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Chatt Puja 10 Nov 2013 - 06:33 am

Women carrying offerings stand in the waters of the Sun Lake as they pray during the religious festival of Chatt Puja in the...

PM unlikely to attend Lanka summit meeting 10 Nov 2013 - 06:33 am

New Delhi/Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to travel to Colombo next week to attend the Commonwealth summit, bowing to political pressure,...

Third Front focus on policy: Yechury 10 Nov 2013 - 06:32 am

New Delhi: A Third Front, which is still in the making, will focus on policies and not on a leader, Communist Party of...

Top court stays Gauhati HC verdict on CBI 10 Nov 2013 - 06:32 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a Gauhati High Court order holding the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) unconstitutional after quashing the...

Deceased Delhi maid’s family untraceable 10 Nov 2013 - 06:32 am

New Delhi: Delhi Police personnel have not been able to trace, in West Bengal, the kin of the maid who died while working...

Reject JPC report on 2G, BJP leader tells speaker 10 Nov 2013 - 06:32 am

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha yesterday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar asking her to reject the Joint...

PM announces Rs20bn for cyclone relief 10 Nov 2013 - 06:31 am

Hyderabad/New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday announced interim assistance of Rs10bn each for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for relief and rehabilitation after...

Stage set for first Ajyal Youth Film Festival 10 Nov 2013 - 03:11 am

DOHA: Films by Qataris and expatriates will take centre stage at the inaugural Ajyal Youth Film Festival, presented by Doha Film Institute (DFI),...

CMU-Q lecture series to help new businesses 10 Nov 2013 - 03:10 am

DOHA: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) will commence a new series of lectures tomorrow to simplify Qatari laws for the benefit of...

QC pledges to control ‘unjustified’ price rise 10 Nov 2013 - 03:10 am

Engineer Ali Abdul Lateef Al Misnad (right), Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of Qatar Chamber, and Remy Rowhani, CEO of Qatar Chamber, during...

British ambassador opens Doha College’s West Bay Campus 10 Nov 2013 - 03:09 am

DOHA: Doha College’s West Bay Campus was recently officially inaugurated by the British Ambassador, Nicholas Hopton. Located on Al Farouq Street, the campus...

Nobel laureates to attend QF ARC ‘13 10 Nov 2013 - 03:08 am

Sir Martin John Evans & Prof Shinya Yamanaka DOHA: Two of the world’s leading geneticists will discuss advancements in stem cell therapy in...

Al Attiyah holds talks with Polish Minister in Warsaw 10 Nov 2013 - 03:07 am

Warsaw: The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah met yesterday Polish Environment Minister Marcin...

Premier to inaugurate World Social Security Forum today 10 Nov 2013 - 03:07 am

Al Khater opens the media centre of the forum. DOHA: The World Social Security Forum (WSSF), the largest international meeting of social security...

Flooded street 10 Nov 2013 - 03:06 am

A street in Mansoura was inundated after a water pipe burst yesterday. Unnikrishnan O V

Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art to be held in Italy 10 Nov 2013 - 03:05 am

DOHA: Scholars from around the world will explore the role of light in Islamic art and culture during the Fifth Biennial Hamad bin...

Msheireb Downtown Doha safety systems in focus 10 Nov 2013 - 03:05 am

DOHA: Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation, will showcase fire protection, safety, security, management and monitoring systems employed at its flagship project...

IKEA begins ‘Soft Toys for Education’ campaign 10 Nov 2013 - 03:03 am

Doha: IKEA Qatar has announced the launch of its annual ‘Soft Toys for Education’ campaign to help improve lives of children less fortunate...