day trainingprogramme on CapacityBuilding on SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs)organized by the PlanningDepartment of A&NAdministration inassociation with the

National StatisticalSystems TrainingAcademy (NSSTA),Ministry of Statistics andProgramme Implementation(MOSPI), Greater Noidagot underway with itsinauguration by thePrincipal Secretary

(Planning), A&NAdministration, Shri VikramDev Dutt, as the chiefguest in the seminar hall ofDBRAIT, Dollygunj herethis morning. The inauguralprogramme was attendedamong others by thePrincipal Secretary

(Health), Shri K.R. Meena,Secretary (Planning), Smti.Anjali Sehrawat, DirectorGeneral (Social Statistics),MOSPI, Shri Asit KumarSadhu, Director, NSSTA,Shri Vikash Kumar Dubey,senior officers of the

Capacity building prog. on SDGs gets underway

Port Blair, Dec 16An Agreement has beensigned between ElectricityDepartment, A&NAdministration and EnergyEfficiency Services Limited(EESL), a 100%government owned (a jointventure of state-ownedNTPC Limited, PFC, RECand POWERGRID) today,for Supply, Installation,Commissioning and O&Mof 76,000 Smart Meters inA&N Islands. These smartmeters will replace oldconventional electro-mechanical & digitalmeters. The project shall beimplemented utilizing the

funds available underDDUGJY & IPDS Schemeand remaining through UT

budget.The Smart MeteringProject may enable

Port Blair, Dec 16 The Carmel SeniorSecondary School isorganizing a two-day stateof the art exhibition titled'Wizard Vista ToChildeavour' in the schoolpremises. The Member ofParliament, A&N Islands,Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharmainaugurated the exhibitionas chief guest this morning.He also took around and

saw the exhibits. Earlier, thePrincipal, Sr. Hazel

MP inaugurates exhibition at Carmel School

welcomed the Member ofParliament.

Port Blair, Dec 16Abiding by its

resolve to weed outcorruption from theseIslands, the Anti-Corruption Unit during thecourse of investigationarrested Dr. Julian, the thenMedical Officer Incharge ofPHC Long Island on 16/12/2019 for misappropriatingan amount of Rs. 2,88,550/-from the Bank accountbeing operated in the nameof Rogi Kalyan Samiti,Long Island.On receipt of report from

A&N Administrationregarding irregularities infunds of Rogi KalyanSamiti of PHC Long Islandby the then Medical Officer(i/c), a Preliminary Enquirywas conducted by theAnti-Corruption Unit.During preliminary enquiryby the Anti-CorruptionUnit, it was found that thefunds released under theRogi Kalyan Samiti of PHCLong Island werewithdrawn by Dr. Julian inhis own signature rather

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Secretary (Sports), GoI, MYAS on visit to A&N Islands

Port Blair, Dec 16The Secretary (Sports), GoI, Minister of Youth Affairs& Sports, Shri. R. S. Julaniya arrived here today onan official visit to A&N Islands. Soon after arrival, hevisited the Cycling Velodrome at Netaji Stadium SportsComplex along with the Secretary (Sports), A&NAdministration, Smt. Kriti Garg and the DirectorSports, Shri. Kamlesh Kumar. During inspection ofthe velodrome, the International cyclist Ms. B. Neeta& Ms Deborah explained about the defects and alsorequested for roof over the track area, so that thetraining & competition during rainy season will notbe hampered. After inspection and inputs received fromthe Sportspersons & Coaches, the Secretary (Sports),GoI, MYAS immediately spoke with the officials ofCycling Federation of India over phone asking for (Contd. on last page)

Port Blair, Dec 16The A&N Ex-ServicemenLeague paid homage to theMartyrs who laid downtheir lives, on the occasionof Vijay Diwas. A wreathwas laid at the Martyrs’Column at Marina Park by

its Patron Colonel. K VCherian (Retd.) in thepresence of the membersof the League andSecretary, RSB Colonel DGodara (Retd.), acommunication receivedhere said.

Homage paid to Martyrson Vijay Diwas

Installation of Smart Meters in IslandsElectricity Department signs

agreement with EESLElectricity Department toreduce its commerciallosses as envisaged by Govt.of India. This smartmetering project will bringaround a paradigm shiftfrom manual meter readingsystem to automated meterreading system byreducing the humaninterventions in meterreading system. This willenable the consumers tomonitor their usage andwill also facilitate onlinepayment of energy bills, acommunication from theSuperintending Engineer,Electricity Deptt aid heretoday.

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deputing its experts to Port Blair & Car Nicobar inconnection with renovation of the existing velodrome,at Port Blair and also for construction of a velodromeat Car Nicobar. An interaction session with the eminentsportspersons and Coaches was also arranged in thevelodrome complex. During the interaction session,the International Sportspersons of A&N Islands, Shri.Johny Romal, Miss. Deborah, Miss B. Neeta, MissNikita, Smti. Sandhya Kispotta, Smti. Bisnoy, Shri.Venkat, Miss Saniya Subash, & Shri U Bharti,trainees of SAI Centre Port Blair, Coaches and otherOfficials of Deptt. of Sports, Education & SAI werealso present. On getting inputs from the Coaches andtrainees, the Secretary, Sports, GoI, MYAS informedthat the Ministry is keen to

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Line Departments urged to takeeffective ownership of SDGs & drive

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INTER ISLAND SECTORMV Chowra will sail for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay on 20.12.2019 (Fri)at 0630 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 21.12.2019(Sat) at 1200 Hrs directly from Car Nicobar. Passenger tickets for theabove sailing will be issued to the general public from 18.12.2019(Wed) from 1000 Hrs onwards at STARS Ticketing Counter & CSC's.Similarly, booking of cargo will commence from 18.12.2019 (Wed)onwards between 0900 Hrs to 1200 Hrs at Commercial Wing.MV Coral Queen will sail for Campbell Bay via Hut Bay & Nancowryon 21.12.2019 (Sat) at 1400 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail forPort Blair on 23.12.2019 (Mon) at 0900 Hrs from Campbell Bay viaNancowry. Passenger tickets for the above sailing will be issued to thegeneral public from 18.12.2019 (Wed) from 1000 Hrs onwards at STARSTicketing Counter & CSC's. Similarly, booking of cargo will commencefrom 18.12.2019 (Wed) onwards between 0900 Hrs to 1200 Hrs atCommercial Wing.LITTLE ANDAMANMV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at 1000 Hrsfrom Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 2100Hrs from Hut Bay.MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at 1000Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at2100 Hrs from Hut Bay.MV Campbell Bay will sail for Hut Bay on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at 1000Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at2100 Hrs from Hut Bay.Note : Passenger tickets for the Little Andaman vessels scheduled on18th & 19th December 2019 will be issued to the general public from17.12.2019 (Tue ) from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARS Ticketing Counter& CSC's.MV Campbell Bay will sail for Hut Bay on 20.12.2019 (Fri) at 1000Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at2100 Hrs from Hut Bay. Passenger tickets for the above sailing will beissued to the general public from 18.12.2019 (Wed) from 0900 Hrsonwards at STARS Ticketing Counter & CSC's.MAYABUNDER & DIGLIPURMV Chowra will sail for Diglipur via Mayabunder on 22.12.2019 (Sun)at 1700 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 23.12.2019(Mon) at 1300 Hrs from Diglipur via same route. Passenger tickets forthe above sailing will be issued to the general public from 19.12.2019(Thus) from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARS Ticketing Counter & CSC's.17.12.2019 (TUESDAY)SWARAJ DWEEP & SHAHEED DWEEPMV North Passage will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at0620 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 0900 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at0900 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1130 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Shaheed Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at0630 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 0845 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Shaheed Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at1100 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1600 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at 1300Hrs from Shaheed Dweep Jetty and will sail back to Shaheed Dweepon the same day at 1430 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV North Passage will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at1400 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1630 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at1800 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on18.12.2019 (Wed) at 0500 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.BARATANGMV Rani Changa will sail for Baratang on 17.12.2019 (Tue) at 0530Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same dayat 1500 Hrs from Baratang via Swaraj Dweep.18.12.2019 (WEDNESDAY)SWARAJ DWEEP & SHAHEED DWEEPMV Bambooka will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at0620 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 0900 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at0900 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1130 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV North Passage will sail for Shaheed Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed)at 0630 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 0845 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep.MV North Passage will sail for Shaheed Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed)at 1100 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1600 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep.MV North Passage will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at1300 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep Jetty and will sail back to ShaheedDweep on the same day at 1430 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at1400 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1630 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at1800 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on19.12.2019 (Thus) at 0500 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.BARATANGMV Wandoor will sail for Baratang on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at 0530 Hrsfrom Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at1500 Hrs from Baratang via Swaraj Dweep.RANGATMV Rani Changa will sail for Rangat via Shaheed Dweep, SwarajDweep, Strait Island, and Long Island on 18.12.2019 (Wed) at 0615Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on 19.12.2019(Thus) at 0615 Hrs from Rangat via same route.19.12.2019 (THURSDAY)SWARAJ DWEEP & SHAHEED DWEEPMV North Passage will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at0620 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 0900 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at0900 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1130 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Shaheed Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at0630 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 0845 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Shaheed Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at1100 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1600 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep.MV Bambooka will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at1300 Hrs from Shaheed Dweep Jetty and will sail back to ShaheedDweep on the same day at 1430 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV North Passage will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at1400 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on thesame day at 1630 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.MV Rani Lakshmi will sail for Swaraj Dweep on 19.12.2019 (Thus) at1800 Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on20.12.2019 (Fri) at 0500 Hrs from Swaraj Dweep.

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Hyderabad, Dec 16Three days before IPL 2020auctions, the Indian PremiereLeague tweeted names of six‘top draw’ cricketers who canstart a bidding war. Eightfranchises – Mumbai Indians,Chenna i Super Kings,Rajasthan Royals, RoyalChal lengers Bangalore,Ko lkata Knight R iders,Sunrisers Hyderabad, KingsXI Punjab and Delhi Capitals– will look plug the gaps in

2 Indians among IPL’s ‘top draws’ forauctions in December 19

their squad in the IPL 2020auctions set to take place inKolkata in December 19. IPLchose four overseascricketers – Chris Lynn, DaleSteyn, Sam Curran, KesrickWil l iams and two Indiancricketers – Yusuf Pathan andPiyush Chawla in its ‘topdraws’ bracket for the IPLauct ions. Al l these s ixcricketers were released bytheir respective franchisesahead of the auctions. Chris

Lynn, who had been one ofthe mainstays in the KolkataKnight Riders batting line-upfor the last few seasonsbefore being released thisyear, has kept his base pricein the highest bracket of INR2 crore. South Africa’s DaleSteyn, who was picked up asa replacement by RoyalChallengers Bangalore in lastIPL, is the other cricketer in 2crore bracket kept in the topdraws.

Administration, faculty members of NSSTA and HoDs of Line Departments. In his inaugural address, the Principal Secretary said, Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) cut across a wide variety of social, cultural contexts, economicdimensions and geographical divisions and the key to interconnectedness amongthese multiple dimensions, is the key to improving human welfare. The SDGs whichare now part of the national development agenda have been brought to the centrestage by the NITI Aayog, he said, adding that a mega conclave was held in the monthof August, 2019, which was participated by the Secretaries of the Planning Departmentof various States/ UTs in the country, during which the State Indicator Framework(SIF) and its contour were spelt. He also informed about the plan for ranking of the Districts on those StateIndicators and opined that it can be achieved with the help of MOSPI, as an effectiveguide and mentor, so as to complete the process of finalizing SIF and disintegrate thedata at the Block and District level for replication of the entire set of SustainableDevelopment Goal indices at the District level. He further informed that the UNDP in 2017-18 has conducted a scoping study ofthe possibilities which the A&N Islands has and had prepared a roadmap of SDGs forthe Islands. The findings of the study indicated that the schemes and programmes ofthe Centre and the UT initiatives, which are already in place in the Islands are goodbases and will be a spring broad for achieving the sustainable goals. He also statedthat the Base Line Index released by the NITI Aayog shows that the A&N Islandsrank among the best in UTs and some States in some of the goals which includegender equality. However, he said, there are certain inherent impediments, logisticalconstraints which are unique to our geographical location and we have a lot to do.Urging all the Line Departments to take effective ownership of the SDGs and drivethem forward, the Principal Secretary stressed on the need for keeping the capacitybuilding programme a continuous process, so as to achieve the SDG visions, muchahead of the target set. In his key note address, the Director General (Social Statistics), MOSPI, Shri AsitKumar Sadhu said, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as theGlobal Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universalcall to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace andprosperity by 2030. He said, the sustainable goals set by the UTs and States shouldbe a realistic one and should be achievable. He also elucidated the real life examplesof sustainable goal setting and how to achieve the target using the indicators. Hesaid, the targets and indicators for each State/UT would differ depending upon thegoals set. Earlier, welcoming the gathering, the Secretary (Planning), Smti. Anjail Sehrawatsaid, a total of 17 goals have been set as SDGs including quality education, cleanwater & sanitation, climate action etc. with each goal pre-defining the target formonitoring its realization. She further said that there are a total of 169 targets spanningacross these 17 SDGs and each target further quantified by indicators to measure theprogress towards realizing them. The A&N Administration is working in line to realizethese SDGs and in this spree, a 15 years vision document has been prepared alongwith 7 years strategy from 2017-24 besides 3 years action plan from 2017-20 which hasbeen approved by the State Planning Board, to achieve the targets, the Secretarysaid. A sensitization session on SDGs was presented by the Director, NSSTA duringwhich he briefed the participants about the understan ding on global framework,process of arriving at global framework, broad structures of goal/target and indicatorsand its special features like different tier system besides State Indicator Framework,District/Block Level, and importance of capturing data. This was followed by technicalsessions in which faculty from NSSTA imparted trainings.

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spill.Two Offshore PatrolVessels (OPV), two FastPatrol Vessels (FPVs), fourInterceptor Boats (IB), oneDornier Fixed Wing Aircraftand one Helicopter ofIndian Coast Guard alongwith PMB tug participatedin various manoeuvres todisplay pollution responseconfigurations as part ofexercise.The exercise commencedwith a demonstration ofinner harbour containmentby the deployment of riverboom by Indian CoastGuard Interceptor Boatsunder the supervision ofPollution Response Team(A&N). The operation ofSeavac heli-skimmer wasalso demonstrated as partof the exercise. The outerharbour sea oil spillcontainment/recovery wastested and demonstrated byIndian Coast Guard shipsand aircraft by using oceanbooms, skimmers and oilspill dispersants. Theextraction of oil usingskimmers and storage byDracon barges were alsodemonstrated during theexercise.Another vital componentwhich was exercised was

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the beach cleaning effort in coordination with the civilAdministration. As part of the event, a mock drill for shoreclean-up was conducted at Corbyn's cove beach by thePCC with support from Coast Guard Air Enclave, PortBlair and various stake holders including PBMC, Forest& Health Services Departments. The participation and cooperation provided by all stakeholders towards the conduct of the drill, is indicative ofIndian Coast Guard's resolve to combat pollution at seafor protecting the flora and fauna of A&N Islands.Indian Coast Guard is responsible for marine environmentprotection in the maritime zones of India and is the CentralCoordinating Authority for response to oil spills in Indianwaters. The mock drill successfully validated andreinforced response mechanism for Oil Pollution incidentsand enabled Indian Coast Guard to fine tune the actionsrequired in such eventualities by improving coordinationand communication with different agencies.Representatives from electronic and print media alsowitnessed the exercise, a communication received fromPRO Coast Guard said.

Port Blair, Dec 16 Acting on reliableinformation regardingselling of elephant tusknear Delanipur area in alucrative price by a personnamely K.G. Yohannanyesterday, a Police teamcomprising of SI GauravBanerjee, SHO PS Chathamand others nabbed oneperson namely K.G.Yohannan, 59, Pvt. workerR/o Delanipur near Airteloffice and seized 2 elephanttusk total weighing of15.520 Kgs in a plastic bag(01 no. elephant tusk oflength 80 cm, weighingabout 7.810 Kgs andanother 01 no. elephant

tusk of length 73 cm,weighing about 7.710 Kgs)from his possession. Thesaid person was detainedU/s 50/51 WildlifeProtection Act 1972 on thespot and he was broughtto Police Station Chatham.The seized Elephant tuskalongwith the detainedperson has been handedover to Forest official for

Police seize elephant tusk; casehanded over to Forest Deptt

further course of legalaction. The entire operation wascarried out under thesupervision of Shri AjayRai DySP(SA) and overallsupervision of Shri .Manoj C, IPS,Superintendent of Police,South Andaman District,a communication fromSPSA said.

Minister of State for Defence, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Army Chief General BipinRawat, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Navy Chief AdmiralKarambir Singh paid tributes at National War Memorial on the occasion of VijayDiwas. On this day in 1971, the chief of the Pakistani forces, General Amir Abdullah KhanNiazi, along with 93 thousand troops, had surrendered unconditionally to the alliedforces consisting of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini led by Lieutenant General JagjitSingh Aurora in Dhaka after their defeat in the Liberation war. The end of 14 day warresulted in subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh. Today for thefirst time, Vijay Divas was celebrated at the National War Memorial.

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than presenting the matter before the Governing Body of the Samiti. However thefunds were withdrawn from the bank in single signature of Member Secretary (Dr.Julian, the then Medical Officer, I/c of PHC Long Island) deliberately. It had transpiredthat he misappropriated the funds allotted to Rogi Kayan Samiti from Bank accountthrough cheque book duly signed by him bearing his seal on 16 different occasionsbetween February 2017 and September 2017 and cheated the Administration for hispersonal benefits and no purchasing of articles was done in the year 2017-18. Thewhole matter came to light when the funds were checked after opening the quotationfor purchase of desktop & printer under Rogi Kayan Samiti and it was found thatthere was only Rs. 10,000/- left in the account whereas no fund was withdrawn duringthe period for purchase of any items for PHC Long Island.Based upon the enquiry by the Anti-Corruption Unit, FIR under relevant sections ofPrevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the Indian Penal code was registered at PSAnti-Corruption against the doctor and the case was thoroughly investigated. TheAnti-Corruption Unit has conducted detailed investigation and collected evidencein time bound manner and on 16/12/2019 the accused Dr. Julian, the then MedicalOfficer Incharge of PHC Long Island has been arrested at Police Station, AntiCorruption after observing all codal formalities and he will be produced before theCourt on 17/12/2018.The general public have been requested to give information about corrupt activitiesof any public servant to Shri. Jatin Narwal, Sr. Superintendent of Police, Anti-CorruptionUnit on his mobile No. 9531856175, 240840(O), Shri. Jai Kishan, Dy.SP(AC) Mob. No.9531856152 and Shri. K Joju, Inspector, SHO, PS/AC Mob. No. 9474233934, 244698(O),a communication from the SSP said.

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Wellington, Dec 16Sarpreet Singh replacedPhilippe Coutinho duringBayern Munich’s 6-1demolition of Werder Bremenin their Bundesliga match onSaturday, becoming the firstplayer of Indian descent to playin the top tier of German football.Sarpreet, a 20-year-oldattacking midfielder, had signedfor German giants BayernMunich before the start of thisseason. He finally made hisfirst-team debut on Saturday,coming on for the final eightminutes of the match.The 5’7” playmaker, whoseplaying style has been likened

Sarpreet Singh makes Bayern Munichdebut, becomes first Indian-origin

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to that of Mesut Ozil, played inthe A-League with WellingtonPhoenix till last season. A NewZealand international, heearned 6 caps and also scored1 international goal.Sarpreet’s only internationalgoal, against Kenya, wasincidentally scored in India,

when New Zealand had beenparticipating in theIntercontinetal Cup in Mumbailast year.Born in New Zealand to Indianparents, Sarpreet Singh playedfor Onehunga Sports in hisyouth before signing forWellington Phoenix in 2015.

establish Sports TrainingCentre such as ArmyBoys Sports Company incollaboration with SAI &Army in these Islands. Heasked for furtherenhancing the strength oftrainees in water sports inSAI Centre Port Blair andalso to utilise the servicesof Sportspersons ofinternational level intalent identification aswell as for impartingTraining. He also tooknote of the need to providemodern equipmentsupport in the Kayaking,Canoeing, Rowing &

Cycling disciplines. The Secretary (Sports), GoI,MYAS also handed over sports materials ofDirectorate of Sports for registered Youth Clubs ofSouth Andaman & Little Andaman Zone to the BlockSports Officer for further distribution, acommunication from the Assistant Director (Sports)said here today.

Party and all party posts which he was holding at the timeof suspension, with immediate effect, a communicationfrom State Convenor Media Cell, BJP said.