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Bangkok to host mega-fest of spectacular ballet, music and opera

Bangkok to host mega-fest of spectacular ballet, music and opera

Many international troupes including Bolshoi Company and Imperial Ice Stars set up performances; festival ends October...

3 Sept 2024 12:32 PM IST

A Thai mourner poses for a photograph while paying tribute in front of a portrait of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej close to the Grand Palace in Bangkok. (Photo: AP)

Thais to bid Bhumibol farewell amid replica of Vedic universe

Next week hundreds of musicians and dancers will enact King Bhumibol's favourite episodes of Khon, the royal masked...

23 Oct 2017 12:32 AM IST

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Smoking to be banned on Thai beaches

Ban, which comes into force in November, follows clean-up of nearly 140,000 cigarette butts from a 2.5 kms stretch of...

17 Oct 2017 1:44 PM IST

That's cheeky: Tourists bare buttocks at Bangkok temple, held back

Joseph and Travis Dasilva, both 38, uploaded pictures on November 24 of bared backsides at Wat Arun (The Temple of Dawn)...

29 Nov 2017 12:51 PM IST

A view of a vendor stall in Bangkok market, Thailand. Photo: Creative Commons

Dining goes digital for Thailand's street food vendors

Shoppers in their 20s and 30s said they were more inclined to use the system.

23 Nov 2017 4:23 PM IST

A part of the proceeds of these sales is given to the producers and the rest is invested in the welfare of the dogs in their medical and general needs.

Smart vest turns stray dogs into street guardians

Equipped with a hidden video camera, the vest has sensors that transmit live streaming videos when the dog barks.

2 Sept 2017 10:37 AM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Indian tourist among 2 people killed in shootout in Thailand's Bangkok

Around 20 men were engaged in the fight armed with pistols, knives and sticks. Three of them opened fire, injuring the...

8 Oct 2018 1:17 PM IST

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Flight makes emergency landing in Varanasi after Thai national suffers...

The patient identified as Atabot Thngcusorn (53) was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead.

5 Oct 2018 4:25 PM IST

The plastic surgeons at Natchaya Clinic removed the entire implant from her nose by pulling it out of the open wound. (Photo: Pixabay)

Botched nose job left silicone implant leaking from woman's nose

Doctors advice those seeking plastic surgery to get their work done by licensed establishments and practitioners in the...

18 Jan 2018 4:27 PM IST

Yaowarat in the night Wikimedia Commons

An adventurous call

Contrary to popular belief, the infamous sex tourism in the open' was really not that out in the open.

25 Feb 2018 5:43 AM IST

The murky case threw the spotlight on Thailands then unregulated rent-a-womb industry. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai...

Mitsutoki Shigeta caused a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA linked him to 9 infants found in a...

20 Feb 2018 10:14 AM IST

Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Two held at IGI airport for smuggling

The two men and the gold bars were handed over to the Customs authorities, he said.

29 April 2018 6:25 AM IST