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Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a Parliamentary consultative committee gathering of the Ministry of Home Affairs successful Andaman and Nicobar Island connected Saturday (January 3, 2026). The gathering started astatine 11 a.m. and is apt to proceed till 2.15 p.m.
“The gathering focussed connected issues regarding nationalist security, catastrophe management, cyber information and determination infrastructure,” sources said.
“Mr. Shah stressed connected "pronged strategy" involving convergence, coordination, communication, and capableness to combat cybercrime,” they said. “A abstracted league connected the strategical value of Andaman and Nicobar Islands was besides held,” the sources said.
In the afternoon, Mr. Shah volition inaugurate an accumulation connected 'Naveen Nyaya Sanhita' (new transgression laws) astatine the ITF Ground successful Sri Vijaya Puram, formerly Port Blair. Later, helium volition besides laic the instauration stones for assorted projects astatine the Netaji Stadium.
Mr. Shah arrived successful the Andaman and Nicobar Islands connected Friday (January 2, 2026) nighttime connected a three-day visit. His level landed astatine INS Utkrosh, adjacent to Veer Savarkar International Airport, successful Sri Vijaya Puram astir 10.45 p.m. He was received by Lieutenant Governor D.K. Joshi, among others.
This is Mr. Shah's 2nd sojourn to the islands successful little than a month. He visited the archipelago connected December 12 to commemorate the 116th day of V.D. Savarkar's iconic poem 'Sagara Pran Talamala'. “Security has been tightened crossed the Union Territory successful presumption of Mr. Shah's visit,” officials said. Mr. Shah volition depart the archipelago connected January 4, 2026.
