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QatarDebate to train Stars of Science candidate 22 Oct 2014 - 06:10 am

DOHA: QatarDebate, a member of Qatar Foundation, has collaborated with Stars of Science, to provide training in the art of debates and communications...

Barwa Bank backs Kawader 22 Oct 2014 - 06:10 am

Doha: Barwa Bank, Qatar’s fastest growing Shariah-compliant banking service provider, will provide support to the Kawader programme, a leading educational and training initiative...

Identity seminar ends with call to preserve Arabic 22 Oct 2014 - 06:09 am

DOHA: The first National Identity Seminar organised by Qatar Heritage and Identity Centre concluded yesterday with a call to preserve the Arabic language...

Oryx Rotana attends first hospitality sector career day for Qataris 22 Oct 2014 - 06:09 am

Doha: Oryx Rotana Doha, Qatar’s leading business hotel, participated in the first hospitality sector career day for Qataris, hosted by the Ministry of...

Ebola 22 Oct 2014 - 06:07 am

Sheikha Moza visits Syrian refugee camps in Turkey 22 Oct 2014 - 05:06 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser visits Syrian refugee camps in Gaziantep, with Emine Erdogan, the First Lady of Turkey. Maher Attar Gaziantep:...

Global healthcare forum begins 22 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

The Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi (third left) with other officials at the conference organised by SCH at Hilton...

Crackdown on villa partitioning slows down 22 Oct 2014 - 05:04 am

DOHA: The ongoing campaign of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning against partitioned villas has been slowed down by difficulties in identifying...

Ebola body temperature check 22 Oct 2014 - 04:58 am

Airport doctors demonstrate how medical staff will check the body temperature of a passenger arriving from Ebola-infected zones at Vaclav Havel Airport in...

Qatar wins UN Human Rights Council membership 22 Oct 2014 - 04:57 am

New York: Qatar yesterday won the membership of the Human Rights Council for a three-year period from 2015-2017. Qatar won the vote in...

Emir meets Turkish Interior Minister 22 Oct 2014 - 04:56 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at the Emiri Diwan with Turkish Interior Minister Avkan Alaa and his...

Barwa to build Motor City for used vehicles 22 Oct 2014 - 04:55 am

Ahmad Abdulla Al Abdulla, (third left), Acting Group CEO with other officials during the Barwa Real Estate press conference on the Motor City...

Police Martyrs Day 22 Oct 2014 - 01:37 am

Madhya Pradesh police contingents pay tribute during a parade on the Police Martyrs Day in Bhopal, yesterday. The day marks respect to policemen...

Auspicious shopping 22 Oct 2014 - 01:35 am

Caption Customers buy utensils in the market on the occasion of Dhanteras festival, two days before the Diwali festival, in Jammu, yesterday. On...

Khattar to be Haryana CM, oath on Sunday 22 Oct 2014 - 01:32 am

Chandigarh: Haryana is all set for a BJP rule for the first time, with Chief Minister-designate Manohar Lal Khattar scheduled to be sworn...

E-toll collection from October 27 22 Oct 2014 - 01:31 am

New Delhi: Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will launch the electronic toll collection system across the country on October 27,...

Differences in BJP? Gadkari in race for Maharashtra CM post 22 Oct 2014 - 01:31 am

Mumbai: Indicating differences in the BJP, Transport and Shipping Minister and senior leader Nitin Gadkari emerged as a front-runner for the post of...

Rajasthan seeks CBI probe into ambulance scam 22 Oct 2014 - 01:30 am

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government yesterday sent an official letter to the Centre seeking a CBI probe into the alleged ambulance scam in which...