Dubai: Commuters are coming to terms with the partial closure of Dubai Metro’s Red Line, which came into effect on Friday to allow for the reconstruction of the Nakheel Harbour and Towers station as part of the Route 2020 project. The Roads and Transport …
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Sharjah Ruler inspects projects in Shis
Sharjah: His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday (Sunday) inspected a number of vital projects and road and infrastructure networks currently being developed in Al Shis. Dr Shaikh Sultan …
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Dubai Police auction unclaimed items
Dubai: Dubai Police’s Lost and Found Department earned Dh3.86 million by auctioning 5,500 unclaimed items last November. Among the auctioned items were a Vertu mobile phone worth Dh60,000, a jet ski, a kayak and an electric generator. “All Dubai Police …
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Indian man wins Dh12m in Abu Dhabi’s Big Ticket draw
Abu Dhabi: An Indian man became an instant multi-millionaire on Sunday after winning Dh12 million in the latest Big Ticket raffle draw in Abu Dhabi. Hari Krishnan, an Indian resident of Dubai, hit the jackpot at the draw held in Abu Dhabi International …
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How this project can ease traffic between Sharjah and Dubai
Dubai: A massive bridge between Sharjah and Dubai is already 70 per cent complete … cent complete and will be ready by the third quarter of 2018, according to the news agency Wam.
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No small change even in UAE banks and hypermarkets
and 10 fils — but even some big supermarkets and banks in Dubai, Gulf News can reveal. The issue of not getting the small change back is getting public attention when the five per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) was introduced on January 1 in the UAE.
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UAE seeks shawarma karma
DUBAI: UAE standards chiefs have taken aim at the region’s … and to protect the community from the risk of exposure to unsafe food, state news agency WAM reported. Workers handling the meat should “have a valid health certificate, be free from …
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Police surprise birthday celebrators at Dubai airport
Dubai: Passengers arriving at Dubai International Airport and whose birthday was on Saturday were surprised to be greeted by Dubai Police at the plane’s door. Police then escorted those passengers to passport control, easing arrival procedures, before …
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Abu Dhabi To Host International Conference On Diplomacy, Security
The International Institute for Cultural Diplomacy – Abu Dhabi, IICD, will organise, on Sunday, an international conference, titled, “The New Nexus: Diplomacy, Security, and the Digital State.” “The conference will examine the nature of and inter …
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52.9m travelled through Dubai ports last year
Dubai: More than 52.9 million passengers travelled through Dubai ports last year, according to a report issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affair (GDRFA) – Dubai. Of them, some 49.9 million used Dubai International Airport, an …
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How Gulf News readers helped a safety supervisor
He now wishes to come back to the UAE to work. He said he and his entire family are thankful to the Indian Consulate, Gulf News and its kindhearted readers who supported him, as well as to his fellow professionals and Firoz Merchant. “They have saved two …
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Pakistani engineer behind the drain and sewer networks in Dubai retires
Dubai: He is known as a Dubai engineer who built the future for a Pakistani village. Saeed Hayat, 69, who has many feathers in his cap as a Dubai Municipality engineer and as a philanthropist back home in Pakistan, is leaving the UAE for good after 42 …
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UAE, Tunisia continue flights, end row over women
In a UAE Foreign Ministry statement that was shared by WAM news agency, it was announced that “the competent authorities in the UAE have decided that the standard processes will be reinstated to their normal state before the unforeseen circumstances.”
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Dubai real estate financier completes first project
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UAE Consulate warns Emiratis of US ‘weather bomb’
Dubai: The UAE Consulate in Boston has issued a warning to residents living or travelling to the US, urging them to follow safety precautions as freezing sub-temperatures are set to hit the East Coast. In the event of an emergency, citizens can contact …
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Dubai Police launch new identity
Dubai: Security, communication and innovation are the three defining facets of Dubai Police’s new identity which was unveiled on Thursday as part the force’s strategic plan and the Dubai government’s Vision 2021. Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al …
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UAE bans import of live birds from Netherlands
Dubai: The UAE has banned the import of live birds from the Netherlands following an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu strain, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment said on Thursday. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE …
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