John WilbertPort Blair, Dec 17: The Neil Island is facing acute shortage of cooking gas cylinders since last four months. According to reports insufficient number of LPG cylinders are reaching Neil Island, which is causing hardship among the general public and also the small and big business owners.Mr. Dashrath Verma, Up-Adhyaksh of Zilla Parishad South Andaman and Mr. Ramkrishna Biswas, Pradhan … Read Full Article
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PST merit list triggers protest
Roney Antony Port Blair, Dec 17: Nearly 60 to 70 candidates today staged protest infront of Directorate of Education after publication of merit list for the post of PSTs in various streams. According to candidates, name of many candidates who have better marks, did not figure in the merit list, while many have low marks managed a place in the list. Candidate told Andaman Sheekha that every time … Read Full Article
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From Andaman to Mumbai; A story of dreams and struggles
Sheekha Bureau Port Blair, July 23: Pramod Navinder Singh an Islander, has shown tremendous courage in chasing his dream and making it big in film city Mumbai. Pramod, despite having many disadvantages of living in remote Island, has now brought good name for … Read Full Article
FAQ’s TO A LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
DR S CHAKRABORTY( MD-MEDICINE)DR S CHAKRABORTY( MD-MEDICINE)Finally I completed my first ultra marathon run of 80 km organized by Tuffman at Coorg, Karnataka. It was very tough to say the least but the end result was really sweet. I ran along with my wife who … Read Full Article
WHEN LESS IS MORE IN EXERCISE
Dr S Chakraborty As a doctor we have been parroting what has been taught in medical school all these years specially how much exercise a person must do. Now things have been turned on its head by a pioneering experiment done by Dr Timmons, a sports … Read Full Article