Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3 Andaman islands to get new names

Indian government has decided to rename three islands in Andaman and Nicobar - Havelock Island to Swaraj Dweep, Neil Island to Shaheed Dweep and Ross Island to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island.

India struggles to recover American killed by tribe

Indian authorities have said that it may take "some days" to recover the body of an American killed in a hail of arrows shot by a tribe untouched by modern civilisation.

American killed on remote Indian island barred to visitors

An American visitor to one of the islands in India’s remote Andaman and Nicobar chain has been killed by a community of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials say.

December 25, 2018
December 25, 2018

3 Andaman islands to get new names

Indian government has decided to rename three islands in Andaman and Nicobar - Havelock Island to Swaraj Dweep, Neil Island to Shaheed Dweep and Ross Island to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island.

November 22, 2018
November 22, 2018

India struggles to recover American killed by tribe

Indian authorities have said that it may take "some days" to recover the body of an American killed in a hail of arrows shot by a tribe untouched by modern civilisation.

November 21, 2018
November 21, 2018

American killed on remote Indian island barred to visitors

An American visitor to one of the islands in India’s remote Andaman and Nicobar chain has been killed by a community of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials say.