New e-Gate: 20 seconds to clear immigration at all UAE airports
Once a person has registered as an e-Gate user, this will provide access to e-Gates of all airports in the UAE. Within the next couple of months, the latest e-Gate technology will become available at...
View ArticleApply for short-term UAE visit visa from your smartphone
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has launched three new procedural services via smartphones, which include issuance of short-term visit visas (for 30 days), renewal of citizens’ passports, and issuance...
View ArticleOnce-a-year chance to get up to 8 UAE 'black points' knocked off
The Police Follow-up Department at the General Secretariat of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior (MoI), has revised its existing points system for traffic offences, by...
View ArticleEgyptian returns Dh1.4 million found on his land, refuses reward
An Egyptian farmer who stumbled across a bag containing nearly 2.7 million pounds (Dh1.4 million) while plowing his land hurried to the nearest police station and handed over the money, newspapers said...
View ArticleMH370 latest: Why wife of missing plane passenger refuses $64,000
Latest update: The wife of a New Zealand-born passenger onboard the missing MH370 has refused to accept the compensation extended to her by the Malaysian Airlines. Danica Weeks’ husband Paul was one...
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Jayalalitha in Jail: Who gets Amma's food-taster job?
The former chief minister of Tamil Nadu continues to remain in jail, with her bail plea at the Supreme Court to be heard only later this week. Even as her party continues their show of strength and...
View Article'Passport loss' exposes Sharjah husband's second marriage
An Arab woman who was given a lift by her husband to the airport in Shrajah to take a flight for a holiday in her home country suddenly returned home after losing her passport to get the shock of her...
View ArticleDad impregnates daughter, mom abroad
Colombo: A minor Sri Lankan girl who tolerated being raped by her father because she couldn’t see him torture her 4-year-old brother, is set to deliver his child, reported Lakbima. The incident came to...
View ArticlePizza Hut apologises for 'Pink Fat Lady' receipt tag
Pizza Hut Singapore has launched an investigation and apologised to a customer described as a "Pink Fat Lady" in a handwritten note on her receipt after she ordered pizza for take away. Aili Si on...
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What it costs to touch 'The Sky' in Dubai
Visitors to the world’s highest observation deck - 'At The Top, Burj Khalifa, Sky,' will have to shell out Dh400 per person if tickets are booked in advance, but it will cost Dh500 per person for...
View ArticleNew 'Brand Dubai' car plates to roll out soon
New ‘Brand Dubai’ car number plates will become available to the public soon. On Tuesday afternoon, a road user spotted pink-and-blue number plate ‘1’ at a location in Dubai. “These number plates will...
View ArticleHow many school days can your child miss? Dubai fixes limit
Parents of school-going children in Dubai are advised to monitor their child's attendance closely. “Students should not be absent from school for more than 21 days in a year,” says Abdulrahman Nassir,...
View ArticleWater, electricity security deposits doubled in Dubai
The deposit for activating water and electricity supply for apartments and villas has doubled, Emirates 24|7 has learned. A customer care executive at the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa)...
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Jayalalitha in Jail: 'Blood protest' puts Amma on track to freedom?
As the hearing date of Jayalalitha’s bail plea in the Supreme Court nears, her supporters have stepped up their protests across her home state. Last week, when her bail plea was heard at the Karnataka...
View ArticleMissing MH370 latest: GO Phoenix 'clueless' at 670 sqkm
Latest update: Australian authorities released their first update on the latest underwater probe for missing flight MH370 Wednesday, saying more than 670 square km had been searched without success....
View Article3 jump from Sharjah balcony to escape 'cruel' husband
A woman, her daughter and mother were injured after they jumped down from their second floor apartment in Sharjah in a bid to escape a physical assault from the husband. The three women told police...
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Million-dollar home with ocean view: Built on wrong plot
A Florida builder is trying to figure out what to do after constructing a million-dollar, ocean-view home in Florida on the wrong lot, authorities said. The mistake occurred after two state-certified...
View ArticleGroom dies just hours after getting married
An Ohio man was killed on his wedding day when a pickup truck carrying him, his new wife and friends crashed. Friends and family were mourning the deaths Andrew Bloomfield, 27, of Galion, and his...
View ArticleBaby dies after slipping from mother's arms on mall escalator
A little girl died in the Lulu International Shopping Mall Kochi, in Kerala on Sunday when she fell from the second floor of the mall’s escalator. The 15-month-old Swaya Fathima, youngest of the three...
View ArticleWoman stripped and beaten up in public
A middle-aged woman in China was beaten up black and blue in broad daylight after she was accused of sleeping with someone else's husband. The woman was stripped in public by four women and was...
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