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US YouTuber, arrested for visiting Andamans island, still in police custody
Mykhailo Polyakov faces potential prison time for violating Indian laws. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 29 after leaving offerings on the island.
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 01:26 PM IST
AP |
Andaman court extends judicial custody of US tourist who entered prohibited island
Andaman court extends judicial custody of US tourist who entered prohibited island
Published on Apr 15, 2025 07:36 PM IST
PTI |
US ‘thrill-seeker’ arrested for entering North Sentinel Island in Andaman
The man had collected sand samples, and recorded a video with a GoPro camera before he was arrested and his boat along with his equipment was confiscated.
Published on Apr 04, 2025 08:29 PM IST
US national held for entering protected North Sentinel Island remanded to 14-day judicial custody
US national held for entering protected North Sentinel Island remanded to 14-day judicial custody
Published on Apr 04, 2025 05:15 PM IST
PTI |
US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island
US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island
Published on Apr 03, 2025 08:07 PM IST
AFP |
Home to world's most isolated indigenous tribe: 5 facts on Sentinel Islands
The uncontacted island came to the forefront again in the wake of the arrest of an American man, who tried to illegally enter the restricted region.
Published on Apr 03, 2025 01:27 PM IST
US man enters Andamans island with coconut and can of cola, arrested. Here's why
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov allegedly launched a solo expedition to the island, despite the stringent prohibition on outsiders visiting North Sentinel Island.
Updated on Apr 03, 2025 01:44 PM IST
Who is Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, man held for entering Sentinel Island?
North Sentinel Island, part of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is home to the indigenous Sentinelese people, one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world.
Updated on Apr 03, 2025 09:33 AM IST
US man arrested for entering restricted North Sentinel Island in Andamans
US man arrested for entering restricted North Sentinel Island in Andamans
Published on Apr 02, 2025 07:21 PM IST
PTI |
Review: Island by Sujit Saraf
A novel that examines ideas of nationhood and citizenship, of modernity and development, the plight of those living on the margins, and how these minorities are manipulated and controlled by the developed world
Published on Jan 03, 2025 05:35 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s list of interesting reads includes a book on the North Sentinelese tribe of the Andaman Islands, a collection of 12 accounts of rescued child slaves, and a volume on the cat in our written and oral literatures
Updated on Oct 07, 2023 09:24 AM IST
HT Team
John Allen Chau: 1 year on, time adds intrigue to Andaman mystery
Chau, who worked for All Nations, an evangelical group based in Kansas City that introduces Christianity in the remote corners of the world, was so obsessed with the island that he broke a series of laws and did not hesitate in putting his own life in danger.
Updated on Nov 18, 2019 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Prawesh Lama
Chau murder: Andaman cops seek US help
A reclusive and endangered Sentinelese tribe killed Chau, an American citizen, when he ventured onto the forbidden North Sentinel Island.
Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:17 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Month after American youth was killed by Sentinelese tribe, Andaman police launches new helpline for tourists
Around 45 days after American national John Allen Chau ventured onto the forbidden North Sentinel island and got killed by the reclusive and endangered Sentinelese tribe, the Andaman and Nicobar Police on Saturday formally introduced a new police unit exclusively for tourists.
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
US man killed in Andaman was pursuing ‘planned adventure’: Tribes body chief
There are many primitive tribes like the Sentinelese in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, contact with whom is prohibited for outsiders, the commission’s chairperson Nand Kumar Sai told reporters here Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 01:38 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
Two Americans encouraged US man killed by remote tribe to visit forbidden Andaman island, say police
Police said investigators had traced the two Americans through calls made to Chau’s telephone phone. The Americans had “local mobile numbers”, he added.
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 07:34 PM IST
Port Blair | Agence France-Presse
American killed in Andaman made notes of how Sentinelese tribe lives, interacts
Detailing how the Sentinelese speak, John Allen Chau, noted that they “make high pitched sounds.... sounds such as the letters b, p, l and s.” Chau, the first outsider to have sneaked into the island in 12 years, also described the topography of island.
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 08:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, | Prawesh Lama
44 violations by foreigners in Andamans; visit to North Sentinel island may soon be prohibited without permit
The Restricted Area Permit (RAP), which forbids people from visiting prohibited locations without permission, may be reimposed in the North Sentinel island where an American was killed by members of a highly protected and reclusive tribe, officials said Wednesday. The central government has also found that 44 incidents of violation of rules and regulations, other than RAP, by foreigners have taken place in the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the recent past.
Updated on Nov 28, 2018 08:54 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
The John Chau episode shows India’s internal security is porous
The ease with which US evangelist John A Chau evaded onshore and offshore checks is shocking
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 05:09 PM IST
Brahma Chellaney
US tourist’s body could be lost in battle to preserve isolated Andaman tribe
The American tourist died last week after making several attempts to reach the Sentinelese to preach Christianity -- knowing it was illegal to go within three miles (five kilometres) of the island.
Updated on Nov 25, 2018 11:40 AM IST
Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse
Shields, medicines, gifts: How US tourist prepped for Sentinel Island trip
Chau was attacked with arrows and died in his second attempt to reach the North Sentinel Island on November 16. The previous day he had tried to enter the island, which is out of bounds for visitors, but retreated when a young boy attacked him an arrow.
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 10:21 AM IST
New Delhi/Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee and Prawesh Lama
American national John Allen Chau violated every rule in the book to meet the Sentinelese
US national John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with arrows as he illegally set foot on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean after paddling there in a kayak last week.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee and Prawesh Lama
God sheltered me: American killed by Sentinelese tribe on not being spotted
The notes written by John Chau, who appeared to want to bring Christianity to the islanders, make clear he knew he might be killed.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 09:31 PM IST
New Delhi | Associated Press
Tribals dragged, buried US tourist in sand at remote Andaman beach: Witness
The witness told police that they saw Chau’s body being dragged across a beach and buried in the sand. The American tourist was killed by members of the Sentinelese tribe who inhabit the North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar island chain.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 04:52 PM IST
Port Blair | Reuters
Why the Sentinelese, the Andaman tribe that killed US man, want to be left alone
John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with arrows as he illegally set foot on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean after paddling there in a kayak last week.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 04:04 PM IST
Port Blair | Agence France-Presse
Police seek experts’ help to find body of US man killed by Andaman tribe
The access to North Sentinel Island and its buffer zone is strictly restricted under the Protection of Aboriginal Tribe (Regulation), 1956 and Regulations under Indian Forest Act, 1927.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 08:26 AM IST
Port Blair | Press Trust of India
Sentinel Island an adventure too far for the explorer in American tourist
Visits to the island are heavily restricted, which Chau knew, authorities said. Police arrested seven fishermen accused of helping him reach it, and Chau’s family pleaded for their release, saying he acted “on his own free will.”
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 04:11 PM IST
Seattle | Associated Press
After killing of US national, spotlight on reclusive Sentinelese tribe with no contact to outside world
The Sentinelese are hunters and gatherers, who live on the out-of-bounds North Sentinel island, isolated from the outside world. They are to believed to be the world’s last pre-Neolithic tribe.
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Isolated tribe kills American tourist on remote island in Andaman sea. But who are Sentinelese?
The Sentinelese is a tribal society of hunter-gatherer that hunt and gather in the forest, and fish in the coastal waters. They fiercely reject all contact with the outside world that is not known to them.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
US man, out to explore cut-off Andaman island, killed by protected tribe
The 27-year-old tourist had gone to the island with a local fisherman nearly five days back to interact with Sentinelese tribes, website Andaman Sheekha reported.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 07:54 PM IST
Agencies | Agencies