Andaman Islands

The south-west monsoon has missed its date of onset over Andaman Sea, the first port of call in the Indian territorial waters. The normal timeline for the onset here is May 15 to 20; this passed on Sunday.  

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A few thousand people have been evacuated to higher ground from parts of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands on Wednesday following the two massive earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia. Andaman and Nicobar prepared for tsunami waves up to 3.9 meters high, officials said, as cited by Emirates 24/7. ...  

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A few thousand people were evacuated to higher ground from parts of Andaman and Nicobar islands on Wednesday following earthquakes in Indonesia, as the islands prepared for tsunami waves up to 3.9 metres high, officials said.  

A road at the centre of a ‘human safari’ scandal in the Andaman Islands is still open, exactly ten years after India’s Supreme Court ordered its closure. A road at the centre of a ‘human safari’ scandal in the Andaman Islands is still open, exactly ten years after India’s Supreme Court ordered its closure. The Andaman Trunk Road (ATR) cuts...  

New Delhi: A few thousand people were evacuated to higher ground from parts of Andaman and Nicobar islands on Wednesday following earthquakes in Indonesia, as the islands prepared for tsunami waves up to 3.9 metres high, officials said.  

Paradoxically, it was damage caused by the 2004 tsunami and the subsequent government investment for rehabilitation that helped spawn a tourism industry in the Indian territory. (Tourism investment, in fact, has been aimed solely at the Andamans ...  

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of parliament Tarun Vijay Friday said that the residents of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were facing a shortage of drinking water and demanded construction of a reservoir and a desalination plant to meet the...  

His center recommends that people stay off until at least two hours after the alert is withdrawn. “But that’s a call they (local officials ... removing the alert for the east coast of India as well as the warning for Andaman and Nicobar ...  

Thursday, May 3, 2012 01:18:09 UTCThursday, May 3, 2012 06:48:09 AM at epicenterDepth: 79.40 km (49.34 mi)  

So far, little evidence of tsunami in Andaman and Nicobar islands.  

So far, little evidence of tsunami in Andaman and Nicobar islands.  

Monday, April 30, 2012 13:06:58 UTCMonday, April 30, 2012 07:06:58 PM at epicenterDepth: 35.70 km (22.18 mi)  

"We have evacuated people from low lying areas of Campbell Bay islands and we have also alerted them as there is a report that high waves may hit Indira Point area," south Andaman region police superintendent S.B.S. Tyagi said.  

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A tremor with moderate intensity shook parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Wednesday. No injury or casualty has been reported. The epicentre of the tremor measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale was between Little Andaman and Car Nicobar, said disaster management director Ashok Sharma. The earthquake occurred at 1.12 PM and originated at a depth of 10 km, he said. USGS data  

Port Blair, Apr 11 : With the Indonesian quake triggering tsunami fears across the Indian Ocean nations, including India, Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Shakti Sinha, on Wednesday said there is no need to panic. "Southern islands near ...  

IBNLive.comTwin quakes hit Nicobar, no Tsunami threatZee NewsNew Delhi: Two moderate intensity earthquakes hit the Nicobar Islands on Wednesday, however there is no threat of a Tsunami, initial reports said. The first earthquake measured 5.2 on the Richter Scale and was recorded at 01:23:21 PM at epicentre ...Reports of earthquake in Andaman, Nicobar; no damageNDTV5.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Nicobar IslandsIBNLive.comModerate earthquake...  

Port Blair, Apr 4 (PTI) Working president of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Trinamool Congress Committee, Rupa Ray today tendered resignation from the post today blaming the party's state unit chief for it. Ray told PTI that the president of TC Andaman and ...  

Warning and alert messages were passed on to the district authorities and to special relief officers in the southern group of the islands through emergency operation ... ensure that the early warning system, evacuation drills and alarm system ...  

Port Blair, Apr 03 (PTI) In order to ensure punctuality, biometric attendance system has been installed at Raj Niwas as well as the secretariat in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Chief Secretary Shakti Sinha, the secretary to Lt Governor launched the system ...  

A fierce earthquake from the Nicobar Islands could strike over Songkran, sending a tsunami crashing into the Andaman Coast, an expert warned yesterday after finding that the 8.6-magnitude Sumatran tre .....  

Port Blair, Mar 21 : S M Kumerashan, a youth from remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands have surprised everybody by making three short films in just two years. Kumerashan, who has his finance firm at Port Blair, is all set to release his first short feature ...  

FirstpostTremors felt in Kolkata, buildings develop cracksTimes of IndiaKOLKATA: The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has issued Tsunami warnings for Indira Point, Great and Little Nicobar, Komatra and Katchal and Car Nicobar in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. An alert has been issued for ...Kolkata rocked by successive tremorsZee NewsEarthquake affected Kolkata Metro servicesNDTVTremor in Kolkata, buildings...  

They believe in an anthropomorphic deity called puluga, who brought about the cataclysm which engulfed the islands and separated the population. and hence so many islands. According to another legend, it was Maia Tomola, the ancestral chief of ...  

"Hailstorm is a normal feature in April and May. The low pressure trough formed over Bay of Bengal brings sufficient moisture to the region and when this is accompanied by high temperature, cumulonimbus clouds are formed, leading to a hailstorm," said Sarkar.  

Smacked by a hefty penalty of over $1 billion for its failure to meet gas output targets, Reliance Industries today hit back at the Oil Ministry saying there was no provision in the contract to disallow any part of its investment in KG-D6 fields in Bay of Bengal.  

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Leading international oil companies are likely to vie for winning deals for exploration of hydrocarbon in the Bay of Bengal, for which the government is poised to invite tenders in phases in the coming months.  

The heat continues to be oppressive but people have been sweating a little less since Saturday afternoon following a weakening of the moisture-laden wind from the Bay of Bengal.  

New Delhi, April 28: The Centre recently turned down an air force request to participate in the war games with the US navy in the Bay of Bengal that concluded last week.  

For decades the islanders of Shweri Chai, a speck of land in the Bay of Bengal, have extracted oil using makeshift pulleys to draw the reddish liquid from the ground.  

Pune, May 21: Conditions are favourable for advance of southwest Monsoon into south Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal during next 3-4 days.