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7 decades on, Bangkok's Royal India remains a big draw

Oldest Indian restaurant in the capital has survived Covid and is hot among upmarket tourists

09 May 2023 3:09 PM

The Care the Bear carbon emissions campaign is followed by many companies in Thailand. (Photo By Arrangement)

Phuket becomes an example of organic tourism

The Bio-Circular Green model is a unique amalgam of technology and innovation aimed at rendering the economy environmentally sustainable

13 Jan 2023 6:36 PM

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Revisiting the ‘Serpent’ saga: My encounters with Sobhraj

Sobhraj first got in touch with me in 1997. He rang my office at Channel Four TV, UK, where I was a commissioning editor

31 Dec 2022 12:21 AM

The Akha Swing Festival in Chiang Rai, published in Osotho magazine, October 2009. (Photo By Arrangement)

Chiang Rai, the Switzerland of Thailand

Cool mountains, lush foliage, rich culture among the major attractions

09 Oct 2022 4:57 PM

This frame grab from video footage by Thai PBS made available via AFPTV and taken on October 6, 2022 shows medical staff carrying a stretcher out of an ambulance in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, where a former policeman shot dead at least 30 people in a nursery. - A former police officer stormed a nursery in Thailand on October 6, shooting dead at least 30 people, most of them children, before killing himself and his family. (Photo: AFP)

Thai PM orders probe into 'horrifying' nursery mass shooting

PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha ordered an urgent probe after a former police officer shot dead more than 30 people

06 Oct 2022 6:11 PM

Textiles on display at an exhibition (Photo By Arrangement)

Bangkok swings to N-E beats

The second edition of the Northeast India Festival has been the best representation of our Look East policy

13 Aug 2022 8:18 PM

Big bed, laptop, yoga mat — all part of the quarantine experience.

High-street Bangkok: Nearby, yet so far

After the long flight from India, came the quarantine in Bangkok. There was no room service, no stepping out of hotel room for 14 days

24 Jun 2021 5:54 PM

This Bangkok doctor has a unique vision

Mano is also serving as the president of the Palliative Care Thailand Foundation, where he trained over 1,000 volunteers

03 Mar 2021 2:19 AM

Muay Thai boxing fighters and officials at a makeshift screening facility outside Rajadamnern boxing stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, where around 5000 fans gathered to watch the action on March 6. AP Photo

Kickboxing match in Bangkok leads to spike in infections

As of Friday, confirmed cases from three boxing stadiums in Bangkok totalled 72, more than a fifth of the national toll of 322

21 Mar 2020 1:07 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who left for Bangkok on Saturday, said India will consider whether its concerns and interests in trade in goods, services, and investments are being fully accommodated when he attends the meeting of the RCEP there. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Will see whether interests fully being accommodated in RCEP: PM

Modi would be travelling to Bangkok to participate in the 16th ASEAN-India Summit on November 3.

02 Nov 2019 11:15 AM

Thailand is one of the favourite international tourist destinations for Indians and getting even more popular. (Photo: ANI)

Thailand is getting popular as a tourist destination among Indians

Thailand pulling all stops to woo Indian tourists.

21 Oct 2019 9:47 AM

There were no other immediate reports of injuries. (Photo: AFP)

Amid ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meet, explosions in 3 places in Bangkok

Some explosions were heard at a government office and others near at least two other sites near central Bangkok

02 Aug 2019 9:49 AM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with his counterparts from Thailand and New Zealand respectively in Bangkok. (Photo: ANI)

Jaishankar holds talks with Thai, New Zealand counterparts in Bangkok

He held talks with Don Pramudwinai of Thailand and Winston Peters of New Zealand separately and discussed issues of mutual interest.

01 Aug 2019 1:13 PM

Thai courts have regularly ruled in favor of the conservative establishment including the military. (Photo: Representational image)

Thai court accepts complaints against PM, opposition leaders

The court also accepted complaints against two opposition leaders who are accused of attempting to overthrow the monarchy.

19 Jul 2019 9:04 PM

At present, nearly one million Rohingyas are forced to take shelter in Bangladesh after Myanmar's army, responding to attacks by an armed group, launched a brutal campaign against the Muslim minorities in the Rakhine state in 2017. (Photo: ANI)

65 Rohingyas found stranded in southern Thailand

Rohingyas, who belong to the Rakhine state in Myanmar, have been facing extreme persecution by authorities and majority Buddhists.

12 Jun 2019 5:57 PM

Patrolling rangers chanced upon the struggling herd in a national park east of Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon, park superintendent Prawatsart Chantheap told AFP. (Photo: AFP)

Six baby elephants stuck in muddy pit rescued by Thailand park rangers

After 3 hrs of digging to build makeshift ramp, mud-covered babies managed to stumble out of pit one-by-one as rangers cheered them on.

30 Mar 2019 11:57 AM

The shooting took place last night on a street behind Centara Watergate Pavillion hotel in Ratchathewi district, where tourist coaches were parked, 'Bangkok Post' reported. (Representational Image)

Indian tourist among 2 people killed in shootout in Thailand's Bangkok

Around 20 men were engaged in the fight armed with pistols, knives and sticks. Three of them opened fire, injuring the tourists nearby.

08 Oct 2018 1:17 PM

The plane had to make emergency landing at the Varanasi airport to provide immediate medical facility to the passenger. (Representational Image)

Flight makes emergency landing in Varanasi after Thai national suffers heart attack

The patient identified as Atabot Thngcusorn (53) was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead.

05 Oct 2018 4:25 PM

The boys and their 25-year-old coach Ekapol Chanthawong had gone to explore the caves on June 23, where they became trapped. They survived for nine days on water dripping from rocks before they were discovered on a muddy mound by divers. (Photo: AFP)

Thai boys to become buddhist novices, will live as monks for 9 days

The boys will live for nine days in Buddhist temple, promise made by their families for their safe return and in memory of rescuer who died.

24 Jul 2018 3:00 PM

A paramedic said the man blamed the videos for getting him too excited but added that the man would not divulge any more details. (Photo: Pixabay)

Man rushed to hospital after hacking his penis while watching porn

Bizarre sex act back-fired when his penis started bleeding uncontrollably and he was unable to stem the flow.

16 May 2018 10:40 AM

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