India plans strategy to woo China's 144 million touristsChina will now have an India Tourism Office which will be headed by an IAS or IFS officer. It will also have a strategy advisor besides a p...
To rebuild lives, Kerala needs doctors, nurses, packed food: K J AlphonsThe minister also issued an appeal to skilled workers like plumbers, electricians and carpenters to come to make homes livable and help the...
India to promote Buddhist Circuit in China: K J AlphonsThe number of Chinese tourists visiting India reached 2,47,000 in 2017, a mere two per cent of the total 10.18 million foreign tourist arri...
14 per cent jump in foreign tourist arrivals: Government tells Lok SabhaAs many as 10.04 million foreign tourists have visited the country in 2017 which was a growth of 14 per cent in comparison to the previous ...
High-level team of doctors in Kerala to probe Nipah virus deathsThe high-level team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been asked to assist the Kerala government and closely monitor ...
Promote luxury tourism in Meghalaya: MoS tourism to CMSangma called on Union Minister of State Tourism K. J. Alphons along with State Tourism Minister Metbah Lyngdoh and sought his intervention...
Over 12,000 cases related to cyber crime registered in 2016: AlphonsAs per the data maintained by NCRB, a total of 9,622, 11592 and 12,317 cyber crime cases were registered during the years 2014, 2015 and 20...
Aadhaar covers over 89% population: K J AlphonsCoverage was low in the two northeastern states of Assam and Meghalya, where enrolment has just begun. Overall, Aadhaars assigned for 1.17 ...
K J Alphons takes oath as Rajya Sabha memberAlphons, who is Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan in a bypoll ear...
After video of angry passenger, minister says he was not responsible for flight delayA video of an incident that happened yesterday shows a passenger, who had to attend a funeral in Patna, complaining to Alphons about the fl...
- Holistic learning need of the hour: Alphons
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Holistic learning is the need of the hour in our present education system, and young students should use digital t...
Compared to other destinations, India very safe: K J Alphons"We are 1.3 billion people. How many incidents take place in India? Very, very few. But of course these are unfortunate incidents and shoul...
Officers in business class, minister flies economyAlphons, like several present Cabinet ministers, does not take protocol at airports while boarding flights and takes the bus used by other ...
India is the safest, insists tourism minister citing VegasAsked about measures taken by the ministry regarding safety of women tourists, Alphons insisted that India is one of the safest countries i...
Eat beef in your country and then come to India, says tourism ministerNewly sworn-in Union tourism minister K J Alphons has an advice for foreigners visiting the country: Eat beef in your own countries and the...
Centre drops move to ppoint Alphons as Chandigarh AdministratorThe appointment of Alphons would have reversed the 32- year-old system of Punjab governor being the Chandigarh administrator.
BJP leader fails to get US nod for Narendra ModiAlphons said that he has not received any firm commitment from US lawmakers on the change in US policy but exuded confidence that this will...