Showing posts from October 23, 2012

Cutting my hair for Rush was risky: Neha Dhupia

IANS ACTRESS Neha Dhupia, who let go of her long locks for her role of a career woman in Rush, says it is the biggest risk she has ever taken in her career. “We thought a lot... whether to do it or …

If I’m satisfied, I’d be creatively dead: Amitabh Bachchan

UMA RAMASUBRAMANIAN IANS FORTY-THREE years in showbiz, over 180 films, national and international honours in his kitty and not to forget a huge fan following - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan ha…

Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel marry in Italy

REUTERS HOLLYWOOD couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have married in southern Italy, People magazine said on Friday. “It’s great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so specia…

Taylor Swift’s new album paints love Red

PIYA SINHA-ROY REUTERS COUNTRY-POP star Taylor Swift has won over a legion of devoted fans in the past six years with her raw, honest lyrics of romance and heartbreak. Now, at the grand age of 22, t…

Ribery in form as Bayern faces struggling Lille

AP LILLE (FRANCE) WINGER Franck Ribery will look to punish the club where he was formed as a youth player when Bayern Munich travels to struggling Lille on Tuesday. Ribery, who was on Lille’s books …

Berdych books a slot in London finals

REUTERS STOCKHOLM TOMAS BERDYCH became the sixth player to qualify for the ATP World Tour finals in London next month after capturing his eighth career title at the Stockholm Open on Sunday. The Cze…

Gainey wins Sea Island with course record of 60

AP ST SIMONS ISLAND (GEORGIA) TOMMY GAINEY narrowly missed golf’s magic number. He happily settled for a courserecord 60 at Sea Island, and his first PGA Tour win on Sunday in the McGladrey Classic.…

Azarenka looks to seal No 1 spot

AP ISTANBUL SERENA WILLIAMS returns to WTA Championships with the Wimbledon and US Open titles, plus the Olympic gold medal, yet with no chance of finishing the year as the No 1 in the world. Willia…

24 Qatari firms to take part in ‘Big 5’ trade event in Dubai

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QDB’s Qatar Export Development Agency, Tasdeer, is pressing ahead with preparations for the upcoming international building and construction show, “Big 5”, in Dubai, UAE, a…

Airbus may hike A350-1000 output in ‘mini-jumbo’ battle

REUTERS PARIS AIRBUS is looking at increasing planned production for the largest member of its A350 family to power its next important struggle with Boeing for a lucrative corner of the jet market, …

Apicorp’s third quarter net profit jumps 90%

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA ARAB Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp), the multilateral development bank owned by the ten member states of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries…

Rosneft snatches TNK-BP for $55 billion in two-step deal

REUTERS LONDON/MOSCOW STATE-CONTROLLED Russian oil company Rosneft has struck a twopart deal worth about $55 billion to buy privatelyowned TNK-BP and make British oil company BP a near-20 percent Ro…

MES launches tree plantation campaign

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA MES INDIAN School of Doha launched a tree plantation campaign recently. As part of the school’s curriculum SEWA (social empowerment through work and education), the campaig…

NU-Q research project to close digital gap

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA NORTHWESTERN University in Qatar (NU-Q) has unveiled a research project in support of the country’s National Research Strategy. The research will help institutions close th…

126 students from 20 schools take part in QSDL debate

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATARDEBATE, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, recently organised the 1st Qatar Schools Debating League (QSDL) in English for t…

Workshop to make Dhreima students media-literate

MOHAMED KHOULAIDI DOHA AS MANY as 21 children from Qatar Orphan Foundation (Dhreima) aged between 8 and 14 years will benefit from a two-day media training workshop. The training programme launched …

Indian fishermen stay in jail for failing to pay fine

SANTHOSH CHANDRAN DOHA INDIAN fishermen sentenced to imprisonment and QR5000 fine for illegally crossing into Qatari territorial waters are still languishing in jail for failing to pay the fine orde…

HMC to expand air ambulance service

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA HAMAD Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of LifeFlight, an emergency air ambulance service which serves Doha outskirts …

BJP’s fight against corruption just a show off: Sonia

PTI MANDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH) CONGRESS president Sonia Gandhi on Monday launched a fresh attack on BJP, accusing it of just putting up a “show” of fighting corruption while being “deep” into it. Kick…

UK ends Modi’s boycott

PTI AHEMDABAD BRITAIN on Monday said its decision to re-engage with Gujarat should not be seen as an endorsement of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, as it ended its decade-long boycott of the state ove…

UCI strips Armstrong of Tour de France titles

REUTERS GENEVA LANCE ARMSTRONG was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life on Monday after the International Cycling Union (UCI) ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency…

QFCA sweetens norms to woo firms

ASIF IQBAL DOHA THE Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) on Monday announced new regulations for governing special purpose companies, holding companies and single family offices operating in or f…

Slight slip in CBQ profit in Q3 to QR548 million

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA COMMERCIAL Bank of Qatar (CBQ) has reported QR548 million net profit in the third quarter, a slight drop from QR552 million level during the same period in 2011. However, i…
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