Dubai: NRI stabs roommate to death for talking loudly on mobile in Dubai

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September 9, 2018

Dubai, Sept 9: The prosecutors are calling for a stiff penalty to be inflicted on a construction worker who is facing murder charge at a Dubai court after allegedly stabbing his roommate to death under the influence of alcohol.

Public prosecution records show that on March 30, in Al Qusais, the 37-year-old Indian worker fatally stabbed the victim in his room. He has been charged with murder and consuming alcohol without a license at the Court of First Instance.

An Indian labor accommodation supervisor said: "I was at my room in the accommodation in Al Muhaisna around 10:30 pm when I was informed by a driver about a problem involving the defendant. I went to the latter's room and saw a crowd of laborers. I opened the door and saw the victim lying in a pool of blood. He appeared motionless with a stab wound in the abdomen.

"I heard from a group of workers that the defendant, the victim and the driver met in the room's balcony to bid farewell to the latter as he was due to leave for his home country. Then a verbal brawl ensued between the accused and the victim for the latter was allegedly talking loudly on his mobile phone.

"He picked a knife from beneath a bed and stabbed the victim in the abdomen. He then pulled the knife and rushed out."

The witness added that he saw him outside of the building as they were waiting for the police.

"He was apparently drunk and bleeding from between his fingers. He would not tell me how he got that injury," the driver said.

CCTV footage showed the defendant hiding the knife under his clothes when he entered a restroom and walking out without it.

A police lieutenant recounted to the prosecutor as to how he saw the victim lying on his back. "There was a frying pan next to him. I learned from witnesses that one of the two men hit the other with it on the head and the victim got stabbed."

The cause of death, as shown in the forensic report, was a severe bleeding because of a deep stab wound. The trial is adjourned to October 7.

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January 29,2020

Mumbai, Jan 29: Unfazed by his suspension from flying on Tuesday, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday claimed that he once again approached television journalist Arnab Goswami, who he said was his co-passenger on a flight from Lucknow, for an "honest discussion" but was turned away.

Kamra tweeted in the morning that "Arnab Goswami was again travelling in his flight while returning from Lucknow". "I again asked him politely if he wants to have a honest discussion he with his verbal arrogant hand jester he asked me to move away & I did that (sic)," he tweeted.

The comedian was suspended from flying by IndiGo and Air India on Tuesday after he allegedly heckled Goswami aboard a Mumbai-Lucknow plane and posted a video clip on his Twitter handle.

While IndiGo suspended Kamra from flying with it for a period of six months, Air India banned him until further notice.

In a statement released on Twitter after he posted the video, Kamra said he did "exactly what Republic TV journalists do to people in their private/public spaces". Kamra stated he had not done anything criminal by allegedly heckling Goswami.

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January 1,2020

New Delhi, Jan 1: Newly-appointed Chief of the Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said the armed forces stay away from politics and work as per the directives of the government of the day, remarks that come amid allegations that the forces were being politicised.

Gen Rawat also said that his focus as CDS will be to integrate the efforts of the three services and to work as a team.

"We keep ourselves away from politics. We act according to the directives of the government of the day," he said.

Gen Rawat said his focus will be to ensure best and optimal use of resources allocated to the three services.

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June 24,2020

Geneva, Jun 24: The global cumulative count of confirmed coronavirus cases is approaching nine million, with 133,326 cases recorded over the past day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its daily situation report on Tuesday.

Over the past 24 hours, 3,847 people died from COVID-19 worldwide, taking the cumulative death toll to 469,587 fatalities, according to the report.

The global case total has now reached 8,993,659.

The Americas still account for the majority of cases and deaths -- 4.4 million and 224,207, respectively.

The United States remains the country with the highest count of cases and fatalities -- 2.3 million and 119,761, respectively.

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