Ahead of Kerala Assembly elections, BJP released the list of candidates. Party has given ticket to Rajya Sabha MP KJ Alphons from Kanirapally Assembly seat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pray at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here on January 15, it was announced on Thursday.
"Happy Christmas. May the peace and joy of the Lord be with you and your diocese. More than ever, the world needs to get together, and not build walls. I take this opportunity to place on record the good services being rendered by the Church in the field of education, health care and welfare of the downtrodden.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Alphons, considered to be the Christian face of the BJP-led government, has written letters to more than 300 bishops across the country and while wishing them for Christmas, he has listed the work done by the government for the "downtrodden".
Fifteen destinations have been identified for development under the Ramayana Circuit, the tourism ministry told the Parliament on Monday.
On September 6, the SC ruled that gay sex between consenting adults is not a crime saying sexual orientation is natural and people have no control over it.
Alphons pointed out that the policy is continuing from the time of Manmoahn Singh, who as the prime minister, had refused aid from foreign countries in 2004 during the devastating Tsunami.
The tourism minister's remarks came amid raging criticism over the government's decision to give Red Fort to “Dalmiya Bharat” group for upkeep.
The minister of state for also electronics and information technology assured that information collected under Aadhaar was safe and secure and claimed that media reports about data breaches were incorrect.
Clearing the stand of BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Christianity, Alphons quoted Modi as saying that his Government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith.
"Rahul Gandhi had accused the Central government of trying to buy the churches. In Meghalaya this is because the Central government had sanctioned Rs 70 crore to develop religious and spiritual circuits in the state," he said.
India is doing very well internationally and is 13th in terms of foreign tourists arrival and 7th in Asia Pacific, the minister said.
Alphons was responding to reports that the Archbishop of Gandhinagar, in poll-bound Gujarat, has written to Christians, asking them to save the country from "nationalist forces" amidst a growing "sense of insecurity".
The seat fell vacant after M Venkaiah Naidu s election as the country's vice president on August 5.
The Tourism minister was responding to questions on whether cow vigilantism and restrictions on beef would hit the hospitality sector
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