Andaman Islands

China Denies Its Research Ship Conducted Any Experiment Near Andamans

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 7, 2019

China on Friday said its research ship sailed through India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near Andaman Islands in September, but it did not conduct any experiment.

7 Islands In Andamans, Lakshadweep Identified For Seaplane Operations

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Seven islands in the Andamans and Lakshadweep have been identified for seaplane operations while private sector participation has been invited for tourism-based projects in the two archipelagos, the Home Ministry said Tuesday.

'Orange' Alert Sounded As Pabuk Reaches Andaman Islands

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 6, 2019

The centre has sounded an "Orange" alert for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is facing a cyclonic storm, officials said Sunday.

Cyclone Phethai To Hit Andhra Pradesh Today, Coastal Areas On Alert: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday December 17, 2018

With Cyclone Phethai set to intensify and expected to strike Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada by noon on Monday, the state government scrambled to minimise the damage from the third such cyclone to hit the state this year. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu asked for precautionary measures to be taken to avoid damage to life and property. A...

Why US Missionary's Body May Never Be Recovered From Andaman Tribe

India News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday November 24, 2018

The body of American missionary-adventurer John Allen Chau may never be recovered from the lost island where he fell in a volley of arrows fired by a reclusive tribe whose existence is threatened by the modern world, say experts.

Policemen Near Isolated Andaman Island Struggle To Recover US Man's Body

India News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 23, 2018

Police reinforcements took up position today near the island where isolated tribal hunters killed an American man, though no effort was to be made to recover his body, officials said.

"Satan's Last Stronghold...?" US Man Wrote Before Death On Andaman Island

India News | Joanna Slater, Annie Gowen, The Washington Post | Friday November 23, 2018

The night before John Chau returned for the last time to North Sentinel Island, he struggled with a sense of fear that his death might be imminent.

US Man Told Fishermen Won't Return From Andaman Island. Sent Back Notes

India News | Reuters | Thursday November 22, 2018

An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on the remote North Sentinel island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands where he had gone to proselytise, local officials said on Wednesday.

Dead American Missionary Was Carrying Football, Fish For Andaman Tribe

India News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 22, 2018

An American missionary killed in a hail of arrows by an island tribe untouched by modern civilisation was bent on converting them to Christianity, it emerged Thursday.

Moving Message From Family Of US Missionary Killed By Andaman Tribe

India News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Thursday November 22, 2018

Described as a "Christian missionary" and adventurer, 27-year-old US man was shot with bows and arrows, possibly on November 16, by an isolated Sentinelese tribe when he ventured into their territory in the Andaman Islands.

What US Missionary Wrote Before Andaman Tribe Killed Him: Foreign Media

India News | Joanna Slater, Annie Gowen, The Washington Post | Friday November 23, 2018

An American missionary trying to meet and convert one of the most isolated hunter-and-gatherer tribes in the world offered them fish and other small gifts before the tribesmen killed him and buried his body on the beach, journals and emails show.

5.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Andaman Islands

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 24, 2018

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Andaman Islands on Friday, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

Coast Guard Rescues 11 Of Sunken Ship Off Port Blair Coast

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 20, 2017

The Coast Guard today rescued 11 survivors of a sinking cargo ship in the high seas off the Andaman Islands

Andaman Island Named After Man Who Fought Indians Must Be Renamed, Says BJP Leader

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday March 22, 2017

Havelock Island in the Andamans -- with its scenic white sand beaches, coral reefs and crystal blue sea waters -- could get a new name. A BJP member made this demand in the Rajya Sabha today. Speaking during the Zero Hour, LA Ganesan said naming a place after a person who had fought Indian patriots in 1857 was a matter of shame.

Watch: India's Only Active Volcano, At Barren Island, Filmed Erupting

India News | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday March 9, 2017

When India's only active volcano, located in the Andaman Islands, erupted in January, it made headlines. Now, the Coast Guard has presented footage of steam, smoke and some red lava that spewed from the volcano at Barren Island, some 140 kilometres north east of Port Blair.