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
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2 held in seizure of large cache of weapons in Kanchanaburi
A RAID on a resort in Kanchanaburi province led to the seizure of 111 homemade pistols and war weapons as well as 1,320 rounds of ammunition of various calibre with a couple who claimed to be the caretakers of the premises being arrested, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Nov. 21). Provincial Police Region 7
Read moreMyanmar cell towers attacked after shadow government ‘war’ call
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Protesters have destroyed around a dozen military-owned communications towers in Myanmar, witnesses and reports said today (Sept. 8), after the country’s self-proclaimed shadow government issued a call for a “defensive war” against the junta. The country has been in chaos since the military seized power in
Read moreAmmunition, grenades heading for Myanmar seized at border
CHIANG Rai police seized 6,000 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition used for the M16 and M4-Series assault rifles and 52 K75 grenades that were to be sent to Myanmar’s Tachileik town which is just opposite Mae Sai town on the Thai side, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (March 29). This cache of ammo and grenades
Read moreChinese state media slams US as a ‘rogue country’ over TikTok
By Arjun Kharpal, CNBC CHINESE state media labeled the US a “rogue country” and dubbed the potential sale of social media firm TikTok to Microsoft as “theft,” adding that Beijing could retaliate if a deal is sealed. Microsoft announced plans on Sunday to acquire TikTok’s business in certain markets — the US, Canada, Australia and
Read morePol Gen Chakthip: Seized war weapons belonged to political group
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda today (June 25) confirmed that the war weapons seized from a house at the Thai-Myanmar border town of Mae Sot, Tak province, belonged to a political group and not traders as security officials had said, INN News reported. Soldiers of the Special Unit of 4th Infantry Regiment together
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