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Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt gets Ajmal Kasab’s cell in jail report
Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said on Saturday. Dutt, 53, surrendered on Thursday to serve out the remaining three-and-a-half years of a five-year term in a case linked to deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings. Dutt's lawyer, Rizwan Merchant, has ...
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IPL6 KXIP v MI live cricket score Mahmood blasts Maxwell Punjab 108-2 in 13 overs against Mumbai
Malinga returns to bowl a tight second over conceding just three runs. KXIP 90-2 in 12 overs. Mahmood picks up another boundary against Harbhajan. KXIP 87-2 in 11 overs. Marsh slams a couple of boundaries off the first over from Pollard. KXIP 80-2 in 10 overs. Malinga goes for 20 in his first over as Mahmood and then cracks three consecutive boundaries in addition to a six. KXIP 63-1 in ...
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DED business survey for Q2 2013 No firing only hiring for Dubai firms
Businesses in Dubai are confident of growth trends continuing to the second quarter of 2013, according to the quarterly business confidence survey conducted by the Department of Economic Development (DED). While optimism runs across the whole economy, it is particularly high among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and exporting firms as reflected in the composite Business Confidence Index ...
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Sharjah Tourism road show in Europe under National Council for Tourism
HE Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Director General of the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, has underscored the importance of cooperation and coordination between government agencies and private sector in tourism sector to boost UAE's leading position regionally and ...
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The Cove Rotana Resort Ras Al Khaimah appoints new Director of Rooms
His career and managerial position started with Rotana in 2006 when he held the position of Area Sales Manager in Rotana Area Sales Office, then moved on to Al Ain Rotana as Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing and got promote to Director of Sales and Marketing in 2009.In his new role Bassam will be responsible for the overall coordination of Front of House department, Housekeeping, ...
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Crescent Enterprises participates in Forbes Womens Summit in New York
Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises, a UAE-based conglomerate operating across multiple core sectors of the global economy, recently addressed the Forbes Women's Summit in New ...
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Interior Design gurus to share insight and expertise at INDEX 2013 and The Office Exhibition
Show organizer dmgevents announced today the finalline-up of events and seminars at INDEX 2013 and The Office Exhibition; the region's largest exhibitions for the architecture and design traderun simultaneously from May 20th till 23rdat the Dubai World Trade ...
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Kyrgyzstan delegation visits Sharjah Tourism
HE Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, has lauded the efforts of UAE Government for rapid development of infrastructure in the country, keeping pace with the fast growing population of residents and influx of international ...
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TABLE-UAE April inflation eases to 0.9 pct yy
May 18 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates National Bureau of Statistics released the following April consumer price data for the Gulf OPEC member on Saturday. UAE CONSUMER INFLATION 04/13 03/13 04/12 pct change month/month 0.0 0.1 0.1 pct change year/year 0.9 1.0 0.8 NOTE. Housing and utility costs, which account for over 39 percent of consumer expenses, fell 0.1 percent year-on-year ...
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Container theft gang nabbed in Sharjah
Sharjah Police has arrested a six-member gang specialising in theft of containers laden with goods from the front of warehouses in the industrial areas of the emirate. The arrested people included four Pakistanis, one Gulf national and an Indian. According to the police, the gang had a truck customers to tow the containers away to the several places where they stored stolen goods. Some ...
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New radar on Abu Dhabi-Al Ain Road
The Abu Dhabi Police has installed a speed radar on the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain road parallel to the University of Abu Dhabi. The radar became operation on Saturday. First Lieutenant Said Marzouk Al Zaabi, director of surveillance methods in the Directorate of Traffic and Patrols at Abu Dhabi Police, said the new radar is intended to monitor vehicles passing on this road at more than 141km per ...
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Ericsson LTE provides the most advanced customer experience
Rolling out LTE deployments, improving the customer experience and helping operators reach their business potential are high on Ericsson's agenda as top telecoms and regional ICT key players participate in this year's LTE MENA. The event, for which Ericsson is a platinum sponsor, will take place from May 12th to May 14th in Dubai, ...
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JA Ocean View Hotel excels as newest addition to JA Resorts and Hotels portfolio
JA Ocean View Hotel, the only four-star beach hotel on 'The Walk' at JBR, continues to excel after only four months of operation in one of Dubai's most popular areas. The hotel became the first new hotel to officially open under the JA Resorts and Hotels brand when it welcomed its first guests on 22 December ...
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Dubai Courts and DIFC Courts launch their 2012 annual reports
The Dubai Courts has made significant achievements during the past fiscal year, especially in the area of the adjudication rate of cases filed and pending with the ...
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Tripp Lite holds specialised training for IT partners in GCC CIS
Tripp Lite, a world-leading manufacturer of power protection equipment, has organised a three-day technical training workshop in Dubai, UAE for its critical applications partners (CAP) from across the GCC and CIS ...
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3M draws on DIY innovation to add Scotch mounting range to its portfolio in UAE
The consumer business division for 3M, a global leader in research and development and pioneer for thousands of innovative products across diverse industry sectors globally, has introduced in the UAE, its unique Scotch mount range solutions that have been specially designed for securely mounting various objects on different surfaces without any ...
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UAE motorists urged to take care in high winds
ABU DHABI // Motorists are being warned of reduced visibility as winds of up to 60kph whip up dust into the air. Winds are expected to get stronger until 3pm today, according to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology."We expect the horizontal visibility to deteriorate in some places to be less than 2,000 meters," said a spokesman. "Precautions must be taken by drivers ...
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Dubai education chiefs to mull later start for schools
Lt Gen Mohammed Saif Al Zafeen sparked debate this week when he used social media site Twitter to ask the community for its views on starting school later to help ease the emirate's growing traffic congestion ...
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Emirates inks new sponsorship deal with Frances PSG
The announcement was revealed by Thierry Antinori, Emirates executive vice president, Passenger Sales Worldwide and Nasser Al-Khelafi, president of Paris Saint Germain in ...
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QNET intends to expand its operations in region from United Arab Emirates
QNET, a prominent Asian Direct Selling company with regional headquarters in the United Arab Emirates is planning to expand its warehouse capacity to serve the entire MENA region. QNET currently has offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and a logistics facility in Mussafah which currently ships products to 8 countries in the ...
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai signs network agreement with MedNet UAE
Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai (Moorfields), the first overseas branch of the world renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and MedNet UAE FZ LLC (MedNet) - the managed care service provider which creates access to high quality healthcare - have reached an agreement under which Moorfields will join the network of healthcare providers accessible to 17 insurance partners of ...
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Trend Micro appoints Mantrac for distribution
Trend Micro, the global leader in cloud security, has appointed Mantrac Distribution to better represent its growing list of content security solutions to the North Africa and Levant markets, said its regional vice ...
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Al Waleed hospitality acquires new luxury hotel apartment in Al Barsha
Al Waleed hospitality, the new arm in the hospitality sector of Al Waleed Investment Group recently success in acquisition a luxury hotel apartment located within the area of Al Barsha near "Mall of the Emirates", consisting of 64 units ranging from one bedroom and ...
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IX Reach connects to the Middle Easts first carrier-neutral internet exchange UAE-IX
Remote peering specialist and network connectivity solutions provider, IX Reach, has added Dubai to its long list of global locations and become the latest member to connect to the DE-CIX managed United Arab Emirates Internet Exchange, UAE-IX, from its new PoP location in Dubai's International Media Production Zone ...
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Top Stories on Dubai Chronicle on May 18th
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Health has issued a ban on the sale of two products marketed as dietary supplements for male enhancement. The statement warns about the dangers of Bullet Proof and Vicerex, which contain hidden prescription drugs that may pose a threat to men suffering from diabetes, heart issues or having excess ...
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Olympics may be Dubai's next goal
Dubai is famous for being ambitious, sometimes to its detriment, but mostly to its advantage. It was ambition that made it the city the way it is now. For some, the recent announcement of a possible Olympic bid may seem overly optimistic, but what are Dubai’s chances realistically?
Dubai does nothing half-heartedly. Fifteen years ago, Dubai was just another city in the Gulf, there was nothing particularly special about it, apart from the fact that, for western workers, it was an attractive location because of the lack of income tax, but this it had in common with many other GCC cities. Read more
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