Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The police have recovered a huge amount of banned drug cocaine from Karaya area in Kolkata and arrested three drug traffickers, said an official on Tuesday. According to the police, a large amount of foreign drugs are being smuggled for rave parties in different parts of the city. Cocaine is in high demand among them.The police said that they received information through sources that a den of foreign drug traffickers has been set up on Ahiripukur Road in Karaya area.Polic…
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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Indian Customs Department, on Wednesday night, recovered over 700 red-eared slider turtles.The category of turtles classified as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species, was recovered from the luggage of a passenger coming from Bangkok at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday night.It is learnt that a flight from Bangkok landed at the Kolkata Airport on Wednesday night and…
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Kolkata Police informed on Wednesday morning that two Thai nationals were arrested in Kolkata on Tuesday with banned narcotics. The two women had come to the city disguised as tourists but in reality they had smuggled the drugs into West Bengal.The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested the two women from Bangkok from Bhowanipore area of south Kolkata in possession of banned drug named ecstasy.When it is in tablet form, it is called Ecstasy and when it is in …
Paris, July 21 (IANS) Several leading international press freedom and human rights organisations have urged Thai authorities not to deport detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China, warning that he faces a grave risk of enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture, and other cruel or inhuman treatment because of his reporting on corruption at the highest levels of the Chinese government.Citing local sources, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Safeguard Defenders said that Chines…
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) Popular dance choreographer Brinda master, who is now choreographing a song for director Rawindra Pulle’s eagerly awaited action entertainer ‘Mysaa’, on Saturday showered praise on the film’s lead actress Rashmika Mandanna for her commitment to her craft. Taking to her Instagram page to pen a post lauding Rashmika Mandanna, Brinda wrote, “So happy to be working on a song in Mysaa.‼️ @rashmika_mandanna, from rehearsals to the shoot, the amount of practice and preparati…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough in a transnational smuggling racket, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted an international gold smuggling syndicate and arrested six people, including three Filipinos, officials said on Friday.The syndicate was allegedly being run with the connivance of private persons working at the airport premises, officials said.The six arrested accused have been identified as Mumbai residents Himanshu Upadhyay, Mohid Hasan Siddiqui and Fer…
Bangkok, July 16 (IANS) Jagpreet Kaur, First Secretary of the Embassy of India in Bangkok, on Thursday highlighted India’s continued commitment to implementing the Montreal Protocol at the 48th meeting of the Open‑Ended Working Group (OEWG48) of Parties to the Montreal Protocol. “India is actively participating in the 48th meeting of the Open‑Ended Working Group (OEWG48) of Parties to the Montreal Protocol, being held from 13–17 July 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. Jagpreet Kaur, First Secr…
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Comedian Bharti Singh left everyone in splits with her quintessential humour as she jokingly revealed that her son, Yashveer, fondly known as Kaju, was conceived during a trip to Thailand.In a fun-filled conversation posted by her on her blog on YouTube channel, Bharti said, “I conceived him in Thailand. That’s why he’s a little… He looks like a kid from Bangkok,” leaving everyone around her laughing.For the uninitiated, Bharti and her husband, writer Haarsh Limbachiyaa,…
Bangkok, July 13 (IANS) A fire at a pub near Lat Phrao Road in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district killed 27 people and injured dozens of others, Thai media reported. The fire broke out at around 11:57 p.m. local time and was later extinguished. The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment.Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrived at the scene at around 1:44 a.m. on Monday and said most of the victims died from smoke inhalation, reports Xinhua news agency.An investigation into the cause of t…
Ahmedabad, July 9 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Customs Department has seized 5.368 kg (gross) of hydroponic marijuana from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), marking the latest in a series of narcotics interceptions on the Thailand-Ahmedabad route. According to sources, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted a male passenger after he arrived on Thai Airways flight TG-343 from Bangkok on Wednesday following passenger profiling….