Alphons Kannanthanam News

An operator is blacklisted on crossing certain threshold of errors during enrolment, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Alphons Kannanthanam said in a written reply.

The passenger, a doctor by profession, had to attend to a critical patient in Imphal. She was seen shouting at the union minister and others after her flight got delayed due to VVIP arrival schedule at the airport.

BJP MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari on Monday called the nomination of Alphons for RS seat from Rajasthan as 'unfair'.

Apple has sought certain concessions for setting up manufacturing unit in the country.

"Who buys petrol? Somebody who has a car, bike; certainly he is not starving. Somebody who can afford to pay, has to pay," Kannanthanam told the media on Saturday.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil's release from the captivity of the Islamic State was made possible at the end of "extremely complicated diplomatic efforts" by India, Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam said here on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam on Saturday said the government's stand is that people have a right to make their own choices, be it in terms of speech or their food.

Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam suggested foreigners to eat beef in their own countries and then come to India. 

BJP president Amit Shah today appointed Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam as the party's election in-charge for Meghalaya which faces Assembly polls early next year, a party statement said on Wednesday.

The nine new members to be inducted in the Union council of ministers include four former senior bureaucrats and also BJP leaders from the states of Karnataka, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh which go to polls in the near future.