Dubai: Rory McIlroy is now so good he should be aiming to win at least one major championship every year, according to Europe's Ryder Cup talisman Ian Poulter. The Northern Irishman, 23, already has two majors to his name and cemented his status as world number one this season by becoming the second player to win the money-lists on both sides of the Atlantic, after Luke Donald achieved the feat...
07:17 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Dubai: Even after wrapping up the European Tour money title, top-ranked Rory McIlroy still has plenty to play for when he tees off on Thursday at the season-ending Dubai World Championship. A victory at the $8 million tournament will allow McIlroy to overtake Tiger Woods as the all-time leading money earner in a single season. Woods amassed a combined PGA and European Tour earning of $11,557,729 in 2007. A victory...
10:58 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Dubai: After missing out on the Race to Dubai for the last two years, a slightly injured but hungry Jeev Milkha Singh now returns to the season-ending finale DP World Tour Championship on the European Tour at the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates here. One of the truly global golfers, Jeev has straddled between Asian, European and Japanese Tours over the years, with a few appearances in the US...
06:31 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: After spending 27 years in a Dubai prison, Paul George, a native of Nagercoil in neighbouring Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, has returned home. George, now 64, could be released with the intervention of Dileep, who was his co-prisoner at the jail in connection with another case, family sources said. George was received at the airport here on Friday by wife Mary and daughter Sumitra and son Saya. Sumitra,...
01:20 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Chennai: A 34-year-old man has been taken into custody for questioning after he was seen taking pictures of Finance Minister P Chidambaram at the airport in Chennai, airport sources said on Wednesday. They said Amir was seen taking pictures of the Minister, who left for New Delhi on Tuesday, using his camera. Amir had confirmed first-class tickets to Delhi and from there to Dubai. Initial probe revealed that Amir was...
01:59 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Karimnagar: Six poor women from the district have approached the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission seeking its permission to sell their kidneys to raise "blood money" for the release of their husbands lodged in a Dubai jail. The women said in the petition that they be allowed to sell their kidneys as they lack the resources to fund release of their husbands. Syed Kareem, S Ravi, S Mallesham, S...
10:46 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Dubai: The Indian doctor, fatally stabbed in an Abu Dhabi hospital last week, by his Pakistani patient was attacked as the assailant was upset over the treatment of his ailment, the police said. Urologist Rajan Daniel was attacked with a kitchen knife by a Pakistani national Mohamed Abdul Jamil at the Al Ahlia Hospital on Saturday, as the 58-year-old doctor could not bring immediate relief to the attacker's painful disease....
04:39 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Dubai: The $1 billion replica of the Taj Mahal that the developers are planning to build in Dubai will be four times bigger than the original monument. The replica - Taj Arabia - will include one million sq ft of retail space besides a 300-room hotel. According to Link Global, the company behind the project, there are plans to build a replica of the Taj Mahal in Dubai's $36.5 billion...
11:39 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Moscow: A man has been arrested for visiting a Dubai mall, wearing just an underwear. The man, 20, who works for a government department, was arrested along with four of his friends, Gulf News reported. The men were detained on an escalator in the early hours of Saturday, the third day of the Eid al-Adha holiday period. The five are facing charges of indecent behaviour in public. "The mall is...
08:40 AM, Oct 31, 2012
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
