In FY24, the shipping ministry sanctioned 28 projects worth over ₹5,400 crore for Lakshadweep and for Andaman and Nicobar Islands including a new port for passengers and tourists at Port Blair.

A US citizen was arrested in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly trespassing into the restricted North Sentinel Island, home to the reclusive Sentinelese tribe, police said on Wednesday.