Dubai: Tourists who enjoy a tipple can now purchase their own alcohol and consume it after obtaining a 30-day licence issued to them to them free of cost. ### Prior to this, tourists visiting Dubai could buy and drink alcohol in licensed venues such as hotels, restaurants and clubs only. Now with the new offer,…
New Delhi: While on one hand, former Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar termed MS Dhoni as an “absolute legend” following India’s defeat to New Zealand in the semifinals of the ongoing World Cup, a minister in Imran Khan’s government stooped to new low saying the former India skipper deserved the “disgraceful exit”. ### On Wednesday, New Zealand…
Montreal: Shocked passengers described being tossed around an Air Canada passenger jet as it hit a pocket of turbulence on its way to Australia on Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing. ### Flight AC33 from Vancouver to Sydney hit trouble around two hours beyond Hawaii and diverted back to the US island…
Dallas: Texas man who had been missing for months was eaten, bones and all, by his pack of dogs, sheriff’s deputies said. ### Medical examiners said Tuesday that DNA testing determined that pieces of bone recovered from the dogs’ feces were those of 57-year-old Freddie Mack, according to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. ### Deputy Aaron…
Indpendent movie theatre Cinema Akil is set to screen two films in July that pay tribute to music. ### The first will be ‘Studio 54’, directed by Matt Tyrauer, a documentary that looks at the notorious nightclub in New York, which defined a generation of celebrities. For the first time, one of the people behind…
New Delhi: Cricket-mad Indians tried Thursday to come to terms with their shock World Cup exit, with the Times of India telling readers “The Sun will still rise tomorrow” and Ravindra Jadeja emerging as a new national hero. ### The defeat to New Zealand in Wednesday’s semi-final came after a top-order batting collapse had left…
– K.R. Nayar, Chief Cricket Writer, Gulf News### ### Thursday, July 11 ### Through tears and sadness of Indian fans to Birmingham ### New Zealand’s calm and composed approach enabled them to surpass India ### Birmingham: India’s defeat in the semi-final to New Zealand made the fans literally cry. It all began after Mahendra Singh…