US national arrested for entering North Sentinel Island: A look back at the 2018 case of John Allen ChauThe arrest of US national Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov for entering the prohibited tribal reserve area of the North Sentinel Island comes ...
04 Apr, 2025, 12.47 AM IST
How an American made friends with isolated Anadaman's Sentinelese community with Diet Coke cansA US national, Mykhailo Viktorvych Polyakov, 24, was arrested for entering prohibited areas in Andaman and Nicobar islands, including North...
03 Apr, 2025, 03.21 PM IST
American man arrested for illegally entering Andaman's North Sentinel Island, home to one of the world's most isolated tribesAn American adventurer, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, was arrested for illegally entering North Sentinel Island, home to an uncontacted tr...
03 Apr, 2025, 10.53 AM IST
Home ministry vets 41 proposals for Lakshadweep, Andaman and NicobarThe proposed projects include those from Indian Hotels-owned Taj Exotica, RDS Road Construction, Arun Hospital, Hadwet Resorts, and Andaman...
30 Mar, 2021, 09.32 AM IST
Seaplane operations to be a reality in Andamans soonSeventeen islands in Andamans have also been identified for holistic development, that include building infrastructure, to promote tourism.
24 Mar, 2019, 12.00 PM IST
Foreign evangelists converting Islanders, says NCST ChiefThe NCST chief said that the commission would write to President Ram Nath Kovind about its findings and the need to restore tighter RAP nor...
11 Dec, 2018, 12.13 AM IST
VHP seeks ‘judicial action’ against evangelists on tourist visa in AndamansVishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to press for "severe judicial action against evan...
07 Dec, 2018, 11.40 PM IST
US national killed in Andaman on planned adventure: NCST chief"Preliminary investigations suggest that it was a planned adventure trip by the American national, John Allen Chau. Investigation is still ...
05 Dec, 2018, 10.33 AM IST
First contact: The woman who softened the SentineleseTwenty-seven years ago, a 13-member team established the first and only friendly contact with the Sentinelese which had a young woman anthr...
04 Dec, 2018, 10.59 AM IST
When the Sentinelese shun bows and arrows to welcome outsidersIn 1991, a 13-member team met the reclusive Sentinelese tribe on their shores. The tribesmen, apparently, were curious about young anthropo...
03 Dec, 2018, 03.58 PM IST
Anthropologists’ concern is to retrieve John Allen Chau’s bodyTen days since the reported death of John Allen Chau, a US missionary, on North Sentinel Island in an alleged attack by indigenous people, ...
03 Dec, 2018, 06.36 AM IST
RSS affiliates want action against official-evangelist networkThe saffron organisations have planned a rally to "protect the culture of A&N tribes" on December 1 and have sought a meeting with the home...
29 Nov, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
Why the British chose to leave the Andamans’ tribes aloneIn the late 19th century, the British administration contemplated exterminating the entire aboriginal population, considering them savages ...
29 Nov, 2018, 11.05 AM IST
Learning with the Times: Why the Sentinelese choose solitude even 60,000 years onThe first modern settlement of outsiders was established in 1789 by Lt. Blair at Chatham Island, now part of Port Blair.
26 Nov, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Why all attempts at ‘assimilating’ Andamanese tribes have ended badlyThe North Sentinelese are among the only surviving direct descendants of the first humans in Asia.
25 Nov, 2018, 03.16 PM IST
Surprised the Sentinelese killed someone: First anthropologist to enter North Sentinel island"They are not hostile people. They warn; they don’t kill people, including outsiders. They only say, leave us alone," TN Pandit said.
24 Nov, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
ST panel opposed govt move to lift restrictions on tourists visiting Andamans“We had warned them, in fact, orally and through a letter too, that there was a reason that these islands, particularly the North Sentinel ...
23 Nov, 2018, 10.18 AM IST