Salman Khan’s “Veer” hitting high at Box Office
Mumbai: Notwithstanding with the poor reviews and negative comments, Salman Khan’s “Veer” is hitting high at the box offices in India and abroad. “Veer” tore into the critics like a gladiator and earned Rs 41 crore worldwide in the first week itself! The weekend business of “Veer” stood at Rs…
The Thailand Trade Representative Office (TTR) plans to support the expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises in overseas markets such as Bahrain, India and other Asian countries.
TTR president Kiat Sittheeamorn said that apart from the focus on Bahrain and India, potential existed in other markets in the Middle East, particularly in residential construction. The TTR has held negotiations with five property development and building associations, whose members are seeking government support to expand abroad. The talks…
India gives aid to family of Phuket terror victim in Mumbai
PATONG, PHUKET: The Indian embassy yesterday presented additional financial assistance to surviving relatives of Jirachat Kanmanee, the Phuket native killed in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. Ms Jirachat was one of six Thais working as spa therapists at the Banyan Tree spa in the Trident Oberoi Hotel…
India Import and Export – Part I – India & ASEAN Trade Relations
Mutual trade between the two countries clocked US$4.11 billion in 2007-08 as opposed to US$ 3.18 billion in 2006-07. In between April-December 2008-09 India exported goods worth US$ 1.44 billion to Thailand. The sectors in India that have seen Thai investment in the areas of hotel & tourism, food processing,…
Salman Khan’s Veer to release tomorrow
Veer Hindi film directed by Anil Sharma will be releasing tomorrow. It stars Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan and Jackie Shroff. The film story has been written by Salman Khan and Shailesh Verma. Its story is of time when the British were ruling India. The movie has been produced…
Paathshaala trailer to open with Veer
The trailer of Shahid Kapoor starrer Paathshaala will be unveiled with Salman Khan’s much-publicised patriotic period film Veer, which is releasing Friday. Also starring Nana Patekar and Ayesha Takia, Paathshaala highlights the various issues faced by children in schools, said a press release. After 3 Idiots, Paathshaala could be an…
Grammys to feature 3-D Jackson film
The 3-D mania fuelled by the success of Avatar is coming to the Grammy awards at the end of the month. Organisers announced on Wednesday that the January 31 ceremony will feature a 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson culled from a clip he made for his hit Earth Song that…
India’a Punj Lloyd gets Thai order worth $126 mln
MUMBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Indian consturction firm Punj Lloyd (PUJL.BO) said on Thursday it had won a contract worth 5.74 billion rupees ($126 million) from Thailand’s PTT Public Company. Punj Lloyd will install three compressor units for the Thai oil and gas firm’s offshore platform in the Gulf of…
2011 Honda New Small Concept – Honda for all
Honda presented, at the New Delhi Auto Show, a city car concept they called, honestly and modestly, New Small Concept. Toyota was not only one that displayed its vision of low cost in New Delhi, but Honda also took advantage of the Indian Auto Show to come up with an accessible city…
Thai team loves Indian tech
A team from Thailand that is in the city to take part in the 17th National Children’s Science Congress is fascinated by the technological advancement made by India. “We have been sent by our education board especially to study and understand the Indian technological advancement here so that we can…