KOZHIKODE, 30 June 2007 — The Malabar Chamber of Commerce has urged the federal government to persuade Kuwait to review its decision of not allowing Indian flights to land in the country. Chamber President P. Zakeer and Calicut Airport Committee chairman P.V. Chandran sent a joint request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs E. Ahamed to intervene on the issue, a chamber statement said.
The adverse impact of the ban would be felt severely in northern Kerala since Indian and Air-India are the only airlines operating between Kuwait and Kozhikode, it said. The Kuwaiti decision is in response to the denial of permission to Kuwait airlines to operate more flights to destinations in India.
Gail’s Project Shelved
KOCHI, 30 June 2007 — The Rs.70 billion petrochemical plant announced by the Gas Authority of India (Gail) in Kochi has been shelved.
According to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora the project had to be shelved as the Kochi LNG terminal would get only lean LNG, which was not suitable for the gas cracker unit.
Proof of Address
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 30 June 2007 — Voter identity card, employment certificate from a reputed company, bank account statement, Kissan post office pass book, income tax assessment order, spouse’s passport copy, parents passport copy in case of minor, service identification card by state/Central/PSU/local bodies, SC/ST/OBC certificate, property documents, pension documents, railway identification card, PAN card, student ID, driving license, birth certificate, freedom fighter ID, arms license and ration card have been added to the list of documents that can be produced as proof of address while applying for passports, according to an official statement.
