Taipei | 7 days ago
Indian arrested for smuggling ketamine drug into Taiwan
Taipei, June 10 - Taiwan police Thursday arrested an Indian on suspicion of smuggling 20 kilograms of ketamine, a a drug used in human and veterinary medicine, from Thailand to Taipei.Roy Bhusan, 46, was detained at the Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei when he arrived on a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok. He had reportedly hidden the ketamine in a large-sized stainless steel water boiler ... read more

London | 1 month ago
Skies opening for aviation over Europe
London/Copenhagen/Hamburg, April 21 - Skies and many airports in Europe reopened for air traffic Wednesday - almost a week after airspace over large parts of Europe was shut down over ash clouds from a volcano in Iceland.Three out of four scheduled flights in Europe are expected to take place, the European air safety coordination body Eurocontrol said in Brussels, compared to Tuesday when about ha ... read more

London | 1 month ago
Skies opening for aviation over Europe
London/Copenhagen/Hamburg, April 21 - More airports in Europe, including many in Britain and Germany, reopened Wednesday, almost a week after airspace over large parts of Europe was shut down over ash clouds from a volcano in Iceland.Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said flight bans had been lifted late Tuesday after a reassessment of risks. British Airways said on its website it was planning to ... read more

Reykjavik | 2 months ago
Volcanic ash further hampers European air traffic
Reykjavik/London/Warsaw, April 18 - A cloud of volcanic ash grounded a record number of flights in northern and central Europe Sunday, as repercussions continued around the world.The unprecedented four-day shutdown of European airspace appeared set to continue wreaking havoc Monday, as the volcano near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier in southern Iceland went on spewing ash and many countries once ag ... read more

11 months ago
New swine flu case takes India's tally to 129
New Delhi, July 4 - A Thai national was found suffering from swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A - cases in India to 129, said an official statement Saturday. 'The only new case reported Saturday was of a 23-year-old Thai national who travelled from Bangkok to Mumbai by Thai Airways flight TG 317 that reached Mumbai June 28 and proceeded further to Kandla port - to board a ship on ... read more

1 year ago
A culinary journey and wellness quest in Thailand
Chiang Mai -, March 15 - Now is one of the best times for Indians to travel to Thailand. The Royal Thai government has exempted the fee for tourist visas for a three-month period beginning March 5. And Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajwa is personally heading efforts to revive the tourism industry and boost the country's competitive position to offset the impact of the global economic meltdown. ... read more

1 year ago
Luxury spa chain eyes India as wellness tourism booms
New Delhi, Feb 21 - The economic meltdown has benefited the luxury wellness tourism industry with a section of Indian tourists, mostly businessmen and senior corporate executives, choosing to beat recession blues by escaping to exotic spas. One of them is the Six Senses Resorts and Spas. Sonu Shivdasani, its Indian founder and chairman, Friday said here that his chain of spas - especially those ... read more

1 year ago
Revealed: Rushdie's shelter from the storm
London, Feb 16 - British Airways refused to fly writer Salman Rushdie in the days after the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini's death sentence against him, but Middle Eastern airlines had no problems at all. Rushdie's lawyer Geoffrey Robertson and fellow-writer Ian McEwan hid him in their homes to protect him from the fatwa over his novel The Satanic Verses, an episode that turned McEwan against ... read more

1 year ago
Emirates partners with Jet Airways to boost connectivity
Dubai, Dec 12 - The United Arab Emirates' - state carrier Emirates and India's Jet Airways have signed a cooperation agreement to boost flight connectivity as well as improve passenger services, WAM news agency reported. Emirates will unilaterally code share on Jet Airways' daily flights from Mumbai and New Delhi to Dubai, giving travellers better connectivity and better passenger services, the ... read more

1 year ago
Anti-government Thai protestors leave airports after week-long closures
Bangkok, Dec 3 - Thousands of anti-government protestors ended their occupation of Bangkok's two airports Wednesday, ending a week-long siege that crippled the country's tourism and exports sectors. The People's Alliance for Democracy - announced late Tuesday night that it would lift its siege of Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Mueang. The PAD announcement camer after a constitutiona ... read more