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NEW DELHI:  Former Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passed away in Delhi on Friday at  Gurgaon's Medicity Medanta Hospital , just a few days before his 93rd birthday. Gujral,  India 's 12th prime minister whose tenure ran from April 1997 to March 1998, had been admitted to the hospital in a critical condition a few days ago following a lung infection and was on ventilator support. A team of nine medical experts, led by Dr Naresh Trehan, were attending to Gujral. Gujral, in his illustrious political career, held many an important portfolio in the government. In 1975, he was Minister of Information and Broadcasting. He was also India's Ambassador Soviet Union. He quit the  Congress  in the mid-1980s to join the Janata Dal. He also was the  Minister of External Affairs  in  Prime Minister VP Singh 's Cabinet. In 1992, he was nominated to the  Rajya Sabha . He again held the position of Minister of External Affairs in H D Deve Gowda-led ...

The dead body found outside the Gloria Hotel in Dubai Internet City on Tuesday morning is of a man who committed suicide, UAE daily 7Days reported. The man, believed to be of Kenyan and Somali dual nationality, threw himself from the eighth floor of the building on Monday. Police rushed to the scene after the body of the unidentified male was discovered. “We received a call on Tuesday morning about a dead body in a hotel in Internet City in Dubai," an official from Bur Dubai Police station told 7Days. "We rushed to the scene and started [sic] the investigation," he added. The surrounding area was cordoned off as the body was taken away in an ambulance. While the cause of death is unknown, the official told 7days it appears to be suicide.

Jennifer Lopez was paid nearly AED1 million ($250,000) to open a car showroom in Dubai, local website arabianbusiness.com reported on Friday.   The singer, actress and former American Idol judge arrived in Dubai on Wednesday and attended the official opening of Al Nabooda Automobiles' new Audi showroom.  The new showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road is reportedly the largest Audi showroom of its kind in the world. Jennifer Lopez, popularly known as J.Lo, was in Dubai to play a concert at Dubai’s Media City as part of her sell-out ‘Dance Again’ world tour.  While Audi Middle East is one of the official sponsors of the gig, the singer was rumoured to have been paid $250,000 (AED918,275) to be the surprise special guest at the showroom launch, arabianbusiness.com said citing a report by its sister website AhlanLive. “It's my first time here and I am so excited. I have had a lovely day out there today, I feel the weather is really good right now, you guys are very lucky,” Lop...

Former Minister and senior DMK leader Veerapandi S Arumugam passed away at a hospital in Chennai today. Arumugam was hospitalised some days ago due to breathing difficulties. His end came this morning, sources said. He was born on 26 January 1937 in Pollavari, Salem, and was a strongman of the DMK in that area. He was recently under the Goondas Act and was later let off.

Veerapandi S Arumugam  (born 26 January 1937) is a Tamil Nadu politician. He was born on 26 January 1937 in Pollavari,  Salem  in a vanniyar family DMK Member from 1957 President, Poolavari Panchayat Board, 1958–1976 President, Poolavari Village Co-operative Thrift Society, 1959–1976 Chairman, Veerapandi Panchayat Union, 1970–1976 President, Salem Central Co-operative Bank, 1973–1976; Member,  Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly , 1962–1967, 1967–1971, 1971–1976, 1989–1991, 1996–2001, 2006–2011; Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Council, 1978–1984 Minister for  Rural Development and Local Administration , 1989–1990 Minister for  Agriculture , 1990–1991, 1996–2001, 2006–2011 He lost his MLA election 2011 seat to his niece Mrs. VijayaLakshmi Palanisami of ADMK with big Margin from Sankari constituency.      Now him political life is finished.       He is dead in chennai hospital. Friday morning 23.11.2012...

WITH A MASTERS in IT from Vijaywada, an MBA from  Rutgers University  in  New Jersey , and 10 years at  Verizon Wireless , one would have assumed  Sadhu , 39, had his professional life all charted out. Instead, he quit his job and invested his life’s savings in creating  VESAG . WHAT’S INCREDIBLE is not that  Rajendra Sadhu , founder of Vyzin Electronics, thought of the device he later named VESAG; what’s amazing is that no one had thought of it before.  When his parents’ ill health caused him to leave everything in the United States and come home to look after them, he started to wonder at the absence of monitoring services or devices that could help avert a medical disaster. SADHU CONCEIVED of a remote monitoring device that could be ‘worn’ and that would track the vitals of the user; the device would trigger an emergency response mechanism when something was wrong.  On coming up with the idea in March 2010, he knew he had a...

Views on Bal Thackeray, known as Balasaheb, were as polarised as the politics he practiced.  Known for his caustic tongue, he was idolised by his followers in the Shiv Sena and scorned in equal measure by liberal and secular Indians for his communal, divisive politics that didn't stop with radical expression of views against Muslims and violent action against those opposed to his extreme righwing ideas - including being firmly opposed to the visit of the Pakistani cricket team to India. The cartoonist turned politician was often portrayed as a roaring tiger, the much cherished logo of his party Shiv Sena, which he formed to accord dignity to Maharashtrians but which became known as a party of restless youngsters out for trouble. He was a demogogue whose strong views polarised the polity at the state and the national level, but he never flinched from expressing himself with conviction despite opposition. The posterboy of rightwing Hindu and Marathi chau...

The R8 is the slowest car Audi has ever built! You might now be thinking I have gone off the rocker. Not really. I am referring to a tongue-in-cheek slogan Audi designed to bring attention to the time it takes to build an R8.  Unlike other Audis, the R8 is meticulously hand-assembled in small numbers. It's a slow and lengthy process, but what it loses in time, it gains in craftsmanship. The performance figures tell a very different story. Powered by a 5200cc V10 engine that develops a whopping 525 PS and 530 Nm of torque, the R8 rockets from 0-100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 313 km/h. Needless to say, these numbers make the R8 the fastest road car Audi has ever built. Driving an Audi R8 on a race track has two advantages -- it certainly is the best way to appreciate this scrupulously crafted machine, and it's a great opportunity to polish your driving skills. Audi has designed their Audi Sportscar Experience (ASE) programme in such a way that the ...

1. Citizens of the post-Soviet  Republic of Moldova  are the biggest guzzlers of alcohol, gulping exactly  18.22 liters  per person every year.  They drink nearly three times the global average of 6.1 litres per person per year.  The country is a major wine producer, with many people drinking cheap homemade wine, vodka and other spirits and the Moldovan intake was made up roughly equally of wine, spirits and beer. 2. The people from  Czech Republic  are next with a consumption of  16.45 litres  per person every year.  Two months back, however, the country enforced a ban on sales of hard liquor, as deaths and injuries from methanol-laced bootleg alcohol rose. Around 20 people died and 36 people were in critical condition since the outbreak.  The country consumes more beer (around 8.5L) than any other alcoholic beverage. 3.  Apparently, drinking alcohol is engrained in Hungary's  working culture. In eastern...

Foreigners who need to visit the UAE more than once in a specific period of time will be granted multiple entry visas, UAE website Emirates 24/7 reported citing Arabic newspaper Al Bayan. The new decree for visas was issued by Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. Businessmen, property investors and tourists will all be eligible to apply for the multiple entry visa under the new scheme, the report said. The new visas can be applied for and issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs, as well as the UAE’s Consular offices abroad, the report added. According to the report, the multiple entry visas is subject to certain conditions for each category as follows: •    Business visitors will be allowed to enter the UAE more than once during the six months after the visa’s issuance but won’t be allowed to stay for longer than 30 days during each visit. •    Foreign visitors who own a pro...

 A perfect Dubai desert safari turned into a nightmare for an Indian couple when a catering crew allegedly punched the man in the face and stopped his wife from taking food, according to a report. The incident took place on Friday when 35-year-old Daiwat Gehani went looking for food for her pregnant friend. According to Gulf News, Daiwat said her Sachin Gehani, 36, got angry when another member of the team jerked her hand away as she tried to get food for a pregnant friend. She said her husband shouted at the staff for touching her, and they had an argument, which soon turned into a fistfight. According to the report, the Indian couple is demanding a full refund from Dubai based-Arabian Desert Tours (ADT), which organised the trip. Arabian Desert Tours responded to the complaint with an e-mail, saying that the spar occurred as the woman insisted on getting the food from the tray using her bare hands. "We first serve the starters (falafel and shawarma only) to the guests before th...

Sri Lanka’s government has set a minimum salary of AED 800 ($217) a month to allow their nationals to work as maids in the UAE, daily newspaper The National reported on Monday. The salary tag is among  a number of terms and conditions that also obligate employers to provide food, a return flight ticket to Sri Lanka, medical insurance and separate sleeping quarters, report added. “We are not going to approve any applications which fail to conform to these conditions to employ domestic help from Sri Lanka,” MEG Samaraweera, first secretary of labour affairs at the Sri Lanka embassy in Abu Dhabi, was quoted as saying by The National. According to the report, 60% of the Sri Lankan population in the UAE (300,000) work as maids.

Public sector employees are expected to get a four-day long weekend for the UAE’s 41st National Day on December 2, website Emirates 24/7 reported on Sunday. The National Day will fall on a Sunday and public sector staff are likely to be off from Friday, November 30 until Monday, December 3, the report added. Private sector employees will be given a three-day extended weekend, returning to work on December 3, the report added. Meanwhile, both private and public sector employees are expected to have a day off on November 15 for the New Hijri Year, the report added.

R-Space, unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor show, represents the "Family" stage in the company’s new life-cycle Design strategy.  With a silhouette that is both sporty and sculptural and a playful interior, R-Space proves that a MPV can be cunning and innovative.  It is also environment-friendly, as it is powered by a petrol concept engine that previews the new range of modular TCe engines, Energy TCe, that will be launched by Renault in 2012 Third phase of Laurens van den Acker's Design strategy, R-Space is a simple, sensuous and welcoming family vehicle. It also draws back to the sensuality of the first concept car of the cycle of life, DeZir. This family car features double doors which, unobstructed by any central pillar, give clear access to a spectacular interior designed to trigger strong emotions from the very first glance, and a feeling of space and openness. The theme being that of the family, it was the image of the family Sunday breakfast that ...