Dubai: An Asian man on Tuesday reportedly committed suicide by jumping off the 147th floor of the Burj Khalifa, world's tallest skyscraper, a media report said. Police received a report that the man, an Asian in his thirties, jumped off the building from the 147th floor and landed on the 108th floor on the side of the Burj, Gulf News reported. Investigation revealed that he reportedly committed suicide after a...
09:19 PM, May 10, 2011
Dubai: Al Qaeda said it would soon release an audio tape from Osama bin Laden, made a week before he was killed by US forces, the group said in a statement confirming his death released on Islamist forums Friday. "Before the sheikh passed from this world and before he could share with the Islamic nation in its joys over its revolutions in the face of the oppressors, he recorded a...
07:29 PM, May 06, 2011
Dubai: The two-day anti-piracy meet in Dubai discussed measures to combat Somali pirate attacks. The panel discussed proposals to increase military presence in waters of Somalia, Gulf Of Aden and Indian Ocean. The proposal of shadow pirate mother ships controlled to monitor activities and engage if there are any moves to attack , was also made in the meeting. The panel also proposed that all ship owners and operators should...
09:57 PM, Apr 19, 2011
Mumbai: The seven Indian sailors of Asphalt Venture continue to be in captivity of the Somali pirates. This in spite of a ransom payment made by the ship owner, who appealed to the pirates to honour the agreement. The Asphalt Venture release drama could mark an unprecedented shift in ship owners' future negotiations with Somali pirates. In a major deviation from the past instances, when pirates used to release hostages...
07:37 AM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: There has been no breakthrough so far to free the seven Indian sailors held hostage on MV Asphalt Venture. After the UN security council's resolution on piracy, more global efforts are on to tackle the piracy menace. Govt and business leaders from over 50 countries are meeting in Dubai on Monday to firm up measures against piracy. This will be the first high-level public-private counter piracy meet where...
01:24 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Playback singer KS Chithra's eight-year-old daughter drowned in a swimming pool in a villa in Dubai on Thursday, sources close to her family here said. The body of the child, Nandana, was found in the pool of the villa in Emirates Hills, where the singer was staying, the sources said. The child was rushed to hospital where she was declared dead. Chithra is in to Dubai to participate in...
10:07 AM, Apr 15, 2011
London: Britain will provide emergency shelter for more than 10,000 people driven out of their homes by ongoing fighting in Libya. As a matter of urgency, 2,100 tents will be flown out from UK stocks in Dubai to provide potentially life saving shelter during cold desert nights, the International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has announced. The tents will be distributed by the Libyan Red Crescent to those most in need,...
05:27 PM, Apr 03, 2011
Dubai: A five-year-old Indian boy has become a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery at a national bond draw in Dubai. Ebrahim Fahimuddin Shaikh became the second millionaire in 2011 when the February draw of National Bonds Corporation picked his name. Ebrahim's father received the life changing call on Saturday. "At first, I thought it was a prank call so I carried along with the call, shortly after it struck...
11:30 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Dubai: Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer for the second time in a month to win his third consecutive Dubai Championships title on Saturday. The No 3-ranked Serb won 6-3, 6-3 to extend his unbeaten record in 2011 to 12 matches. He beat Federer in the semi-finals on his way to winning the Australian Open last month. Federer was a break up in the second set but his form fell away...
11:25 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Dubai: Defending champion Novak Djokovic will face top seed and four-times former champion Roger Federer in the final of the Dubai championships after a dramatic victory over Tomas Berdych on Friday. The Australian Open winner struggled before overcoming the third-seeded Czech, who retired injured with Djokovic leading 6-7 6-2 4-2. Federer defeated unseeded Richard Gasquet 6-2 7-5 after the Frenchman had served for the second set at 5-3. Djokovic and...
12:14 AM, Feb 26, 2011
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12:19 AM, Feb 25, 2011
Dubai: Somdev Devvarman went down in straight sets to Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday. World No.2 Federer was largely untroubled as he came through 6-3, 6-3 against the 26-year-old Devvarman, who is ranked 77 places below the Swiss maestro. The match was the biggest in wildcard Devvarman's career on the ATP Tour and he never really looked like pulling off...
12:00 AM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager have been slapped with a penalty of Rs 15 lakh each under the Customs Act for carrying over $ 1 lakh undeclared while boarding a flight from Delhi to Dubai last week. The artiste and his manager Maroof who were charged under the Foreign Exchange Management Act and Customs Act, will have to pay the fine immediately to have...
09:51 AM, Feb 20, 2011
Dubai: Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Francesca Schiavone at the Dubai championships on Thursday to avenge her epic Australian Open defeat in the longest grand slam women's singles match of the professional era. The number 16 seed took just under two hours to get past her third-seeded Italian opponent 1-6, 6-0, 7-5 compared to the four hours and 44 minutes Schiavone spent getting past Kuznetsova after an unforgettable battle in Melbourne...
11:19 AM, Feb 18, 2011
Dubai: Grand Slam winners Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova won their second-round matches at the Dubai Championships on Wednesday, setting up their first clash since an epic match at the Australian Open. Schiavone defeated Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-1, while Kuznetsova, a two-time runner-up in Dubai, struggled past Tsevetana Pironkova 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 for a third straight time. The wins put them on course to meet on Thursday, more...
03:25 PM, Feb 17, 2011
Dubai: Spain's Alvaro Quiros produced a bizarre final round which included a hole-in-one to capture the Dubai Desert Classic by one shot on Sunday. The 27-year-old Quiros, celebrating his fifth European Tour success, also chipped in for an eagle and took a triple bogey after losing a ball up a palm tree in a final-round 68 to finish 11-under-par. Denmark's Anders Hansen, needing to birdie the last hole to deny...
12:44 AM, Feb 14, 2011
Dubai: Tiger Woods was just one stroke behind the Dubai Desert Classic third-round leaders on Saturday after a topsy-turvy, even-par 72 in gusting winds left him firmly in contention to end a 14-month wait for victory. Dane Anders Hansen (71), South African Thomas Aiken (74) and Briton Rory McIlroy (75) led the way on eight-under 208, with 14-times major winner Woods one of seven players on 209. World number one...
12:26 AM, Feb 13, 2011
Dubai: Tiger Woods roared into contention for a first title in 14 months after a six-under-par 66 in the second round on Friday moved the twice Dubai Desert Classic champion to within three shots of halfway leader Thomas Aiken. Woods moved to seven-under (137) for the tournament, level with Dane Anders Hansen (68) and Briton Michael Hoey (67) while South African Aiken returned another 67 for a 10 under halfway...
12:02 AM, Feb 12, 2011
Dubai: Jeev Milkha Singh had three birdies in the last six holes to bring home a two-under 70 that placed him at tied 19th after the first round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic golf on Thursday. The Indian golfer had five birdies against two bogeys for his day's effort. Jeev was five behind Rory McIlroy who shot into a two shot lead. The 21-year-old Northern Irishman McIlroy's opening round...
10:29 PM, Feb 10, 2011
Dubai: A four-year-old Indian girl has won half a kilogramme of gold at a promotional draw lined up for the Dubai Shopping Festival. Jase Elma Mathew won the prize in the ongoing 'Bag of Fortune' campaign launched by Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). Her father, Saju Mathew, entered Jase's name on several raffle coupons that he received on purchase of gold jewellery. "This is...
04:28 PM, Jan 29, 2011
