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SIS Principal chosen for national award 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Dr. Subhash B. Nair, Principal, Shantiniketan Indian School, interacting with students. DOHA: Dr. Subhash B. Nair, Principal, Shantiniketan Indian School in Doha, has...

Dubai gallery eyes Qatar’s art furniture market 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Guillaume Cuiry at his La Galerie Nationale in Dubai. By Ahmed Salem Doha: Guillaume Cuiry is an art expert and connoisseur of 20th...

TAMUQ students gain engineering skills 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

One of the students working on a project. Doha: Engineering students at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) are building on their classroom...

RAF distributes 760,000 copies of Holy Quran 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

RAF officials presenting a copy of Holy Quran to one of the beneficiaries during a ceremony. DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for...

Qatar pilgrims arrive in Makkah 03 Sep 2016 - 10:48 am

Caption Doha: The first batch of Qatar pilgrims arrived in Makkah yesterday via land, with the rest of pilgrims set to arrive by...

QTA plans new initiatives to attract more tourists 03 Sep 2016 - 10:14 am

By Raynald C Rivera DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) is pulling out all the stops to improve the tourism industry’s performance amid slowdown...

Pakistani community attends PSY-Qatar event 03 Sep 2016 - 10:13 am

Doha: The Pak Youth Society Qatar (PYS) organised 69th Independence Day celebrations with the theme ‘Pakistan Mubarak ho’ at the Sapphire Plaza Hotel....

Amnesty: Travel agents see rise in bookings 03 Sep 2016 - 10:11 am

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Many expatriates seeking to benefit from the three-month amnesty for illegal residents have started booking air tickets, according to...

Emir congratulates Uzbekistan President 02 Sep 2016 - 12:44 am

Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Uzbekistan’s President Dr. Islam Karimov on...

FM in Turkmenistan 02 Sep 2016 - 12:26 am

Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani yesterday met Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Policy Affairs and Foreign Minister...

Erdogan meets Qatar’s A-G 02 Sep 2016 - 12:24 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday met Qatar’s Attorney-General H E Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al Marri on the sidelines of the launch...

Flyboarding at Katara Beach 02 Sep 2016 - 12:22 am

A water sport enthusiast enjoying flyboarding at the Sports For All Summer Festival at Katara Beach yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula

Many expats show up on first day of amnesty 02 Sep 2016 - 12:15 am

By Sanaullah Ataullah and Sidi Mohamed DOHA: Many expatriates staying in the country illegally have turned up at the Search and Follow-Up Department...

Unlicensed supermarket shut down 02 Sep 2016 - 12:14 am

DOHA: Al Khor-Al Dhakhira Municipality has permanently shut down a supermarket operating without licence at an animal farm in Al Khor. The municipality’s...

Turkish embassy marks 94th Victory Day 02 Sep 2016 - 12:11 am

Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi with Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Demirok, diplomats, members of the Turkish community...