SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol.
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Indian businessman escapes beating by son and his friends
A DISTRESSED Indian businessman was rushed to the hospital in Pattaya late last night (Apr. 20) after he jumped from a moving car where he was beaten by his own son and his friends, Sanook.com said today. At 11 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Rakpong Saeninthramnart, an inspector at Pattaya City police station, was notified
Read moreIndian, Chinese investors buying pubs, restaurants in Pattaya
WHILE many foreigners are investing in Chonburi province, Indian and Chinese investors have channelled the most funds in buying up businesses in Pattaya to cater to their countryfolk holidaying at this seaside tourist city, Matichon newspaper quoted business people in this province as saying today (Feb. 27). Indian investors bought up pubs and restaurants
Read moreIndian Ambassador marks independence hero’s birth anniversary
MARKING 126th birth anniversary of Indian independence hero Subhas Chandra Bose who is venerated for taking up arms against the British was Indian Ambassador Nagesh Singh and members of Thai Bharat Cultural Lodge on Sunday Jan. 22, 2023. Also attending the celebration at the lodge was Ret. Lt. General Ajay Kumar Singh Chandele. Indian
Read morePolice arrest Indian exec for urinating on plane passenger
By AFP and Reuters – published by DW New Delhi – Indian police authorities have arrested Shankar Mishra, formerly an executive with American banking giant Wells Fargo, for allegedly urinating on a passenger aboard an Air India flight in November. Indian media reported that Mishra had urinated on a passenger, an elderly woman, on
Read moreGuest attacks Indian landlord over key card fine
A WOMAN who had rented a guest room above an Indian restaurant in Pattaya slashed the Indian proprietor on the face with a hand sanitizer stand over a fine for losing the key card, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Oct. 15). After Pattaya City police station’s radio centre got a report of an unidentified Indian business,
Read moreTwo Indian men die in Koh Samui motorbike accident
TWO YOUNG Indian men holidaying on Koh Samui died after losing control of their rented motorcycle while coming down Khao Pom hill then crashing onto the traffic barrier and tumbling down the hillside last evening, MNG Online said today (June 13). Pol. Lt. Col. Udomsak Thappha, an inspector at Koh Samui police station, rushed to
Read moreIndian tourists flocking to Thailand with over 100,000 holidaying here so far
THE relaxation of entry measures has led to more tourists coming to Thailand with Indians being at the top of the list of arrivals from Jan. 1 to May 24 during which 100,884 holidayed here, Amarin TV said today (May 29). The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is confident that Thailand will be able
Read moreArrest warrants out for 2 Canadians in the killing of gangster in Phuket
THE Phuket Provincial Court approved arrest warrants for two Canadian men, both former soldiers, who are suspects in the the murder of Indian-Canadian gangster in front of his luxury villa at Phuket’s Rawai beach on Feb. 4, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Feb. 12). The two suspects were seen firing a volley of bullets at
Read morePolice Chief flies to Phuket to solve Indian Canadian man’s murder
NATIONAL POLICE Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk flew to Phuket today (Feb. 7) to solve the murder of an Indian man with Canadian citizenship at a luxury villa on Rawai beach on Friday night with police investigators having collected more suveilence camera clips and worked out the two assassins’ escape route, TV Channel 7 said.
Read moreNetaji and my grandfather: The untold story
By Aneesha Madan and published by The Times of India DARSHAN Singh Bajaj was sent to Bangkok at the young age of 14 years to avoid the bubonic plague in Punjab. After the day’s work, he took to staging plays which were pieces from the great Indian epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. After the
Read moreChonburi chasing two infected Indian tourists
THE Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office posted an announcement on its Facebook page this afternoon (Jan. 4) that they searching for two Covid infected Indian tourists with those who know of their whereabouts urged to immediately contact Vibharam Laem Chabang Hospital, TV Channel 7 said The announcement identified the two tourists as Mr. Ankit
Read moreIndian man held in murder of compatriot
AN unidentified Indian man was arrested today (Sept. 1) on the charges of killing and mutilating a fellow countryman and dumping the two parts of his body at different points in Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Soi 17, Sanook.com said. It is believed that the motive for the murder was revenge over the deceased having informed the
Read moreTax raids target Indian paper that criticised government over Covid
By The Guardian and published by MSN.com TAX RAIDS have been carried out on the offices of one of India’s most popular newspapers, after months of critical coverage of the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. This morning, more than 100 tax inspectors descended on the headquarters of Dainik Bhaskar media group in the state
Read morePolice checking possible murder in drowning death of wealthy couple
THE Crime Suppression Division police are speeding up their investigation of the drowning death of a wealthy Thai couple of Indian origin at a luxury resort on Koh Tao island last Saturday to determine whether they were possibly murdered, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (June 7). If this turns out to be a complex
Read moreDeputy Police Chief sends team to probe couple’s drowning death
IN ORDER to ascertain the true cause of the drowning death of a wealthy Thai couple of Indian descent on Koh Tao last Friday, Deputy Police Chief Pol Maj Gen Jirapob Phuridet has instructed the Crime Suppression Division Chief Pol Maj Gen Suwat Saengnum to send a team there to investigate, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreIndian couple rent Spicejet plane for Covid-19 lockdown-busting mid-air wedding
By AFP, published by The Straits Times New Delhi – An Indian couple chartered a passenger jet to stage a mid-air wedding that hijacked coronavirus restrictions by taking more than 160 guests, reports said today (May 24). India’s civil aviation authority has ordered an investigation and suspended the crew of the jet, officials said. Because
Read moreBangkokians in a tizzy over the Indian Covid variant
RESIDENTS of Bangkok are raising questions about how the Indian variant of the coronavirus, which spreads very quickly, cropped up at a workers’ camp in Lak Si district while also keeping an eye on how extensively it will spread here, Matichon newspaper said this morning. Meanwhile the Public Health Ministry said early this morning (May
Read more15 workers infected with Indian Covid variant, emergency extended
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said this afternoon (May 21) that many workers at a camp in Laksi district of Bangkok have contracted coronavirus with 15 of them infected with the Indian strain, Thai Rath newspaper said. He also stated that CCSA’s Management Committee agreed to extend the
Read moreWhy are thousands of Indian farmers protesting?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says recently enacted farm laws will free farmers from bullying middlemen; farmers say they fear big corporations. By Megha Bahree of Al Jazeera Some of India’s farmers are among the country’s poorest people, but government policies have long protected them from the ravages of open market prices. A set of
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