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PHUKET: Authorities are hoping to determine the cause of death of an Indian tourist who was found dead on Kalim Beach, north of Patong, this morning (Mar 12).

Thursday 12 March 2026 12:59 PM

All safe after Air India hard landing in Phuket

PHUKET: An Air India Express passenger aircraft made a hard landing at Phuket International Airport late this morning (Mar 11), damaging its nose landing gear and forcing authorities to temporarily close the airport’s only runway. All 133 people on board were reported safe.

Wednesday 11 March 2026 02:05 PM

Ministry steps up Nipah virus vigilance

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 4 February 2026 10:41 AM

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health has intensified preventive and surveillance measures against the Nipah virus, even as authorities stress that the risk of infection in the country remains very low.

Phuket temple to celebrate first anniversary with major Ganesha ceremony

PHUKET: The Lord Shrimant Ganpati Bappa Devalai temple in Rawai will celebrate its first anniversary on Sunday (Dec 28), marking one year since becoming Phuket’s first major Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Ganesha and a growing symbol of Thai-Indian cultural ties.

Tuesday 23 December 2025 11:00 AM

Indian tour groups cancel trips after flight chaos at home

BANGKOK: Travel agents say 20% of Indian tour groups to Thailand have cancelled following massive flight cancellations by IndiGo, India's largest airline, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) views the impact as short term, expecting the market to still reach 2.4 million arrivals this year.

Wednesday 10 December 2025 01:22 PM

Owners of Goa 'Birch' bar flee to Phuket after deadly fire

BANGKOK: The owners of an Indian nightclub fled to Phuket hours after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25, authorities in India say.

Wednesday 10 December 2025 11:04 AM

Indian man arrested for 107 days’ overstay

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration officers have arrested a 38-year-old Indian man for overstaying his visa by more than three months after receiving a complaint that he was residing illegally in a luxury condominium in Kathu.

Tuesday 7 October 2025 10:00 AM

Xi and Putin round on West at regional summit in China

TIANJIN: Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns today (Sept 1) to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations.

Monday 1 September 2025 03:52 PM

Indian men arrested for working illegally on Phuket luxury boat

PHUKET: Three Indian nationals have been arrested at Chalong Pier for illegally working as cooks on a luxury boat without the required permits, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has confirmed.

Tuesday 26 August 2025 11:26 AM

India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile

NEW DELHI: India said yesterday (Aug 20) it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China.

Thursday 21 August 2025 11:01 AM

Schedule announced for ‘Ganesha Chaturthi’ festival

PHUKET: Phuket officials have announced the schedule for Thailand’s first-ever ‘Ganesha Chaturthi’ festival, to be held later this month in a five-day celebration aimed at boosting cultural tourism and strengthening spiritual ties between Thailand and India.

Monday 11 August 2025 10:00 AM

Tariff may affect Indian tourism

BANGKOK: After securing solid growth from the Indian tourism market in the last two years while Asian markets stagnated, 2025 is an uncertain year for arrivals from the subcontinent as US tariff rates are expected to have an impact.

Monday 4 August 2025 09:09 AM

Phuket to host Thailand’s first Ganesha Chaturthi festival

PHUKET: In a landmark move to diversify its tourism offerings and strengthen cultural ties with India, Phuket provincial officials are preparing to host Thailand’s first-ever ‘Ganesha Chaturthi’ festival.

Sunday 20 July 2025 10:00 AM

Phuket enjoys surprise off-season arrivals hike

BANGKOK: Phuket is seeing a big shift in tourism patterns as European travellers embrace off-season travel, with tourism revenue expected to grow by over B40 billion, or around 10%, this year, says the Phuket Tourist Association.

Thursday 17 July 2025 12:59 PM

Snakes on a plane from Thailand to India, again

NEW DELHI: Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure in June.

Wednesday 2 July 2025 11:00 AM

At least 265 dead in India plane crash, one passenger survives

AHMEDABAD: A London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the Indian city of Ahmedabad yesterday (June 12), killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground - but one passenger has miraculously survived.

Friday 13 June 2025 10:21 AM

Dozens killed as India, Pakistan clash in worst violence in decades

MUZZAFFARABAD: India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier yesterday (May 7) after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch-rival, in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades.

Thursday 8 May 2025 09:30 AM

India’s elephant warning system tackles deadly conflict

DHAWALPUR: In central India’s dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year.

Sunday 20 April 2025 03:00 PM

Illegal foreign tour guides hinder sector