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As the holy month of Ramadan starts on September 1, malls, hotels and supermarkets are all geared up for the occasion, coming out with special offers and promotions. However, the escalating prices are posing difficulties for people, many of whom are finding it hard to meet the additional expenses.

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DUBAI - The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the launch of the new phase in the SALIK system by installing two new gates - one on Al Safa park bridge on Shaikh Zayed road and the other on Al Maktoum bridge.

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SHARJAH - Panic gripped the residents of a two-storey bachelor accommodation building block in Rolla after a fire erupted in a flat on the second floor yesterday morning.

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SHARJAH - Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, will inaugurate today (March 22) the Ninth Annual Global Day festival at the American University of Sharjah (AUS).

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Environmental issues and increasing traffic chaos made the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to reintroduce the rule requiring all driving licence applicants to produce a no-objection certificate from their employer, said a senior official of the RTA yesterday.

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Water supply has been restored to 90 per cent of areas in Sharjah in response to the complaints of the residents. The people had been suffering the water scarcity in several parts of the emirate since the onset of summer.

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Sharjah Municipality has started installing the first batch of 240 new advanced technology paid parking meters this week.

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A Ukrainian woman was found dead in her apartment under mysterious circumstances in Sharjah last Wednesday, according to police sources.

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Though the municipalities of Dubai, Ajman and Sharjah have already limited the use of asbestos, a highly hazardous building material, Ras Al Khaimah - another busy centre of construction in the UAE - has taken the much-needed step only recently, but not before it might have affected the health of many people.

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