On Bose's birthday Modi names 21 Andaman islands after PVC awardees

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually unveiled the model of a proposed memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, to be set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and said it will......

PM renames 3 Andaman & Nicobar islands as tribute to Netaji

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting, at Car Nicobar, on Sunday. Photograph: Press Information Bureau of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced renaming......

All 2,376 stranded tourists evacuated from Andaman Islands

A fleet of seven ships and six helicopters evacuated all 2,376 tourists, including several foreign nationals, stranded in two islands of the Andamans due to cyclonic weather since December 5,......

Navy on standby to evacuate 1,400 tourists from cyclone-hit south Andaman

Around 1,400 tourists are stranded on Havelock and Neil islands in south Andaman due to cyclonic weather conditions and the Navy has pressed into service four ships to evacuate them. The......

Soon you can fly in a SpiceJet seaplane in Andamans

The islands that would be connected through seaplanes are Campbell Bay, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Hutbay, Neil, Long Island and Diglipur, reports Arindam Majumder. Image used for representational......

Why Port Blair may soon lose 'major port' tag

On June 1, 2010, under Indian Ports Act, 1908, govt declared Port Blair as 13th major port in India Port Blair may soon "officially" lose the tag of a major port, granted to it seven years ago, as......

The ancient heritage behind our railway bridges

Of the thousands of railway bridges in India, 36,470 are more than 100 years old, and 6,680 are more than 140 years old! But of these, only 21 rank on the Heritage Directorate of the Indian......

ONGC hikes Pawan Hans stake to 49 pc

State-run oil firm ONGC is hiking its stake in Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) from 21 to 49 per cent, even as another top public sector company firms up plans to invest Rs 55 crore in the......

Priyanka's Day In The Clouds

Kajol admires the blue skies... Sonakshi goes scuba diving... Kajal has a cute travel companion... Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram 'Sometimes you just need a stroll,' says......

Aashka-Brent's amazing Andaman holiday

Stars go for the loveliest holidays. Hina Khan went on a holiday to Dubai. Malaika Arora Khan had a lovely holiday in the Maldives. Celina Jaitly visited Shanghai, Beijing, Sanya with her family.......

Shilpa Shetty takes up for SRK

Shilpa Shetty, who suffered racial discrimination during the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, claimed that Shah Rukh Khan's detention by US immigration officers at Newark......

Peeya's tsunami experience!

After finishing shooting for an English film, Truck Of Dreams, actress Peeya Rai Choudhury went off with a group of friends to holiday in the Andamans on December 18.On December 26, when the......