Posts Tagged ‘hotel’

US tourists, guide freed after brief Egypt abduction

CAIRO: Two American women and their Egyptian tour guide, who were captured by armed Bedouins in the Sinai peninsula on Friday, were released unharmed after several hours, security officials said. The three arrived back at their hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where they were met by South Sinai’s governor and security [...]

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Nepal’s “singing nun” shares the sound of music

KATHMANDU: Wrapped in a maroon robe, her head shaven, Ani Choying Dolma treads gingerly into a Kathmandu hotel, exuding the composure and serenity one might expect from a Buddhist nun. But this 40-year-old is no ordinary devotee, for Dolma – better known by her moniker “The Singing Nun” – is the most unlikely of music [...]

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Lost & Found: Veena Malik staying in Mumbai hotel

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Model and actress Veena Malik has not reached Pakistan, as reported earlier by the Indian media, but is still staying in a Mumbai hotel, reported by private TV networks on Sunday.
Malik had gone missing two days ago on December 16 after returning from a film shoot in Mumbai. Her…

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Gas explosion injures four students in Murree

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An explosion caused by gas leakage in a Murree hotel left five students of Peshawar University injured.
The hands faces and some other body parts of hapless victims suffered burns, who have been admitted to District hospital.
Among those injured include, Ilyas, Irfan ullah, Asmat ullah, and Abdul Jamil.
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Chidambaram says he feels deeply hurt, calls BJP’s charges ridiculous

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Expressing deep hurt, Indian home minister P Chidambaram on Friday strongly rejected BJP’s allegation that he had favoured a Delhi-based hotelier, his former client, in withdrawing three FIRs filed against him and dismissed suggestions there was any conflict of interest involved in it. Meanwhile, according to a Timesnow report, hotelier…

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Two killed, several injured in Karachi violence

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Target killing again surged in the Provincial capital as two more people were murdered and several others injured in separate incidents of violence on Monday.
According to police, three armed motorcyclists opened fire at a car parked outside a hotel located in Perfume Chowk of Gulistan-e-Johar.
As a result of…

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GCU steals show at drama contest

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LAHORE – The GC University Lahore Dramatics Club has won the first prize at All Pakistan Drama Competition organized by the British Council at the Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore. The Competition was the part of week-long cultural activities “Active Citizens” to celebrate the achievements of the youth of Pakistan.  <br…

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Bollywood actor Dev Anand dies in London

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Veteran Bollywood actor Dev Anand has died of a heart attack in a London hotel on Sunday. He was 88. The flamboyant actor, producer and director was famed for his roles in dozens of films, including Jewel Thief and Guide. His family said he died on Saturday night in a…

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‘Commando’ tortured to death in hotel room

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LAHORE – Two people were found murdered here in different parts of the City, police said on Monday. In the first incident, a 38-year-old official of a sensitive agency was found tortured to death inside a hotel room in the Nawan Kot area.
Police investigators said that the man,…

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Samina, Hamid walima

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LAHORE (PR) – Walima ceremony of Samina and Hamid Hussain’s son Ali Hamid Mian was held at Avari Hotel Lahore here on Wednesday.
Ali Ahmed Mian tied the knot with Syeda Shabana Anjum, daughter of Nasia and Syed Ibrar Hussain Shah.
Nikkah was soleminised on November 20 and…

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Titanic of PML-N to be sinked: Imran Khan

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Imran Khan said that the Tsunami of popularity of PTI will sink the political Titanic of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He was addressing the party organizers of Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib at a local hotel on Friday. Welcoming the new comers to the party, the PTI Chairman said that [...]

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John Lennon peace sign sells for $150,000

LONDON: A placard reading “Bed Peace”, which was made by former Beatle John Lennon during his peace-in with wife Yoko Ono at a Canadian hotel, fetched almost £100,000 at a London auction on Tuesday. The sign, sold at Christie’s auction house, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder for £97,250 ($153,835, 113,670 euros). The iconic [...]

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Sex assault twist in Roebuck suicide

SYDNEY: Renowned cricket writer Peter Roebuck plunged to his death from a hotel window in South Africa after being questioned by police about an alleged sexual assault, his employer said on Monday. The English-born Roebuck, 55 and a former first-class cricketer, was covering the ongoing Test series between South Africa and Australia when he died [...]

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Litbuzz

A sketch, set on the sunbathed terrace of a large hotel and called “Umbrellas”, written by playwright Harold Pinter and lost for more than half a century, has re-emerged as a result of some careful detective work.| Hidden in the archives of the British Library, “Umbrellas” formed part of a 1960 revue performed at the [...]

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Death toll in Turkish earthquake rises to 30

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The death toll in a powerful earthquake in southeastern Turkey rose to 30 on Saturday, the CNN-Turk TV channel reported on Friday.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Van province on November 9. It also left dozens injured and destroyed 25 buildings, including two hotels.
The death toll rose from 24…

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Likely curbs on immigrants irk Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan will not favour proposed restrictions by the British government on immigrants from the Commonwealth countries to the United Kingdom if reasonable Pakistani interests were not safeguarded. This was stated yesterday by Health and Labour Minister Lt-Gen W.A. Burki. In this connection, the minister specially mentioned the requirements of the Pakistani hotel and restaurant [...]

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Jirga seeks UN, SC intervention against drones

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ISLAMABAD – The participants of the “Waziristan Grand Jirga” held here on Friday at a local hotel unanimously adopted a resolution seeking intervention of the United Nations and the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well into the “extra-judicial killings” of civilians in violations of Pakistan’s sovereignty in drone attacks.
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