Affordable housing in Dubai: Priced at Dh400 to D600 psf
Lower down payment and innovative financing schemes can help attract buyers to the “affordable” housing segment in Dubai’s property market, believes a real estate consultancy. “Property markets across...
View ArticleFire breaks out at Discovery Gardens; one injured
A fire broke out at a construction site in Discovery Gardens on Monday morning, with one person injured in the blaze. A spokesperson from Dubai Civil Defence confirmed the incident with Emirates 24|7,...
View ArticleWill next iPhone include Sapphire-like glass?
Soon smartphones including the next edition of the iPhone could come out with a screen that’s as powerful as the Sapphire glass, which the company wanted to instal in the iPhone 6. Corning...
View ArticleSchengen visa waiver for UAE soon: envoy
UAE will enjoy the Schengen visa waiver soon, according to Giorgio Starace, Italian ambassador to UAE. He was speaking on the sidelines of a meeting discussing the Milan Expo 2015 and during the...
View ArticleChild's death in school bus: 3-year jail terms, school shut
The Abu Dhabi Misdemeanour Court on Sunday sentenced each of the defendants in the case of the death of the KG1 pupil in a private school bus in Abu Dhabi, to three years in prison for negligence and...
View ArticleBaby girl born 'pregnant' with twins
A newborn baby girl in Hong Kong was found to be ‘pregnant’ with twins and had to undergo surgery at just three weeks old to remove them. It is a condition known as foetus in fetu that occurs in just...
View ArticleHousewives trap man in Ajman sex and blackmail plot
Two housewives allegedly blackmailed a man who had sex with one of them, asking him to pay Dh1 million, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. A couple of days after arriving in the country, KA, 44, an...
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How to get sacked on Day 1? Tweet this...
A Twitter rant has cost a teenager her job before she could even begin. She was fired on the same social media platform that she used to air her ‘disgust’ at landing a job, reported Yahoo. The tweets...
View ArticleVideo: It's raining cash in Kuwait
A video posted on social-networks and YouTube appears to show citizens and residents in Kuwait rushing to pick up dinars from the street. There are no reports yet about where the dinars came from, but...
View ArticleJapanese woman raped by tour guide in India
A Japanese woman has accused an Indian tourist guide of drugging and then raping her in the historic city of Jaipur, police said Monday. The 20-year-old said the guide offered to show her around...
View ArticleFacebook miracle: Bed-ridden girl walks to school
While Facebook is often slammed for a variety of reasons, a campaign on the social media web site has helped to cure a poor girl in Sri Lanka of a rare disease. Dilani Sandamali, aged 14 now, had been...
View ArticleNew Dubai bridge opens in Al Qudra
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently opened a new bridge at the intersection of Al Qudra Road with Lehbab Road comprising three lanes in each direction with the aim of easing traffic...
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Bollywood Gossip: Sunny Leone has the moves on Aishwarya Rai
If Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan was worried about her glam quotient, she can rest easy. A vote of praise has come in from Sunny Leone, sometimes adult star, sometimes Bollywood item girl. (Facebook) Leela...
View ArticleSurfer dies after shark bites off legs
A Japanese national was killed Monday after a shark tore off his legs while he was surfing off Australia's east coast, not far from the area where another surfer was mauled by a shark a day earlier,...
View ArticleShilpa Shetty sells Burj Khalifa pad for bigger Dubai home
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who was in Dubai to inaugurate jewellery store Gehna, revealed that she sold her plush Burj Khalifa pad because it was 'too small'. She added that she’s house hunting...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with this Abu Dhabi picture?
The Media Security Department of the UAE Ministry of Interior and the Abu Dhabi Police, in its endeavour to raise sense of security and community responsibility has begun to release various ‘reality’...
View ArticleDeepika, Ranveer Singh face jail for public display of intimacy?
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Karan Johar have received a lot of flak from the Censor Board and various socio-political groups for being a part of AIB Knockout- The Roast. For those...
View Article7-vehicle crash on Al Ain-Dubai Rd
A seven vehicle crash is reported on Al Ain-Dubai road, with tailbacks stretching to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road around 8.30am on Wednesday. According to an eyewitness, a Dubai Police vehicle, along...
View ArticleDubai Valentine's Day guide: Dh250 to Dh25,000
Whether it’s your first or the 15th, Valentine’s Day is special for many in the city. You could be spending it with your spouse or betrothed, and there are plenty of options to choose from. Here's our...
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Bollywood's secret wedding: Kunal Kapoor, Naina Bachchan tie knot
Actor Kunal Kapoor and Abhishek Bachcha's cousin Naina Bachchan have tied the knot in a private ceremony on February 9. The couple got married in the presence of few family members in the idyllic...
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