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Shura Council holds meeting 08 Apr 2014 - 06:51 am

Doha: The Advisory Council yesterday convened for its weekly meeting under the chairmanship of Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi. The Secretary-General, Fahd bin...

HMC hosts symposium for healthcare educators 08 Apr 2014 - 06:49 am

Healthcare professionals from around the world listening to Professor Edward Hillhouse (inset), Chief of Scientific, Academic and Faculty Affairs, HMC, at the symposium....

Crescent Enterprises CEO Badr Jafar honoured for bridging cultures 08 Apr 2014 - 06:47 am

Badr Jafar and Quincy Jones in a recording studio in Rabat, Morocco. Doha: The John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, has...

New QR Scanner added to Ooredoo Mobile App 08 Apr 2014 - 06:46 am

Doha: Ooredoo yesterday introduced a new QR Scanner feature on the Ooredoo Mobile App that will allow Hala customers to top up quickly...

Civil war will be over by year-end: Assad 08 Apr 2014 - 05:25 am

MOSCOW: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has forecast that much of the fighting in the civil war will be over by the end...

Cars damaged in flood ‘eligible for insurance cover’ 08 Apr 2014 - 05:23 am

DOHA: All the vehicles that got trapped and damaged in the recent flood at Salwa road are eligible for claiming their insurance coverage,...

Qatari scribe sues Khalfan 08 Apr 2014 - 05:20 am

DOHA: A noted Qatari woman journalist Dr Elham Bader Al Sada has filed a complaint with Qatar’s Public Prosecution against Dahi Khalfan (pictured),...

Bids invited for six workers’ complexes 08 Apr 2014 - 05:17 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Mun-icipality and Urban Planning has invited tenders for design and construction of six residential complexes that can accommodate 28,000...

HRW for phased changes in sponsorship system 08 Apr 2014 - 05:14 am

By FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has appreciated the steps being taken by Qatar to amend its sponsorship...

MH370 vigil 08 Apr 2014 - 05:11 am

Relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 pray during a candlelight vigil at Lido Hotel, Beijing yesterday, after a month of...

PM meets Russian official 08 Apr 2014 - 05:10 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met Chief Executive of the Direct Investment...

Kuwait to invite bids for new refinery 08 Apr 2014 - 05:05 am

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Al Omair at the Gulf Petroleum Forum yesterday in Kuwait city. The two-day forum gathers members of the petroleum...

Assam, Tripura kick off polls 08 Apr 2014 - 12:45 am

An elderly voter, seen sitting on her son’s bicycle, shows her inked-marked finger as others wait in line to vote outside a polling...

Mamata fumes over poll panel order 08 Apr 2014 - 12:44 am

Congress party vice-president Rahul Gandhi (second right) is presented with a mace and a traditional Mysore Peta (turban) by Karnataka State Congress leaders...

From reform to protecting cow, BJP says it all 08 Apr 2014 - 12:42 am

from left: BJP senior leaders Sushma Swaraj, L K Advani, party president Rajnath Singh, and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi hold up copies...

Calculated words and cold shoulders at event 08 Apr 2014 - 12:41 am

New Delhi: A galaxy of BJP bigwigs came together to release its much delayed manifesto yesterday, but an iciness between prime ministerial candidate...

Supreme Court stays trial in case against Jayalalithaa for 3 weeks 08 Apr 2014 - 12:40 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court stayed the day-to-day trial in a case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa while permitting a plea...

Police lodge case against three Israeli diplomats 08 Apr 2014 - 12:40 am

NEW DELHI: Indian police have lodged a criminal case against three Israeli diplomats for allegedly abusing and injuring an airport immigration official, despite...