Minnie Chandra

Minnie Chandra played by Poppy Jhakra, first appeared on 17 November 2008. Jhakra was added to the soap's cast in a bid to better reflect Manchester's ethnic diversity.She is a college friend of Amber Kalirai and became an employee at the kebab shop on Victoria Street. In December 2008, she met Tyrone Dobbs, whilst he was fixing her car at the garage. They began to flirt and Tyrone sold her knock-off perfume. Molly Compton, Tyrone's girlfriend looked on as Tyrone and Minnie went for a test drive, leading her to suspect Tyrone was having an affair.

Minnie reappeared in late January 2009. Amber had taken on work at her father Dev's kebab shop, as well as holding down her job at the corner store, so she could use the wages Dev would be paying her for driving lessons. Dev brought her to the store, where her job had been taken over by Minnie. Knowing Amber's plan had been foiled, Dev swapped their jobs again, sending Minnie to work at the kebab shop.

In June 2009, Minnie became friends with Rosie Webster after she almost ran her down, and called her a "trollop". Rosie decided to tell her first about the £150,000 windfall that she received from John Stape. The pair then went on a major shopping spree and celebrated later in the Rovers with champagne.