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Jet Airways set to expand services from Doha 23 Sep 2014 - 04:17 am

Anil Srinivasan, General Manager of Jet Airways-Qatar, speaking to The Peninsula in his office. BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: India’s largest private airline, Jet...

13 new schools, eight kindergartens built 23 Sep 2014 - 04:12 am

The Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning, H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, and the Minister of Education and...

Darz launches D’Taj collection 23 Sep 2014 - 04:11 am

DOHA: High-end abaya fashion house Darz Design launched its new Autumn/Winter 2014 collection, ‘D’Taj’, during a fashion show at the Hilton Doha yesterday. ...

Qatar job market set to grow, says survey 23 Sep 2014 - 04:09 am

DOHA: Most people are bullish about job prospects in Qatar, according to the Middle East and North Africa Consumer Confidence Index survey conducted...

US varsities to offer scholarships 23 Sep 2014 - 04:09 am

Doha: Students in Qatar interested in obtaining a scholarship to study in the US have the opportunity to meet representatives from several American...

Many secondary school students may be prediabetic 23 Sep 2014 - 04:08 am

DOHA: A new study has found that up to 4.2 per cent of secondary school students in Qatar could be prediabetic. Prediabetes is...

Indian Embassy to hold Open House on Friday 23 Sep 2014 - 04:08 am

DOHA: The Indian Embassy will hold an Open House on Friday to address any urgent consular and labour problems of Indian nationals. The...

Over 95pc homes have broadband connection 23 Sep 2014 - 04:08 am

DOHA: With 96.4 percent penetration, Qatar has the second highest percentage of household broadband of any developing country, after South Korea. The Gulf...

New building norms to be launched 23 Sep 2014 - 04:07 am

Doha: Qatar General Organisation for Standardisation, Ministry of Environment, is organising the Qatar Construction Specifications conference and exhibition and the launch of QCS...

E-survey to gauge water, electricity use in homes 23 Sep 2014 - 04:07 am

DOHA: Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) is launching an e-survey on how people in Qatar use electricity, water and gas at home. The...

Obama to meet Iraq PM, Sisi 23 Sep 2014 - 04:06 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will hold his first official meetings with new Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi and Egyptian President Abdel...

Libya parliament okays new govt 23 Sep 2014 - 04:06 am

TOBRUK: Libya’s elected parliament approved yesterday a new cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni. The House of Representatives agreed on a...

Iran-Saudi talks signal thaw in relations 23 Sep 2014 - 04:05 am

dubai: Iran and Saudi Arabia have held their first foreign minister-level meeting since the 2013 election of President Hassan Rowhani, official Iranian media...

Death sentence for four Saudis for terror links 23 Sep 2014 - 04:05 am

RIYADH: Four Saudi men have been sentenced to death for their role in one of the kingdom’s “bloodiest terror cells”, official SPA news...

Mossad takes hunt for foreign spies and informants online 23 Sep 2014 - 04:03 am

Tel Aviv: It is already common for intelligence agencies to recruit their officers online, but Israel’s Mossad has gone one further by touting...

130,000 Syrians flood into Turkey 23 Sep 2014 - 04:03 am

MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Turkey said yesterday that some 130,000 people had flooded across its border from Syria fleeing an advance by Islamic State group...

UN plans Libya talks on Sep 29 to ease crisis 23 Sep 2014 - 04:02 am

TRIPOLI: The UN mission in Libya is hoping to convene a political dialogue next week aimed at resolving months of crisis in the...

Iran arrests 11 over Khomeini insults 23 Sep 2014 - 04:02 am

TEHRAN: Eleven Iranians accused of sending insulting SMS text messages about Islamic republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini have been arrested in the southern...