9 Year Old Among Indians In Dubai Serving 2,500 Iftars Daily
Nine-year-old Amal Nishal is fasting daily this Ramadan. The grade-four boy from Kerala in India is the youngest volunteer at the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre’s (KMCC) iftar tent in Dubai that ...
May 18, 20190890Category: Cultural
Medical Communities Need To Educate, Normalise, And Treat Mental Illness
When it comes to stress, anxiety and even depression, personal relationships were found to be the leading source behind mental health issues in the GCC, according to the latest findings of this year&r...
May 18, 20190785Category: Health
Residents Noticed Low Flying Plane Shortly Before Mushrif Crash
Residents reported seeing a light aircraft around Ras Al Khor and International City a short time before Thursday’s plane crash in Mushrif Park, which killed all four people onboard.
A South ...
May 18, 20190925Category: UAE Local News
School Bus Operator Launches Ramadan Donation Drive
School Transport Services (STS) has launched the ‘Stuff the Bus with Kindness’ campaign during Ramadan and to coincide with the Year of Tolerance (2019) in the UAE.
As part of the campa...
May 16, 20190706Category: Education
Man Kills Wife In Abu Dhabi Over A Phone Password
A man from the Gulf was sentenced to death for pouring acid on his wife’s face, ultimately killing her.
The Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation upheld a ruling issued by the Abu Dhabi Court of Appea...
May 16, 20190849Category: Crime News
Four Hezbollah Agents Handed Life Sentences For Plotting Attacks In UAE
Four agents of the Lebanon-based terrorist Hezbollah group were sentenced to life for planning terrorist attacks in the UAE, while two other members of the terrorist group were handed 10 years in pris...
May 16, 20190723Category: Crime News
Heera Group Ponzi Scam Mastermind Gets 7-day Custody
Heera Group victims in the UAE expressed joy after its group director Nowhera Shaikh and two other top executives Molly Thomas and Biju Thomas were taken into seven-day custody by India’s Enforc...
May 16, 20190834Category: Crime News
Foreman Says Working In Ramadan Is Not Tiring
Like thousands of construction workers in the UAE, Malik Afzal Mehdi, a foreman with a Sharjah-based construction firm braves the heat, thirst and hunger, making sure the development work of the count...
May 16, 20190813Category: Government
UAE Announces 6-month Interim Visas For Long-term Residence Visa Seekers
The UAE on Wednesday announced a six-month multiple entry visa for investors, talented individuals and outstanding students so that they can “explore opportunities” and “review facil...
May 16, 20190951Category: Travel
Renew Vehicle Registration In Dubai Without Paying Fines
Motorists can renew vehicle registration without paying traffic fines under the traffic fine discount initiative launched by Dubai Police on February 6 this year.
Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al ...
May 16, 20190795Category: Transport
UAE Driving Classes In India Soon
UAE driving classes will soon be available in India under a new agreement, Gulf News can reveal.
Indians completing these classes will be issued a certificate. When they arrive in the UAE, this wil...
May 16, 20190785Category: UAE Local News
One-year Sentence Upheld For Bitcoin Thieves
A gang of three that conned four businessmen of Dh800,000 in an online Bitcoin scam had their one-year sentences upheld by the Dubai Court of Appeals on Monday.
The three Pakistani defendants were ...
May 15, 20190734Category: Crime News
UAE Court Upholds Sentence For Man Promoting Terror Groups
The State Security Court of the Federal Supreme Court on Monday upheld a five-year jail sentence of a man for seeking to damage the reputation of the UAE and promoting terrorist groups.
The defenda...
May 15, 20190693Category: Legal
RTA And International Institute For Tolerance
The Dubai’s Roads and Transports Authority (RTA) signed a partnership with the International Institute for Tolerance (IIT), to strengthen cooperation and exchange experiences in support of the U...
May 15, 20190728Category: Traffic Department and Driving License
Dubai Police Top Happiness Survey Results
Dubai Police and the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) topped their respective fields in last year’s employee and customer happiness surveys, according to results approved by S...
May 15, 20190783Category: Government
Army Of Youth Volunteers To Distribute 50,000 Suhour Meals
It’s 9.30pm. The taraweeh prayers at Abdul Raheem Mohammad Ketait Mosque in Al Quoz 3 has ended. But the courtyard outside is just beginning to come alive.
By 9.45pm the place is abuzz with a...
May 15, 20190749Category: UAE Local News
Indian Passenger Travelling To Milan Dies Mid-flight
An Indian national died midflight from New Delhi to Milan on Monday, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing in Abu Dhabi, family sources told Gulf News on Tuesday.
The deceased is identifi...
May 15, 20190722Category: UAE Local News
No More Free Entry To Dubai Frame For Senior Citizens
Elderly visitors will no longer have free entry to Dubai Frame, Gulf News can reveal.
Dubai Municipality on Tuesday confirmed that Dubai Frame has changed its policy of admitting senior citizens fo...
May 15, 201901294Category: UAE Local News
Oreo Sold In UAE Is Halal, Distributor Says
UAE distributors of popular chocolate biscuit brand Oreo have confirmed that their products are halal. The clarification came after a tweet from the company’s official twitter handle over the we...
May 15, 201901917Category: UAE Local News
Student's Drowning In Sharjah
Australian International School and two of its staff were convicted of negligence on Tuesday over the death of a four-year-old Emirati boy who drowned during a swimming lesson on November 14, 2018.
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May 15, 20190912Category: UAE Local News
