By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News US pizza chain Little Caesars is planning to open dozens of stores in India over the coming years aiming to capitalise on the country’s robust economic growth, an executive told Reuters. Little Caesars will open its first Indian store in the Delhi NCR region this month. “India is
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11 Indian students hurt as shuttle bus hits power pole
A SHUTTLE bus carrying Indian students from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) slammed into a power pole and a tree on Phahonyothin road at 11.08 a.m. today (June 2) injuring 11 passengers, two critically, Amarin TV said. There were approximately 45 people on the bus, including the students and their tour
Read moreIndian man held for robbing downtown money exchange shop
A WELL-MANNERED thief who gave a wai after pulling a fake pistol to rob a money exchange shop on Silom road and getting 93,000 baht following five other failed stickups in this area was arrested today (May 27), Thai Rath newspaper said. Metropolitan Police Bureau Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Sayam Boonsom led a team
Read moreMilitary officials of India and Pakistan to discuss next steps, says India as ceasefire holds
By Reuters and published by CNA Jammu, India – The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan will discuss on Monday (May 12) the next steps for the nuclear-armed neighbours after a ceasefire returned calm to the border, following their fiercest fighting in nearly three decades. There were no reports of explosions or projectiles
Read moreIndia and Pakistan accuse each other of violating ceasefire hours after reaching deal
By AP and published by The Canadian Press/ Yahoo!News Islamabad – India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after US-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades but accused each other of violating the deal just hours later. The ceasefire had been expected to bring
Read moreIndia and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire in US-mediated talks
By AP and published by Yahoo!News INDIA and Pakistan have reached a ceasefire deal following US mediation after they fired volleys of missiles across their borders on Saturday (May 10). It was the most serious increase in hostilities so far in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month, which India blames Pakistan
Read moreTHAI cancels flights to Pakistan during May 10-15, 2025
THAI Airways International Plc announced this afternoon (May 10) that it has cancelled round-trip flights to and from Pakistan during May 10-15, 2025, as India and Pakistan have stepped up strikes, Naewna newspaper said. Cancelled over the next five days are the following flights: Flight TG341/TG342, round trip Bangkok – Karachi, May 10-11, 2025;
Read morePakistan launches retaliatory operation after accusing India of targeting three air bases
By AFP and published by CNA Islamabad – Pakistan said on Saturday (May 10) it has launched a retaliatory operation against India, using medium-range Fateh missiles to target an Indian missile storage facility and air bases in Pathankot and Udhampur. The strikes came after Pakistan said India fired missiles at three air bases inside
Read moreIndia says it ‘repulsed’ multiple drone strikes by Pakistan along entire western border
By Reuters and published by CNA Jammu/Srinaga, India – Pakistan’s armed forces launched “multiple attacks” using drones and other munitions along India’s entire western border on Thursday night and early Friday (May 9), the Indian army said, as conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours intensified. The old enemies have been clashing since India on Wednesday
Read moreKashmir crisis: India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Islamabad vows retaliation
By Agencies and published by CNA New Delhi – India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier on Wednesday (May 7) after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch rival, in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades. Islamabad said 31 civilians were killed by the
Read moreIndia launches strikes on Pakistan, Islamabad vows retaliation
By AFP and published by CNA Muzaffarabad, Pakistan – India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early Wednesday (May 7) in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, with Islamabad vowing retaliation. The Indian government said it had attacked nine sites, describing them as “precision strikes at terrorist camps” in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, days
Read moreWomen increasingly used to smuggle hybrid ganja from Bangkok to India
By M.P.Praveen, The Hindu Kerala India – More women seem to be increasingly deployed as carriers for smuggling in suspected hydroponic weed, also known as hybrid marijuana or hybrid ganja, mostly from Bangkok in Thailand going by the seizures by Customs at the Kochi airport. Two women were intercepted and arrested with 15kg of
Read moreIndian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir
By AFP and published by CNA New Delhi – Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday (Apr. 25), after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” following a deadly shooting in the region. Relations have plunged to their
Read moreVisiting Indian PM Modi and Thaksin hold talks on expanding ties
.INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is currently in Thailand to attend the 6th Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit today (Apr. 4) met former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday during which they had a long conversation on expanding Thai-Indian cooperation, Naewna newspaper said. In a post shared
Read more2 Indian men charged with raping German woman at Full Moon Party
TWO Indian men holidaying on Koh Phangan were arrested today (March 16) on charges of raping a German woman during the Full Moon Party held on Thursday night to Friday morning (March 13-14), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Aphichat Chansamret, superintendent of Koh Phangan police station, said a police team including officers from Surat
Read moreDrunk passenger in hot water after urinating at Phuket airport hallway
A HEAVILY drunk Saudi Arabian man who urinated at a Phuket airport hallway after an airline refused to let board the airplane for safety of other passengers was quickly charged but was too intoxicated to understand what was going on, Amarin TV said this evening (Jan. 31). The ruckus over the badly drunk Saudi
Read moreIndian duped into buying ‘magic herb’ by two Pakistanis in Pattaya
AN Indian tourist filed a complaint at Pattaya City police station that he had been duped into buying two bottles of a “magic herb” by two Pakistani men at 10,000 baht each with police saying that other tourists too had been similarly scammed, TV Channel 7 said today (Nov. 7). The 34-year-old unidentified tourist
Read moreMyanmar beauty’s 2nd runner-up title revoked after ruckus
By Naewna and Hindustan Times ORGANISERS of Miss Grand International beauty pageant held last Saturday (Oct. 26) revoked the title of second runner-up from Myanmar’s Thae Su Nyein after a drama whereby her team’s director removed her crown and sash in a public display of dissatisfaction with the results selecting Miss India Rachel Gupta
Read moreDrama at beauty pageant as Myanmar chief creates a ruckus
COMMOTION erupted at “Miss Grand International 2024” beauty pageant today (Oct. 26) with the Myanmar national director grabbing and removing the crown and sash from his country’s contestant after she was named second-runner with Miss India Rachel Gupta having won the contest, Naewna newspaper said. The first runner-up is Miss Grand Philippines Christine Juliane
Read moreIndia and Canada expel top diplomats over murder accusations
By BBC INDIA and Canada have expelled their top envoys along with other diplomats as the row intensifies over last year’s assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Trudeau said his government responded after police began pursuing credible allegations that Indian agents were directly involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canadian
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