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Foreign workers remit QR49.3bn in 2012: QCB 02 Dec 2013 - 06:29 am

DOHA: Remittances routed overseas by foreign workers totalled a whopping QR49.3bn ($13.53bn) last year, up 3.8 percent over 2011. Remittance volumes were QR47.5bn...

Fast and Furious actor killed 02 Dec 2013 - 06:25 am

Firefighters extinguish the fire in a car in which Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker was killed along with another unidentified man during...

Four killed in New York train accident 02 Dec 2013 - 06:15 am

Emergency workers gather at the site of a Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York yesterday. At least four people...

Army’s powers retained in draft Egypt charter 02 Dec 2013 - 06:12 am

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi flee teargas fired by riot police at Tahrir Square, in Cairo, yesterday....

Population in Qatar 2.068m 02 Dec 2013 - 06:10 am

DOHA: Qatar’s population continues to surge and reached over 2.068 million (206,8050) by November-end, thanks to a heavier influx of foreign workers for...

Qatari likely to replace Keulen at DCMF 02 Dec 2013 - 06:06 am

DOHA: A Qatari director is likely to replace the Dutch head of the Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) who has been given...

Circus show cancelled after leopard attacks boy 02 Dec 2013 - 06:05 am

DOHA: A circus show at Hyatt Plaza has been cancelled after a six-year-old Qatari boy was attacked and hurt by a baby leopard...

MERS in camels no cause for panic 02 Dec 2013 - 06:04 am

The Director of Public Health Department at Supreme Council of Health, Sheikh Dr Mohamed bin Hamad Al Thani, addressing a press conference at...

Boy in coma as car hits open manhole at QU 02 Dec 2013 - 03:49 am

DOHA: An open manhole near the women’s entrance of Qatar University led to a tragic car accident late last Thursday evening in which...

Japanese royal couple arrive on six-day visit 01 Dec 2013 - 07:54 am

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gulcharan Kaur greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on their arrival at Palam, New Delhi,...

Navy Day rehearsal 01 Dec 2013 - 07:53 am

Navy personnel dispense smoke from canisters during a rehearsal ahead of Navy Day celebrations at Ramakrishna Beach, in Visakhapatnam yesterday. The Navy Day...

Sonia, Sheila ignored the hungry: Modi 01 Dec 2013 - 07:52 am

New Delhi: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi yesterday tore into the Congress over price rise, asking why “Madam Sonia” despite being a...

Diesel price hiked by 50 paise a litre 01 Dec 2013 - 07:52 am

New Delhi: The diesel price will go up by 50 paise a litre, excluding taxes, from midnight, Indian Oil Corporation said. Allowing for...

Tejpal arrested after court rejects bail plea 01 Dec 2013 - 07:51 am

Panaji: Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, accused of assaulting a junior colleague, was arrested by Goa Police yesterday after a court here rejected his...

Call to develop DNA identification cards 01 Dec 2013 - 07:51 am

Hyderabad: DNA identification cards can be developed for Indian citizens to serve as a single comprehensive identity cards, said speakers at a conference...

Maiden Mars Orbiter set to leave Earth 01 Dec 2013 - 07:51 am

Bangalore/Chennai: India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars is ready to part with earth an hour after midnight and get into the sun’s orbit for...

Autopsy in govt hospitals on holidays, Sundays too 01 Dec 2013 - 07:50 am

New Delhi: Post-mortem examinations and medico-legal tests of prisoners who died in judicial custody will be conducted at 13 demarcated government hospitals, on...

Sharif vows support for Taliban talks 01 Dec 2013 - 07:50 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (right) greets Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday said he supported...