7 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

11 months 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

12 months 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

1 year ago
Vietnamese woman held with heroin worth Rs.140 mn in Karnataka
Bangalore, Sep 25 - A Vietnamese woman was caught at Bangalore international airport early Thursday when she was allegedly trying to smuggle out over four kg heroin worth Rs.140 million in the international market, an official said. Commissioner of Customs, A.K. Kaushal told reporters that the woman identified as T. Nguyen Thi Trang, 24, was detained while boarding a Thai Airways flight to Bangk ... read more

1 year ago
Hong Kong refuses entry to British paedophile
Hong Kong, Aug 21 - Disgraced British glam-rock star Gary Glitter was believed to be headed back to Bangkok Thursday after a bid to enter Hong Kong failed. The convicted paedophile was hoping to recover from his nearly three-year Vietnamese prison ordeal in the former British colony after he refused Wednesday to board a plane to Britain from Bangkok. However, he found Hong Kong's door firmly clo ... read more

1 year ago
Arrest warrants issued for deposed Thai premier
Bangkok, Aug 11 - Thailand's Supreme Court issued arrest warrants Monday for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they fled to England rather than face court cases in Thailand. The Supreme Court for political office holders ordered the warrants and seized 13 million baht - in bail deposited by the billionaire former first couple who missed a scheduled appearance before the ... read more

1 year ago
Beleagured former premier Thaksin flees Thailand
Bangkok, Aug 11 - Thailand's deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra Monday said he and his family would live in England to escape persecution by his political enemies in Thailand. 'I have decided to live in England,' Thaksin said in a hand-written statement he sent to Thai television stations. He will presumably seek political asylum. Thaksin apologized to the people and his followers fo ... read more