Three blasts occurred in Mumbai Wednesday evening in one of the busiest areas of the city. It has been estimated that 21 people have been killed and up to 113 injured. According to a regional government official, Prithviraj Chavan, the explosions were “a co-ordinated attack by terrorists.” The first blast took place in South Mumbai’s […]
An Indian national has been detained by Thai customs officials for allegedly smuggling 20 kg of ketamine, a party drug, worth at least USD two million. The man, identified as Khadher Mohideen Sherif Khaja Mohhdeen, was arrested on arrival at Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi Airport with the banned substance, customs officials said. Mohideen, 44, flew in […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Thailand-based Bangkok Airways Friday said it has started its first India operations by connecting Bangkok with Mumbai through six flights per week. ‘Demands are there and we realised that there is still plenty of room to be filled in terms of seat capacity,’ said Bangkok Airways president Puttipong Prasarttong-Osot. Read […]
Oslo has topped a list of the world’s most expensive cities compiled by price comparison site PriceRunner. All Scandinavian capitals are in the top seven, while Bangkok is the second most affordable city in the world. The Norwegian capital was the most expensive city of the 32 surveyed in PriceRunner’s International Price Comparison survey, topping […]
BANGKOK, Dec 2 – Passport forging suspects arrested in Thailand allegedly linked to terrorist groups involved in attacks in Spain have confessed to the crime of using Thailand as their base to counterfeit passports and other documents.the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said Thursday. DSI Director-General Tharit Pengdit said the two Pakistani men and one […]
MADRID—Spanish police arrested seven men in Barcelona, suspected of stealing passports for radical Islamic cells in Thailand and Pakistan, and collaborating with the group that carried out the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the country’s Interior ministry said Wednesday. The suspects, six Pakistanis and one Nigerian, are believed to be part of a European network that […]
