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latest news & developmentsWorshippers flock to ‘bleeding’ print of Jesus
Worshippers in India’s remote Andaman islands are rushing for a glimpse of a picture of Jesus Christ amid reports that it was oozing blood, witnesses said on Wednesday. Thousands…
Strong quake frightens tsunami-hit islanders
A 6,1-magnitude earthquake struck India’s Andaman islands on Saturday, prompting residents fearful of a repeat of the deadly 2004 tsunami to flee their homes, geologists and…
Please leave, Andamans beg tsunami aid brigade
A surge in job-seekers sailing to the Andamans for a slice of the post-tsunami aid pie could alter the archipelago’s demography and further squeeze its indigenous peoples,…
Tsunami survivors beg for houses in Andamans
Housing being provided by India in the tsunami-battered Andamans is ”totally unsuitable”, a United Nations expert said, while thousands of survivors crammed into tin shacks…
Islanders have had enough after latest quake
After yet another huge earthquake and a tsunami scare overnight, some residents of India’s battered Andaman and Nicobar islands say they have had enough and are planning to move.…