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Shetty founded NMC in 1975 after moving to Abu Dhabi from his native India. He created Finablr two years ago to consolidate his financial brands before listing it on the London Stock Exchange in 2019.

The curtains themselves cost USD 29,900, while the motors and hardware needed to open and close them automatically cost USD 22,801, the report said, citing contracts.

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Trump, who won the general elections on November 8, would be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017, replacing Barack Obama, whose tenure ends that day.

The win in Washington state where he received 76.2 per cent of the total votes polled brought him less than 10 delegates shy of clinching the nomination.

Trump has said he is interested in vetting Kasich, the last among his party rivals to opt out of the race to the White House, as his vice presidential pick.

Days after his disappointing performance during Super Tuesday, Carson told the Conservative Political Action Conference that he is leaving the campaign trail.

A total of 12 states from Alabama to Alaska are holding primaries or caucuses today. Virginia was the first state to open its polling stations at 6:00 AM (16:30 IST).

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised to lead America's two major parties in the 2016 presidential election, with a new nationwide poll released.

Republican presidential front- runner Donald Trump continues to lead among his rivals at the national level, while it is a tie between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Business tycoon- turned politician Donald Trump was also leading the poll done earlier this month with 35 per cent support, with Cruz at 20 per cent.

In a previous poll about a month ago, Clinton (56 per cent) had an advantage of a 25 per cent over Sanders (31 percent), it said.

Ted Cruz cited the example of India and said millions of Muslims live in peace there without any such problem.

"This is not my time, so I am suspending my campaign for President," 44-year-old Jindal said in a statement yesterday that surprised the American political pundits.

Only eight candidates have qualified for next week's prime time debate for the Republican Party's presidential candidates with Donald Trump, Ben Carson.

Donald Trump has once again become the frontrunner Republican presidential candidate edging past neurosurgeon Ben Carson, albeit by a small three per cent margin.

Clinton is tied up with Carson at 47 per cent each, while she leads Donald Trump by 8 points, Jeb Bush by 4 points and Marco Rubio by 3 points.

Hillary Clinton's presidential ambition has gained momentum, with her campaign having raised a whopping US$ 33 million in cash.

The other aspect to Trump's popularity is his attack on illegal Mexican immigrants, whom he has stereotyped in the most vicious terms.