
Bangkok: Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok - for a fake Rolex. The singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking an online uproar Thursday in Thailand where some fans called it offensive, insulting and bad for the country's image. It's the latest publicity-making turn of events as "The Born This Way Ball" travels through Asia. Lady Gaga's provocative lyrics and costumes have angered Catholic...

01:50 PM, May 24, 2012

Noida: Three youths were arrested from Noida on Sunday for allegedly kidnapping the four-year-old daughter of a priest and demanding ransom. The trio, aged between 18 and 20 years, had planned a trip to Bangkok for which they needed money. One of the accused is said to be a B.Tech. student. The trio had allegedly demanded a ransom of Rs 1 lakh from the priest. The girl, meanwhile, has been...

07:52 AM, Apr 09, 2012

New Delhi: India has sent an arrest warrant for Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, arrested in connection with the botched-up bombing in Bangkok, to Malaysia requesting for his production before court to unravel the conspiracy behind the attack on an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi on February 13. Malaysian authorities through diplomatic channels were handed over the warrant with a plea that a proper extradition request would be sent after completion of...

06:34 PM, Apr 05, 2012

New Delhi: A Delhi-based couple has been accused of abusing their 13-year-old domestic help after leaving the girl locked in their home while on a six day trip to Bangkok. The minor was rescued on Thursday evening after she managed to unlock a window and shout for help. The police officials found her bruised and beaten. A case has been registered against the couple. The victim's statement will be recorded...

11:38 PM, Mar 29, 2012

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday requested the Malaysian authorities to deport the prime accused in the Bangkok blast case, who is an Iranian national named Seda Ghat Zadeh Masoud. Masoud has been detained in Malaysia. Meanwhile in Delhi, a court asked the police to present the records of the interrogation of Mohammad Ahmed Qazmi, one of the accused in the attack on an Israeli Embassy car in the...

06:15 PM, Mar 17, 2012

New Delhi: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to attend a counter-terrorism conference in Pakistan on Thursday. This came three days after the blasts in Delhi and Bangkok. Investigations now seem to suggest that there are numerous similarities in both attacks. The question is whether it is all a part of a larger coordinated attack as Israel claims. Two of the three men held for allegedly plotting triple attacks in...

08:15 AM, Feb 16, 2012

Thailand has claimed that the Israel embassy car blast was linked with the blasts in Bangkok. ...

11:55 PM, Feb 15, 2012

Bangkok: Bollywood glamour entered Madame Tussauds here today with the unveiling of wax images of Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai and Kareena Kapoor. The statues of the four stars was inaugurated by Indian envoy to Thailand Anil Wadhwa today. The museum, located at the paragon shopping mall is a popular tourist spot as well local haunt. The four stars joined the wax statue of megastar Amitabh...

07:28 PM, Feb 15, 2012

Bangkok: Thai authorities were on Wednesday probing possible links between the three explosions on Bangkok on Tuesday and the Monday attack on an Israeli embassy car in Delhi as evidence emerged that "sticky" bomb was used in both the cases. However, Israel's Ambassador to Thailand Itzhak Shoham was emphatic when he claimed that the three Iranian suspects involved in Tuesday's blasts were part of the same network of assailants who...

05:41 PM, Feb 15, 2012

New Delhi: The second Iranian suspect in the Bangkok blasts case has denied involvement and is yet to be charged. Thailand's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a statement that said that Thailand isn't a terrorist target. Meanwhile 10 countries have already issued travel advisories. According to reports, 2 of the 3 suspected bombers were Iranian nationals. One of them was critically injured while hurling a bomb at the police. He...

02:38 PM, Feb 15, 2012

New Delhi: Thailand officials on Wednesday said that the Israeli diplomats including the Ambassador were the target of the Tuesday's failed bomb attacks in Bangkok. They also said that magnet-based bombs were used. Meanwhile, the second Iranian suspect, who is yet to be charged, has denied any involvement in the explosions. Thai authorities probing the links between explosions in Thailand and those in India and Georgia on Tuesday said that...

12:32 PM, Feb 15, 2012

Bangkok: Israel accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror that stretched this week from the Middle East to the heart of Asia after a bungled series of explosions led to the capture of two Iranian nationals in Bangkok. Authorities in Israel ratcheted up security at home and abroad following Tuesday's explosions in the Thai capital, escalating a confrontation over Iran's suspect nuclear program and raising fears of...

08:31 AM, Feb 15, 2012

Bangkok: An Iranian on Tuesday set off three blasts in Bangkok, blowing off his own legs while one of his compatriots was arrested when he attempted to flee to Malaysia, a day after Israeli embassy cars were targeted in Indian and Georgian capitals. Four locals, including a woman, were also injured in the blasts that occurred outside a school on Soi Sukhumvit 71 Road that branches off a busy multi-lane...

08:01 AM, Feb 15, 2012

Home Minister P Chidambaram confirmed that the attack on an Israeli embassy car was sophisticated and the bomber well trained. ...

10:39 PM, Feb 14, 2012

Editor-in-Chief of the Thai-ASEAN News Network Chandaporn Lin and Indian Ambassador to Thailand Anil Wadhwa talk to CNN-IBN. ...

06:11 PM, Feb 14, 2012