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India's Kumbh Mela pilgrimage officially starts
AFP, Published on 14/07/2015
» MUMBAI - India's mass Hindu pilgrimage, the Kumbh Mela, officially started on Tuesday with a low-key flag-raising ceremony in Nashik in western Maharashtra state.
Bangladesh lynching anger grows as suspect confesses
AFP, Published on 14/07/2015
» DHAKA - Outrage over the lynching of a 13-year-old boy mounted in Bangladesh Tuesday, with more protests planned over the murder which was captured on video, as one of the suspects confessed after being arrested in Saudi Arabia.
At least 27 dead in India stampede
AFP, Published on 14/07/2015
» The death toll from a stampede Tuesday on the banks of a holy river in southern India has risen to 27, the state government said.
Prajin expects call for bids on monorail lines next year
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 15/07/2015
» Transport Minister Prajin Juntong expects to call for tenders to build two monorail lines, in northern and eastern Bangkok, in the second quarter of 2016.
City plan vacuum to evaporate
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 14/07/2015
» The government is set to close the loophole in city plans that allows developers to exploit the vacuum period between the expiry of old plans and creation of new ones by accelerating development.
Uighur saga harms Thai rights record
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/07/2015
» The deportation of 109 Turkic ethnic Uighurs, including women and children, to China last week has proved another setback to the military government's foreign affairs policies as the world pours condemnation on Bangkok, rather than Beijing, for its cloak-and-dagger move.
Spotlight on human rights abuses
News, David Baulk, Published on 14/07/2015
» This month, the Myanmar government will submit their report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) — a United Nations mechanism which assesses the progress of individual countries on their adherence to human rights standards.
All Aboard
Asia focus, Wanant Kerdchuen, Published on 13/07/2015
» When people want to travel within Europe, the train and not the airplane is the first thing that comes to mind. Rail transport in Europe is renowned for well-established networks and top-notch speeds of 300-plus kilometres per hour (km/h), a standards yet to be seen anywhere in Southeast Asia.
HK protester 'beaten by police' wins first step in legal fight
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester allegedly assaulted by police -- in a beating captured on video -- has been given the green light to challenge a decision not to identify his assailants.
Government agrees to finance motorway projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/07/2015
» Three motorways linking Ayutthaya and Nakhon Ratchasima, Nonthaburi and Kanchanaburi, and Pattaya and Map Ta Phut, worth a combined 160 billion baht, are set to get off the ground after the cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal by the Transport Ministry to build them this year and next.