State-Run Oil Giants Resume Drilling in Andaman Offshore
In a major development, state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) has completed drilling its first well in the...
In late 1980s and early 1990s Port Blair, news traveled slowly, and society remained conservative. Young couples seeking privacy faced danger on secluded stretches near Mazar Pahar and Corbyn’s Cove, where predatory groups carried out what they chillingly referred to as “attacks.” These assaults, though widely whispered about, never reached the police or newspapers. Victims remained silent, fearing societal judgment rather than justice.
Today, Port Blair has changed—its roads busier, its isolation diminished. But the past lingers in memory, and the men who once preyed on the vulnerable now walk as husbands and fathers, their crimes buried by time and silence.
Former Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor as part of a wider reshuffle of Governors across states.
Karnataka government announces social media ban for children under 16 in the 2026–27 budget, alongside mental health counsellors, school upgrades and education reforms.
The US has issued a 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to import Russian crude already at sea, citing global energy stability amid the Iran conflict.
Foundation stones laid for 11 rural road improvement works across several Gram Panchayats in South Andaman under Central Road Fund Phase-I to strengthen connectivity.