Abu Dhabi Court Orders Man to Repay Dh8,700 Over Fake Work Visa Promise
Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Court ruled that a man must return Dh8,700 to a young man, after he deceived him into believing that he could obtain a work visa for him and enable him to work within the country, before failing to implement what was agreed upon and keeping the […]
Dubai’s Impact: How Drishti Israni Went from Fresh Graduate to Entrepreneur in 10 Years
Dubai: Temperatures are spiking across the emirates today, but there’s good news for Fujairah and Al Ain residents – there might be rainfall. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasts fair to partly cloudy weather, with a probability of some convective cloud formation eastward and southward by afternoon. Regions like Kalba and Fujairah in the […]
From Fresh Graduate to Entrepreneur: How Dubai Shaped Drishti Israni’s Journey Over a Decade
Dubai: Ten years ago, a 21-year-old fresh graduate landed in Dubai, with all the enthusiasm in the world, ready to write the next big chapter of her life. It was 2016. Today, 31-year-old entrepreneur Drishti Israni can safely look back at the past decade and define it with just one phrase – ‘Dubai-it’. Dubai, she […]
Man Fails in Attempt to Reclaim AED6.67 Million Watch Collection from Ex-Wife
The Dubai Civil Court of First Instance rejected a lawsuit filed by a man seeking the return of a collection of luxury watches that he claimed belonged to him and were worth about AED6.674 million. He said he had left them in the marital home and asked his ex-wife to return them or pay their […]
Bank Directed to Refund AED92,854 Charged as Unjustified Interest
The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court ordered a bank to refund AED92,854 to one of its customers after banking experts concluded that the lender had charged interest and fees on a credit card without any document proving that the charges had been agreed upon by both parties. The court also ordered the bank to close the […]
Mansour bin Mohammed Approves Dubai’s 2026–27 Sports Events Calendar
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE National Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, chaired a meeting of the council’s Board of Directors and approved Dubai’s sports events calendar for the 2026-27 season. During the meeting, he directed the introduction of hundreds of sporting events […]