Banners decrying the name change from Port Blair to Sri Vijaya Puram were a common sight around the city for nearly two weeks after the announcement. Credit: Leesha K. Nair Subscribe for ads-free ...

In 2015, the Indian government drew up a 100,000 million Indian rupee plan funded by the Ministry of Shipping and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration to transform the Andaman and Nicobar ...

When a strange white sphere appeared in the skies above the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in January 2022, it swiftly became a talking point in this sleepy Indian Ocean archipelago of 430,000 people.

Thunderstorms with gusty wind (40-50 kmph) and lightning are very likely to occur at one or two places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands are on “cyclone alert” due to a ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck the Andaman Sea on November 9, 2025, at 12:06 PM IST, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The quake's epicenter was located at 12.49°N latitude and ...