Celebs can’t stop talking about ’embarrasing’ Oscars
Angel Chan NEW YORK: The Oscars night may be over, but its reverberations are not. The wrong announcement of the top award – Best Picture – continues to wow and amaze and spark comment Here […]
Day: March 1, 2017
Panda Love: Just can’t stop… hugging you
By Angel Chan USA: This panda baby is besotted by his keeper. It just wants to hug him – whether his keeper wants to or not. Posted about a week ago, the video already has […]
Abdullah Al Marri promoted to Dubai Police Major General
By Rajive Singh DUBAI: In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, ordered the promotion of Brigadier Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri to […]
‘Hope Makers’ initiative to rekindle hope in Arab World
By Rajive Singh DUBAI: The ‘Hope Makers’ initiative was yesterday launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The effort, the largest of […]
Dubai car rental firms barred from keeping passport or ID
Ordered to return deposit within 30 days By Rajive Singh DUBAI: The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, has announced new stipulations for issuing permits for car rental business in Dubai. “No private documents relating to […]
Dubai to get electric car charging stations; tariff yet to be revealed
Electric, hybrid cars will rise to 10 per cent by 2030 in Dubai By Sheena Amos DUBAI: Directive Number 01 of 2017 on the establishment and installation of electric vehicle charging stations in Dubai, was issued […]
Grischuk wins Fide World Chess Grand Prix
By Sports Staff SHARJAH: Russian Grandmaster, Alexander Grischuk has won the Gold Medal and the Grand Cup of the 2017 Fide World Chess Sharjah Grand Prix. The winner was awarded by Fide President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The runner-up, Maxime […]
Switch your car to CNG: It has become cheaper from March 1
By Rajive Singh ABU DHABI: A new pricing scheme for compressed natural gas (CNG) for cars will come into effect from today (1st March). The new tariff for natural gas for vehicles (NGV) is at Dh1.40 […]
Etihad Rail runs 1,000th cargo train… passengers when?
By Rajive Singh ABU DHABI: Etihad Rail, the developer of the UAE’s national railway network and Etihad Rail DB, the joint venture between Etihad Rail and DB Cargo that operates and maintains Stage One of […]
New evidence emerges in Dr Khater Massad fraud case: RAK
By Rajive Singh RAS AL KHAIMAH: In a bid to enforce its pivotal role in doing away with corruption hotbeds, the Department of Public Prosecution, over the past two years, initiated an investigation into a […]