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Office boy wins luxury car in Capital
An Indian office boy working for a bank in
the capital was declared winner of a Mercedes C200K at the Abu Dhabi
International Airport's landside shop recently.
D. Suresh Punnachal
bought ticket number 1003 while seeing a friend off at the airport. He has
been working as an office boy for the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank for the past
three years.
The concept of a car raffle in the landside area of the airport was introduced by the Abu Dhabi Duty Free (ADDF) last year. Luxury cars are raffled in the main passenger terminal.
The tickets for this raffle, which is open to all people visiting the airport, are priced at Dh100 and are available at the Goodbuys shop.
ADDF has also introduced raffles for a Mercedes C200K in the airside duty free area and competitions to win a Range Rover at the City Terminal, Al Ain Duty Free and Ghuweifat Duty Free.
It is also expanding the Win Dh5 million promotion, to be available at the landside shop, City Terminal and online at www.addf.ae
Police launch
manhunt for conman
Mangalore, November 10:
The city police have launched a massive manhunt for a conman who made away with a huge sum of money from a local bank. According to the police, one Letitia Morass had given her son Ron Moras, a resident of Kodikal, Ashoknagar, a cheque for Rs. 32 lakh to be drawn from Canara Bank branch near the KSRTC bus stand on September 21. He withdrew the money and made good escape. Letitia Moras had lodged a complaint with the police in this regard. The police suspect that Arun’s wife Genevive, mother in law Winnie Rodrigues and two other relatives Dotty and Nora are also involved in the case.Couple from Kerala commits suicide at Udupi
Manipal, November 10:
A couple from Kerala committed suicide in a lodge at Udupi, near here, Saturday night, Police said. According to Police, the couple aged around 25 to 35 ended their life by hanging themselves to the fan in the lodging room.Police recovered a note written in Malayalam and a telephone number from the room, and the information has been passed on to Kerala Police for further investigation. Cause for the suicide was not disclosed.
Preparations on to meet amnesty rush
The preparations are being made following a shortage of airline seats during the last amnesty in 1996, which prompted some airlines to operate extra flights, mainly to south Asian countries.
According to travel agencies here, they may charter flights to several destinations if there is a huge demand for seats from the beneficiaries of the amnesty.
Asian Travel and Tourism, which operated two chartered flights to Dhaka during the last clemency, is one of the travel agencies considering special arrangements.
Mohammed Ashraf, the General Manager, said the demand for seats in the Dhaka sector was so high during the last amnesty that they had to charter two Boeing 747 aircraft to carry hundreds of illegal immigrants.
"It all depends on the situation. If there is a demand, we will definitely go for it (chartered flights). It could be for any sector," Ashraf said.
He, however, maintained that since airlines have increased their capacities, the situation may not be as bad as it was during the 1996 amnesty. "But the option for chartered flights remains open if there is a demand for any sector," he added.
Ashraf felt that the number of people availing the amnesty may not be as huge as it was in 1996.
"There has been effective control over the infiltration of illegal immigrants, in addition to a ban on the recruitment of unskilled workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh," he said.
Another travel agency, Bin Moosa Travels, also have plans to charter flights to the southern Indian state of Kerala if there is a shortage of seats.
T.V. Simon, the managing director, said they are already studying the option of special flights to Kerala during the amnesty, as there could be a huge demand for it.
"During the last amnesty we had a tie-up with India Social Centre, which financed free tickets for the repatriation of destitute Indians. We are looking forward to such arrangements again from social welfare organisations."
Simon also said that if they operate chartered flights, the fares will be normal and as per the market rate.
The long-awaited amnesty is likely to begin on January 6 to pave the way for illegal immigrants to leave the country without fine or punishment.
According to an official source, the amnesty will continue for two months to give enough time to illegal immigrants to leave. About two hundred thousand people, are expected to benefit from the amnesty.
Beneficiaries will include people entering the country illegally, those who are overstaying and who had become illegal residents under unavoidable circumstances.
During the 1996 amnesty, more than 200,000 illegal immigrants, mainly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, were repatriated.
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