Afkar Ali Ahmed

AJMAN — Ajman Municipality yesterday disconnected water and electricity supply to bachelors' and labourers' accomodation located in various residential areas of the emirate.

DUBAI — Emiratis have objected to posters put up across Sharjah announcing the launch of the Miss Emirates Beauty Contest 2007 and inviting applications for it.

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AJMAN — An Uzbek national has been arrested here after he “confessed to have killed his brother on September 1 in Dubai”, police said.

DUBAI — Islamic scholars in the UAE have demanded an apology from the Vatican for the ‘derogatory’ remarks made by Pope Benedict XVI during his speech at Regensburg University in Germany recently where he quoted a 14th century Christian emperor having said that Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) had brought to the world only ‘evil and inhuman’ things.

AJMAN/SHARJAH — The 14-minute time difference during the Al Fajr azan (call for prayer) and Imsak timings to be observed during the holy month of Ramadan between Sharjah and Ajman which was causing concern among the residents of the bordering areas was finally resolved yesterday.

AJMAN/SHARJAH — With the onset of Holy month of Ramadan, residents of Ajman and Sharjah residing in Al Nuaimia and Umm Khanoor areas bordering the two emirates will be in a fix once again on the correct timings to follow for Fajr prayers and Imsak due to a 14-minute time difference observed between the two emirates.

SHARJAH — Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) has recently started operating the two new turbines which were added to the main plant of electricity generation in Al Hamriya to produce more energy in order to resolve the power shortage crisis faced in some areas of the emirate.

SHARJAH — Despite the awareness campaign launched recently by Sharjah Police warning the public to be cautious after visiting a bank, crimes such as theft, mugging of bank customers by unidentified people continue to be reported around some banks in Sharjah.

AJMAN — Ajman Municipality has given a month’s grace period to the errant restaurants, cafeterias and Shisha cafes in the emirate to improve the quality of their services to the public.

AJMAN — Ajman Municipality has given a month's grace period to the errant restaurants, cafeterias and Shisha cafes in the emirate to improve the quality of their services to the public.