Doha: At least 19 foreign nationals, including 13 children, were killed in a fire that ripped through an upscale shopping mall in Qatar on Monday, the country's interior ministry said. The children were from Spain, Japan, the Philippines and Benin among other countries. A Spanish diplomatic source in Madrid told Reuters that four of the dead children were Spanish. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which media...
02:32 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: With three of the four Indian paddlers already through to the next stage of the final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, national table tennis coach Bhawini Muhherji says his wards are "motivated enough" to make it to the Olympics. "Their sole aim is to qualify for the London Olympics and they are motivated enough to do that," Mukherji told PTI over phone from Qatar. Indian paddlers were...
07:16 PM, May 11, 2012
Kolkata: Eminent Bengali poet Sankho Ghosh says that launching Rabindranath Tagore's songs by bands can not be a taboo if it conforms to the spirit and basics. For instance "The Tagore song in Bangla band Dohar's 'Sahasro Dotara' album, rendered by 'bauls' (mystic minstrels from Bengal) have been a unique initiative," Ghosh told on Saturday evening. The Rabindra Puraskar (1989), Saraswati Samman (1998), Sahitya Akademi (1977) awardee stated "Dohar had...
12:23 AM, May 08, 2012
Doha: Aditya Mehta stunned fancied compatriot Pankaj Advani to become only the third Indian ever to clinch the Asian Snooker Championships here on Sunday. In his third appearance at the event, Aditya started off bit nervously but won the crucial second frame with a 49 clearance after being 40 down. Pankaj struck back by taking the lead 3-2, but soon after, Aditya levelled it 3-3 and took the lead 6-3...
01:00 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Doha: When top-ranked Victoria Azarenka thinks about her newfound success, she might want to thank Daniela Hantuchova. She was beaten in the first round by the Slovakian at the Qatar Open a year ago, causing a crisis of confidence in the 22-year-old Belarusian. She rushed home, ready to tell her family that she wanted to quit the sport she had grown to despise. "It was just not fun for me...
05:12 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Doha: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka swept aside Simona Halep of Romania 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Qatar Open quarter-finals while Lucie Safarova dumped Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the tournament. Third-seeded Sam Stosur took advantage of shaky serving from Petra Cetkovska to win 6-3, 6-2 in the third round and earn her first back-to-back victories of the year, while fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska saved two set points in the first set on her...
12:52 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Doha: Caroline Wozniacki failed to convert three match points as she was ousted by Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in her opening match at the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Wozniacki, playing her first match since losing the No. 1 ranking after the Australian Open, received a bye into the second round. She had all three match points in the 10th game of the third set....
01:30 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Melbourne: Roger Federer's remarkable run of appearing at every Grand Slam since 2000 was closer to ending than ever after a back injury at the Qatar Open earlier this month threw his Australian Open participation into doubt. The 30-year-old Swiss withdrew from the Doha tournament before his semi-final against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "I could barely play," said Federer, who will be going for a 17th Grand Slam victory in Melbourne....
03:30 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: The bail hearing of the nine accused in the 2006 serial blasts case in Malegaon will be held in Mumbai on Monday. The bail applications were filed earlier this month in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court, which is hearing the case. Maharashtra ATS, which initially probed the case had arrested nine persons namely Salman Farsi, Shabir Ahmed, Noorulhuda Doha, Rais Ahmed, Mohammed Ali, Asif...
10:10 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Washington: A top US official on Monday blamed the stalemate in the Doha trade talks on India, China and other emerging nations, asserting they were unwilling to shoulder responsibilities reflecting their dramatic rise in the global economic hierarchy. Since the Doha negotiations began in 2001, the world has changed dramatically, Deputy US Trade Representative Michael Punke stated before the US Senate Finance Committee. "Above all, we've watched the dramatic rise...
11:48 AM, Sep 13, 2011
Mumbai: The passengers of a Jet flight from Mumbai to Doha were deplaned following a bomb scare in the aircraft on Monday. The airlines received an anonymous tip-off in the form of a note in the aircraft. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and bomb squad checked the flight, but found nothing suspicious. The flight was later scheduled for takeoff from Mumbai at 10:30 pm. ...
09:58 PM, Aug 15, 2011
Tripoli: International powers meeting on Libya's future called for the first time on Wednesday for Muammar Gaddafi to step aside, but NATO countries squabbled publicly over stepping up air strikes to help topple him. In a victory for Britain and France, which are leading the air campaign and pushed for an unequivocal call for regime change, the "contact group" of some 16 European and Middle Eastern nations, plus the United...
11:03 PM, Apr 13, 2011
The auction carries a pre-sale estimate of in excess of USD$4 million, features over 65 artists from 24 countries with 82 pieces in the sale that are contemporary interpretations of calligraphy. The two works of MF Husain are – 'Allah' and 'Al Qaf', watercolour and ink on paper, estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 USD. ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ takes place in the year that Doha is Arab Capital...
03:17 PM, Dec 08, 2010
Geneva: Ambassadors at the World Trade Organization, heeding a call from leaders at the G20 and APEC summits, have agreed to push for an outline deal in the long-stalled Doha trade round by next summer. They face the challenge of translating their upbeat rhetoric into negotiating reality if the new target is not simply to join a long list of missed deadlines in the Doha talks. Leaders of the G20...
01:41 PM, Nov 27, 2010
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