Islamabad: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is a "proclaimed offender" in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, on Wednesday announced that he will contest the upcoming general elections from Chitral, a constituency in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Musharraf, 69, made the announcement while addressing the elders of Chitral via a video-link from Dubai, the Express Tribune reported. The former president who ruled Pakistan between 1999 and 2008, had formed a...
10:55 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Dubai: A replica of Taj Mahal, Taj Arabia, several times bigger than India's architectural marvel, will be a part the Falconcity of Wonders (FCW) - a multi-purpose project being developed here. Taj Arabia will be surrounded by lush green innovated landscaping including the famous Mughal Gardens and architecturally themed landmark buildings, the company said during Cityscape Global 2012 event here. The project comprises various residential and commercial buildings including a...
04:23 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Whether you are a Ravi Teja enthusiast or not, it is obvious that his films are paisa-vasool entertainers albeit mindless. Popularly known as Mass Maharaja, Ravi Teja films are always blessed with wholesome entertainment and lot of humour. Ravi, who has grown from a character artiste to the status of a hero, is one of the best actors in the industry with the perfect timing for comedy. In 'Don Seenu',...
03:24 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Allrounder Glenn Maxwell is pressing for a return to the side for the match on Monday night. ...
08:31 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Dubai: In a dramatic arrival to promote her upcoming film 'Heroine', Kareena Kapoor flew in on a sea-plane, reached the shore in a motorboat and then sashayed down the red carpet laid out on a blistering beach here. The 31-year-old actress then made her way to an air-conditioned boat for a press conference, all in a fancy promotional act for her film, set to release on September 21. Alongside director...
02:15 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Dubai: An Indian cab driver scooped a USD 245,028 prized Lamborghini Gallardo in a lucky draw at a local shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. Soupi Abdulla's prized car was plucked out from nearly a quarter of a million entries in a local mall's shop-and-win draw in Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, The National newspaper reported. To be eligible for the draw, shoppers had to spend more than USD 68 at...
06:03 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: CBI will soon call a Dubai-based businessman for questioning in connection with alleged laundering of funds as a fall out of 2G spectrum scam. The CBI has received an input from Research and Analysis Wing about the money parked in Dubai accounts of companies owned by the businessman. CBI sources said the note from RAW gives details of money laundering deals between a Dubai-based individual and a Chennai-based...
11:58 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Chennai: The departure of a Dubai-bound Emirates Airways flight scheduled to take off from Chennai at 9.45 am on Thursday with 369 passengers was rescheduled following a technical snag, airport officials said. The passengers had boarded the flight in the morning but were made to wait in the aircraft for three hours before being disembarked citing the technical snag, they said. They were provided lunch at the airport and later...
04:45 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Mumbai: If this was the fast food joints idea of introducing some iron into its junk fare, then it at least managed to rivet the attention of Ruchika Pandey, though not in a favourable way. The 41-year-old NRI discovered a half-inch nail while chomping on a burger at a McDonalds outlet in Malad (W). The Dubai resident has filed a police complaint. Ruchika was at the Infiniti mall eatery around...
05:03 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mumbai: Captain SPS Suri was suspended by DGCA pending inquiry for allegedly trying to bury an episode of turbulence on a flight. But he travelled as operational crewmember for another flight on August 1, in violation of aviation and immigration guidelines. An inquiry against him for alleged contravention of rules has apparently failed to stop this Air India pilot from flouting a few more. MiD DAY had reported on July...
03:47 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Mumbai: Director Madhur Bhandarkar has come out in the open about the controversy over 'Heroine' trailer and says they did not mean to demean anyone. "We have censored it. It has been censored for Dubai and has been passed by the censor board. There are some people who have raised objections. But we did not mean to demean anyone, Dubai is my personal favourite city," the 43-year-old said here in...
05:17 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Kochi: The Crime Branch team investigating a sex racket in Kochi, whereby young girls were taken to the Gulf, received information on Saturday that about 12 girls were transported with the assistance of Kochi airport officials by forging the passports. The Crime Branch investigation was held on the basis of the complaint from a girl who escaped the clutches of the racket and reached Mumbai. The sex racket operating in...
09:46 AM, Jul 29, 2012
Chennai: The Communist Party of India on Monday protested in Chennai against the killing of an Indian fisherman from Tamil Nadu by a US Navy ship off the coast of Dubai last week. In the aftermath of the incident, the US had justified the use of lethal force saying the fishing boat had not heeded warnings and instead charged towards the US ship. The fishermen, however, maintained that the firing...
03:49 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Dubai Police has countered the claims of the US in the Indian fisherman killing case. The Dubai Police has told CNN-IBN that an initial investigation suggests that the Indian boat was on its course and did not pose any danger to the US Navy ship. But the US Navy had justified the use of lethal force saying the small boat had not heeded warnings and had instead...
08:51 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Three Indian fishermen who were injured in the firing by the US sailors are now safe and out of danger. ...
07:51 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense George Little says the security team on the Rappahannock was forced to fire after the vessel ignored warnings not to approach. ...
10:26 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Pentagon defended the US Navy ship that killed one Indian fishermen and injured three others, saying that they ignored warnings, Indian fishermen denied any such warnings by the US navy ship and said they were shot at without any provocation. The fishermen, hospitalised with gunshot wounds after the incident near Dubai's Jebel Ali port, said on Tuesday that they received no warning before the US...
08:22 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Dubai: Indian fishermen who survived a hail of gunfire from a American navy boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates disputed US claims that their boat drew fire after ignoring warnings to steer clear of the American vessel. One Indian was killed and three others injured on Monday when the USNS Rappahannock, a refuelling ship, fired on the fishing vessel, which the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said approached...
10:29 PM, Jul 17, 2012
An Indian fisherman was shot dead and three others injured by a US Navy ship off the Dubai coast as their boat approached the ship. ...
04:01 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: India on Monday asked the UAE to register a case against the US Navy ship that reportedly killed an Indian fisherman as his boat approached the ship off the Dubai coast on Monday night. Three other Indian nationals were injured in the firing. India also sought a report from its ambassador in Dubai. The acting Consul General in Dubai had met the injured fishermen. They are said to...
11:35 AM, Jul 17, 2012
