Thai election commission wants polls delayed

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:43

Thailand`s election commission proposes to tell caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in talks scheduled for Tuesday that the Feb 2 elections should be delayed by six months, an official here said Monday.

Tata Motors MD Karl Slym left `suicide note`: Thai police

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 15:50

Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym, 51, died early Sunday at the Shangri-La Hotel in the Thai capital where he was attending a board meeting, the company has confirmed.

US deeply troubled by violence in Thailand

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 13:45

xpressing concern at the ongoing political unrest in Thailand, the United State has said it is deeply troubled by efforts to block polls and otherwise prevent voting and urged all sides to refrain from violence.

Thailand elections should be deferred in face of violence: EC

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 11:45

After an anti-government protest leader was shot dead, Suthep Thaugsuban, a former Thai deputy prime minister, has expressed hope that Thailand`s Armed Forces will protect them as the political violence intensified in the country.

Violence, protests blight advance voting for disputed Thai poll

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:43

Thai protest leader was shot as fellow demonstrators besieged polling stations in Bangkok, disrupting advance voting for hundreds of thousands of people before next weekend`s general election.

Thailand protestors block advance voting for migrants

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 13:52

Protestors in Thailand Sunday blocked many polling stations and disrupted advance voting ahead of next week`s general elections, officials said.

Thailand set for advance voting despite rally disruption

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 03:40

Thai voters are due to cast advanced ballots on Sunday despite plans by opposition demonstrators to surround polling stations and uncertainty over whether controversial elections will ultimately go ahead.

Thai govt offers to put off polls, protesters rebuff proposal

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 23:57

Thailand government said it would put off February 2 snap polls if political rivals end protests, but opposition leader rebuffed proposal and said demonstrations will continue to press for reforms.

Thailand protesters not to obstruct advance voting

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 20:47

Thai protests leader Suthep Thaugsuban said his supporters will not "block" advance voting Sunday for next week`s general elections.

Thai court rules that February 2 snap polls can be delayed

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:23

Thai court ruled that February 2 snap polls can be delayed in blow to embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who insisted that the voting date, fixed by royal decree, was unchangeable.

Thai police bars entry to certain Bangkok buildings, roads

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 15:43

Thai police Friday issued its first notice under the Emergency decree prohibiting individuals or groups of people from entering 13 building compounds and 25 roads unless authorised to do so.

Thai court set to rule on whether February election goes ahead

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 10:52

Thailand`s Constitutional Court could rule whether a February 2 election can go ahead, though whatever it decides there is little sign of a quick end to the political crisis dragging down Southeast Asia`s second biggest economy.