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General Elections 2019: "Fake News From WhatsApp": Minister On Concerns Over Threat To Secularism
- Friday April 19, 2019
- Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy
Across Ernakulam, the business hub of Kerala, beautifully shot posters of candidates have been splashed across the walls. The waste seen lying in public spaces, many times around these posters, turn out to be a major eyesore. But this parliamentary election is proving a different priority for the district that is home to the city of Kochi.
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BJP's Kerala List Leaves Out Tom Vadakkan, Fresh Out Of Congress
- Friday March 22, 2019
- India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam and former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan were among 13 candidates named by the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala on Thursday. However, Tom Vadakkan -- who recently crossed over from the Congress to the BJP-- did not figure on the list.
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KJ Alphons Files Complaint Over Trolling For Photo With Soldier's Coffin
- Friday February 22, 2019
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam Thursday filed a police complaint alleging insult and abuse through social media over a photo of him standing near the coffin of a slain CRPF personnel killed in the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Kerala CRPF Soldier Sent Photos Of Dew And Mist To Wife Before His Death
- Sunday February 17, 2019
- India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Jimmy Jacob
The last time CRPF soldier VV Vasanth Kumar called his home in Kerala's Wayanad was on the morning of Thursday, while he and his colleagues were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar as part of a 78-vehicle convoy. "At 10 am, Vasanth sent me pictures of dew and the mist that enveloped his surroundings. He then called to say that they would take four to...
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Minister Trolled For Photo With Soldier's Coffin Writes To Kerala Top Cop
- Monday February 18, 2019
- India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam, who was slammed on social media over a photograph near the coffin of a CRPF soldier who laid down his life in the Pulwama terror attack, denied that it was a selfie. Many social media users had accused him of indulging in "blatant self-promotion" in the back of a tragic incident.
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"Sabarimala A War Zone, Pilgrims Being Treated Like Dacoits": Minister
- Monday November 19, 2018
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam Monday hit out at the Kerala government for turning the Sabarimala temple complex into a "war zone" and treating the pilgrims like "dacoits".
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Centre Inherited 14-Year-Old Policy On Refusing Foreign Aid: KJ Alphons
- Thursday August 23, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
In refusing foreign aid for the rehabilitation of flood-hit Kerala, the centre has followed a 14-year convention it "inherited" from previous governments of not accepting such assistance in the face of natural calamities, Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam said today.
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Minister Alphons' All-Nighter At Kerala Relief Camp Becomes Troll Bait
- Thursday August 23, 2018
- India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam spent Tuesday night at a relief camp in flood-battered Kerala - where lakhs have been forced to leave their inundated homes - and tweeted about it. He ended up being trolled for the well-intentioned gesture.
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No Provision To Declare Kerala Floods As National Calamity: KJ Alphons
- Tuesday August 21, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam on Monday turned down the demand of Congress leaders to declare Kerala flood as a "national calamity" and said there was no provision in the Disaster Management Act 2005 to do so.
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"Not Official Stand": Minister On Proposal To Abolish Church Confessions
- Friday July 27, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam today "rejected outright" the National Commission for Women's recommendation for banning confessions in churches over fears they could lead to blackmailing of women, and asserted the government should not interfere with the religious beliefs of people.
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Centre Approved Rs 80 Crore Aide To Kerala For Floods: Kiren Rijiju
- Saturday July 21, 2018
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
The centre has sanctioned Rs 80 crore to Kerala as initial assistance to deal with "unprecedented rains and floods," Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today.
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India Earned $27 Billion From Foreign Tourist Arrivals In 2017: Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam
- Tuesday January 16, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
India earned an income of USD 27 billion from Foreign Tourist Arrivals in the year 2017, Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam said here today.
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Vowed Not To Speak Unnecessarily, Says Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons
- Sunday January 7, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Union Tourism and IT Minister KJ Alphons, who has trolled on social media over his comments on various issues, on Sunday said he had vowed not to speak unnecessarily.
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Cyclone Ockhi Cannot Be Declared National Calamity: Centre
- Sunday December 3, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Centre today said Cyclone Ockhi, which wrecked havoc in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, cannot be declared a national calamity as there is no such scheme, but assured all necessary assistance totackle the situation.
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Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam Declines Y-Category Security
- Tuesday November 28, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Tourism and Information and Technology Minister Alphons Kannanthanam has cut out his Y-category security, choosing to travel with a personal security officer (PSO) in his car instead.
- www.ndtv.com
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General Elections 2019: "Fake News From WhatsApp": Minister On Concerns Over Threat To Secularism
- Friday April 19, 2019
- Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy
Across Ernakulam, the business hub of Kerala, beautifully shot posters of candidates have been splashed across the walls. The waste seen lying in public spaces, many times around these posters, turn out to be a major eyesore. But this parliamentary election is proving a different priority for the district that is home to the city of Kochi.
- www.ndtv.com
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BJP's Kerala List Leaves Out Tom Vadakkan, Fresh Out Of Congress
- Friday March 22, 2019
- India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam and former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan were among 13 candidates named by the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala on Thursday. However, Tom Vadakkan -- who recently crossed over from the Congress to the BJP-- did not figure on the list.
- www.ndtv.com
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KJ Alphons Files Complaint Over Trolling For Photo With Soldier's Coffin
- Friday February 22, 2019
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam Thursday filed a police complaint alleging insult and abuse through social media over a photo of him standing near the coffin of a slain CRPF personnel killed in the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kerala CRPF Soldier Sent Photos Of Dew And Mist To Wife Before His Death
- Sunday February 17, 2019
- India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Jimmy Jacob
The last time CRPF soldier VV Vasanth Kumar called his home in Kerala's Wayanad was on the morning of Thursday, while he and his colleagues were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar as part of a 78-vehicle convoy. "At 10 am, Vasanth sent me pictures of dew and the mist that enveloped his surroundings. He then called to say that they would take four to...
- www.ndtv.com
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Minister Trolled For Photo With Soldier's Coffin Writes To Kerala Top Cop
- Monday February 18, 2019
- India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam, who was slammed on social media over a photograph near the coffin of a CRPF soldier who laid down his life in the Pulwama terror attack, denied that it was a selfie. Many social media users had accused him of indulging in "blatant self-promotion" in the back of a tragic incident.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Sabarimala A War Zone, Pilgrims Being Treated Like Dacoits": Minister
- Monday November 19, 2018
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam Monday hit out at the Kerala government for turning the Sabarimala temple complex into a "war zone" and treating the pilgrims like "dacoits".
- www.ndtv.com
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Centre Inherited 14-Year-Old Policy On Refusing Foreign Aid: KJ Alphons
- Thursday August 23, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
In refusing foreign aid for the rehabilitation of flood-hit Kerala, the centre has followed a 14-year convention it "inherited" from previous governments of not accepting such assistance in the face of natural calamities, Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Minister Alphons' All-Nighter At Kerala Relief Camp Becomes Troll Bait
- Thursday August 23, 2018
- India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam spent Tuesday night at a relief camp in flood-battered Kerala - where lakhs have been forced to leave their inundated homes - and tweeted about it. He ended up being trolled for the well-intentioned gesture.
- www.ndtv.com
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No Provision To Declare Kerala Floods As National Calamity: KJ Alphons
- Tuesday August 21, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam on Monday turned down the demand of Congress leaders to declare Kerala flood as a "national calamity" and said there was no provision in the Disaster Management Act 2005 to do so.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Not Official Stand": Minister On Proposal To Abolish Church Confessions
- Friday July 27, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam today "rejected outright" the National Commission for Women's recommendation for banning confessions in churches over fears they could lead to blackmailing of women, and asserted the government should not interfere with the religious beliefs of people.
- www.ndtv.com
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Centre Approved Rs 80 Crore Aide To Kerala For Floods: Kiren Rijiju
- Saturday July 21, 2018
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
The centre has sanctioned Rs 80 crore to Kerala as initial assistance to deal with "unprecedented rains and floods," Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Earned $27 Billion From Foreign Tourist Arrivals In 2017: Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam
- Tuesday January 16, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
India earned an income of USD 27 billion from Foreign Tourist Arrivals in the year 2017, Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam said here today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Vowed Not To Speak Unnecessarily, Says Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons
- Sunday January 7, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Union Tourism and IT Minister KJ Alphons, who has trolled on social media over his comments on various issues, on Sunday said he had vowed not to speak unnecessarily.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Ockhi Cannot Be Declared National Calamity: Centre
- Sunday December 3, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Centre today said Cyclone Ockhi, which wrecked havoc in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, cannot be declared a national calamity as there is no such scheme, but assured all necessary assistance totackle the situation.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam Declines Y-Category Security
- Tuesday November 28, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Tourism and Information and Technology Minister Alphons Kannanthanam has cut out his Y-category security, choosing to travel with a personal security officer (PSO) in his car instead.
- www.ndtv.com