Her Royal Highness Bajrakitiyabha arrives to India for a three-day visit to Bodhgaya.
The Princess arrived to Gaya International airport and then traveled to Bodhgaya, a Buddhist pilgrimage religious site, where she lit a candle in gratitude during a robe offering ceremony. Pictures: Getty (Daylife/Indiatimes)
Thai PM to be chief guest on Republic Day
Third guest from Southeast Asia to be accorded the honour in as many years. Yingluck Shinawatra, elected as Thailand’s first female prime minister in August this year, will be the chief guest for India’s 2012 Republic Day celebrations. Shinawatra will be the third guest from a Southeastern nation to be…
Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh among 20 most powerful in world: Forbes
WASHINGTON: India’s Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh figured among Forbes’ list of world’s 70 most powerful people in 2011 as US Barack Obama regained his position at the top. Obama bumped Chinese President Hu Jintao from the No. 1 spot on the magazine’s annual rankings…
India’s flood relief assistance handed over to Thai Prime Minister
Nagma M. Mallick, Chargé d’ Affaires of India in Thailand, today handed over a cheque for over THB 6 million (USD 200,000) to H.E. Ms Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand, as assistance by Government of India for flood relief at Flood Relief Operations Centre ( FROC), Don Mueang airport,…
India provides Bt6million aid to Thailand
The Indian government has provided Bt6 million (US$200,000) worth of aid to the Thai government to help with flood relief, the Indian embassy announced. A press statement from the embassy said the government and people of India express their solidarity with the government and people of Thailand in this difficult…
India’s longest railway tunnel unveiled in Jammu & Kashmir
BANIHAL: The northern railways on Friday opened India’s longest railway tunnel piercing through the Pir Panjal range in Jammu & Kashmir. The tunnel is part of the ambitious Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project of Northern Railways. At 10.96km long, the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is India’s longest…
India’s best-known low-cost airline likes what it sees in Thailand and pursues more Asian markets
As Thailand becomes a hot destination for Indian tourists, Indian airlines are looking at the country in ways they have never done before. Some plan to use the country as their regional hub while also plotting routes now dominated by Thai Airways International. The latest to enter the skies in…
Jagjit Singh: Voice goes silent, but melodies will live on
New Delhi: ‘Chitthi na koi sandes, jane who kaunsa des jahan tum chale gaye’…has been one of the greatest ghazals of the legend Jagjit Singh that moved people to tears. And the sad demise of the ghazal king Jagjit has once again made the world to remember these lines by…
India’s finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet, Aakash
India’s finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet named “ Aakash”. The tablet runs onAndroid 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7 inch resistive touch screen with 800×480 reolution and weighs 350 gm. Aakash is a collaboration between the government and a British-based company DataWind. The tablet has a 256…
Bigg Boss hosts Salman and Sanjay are claustrophobic!
Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, who have been behind bars, shudder at even the possibility of participating in a show that would lock them up. Many celebrities may have been keen to be part of a reality show hosted by Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt. But the star hosts themselves…