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LOYALTY MARCH FOR HMMuttrah Souq shop-owners organised a march on

Tuesday to express their loyalty for His Majesty Sultan

Qaboos bin Said ahead of the National Day, which is cel-

ebrated on November 18. -Shabin E/Times of Oman See also >A4

HM’s call for peace between US, Iran

SARAH MACDONALDsarah@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said played a leading role in bringing together the Ira-nians and Americans in Muscat for meetings aimed at fi nding a solution to the Iranian nuclear problem, said Minister Responsi-ble for Foreign Aff airs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.

“There were direct calls be-tween His Majesty and the diff er-ent leaders of the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran. This has lead to an impor-tance attached by the leaders of the two countries on taking these orientations,” Alawi told journal-ists on Tuesday night in Muscat.

John Kerry, the American Sec-retary of State, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the EU’s Special Representa-tive Catherine Ashton were in Oman on Sunday and Monday hoping to bridge the gaps between the West and Iran. Four rounds of meetings in Muscat wrapped up

on Monday night with some pro-gress but no fi nal agreement, but Alawi said Iran, the USA and the EU are closer than ever to fi nding a lasting solution

The Sultanate of Oman hosted the talks with the aim of provid-ing a peaceful location for the exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions, which are important for reaching common ground, bin Alawi explained. He said this helped lay the groundwork for the agreement which is anticipated next week. The agreement is im-portant for Oman because its vi-sion of having regional and inter-national peace, which is why so much has been invested in facili-tating a rapprochement between Iran and the USA, he said.

“The Sultanate of Oman aims fully at making this region, the Gulf region and the Middle East in general, a place free of confl ict,” noted Alawi. He said those on both sides of the nuclear dispute shouldn’t waste these opportuni-ties but instead continue the ef-forts that have been exerted by both leaders to reach this situa-tion, in which they were willing to have discussions in Oman before meeting in Geneva next week.

“The breakthrough will be fol-lowed by a situation of stabil-ity and cooperation on the regional and international levels and all the misunderstandings will (be) becoming friendships,” said bin Alawi. He said it wasn’t his place to comment on the details of the

discussions but he said he was op-timistic that the agreement was within reach, a sentiment similar to that of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov who also addressed the media earlier on Tuesday evening saying he’s “rela-tively optimistic” that a lasting nu-clear treaty with Iran can be signed by the November 24 deadline.

Speaking to media in Muscat during a break from the Iran, P5+1 talks among Iran, Germany and the fi ve permanent mem-bers of the UN Security Council, namely China, France, Russian, the UK and the USA, he said un-like last year, this round of ne-gotiations were aimed at fi nding “an agreement that should last for years.” >A2

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Calls for curb on child driversELHAM POURMOHAMMADIelham@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Driving without a li-cence adds to accidents in Oman and both parents and authorities have been urged to get tougher to curb this ‘dangerous’ practice.

Shaima Murtadha Al Lawati, Chief Executive Offi cer of Oman Road Safety Association, said she had noticed that some people driving without a licence and had also come to know that the ma-jority of children who get behind the wheel without a licence have the permission of their parents.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Al Lawati said that she had met a person who had lost his wife and two children in a car crash caused by a 17-year-old girl driving with-out a licence. Her parents had given her permission as she had to drop her younger brother somewhere.

“She could not react properly on the road due to lack of training and experience. The crash result-ed in the death of all passengers of the car she hit (the wife and two children) and the girl’s own

brother as he was sitting on the front seat and without a seat belt.” It is very dangerous and surely af-fects the overall safety of road us-ers, she said, adding that studies show that young people are at an increased risk.

“This is because of many fac-tors, but I would mention age, inexperience and eff ect of peer pressure,” she said.

She also said young and un-trained people are more likely to drive without obeying safety rules such as wearing a seat belt, using their phone while driving, which again brings the probabili-ties of survival on the roads down to a very low percentage.

When contacted by Times of Oman, a source at the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said that they did not consider the issue of driv-ing without a licence a ‘very big’ matter, and not many such cases had been recorded. >A4

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HM receives thanks cable

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from His High-ness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait in reply to His Majesty’s condolences cable on the death of Sheikh Salim Sabah Salim

Al Hamoud Al Sabah. In his ca-ble, Sheikh Al Sabah expressed his utmost thanks for His Maj-esty the Sultan’s condolences, praying to Allah the Almighty to rest the deceased’s soul in peace and protect HM against all harms. -ONA

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WORLDFree trade area move

2An Asia-Pacifi c summit endorsed a Beijing-backed route towards a vast free

trade area in the region. >A14

MARKETFirms told to register

3The ministry has given one year to contracting companies to register

with the OSC. >B1

ITALYItaly woos Omani tourists

1 The Italian Tourist Board is expecting more than 25,000 tourists from Oman to attend the Expo 2015 Milano, which will be hosted in the city of Milan. >A6

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Expat woman falls to death

REJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: An expatriate wom-an who reportedly fell from a multi-storey building in Burai-mi succumbed to her injuries in the hospital on Tuesday.

According to Public Author-ity for Civil Defence and Am-bulance (PACDA), the woman jumped from the building be-fore they could rescue her.

“She succumbed to her in-juries in the hospital,” tweeted the police. In the visuals circu-lated on social networking sites, the woman was seen hanging outside the window for a few seconds before plunging to the ground.

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GRACIOUS HOST: Minister Responsible for Foreign Aff airs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at a press

conference in Muscat on Tuesday. –Cio Datta/Times of Oman

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SAYYID FAHD MEETS ZARIFHis Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council

of Ministers received Mohammed Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister on Tuesday. Zarif

conveyed the greetings of the Iranian leadership to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said

and his government and the Omani people further progress and welfare. —ONA

Working hard to reach an agreement, says Ryabkov

The discussions have been go-ing on in great detail on the lev-els of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities, how transparent Iran should be regarding its nu-clear programme, and the speed with which Western sanctions on Iran would be lifted, Ryabkov explained. The diff erent aspects of the deal have to be considered as a package, not just as separate elements, he added.

“We are completely focused on these substantive issues and if by whatever reason, by whatever development we are not there, we will have time in the evening of the 23rd [of November] to de-velop an alternative, to develop a solution that would not kill the chances,” said Ryabkov.

He said that would be the worst possible outcome, so the parties are working hard to achieve an agreement.

Despite the slow progress and the looming deadline, Ryabkov said the parties involved could

“be there by November 24,” add-ing that “The glass is half full; it’s not half empty.”

Russian and American diff er-ences over Ukraine would not prevent an agreement, either, despite the chilly encounter be-tween Obama and Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Beijing.

As the November 24 deadline approaches, there is also the pos-

sibility that John Kerry could soon return to Oman if more trilateral talks are needed to fi nd a solution to the ongoing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.

Earlier in the day yesterday German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told media in Berlin that the situation “will be set back another two years” if a breakthrough isn’t made.

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IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS: World leaders at the Muscat summit. – ONA

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‘Traffi c off enders should be made to do social service’

According to the ROP, the indi-viduals caught driving without licences are imprisoned for 24 hours and their vehicle is seized.

The person can be released only after someone gives a guar-antee, said the police source.Al Lawati believed that the law is not strict enough to deal with such drivers and suggest-ed that tougher regulations be introduced.

“For example, in the United Kingdom, driving without a valid driving licence is an off ence, and the penalty – for the basic off ence – is 3 to 6 penalty points, a fi ne of up to £1,000, and possible dis-qualifi cation,” she said.

“Also, if you are convicted of failing to wear a seat belt as a driv-er or passenger, you could face a fi ne of up to £500.

“As a driver, if you are convict-ed of failing to ensure that a child passenger is using an appropri-ate child restraint or wearing a seat belt according to the legal re-quirements described, you could face a fi ne of up to £500,” said Al Lawati.

She also said, “In addition to the legal penalties, failure to wear a seat belt or ensure that a child uses an appropriate child restraint or wears a seat belt could aff ect any claims against your motor insurance cover. You

could also face civil proceedings for damages if, for example, you failed to safely carry someone else’s child.”

Asked what kind of punish-ment she thought should be considered for such drivers, Al Lawati said that they should be handed down a prison sentence plus OMR500 as a fi ne.

They should also not be per-mitted to apply for a driving li-cence for at least six months, and if caught again driving with-out a licence, they should be taken to court.

She added that random checks by police on the roads can be a so-lution. “Whenever a person is ex-pecting a policeman around, he or she would surely obey the rules. It is required till we get to the self-discipline level.”

ROP said that they have ran-dom inspections through which they come across such cases.

Asked about comments made by some drivers that the process to get a driving licence in Oman is too costly and too long and some-times discriminatory towards expatriates, the police source said, “The procedure followed in Oman to get a driving licence is one of the easiest, especially for expatriates.”

Al Lawati highlighted the im-portance of raising awareness

among parents, families and young people and holding them responsible for any misbehaviour regarding road safety rules.She urged the authorities con-cerned to make the laws stricter and introduce a ‘points system’ on a driving licence, impose heavy fi nes and lock the off enders in jail.

Al Lawati also believed that ‘so-cial service’ should be introduced for people who regularly break traffi c laws.

“If they can be forced to spend some hours doing social service helping relevant NGOs (non-gov-ernmental organisations) such as Oman Road Safety Association and get exposed to the danger of their actions, I think they would appreciate the law more and per-haps not break the law again.”

She urged families not to allow their children to drive without a licence, noting that such a prac-tice will have very unpleasant consequences.

“Stop allowing your child to drive without a licence. Your child lacks training, experience and may kill people on the roads. Your child’s life is precious. Do not let it be lost. If you want your child to feel grown up or responsi-ble there are, so many other ways to do that but surely not breaking laws and killing people,” conclud-ed Al Lawati.

S A F E T Y I S S U E S

HIS MAJESTY HAILED BY MUTTRAH TRADERSShop owners in Muttrah Souq held a march on Tuesday afternoon to express their loyalty to

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said ahead of National Day, which is celebrated on November

18 every year. — Shabin E/TIMES OF OMAN

Omani fest inaugurated in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Omani Cultural Days kicked off in Brunei Capital City of Bandar Seri Begawan today.

Princess Masna bint Al Sul-tan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddin, Ambassador-at-Large, Minis-try of Foreign Aff airs, in Bru-nei Darussalam sponsored the opening ceremony in the pres-ence of Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser Al Harrasi, Chairman of the Public Authority for Radio and Television (PART) and Sheikh Hamad bin Hilal Al Maamary, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture for Cul-tural Aff airs.

Dr Al Harrasi said at the opening ceremony that the cul-tural message carried by the activities of the cultural days come to deepen the knowledge, strengthen the historical and cultural relationship, to widen the area of understanding, meeting and dialogue. – ONA

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Expats comprise 44% of population

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s total popula-tion has recorded a monthly rise of 0.7 per cent by the end of Sep-tember 2014 reaching 4,064,660 as compared with 4,035,972 by the end of August 2013.

According to a recently re-leased population study by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), Omanis constitute of 56.1 per cent of the population with 2,281,771, while expatriates comprise 43.9 per cent numbering 1,782,889.

Comparing these fi gures with those issued by the end of August 2014, the overall number of Oma-nis has increased by 7,545 by the end of September 2014, while the number of expatriates increased by 21,143 in the same period.

Breaking down the population fi gures, the Governorate of Mus-

cat recorded the highest concen-tration with 1,236,511 residents, comprising 30.4 per cent of the total population in the Sultanate by the end of September 2014.

This total rose by 0.7 per cent when compared with 1,227,397 recorded residents by the end of August 2014.

The population in Muscat comprised 474,462 Omanis and 762,049 expatriates.

Following is Al Batinah gov-ernorate with a population of 662,033, which accounts for 16.3 per cent of the total population in Oman.

The number of residents in Al Batinah governorate increased by 0.4 per cent when compared with 659,383 recorded at the end of August 2014.

It comprises 450,604 Omanis

and 211,429 expatriates.The Al Dakhiliya governo-

rate was ranked the third with 406,764 residents, accounting for 10 per cent of the total population in the Sultanate, while Dhofar was ranked fourth with 380,606 residents, accounting for 9.4 per cent of the total population, re-fl ecting an increase of 0.4 per cent when compared with the end of August 2014.

The report revealed that Mus-cat and Buraimi recorded the highest percentage of expatriate population compared to Omanis.

The proportion of Omanis is higher than expatriates in the governorates of Musan-dam, Al Dakhiliya North and South Al Batinah North and South Al Sharqiya Al Dahirah and Al Wusta.

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end of August 2013.

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The fi rst workshop marks the beginning of a much deeper bilateral exchange to promote even greater presence of Omani tourists

Paola Amadei, Italy’s Ambassador to Oman

Oman Air adds wings to woman powerTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Oman Air celebrated the Omani Women’s Day by or-ganising an informal meeting be-tween the CEO and some of the women staff recognised for their performance.

Oman Air’s commitment is in line with the directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos regarding the empowerment of women, and mirrors the role of women in the broader Omani society.

The country is recognised as one of the big supporters of gen-der equality in the region. Women currently comprise more than 30 per cent of Oman Air’s workforce. The airline pursues a proactive policy of recognising talented and qualifi ed women, and pro-

viding the necessary support for them to exce. Women are well-represented in a range of roles, including engineering, airport management, airport services and marketing along with customer services, cabin crew, fl ight opera-

tions, sales and communications.Paul Gregorowitsch, chief ex-

ecutive offi cer of Oman Air, said, “Oman Air is recognised as one of the leading companies in the Sultanate off ering women a safe and supportive employment envi-

ronment. Women comprise a vital and increasing proportion of our workforce. They are represented at virtually every level of the com-pany. And they have made an im-portant contribution to the ongo-ing success of Oman Air.”

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Italy plans green expo to gain more tourists

RAHUL DASrahuldas@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: The Italian Tour-ist Board is looking at more than 25,000 tourists from Oman, at-tending the Expo 2015 Milano, which it will host in Milan.

The theme chosen for the 2015 Milan Universal Exposition is ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for

Life’ and is set to attract over 20 million visitors from around the world during the six-month-long exhibition.

The expo site has been de-signed in the shape of an island surrounded by a canal and it will cover an area of about one million square metres to attract visitors

from May 1 to October 31, 2015.For this, a workshop tilted as

‘Italy Unique Destination’ was organised by the Italian State Tourism Board (ENIT) with the support of the Italian Embassy in Muscat on Tuesday evening.

“The fi rst workshop marks the beginning of a much deeper bi-lateral exchange to promote even greater presence of Omani tour-ists in Italian cities and of Italian tourists in the Sultanate. This ob-jective has been reached thanks also to the competence and pro-fessionalism of the Omani tour operators,” said Italy’s Ambassa-dor Paola Amadei.

The workshop is aimed at im-proving the visibility and increas-ing the Italian tourism off er in the catalogues of local tour operators.

Fabrizio Puglisi, representa-tive, ENIT, in Dubai, said that are looking at more than 25,000 tour-ists from Oman. “Italy has proved

to be among the most preferred destinations by Omani residents with the number growing each year,” he said.

He also said, “The extraordi-nary cultural events, exhibitions, shows and the country with the highest number of UNESCO world heritage sites, along with the curiosity aroused by the event Expo 2015 Milano, makes Italy one of the most attractive coun-tries for Omani tourists.”

In addition, the number of tour-ists from Oman choosing a foreign destination for their holidays is constantly rising with Oman Air fl ying direct to Milan.

The workshop proposes further development opportunities and opens a new market for Italian tour operators and new opportu-nities of cooperation for Omani tourist operators. “We organised more than 100 meetings here,” said Puglisi.

The theme of the

Milan Universal

Exposition is

‘Feeding the Planet,

Energy for Life’

Busaidi in Kuwait for defence meet

MUSCAT: Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib Al Busaidi, Min-ister Responsible for Defence Aff airs and his accompany-ing military delegation left on Tuesday, for the sisterly State of Kuwait to take part in the 13th session’s meeting of the GCC Joint Defence Council.

The high-powered meeting started on Tuesday and will last for two days.

The delegation includes Lt. Gen Ahmed bin Harith Al Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and a number of senior SAF offi cers.

Minister Responsible for De-fence Aff airs and his accompa-nying delegation were seen off by Maj Gen Mattar bin Salim Al Balushi, Commander of the Royal Army of Oman (RAO), a number of senior SAF offi cers, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the Sultanate and the Kuwaiti Mili-tary Attaché in Muscat.–ONA

S E C U R I T Y I S S U E S

WOMAN POWER: Oman Air’s positive approach to employing and supporting women in the work-

place is part of a broader human resources strategy.–Supplied photo

CBO issues silver coin

on 44th National Day

Times News Service

MUSCAT: On the occasion of the 44th National Day 2014, the Central Bank of Oman has issued a silver commemorative coin depicting an image of the Oman Council’s building. This commem-orative coin is a legal tender for its face value and may be purchased from The Central Bank of Oman.

However, the price is subject

to change in accordance with the variations in the prices of silver in the international market.

The distinctive features are that the one side of the coin has the Coat of Arms (Khanjar) the name of the country (Sultanate of Oman), the name of Central Bank of Oman and face value in Arabic and English. The reverse coin de-picts an image of the Oman Coun-cil’s Building.

C O M M E M O R A T I O N

NATIONAL HONOUR: The reverse of the coin depicts an image of

the Oman Council’s Building.–Supplied photo

Ambassador Paola Amadei

–Photo AR Rajkumar

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REGIONW E D N E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 14

Parliament polls in Egypt‘to be held’by March

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has told visiting US businessmen that a parliamentary election will be held by March, his spokesman said on Tuesday, trying to reas-sure them that the delayed poll would not be put off indefi nitely.

Under former president Mo-hamed Morsi, legislative power was transferred to the upper house pending a fresh election. But before that poll took place, Morsi was toppled by the army following protests against his rule. No date has been set for the parliamentary poll, but Sisi told the US businessmen it would go ahead before a major economic summit in March that Egypt hopes will boost investment and aid, his spokesman Alaa Yousef said. Election commission spokesman Medhat Idriss said preparations still needed to be completed before the vote could be scheduled. He declined to say when the vote was likely to hap-pen but Egyptian newspapers have quoted unnamed sources as saying the polls would hap-pen around March.

“We are still waiting for the constituencies law and prepara-tions for the elections are ongo-ing,” he said. — Reuters

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Abbas blames Hamas for bombings

OCCUPIED RAMALLAH: Pal-estinian President Mahmoud Ab-bas on Tuesday accused Hamas of carrying out a series of bombings against offi cials loyal to him in Gaza last week, in a move sure to harm al-ready fl oundering unity eff orts.

A series of small explosions tar-geted the homes and vehicles of offi cials from Abbas’s Fatah move-ment on Friday, causing minor damage but no injuries.

A bomb also demolished a stage erected to commemorate the 10th

anniversary of former president and Fatah leader Yasser Arafat’s death, leading to the event being cancelled. “Who committed this crime? The leadership of the Ha-mas movement did, and it’s respon-sible!” Abbas roared to applause at a Fatah rally for Arafat in occupied Ramallah, his seat of government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Hamas and Fatah agreed in April to form a reconciliation government, an eff ort to over-come deep political rifts that date back to 2007, when Hamas seized power in Gaza after a weeks-long civil war with Fatah. The parties agreed in September that Ha-mas would relinquish Gaza’s land crossings with Israel to the unity government in order to facilitate the entry of reconstruction aid. A devastating 50-day war with Israel levelled whole neighbourhoods.

Mutual blame,Amid mutual blame, no change of guard occurred and almost no building materials have entered the Strip. “These actions delay rebuild-ing and delay the moving of 100,000

people back into their homes ... The one loser is the people - in the war, in the rebuilding and in everything - while you sit in your homes and your hideouts with no concern ex-cept to say ‘we’re staying put’,” Ab-bas fumed, rhetorically addressing Hamas leaders.

Hamas denounced the remarks, which stopped short of calling for a formal break with the Gaza-based Hamas. “Abbas’s speech was aimed at causing tensions. It’s a partisan and despicable speech that did not carry any good intentions, neither towards Hamas nor towards the people of Gaza,” Hamas spokes-man Fawzi Barhoum said.

Meanwhile, Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during clash-es in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as a wave of unrest gripped the country, raising fears of a new Palestinian uprising.

The death of the 22-year-old near Hebron came as troops tried to disperse about 150 Palestinians who were hurling rocks and Molo-tov cocktails at passing cars close to the settlement of Kiryat Arba, the army said. — Reuters

A series of small

explosions targeted

the homes and

vehicles of offi cials

from Abbas’s Fatah

movement on Friday

Who committed this crime? The leadership of the Hamas movement did, and it’s responsible

Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President

PAYING HOMAGE: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, centre, visits the grave of late Palestinian

leader Yasser Arafat during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of Arafat’s death, in the occupied

West Bank city of Ramallah, on Tuesday.. – Credit

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BJP to take NCP support if Shiv Sena refuses to back it during trust voteAFTAB KOLAOur Correspondent

MUMBAI: Facing a trust vote today in Maharashtra state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday made it clear to the Shiv Sena that it is ready to take the support of the Nationalist Con-gress Party (NCP), which it called Nationalist Corrupt Party during the election campaign.

Senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the party welcomed the support of all parties except the Congress for the development of the state.

That has left the NCP fum-ing which said that it had staked claim for the post of Leader of the Opposition only to ensure that the Congress does not bag it in case its negotiations with the BJP fail. Sena’s announcement came with a teaser saying its talks with the BJP would continue.

Rudy minced no words stat-ing that the BJP would welcome support of all parties except the Congress, which is “responsible for the mess”, so that the govern-ment can work for development of Maharashtra and fulfi l the aspira-tions of its people.

Taking support of non-Con-gress parties by the BJP was ne-cessitated with the Shiv Sena not willing to support them unless certain assurances were given.

“Those who want to come for-ward for the development of Ma-harashtra should do so. We want to take along all those who want to do that. I hope the Shiv Sena will come around,” said Rudy.

On Sharad Pawar’s NCP, Rudy said that the party has already extended unconditional support but dismissed suggestions that they will be running the show in the state.

On NCP’s part, Pawar had strongly defended his party’s de-cision to provide support from outside to the BJP-led govern-ment in the state. He vehemently denied that the decision was taken fearing an inquiry against his party’s leaders into a slew of corruption cases and scams. Pa-war said NCP’s support would be issue-based.

The NCP had also said that the party had taken a decision to en-sure stability in the State. “Nei-ther has anyone approached us for support nor have we discussed it with anyone,” said Pawar.

M A H A R A S H T R A

India sets sights on cheap moon missionNEW DELHI: India now has its sights set on low-budget mis-sions to the moon and the sun af-ter becoming the fi rst country in Asia to reach Mars, the head of its space agency said on Tuesday.

India has been swelling with pride since winning the conti-nent’s race to Mars in September when its unnamed Mangalyaan spacecraft slipped into the Red Planet’s orbit after a 10-month journey on a shoestring budget.

The mission, designed to search for evidence of life on Mars, sparked mass celebrations which were especially sweet as India also became the only country to reach the planet on its fi rst attempt.

SuccessBuoyed by the success, Indian Space Research Organisa-tion (Isro) chairman K.S. Rad-hakrishnan said the agency was forging ahead with plans to land an unnamed craft on the moon, along with a satellite to study the sun.

“The aim is three years from now, an Indian lander and Indi-an rover will land on the moon,” he said.

“We have a programme to study the sun that is by putting a satellite into the sun-Earth La-grangian point,” he said, referring to the position where the satel-lite, held by the pair’s gravitation-al pull, can orbit with them.

China completed its fi rst re-turn mission to the moon last month with the successful re-en-try and landing of an unmanned probe, but Radhakrishnan played down talk of a space-age rivalry between the world’s two most populous countries.

“We don’t race with any coun-try. We have our own priorities,” he added. But Radhakrishnan did acknowledge India was “certain-ly” eyeing a greater slice of the $300-billion global space market, by making and launching com-munication, weather, navigation-al and other satellites for foreign countries. - AFP

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Ten women die in botched operationRAIPUR: Ten women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condi-tion, after a state-run programme that pays women to undergo steri-lisation went badly wrong, offi cials said on Tuesday.

More than 60 women fell ill af-

ter undergoing the surgery over the weekend in Chhattisgarh, and 10 have now died, local offi cial Sonmani Borah said. “With two more deaths reported today (Tues-day), the death toll in the family planning operation-related case has gone up to 10,” Borah said. - AFP

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BJP accuses Congress leaders of generating black moneyNEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday accused Congress leaders of gen-erating black money in the country while referring to the matter of the alleged tax evasion by its spokes-person Abhishek Singhvi and asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to clarify on the issue.

“The issue of Singhvi is just a sample as it is only what has come

out in the public domain. How many Congress lead-

ers are turning black money into white? “Congress has created a lot of black money during the last 10 years of its government, which saw a lot of corruption and scams. Congress President Sonia Gandhi should clarify,” said BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma.

Terming the matter “a classic case of tax evasion”, BJP’s spokes-person Sambit Patra said, “This is a classic case of how black money is produced within the country by the tall leaders of Congress.”

Attacking the Congress, he said, “It sermonises on black money and this is what is happening in its own house. You are producing black

money in your own house and are evading taxes. The Congress has a lot to answer for. “Either you (Con-gress) own up that your tall leaders are evading taxes and indulging in generation of black money or you disown Singhvi.” Sharma accused the Congress of being the “foun-tainhead of corruption” and said this is the reason why its MPs did

not give an undertaking on black money in Parliament whereas all the BJP legislators had done so.

“This is only the tip of the ice-berg. The country is well aware of the fact that many tall leaders of Congress have stashed black money not only abroad but also at home. Law will surely take its course but will Congress punish

Singhvi?” Patra said.Citing details of revelations by

the Income Tax Settlement Com-mission, Patra said there has been a substantial increase in Singhvi’s income and, in a short span of time between January 15, 2011, to March 31, 2011, there was a con-siderable jump in payments for his legal assistance. - PTI

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Modi embarks on 10-day tour of three nations

S. MOITRAOur Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked on a 10-day tour of three nations, his longest foreign trip after assuming offi ce in May this year.

Modi left for Myanmar where he will take part in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Ase-an) Summit and East Asia Summit in capital Naypyidaw on Novem-ber 12 and 13 followed by the G-20 meet in Brisbane on November 15 and 16 and a bilateral visit to Fiji Islands on November 19.

His packed schedule includes meeting more than 40 leaders from countries representing Asia, Africa, Europe and North Ameri-ca apart from South America and the Pacifi c Region.

On arrival in Myanmar, Modi met President Thein Sein as well as opposition leader Aung San

Suu Kyi, said a senior offi cial.Before embarking on the tour,

Modi had on Monday evening said that Asean was at the core of India’s Act East Policy and the dream of an Asian century. “I am looking forward to discussing with Asean leaders how to take our relationship to a new level.”

From there, he will leave for Australia — the fi rst by an Indian prime minister in 28 years — to at-tend the G20 Summit in Brisbane and then travel to Sydney, Canber-ra and Melbourne on a bilateral visit from November 16 to 18.

According to the offi cial, the highlight of his Australia visit will be his address to the joint sitting of Parliament in Can-berra and his address to the In-dian community at a reception at Sydney’s Olympic park, which is expected to be attended by more than 15,000 people.

“The G-20 Summit is a key fo-rum for countries to coordinate their activities and pursue col-

lective action to support global economic growth, stable fi nancial markets and global trading re-gimes,” Modi had said on the eve of his foreign tour.

He also said that he would dis-cuss how the creation of next generation infrastructure could be accelerated, including digi-tal infrastructure, adding that a closer strategic partnership with Australia would support India’s economic goals, promote its secu-rity interests, including maritime security, and reinforce eff orts to foster peace and stability in the maritime region.

Modi will go to Fiji from Aus-tralia, the fi rst by an Indian PM in 33 years. In Fiji, he is to meet leaders and representatives of 12 Pacifi c Island nations, added the offi cial.

“We owe them (Fiji) a debt of gratitude for hosting our scien-tists on the island in support of our Mars Mission,” Modi had said on Monday.

The prime minister’s

packed schedule

includes meeting

more than 40 leaders

from countries

representing Asia,

Africa, Europe and

North America apart

from South America

and the Pacifi c region

WARM GREETINGS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President

of Myanmar U. Thein Sein shake hands during a meeting at the

Presidential Palace, in Myanmar, on Tuesday. – PTI

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Germany looks to boost investment in Pakistan

BERLIN: Germany is looking to increase its investments in Paki-stan, especially in the energy sec-tor, provided the conditions are right, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Merkel said Germany’s KfW state development bank was al-ready involved in projects in Paki-stan including hydro power plants, but added that the security situa-tion was sometimes a deterrent.

“We can look at intensifying these (investments), as long as the conditions are right,” Merkel told a joint news conference with Sharif.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Berlin, Prime Min-ister Nawaz Sharif said German companies had shown plenty of interest in his country’s energy sector. He went on to add that Ger-many and Pakistan would combat terrorism in Pakistan together. “We will overcome terrorism at all costs,” Nawaz said, while address-ing a gathering at the Chancellor’s offi ce in Berlin.

Echoing Sharif ’s statement for German support to combat terror-

ism, Merkel said Germany is will-ing to help Pakistan over a range of projects.

“A stable Afghanistan is in the best interest of Pakistan,” the Ger-man chancellor also affi rmed.

Shifting focus to economic and trade cooperation, Nawaz said Germany is fourth biggest trade partner of Pakistan the two coun-tries enjoy cordial relations.

Nawaz claimed that the two countries agreed in principle over numerous projects and deals to improve the country’s economy.

“Issue of energy crisis will be re-solved soon,” he assured.

Responding to a question re-garding the protection of minority rights and the recent lynching of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan over alleged blasphemy, the premier said, “It is shameful and we have condemned it in the strongest possible terms.”

“My government has ordered a judicial inquiry with instructions that those responsible be given exemplary punishment,” he added.

The premier also spoke about Pakistan’s second Nobel prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, saying the teenager has not been regarded as a hero in Pakistan but she is very

popular and has rendered great service in the fi eld of education.

Commenting on talks with the premier, the German chancellor said, “We had useful talks with Nawaz Sharif and will endeavour to further strengthen Pakistan German relations.” The premier extended an invitation to Merkel to visit Pakistan.

Earlier on his arrival at the Chancellor’s Offi ce, the prime minister was warmly greeted by a smartly turned out contingent of German Armed Forces who pre-sented a guard of honour to him. – In

exclusive arrangement with The Express Tribune

Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif said

German companies

had shown plenty

of interest in his

country’s energy

sector and added that

the two countries

would fi ght terrorism

in Pakistan together

Government to raise $2b from global and domestic marketsISLAMABAD: In a bid to over-come the challenge of building foreign currency reserves to satisfy the IMF, the government is going to raise more than $2 billion from international and domestic markets in the next few months.

This is in addition to another $2 billion that are expected to be approved by multilateral fi nan-cial institutions including the In-ternational Monetary Fund.

After a lacklustre response of investors to the share off er of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), the govern-ment has decided to adopt a three-pronged strategy to off -set the impact, according to offi cials of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Aff airs.

It will use a combination of dol-lar purchases from the domestic spot market, borrow dollars from commercial banks and raise the borrowing threshold by fl oating Sukuk (Islamic bonds).

“Depending on the response of investors, the government may raise more than $1 billion by fl oating Sukuk,” said Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while talking to the media here on Monday.

He, however, said the govern-ment would pitch $500 million, adding road shows for the off er would be held from November 23 to 25 in the UK and Gulf states.

Blaming Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan for the poor response to the OGDCL share fl oat, Dar said Khan had dented investor confi dence, which adversely aff ected the transaction. Against the hope of receiving $830 million, the inves-tors off ered only $342 million, forcing the government to with-draw the off er.

Dar said Sukuk sales would come to an end before the close of November, which would also help achieve the end-December target of gross foreign currency

reserves including those held by private banks at $15 billion.

However, according to market analysts, the success of Sukuk will largely hinge on the premium the government will off er to the investors. It set the benchmark at 8.25 per cent when it raised $2 billion by fl oating 10-year dollar-denominated bonds. If the gov-ernment was ready to increase the threshold, it may get more than $1 billion, they said.

At present, the country’s total foreign currency reserves stand at $13.5 billion including $4.8 bil-lion held by commercial banks.

However, the IMF does not consider the foreign currency held by private banks as part of offi cial reserves. A recent state-ment of the IMF suggests that Pa-kistan has to increase its reserves to a level suffi cient to back “three months of imports by the end of fi scal year 2014-15”.

Building the foreign currency reserves is an area where the gov-ernment is facing problems and has obtained three concessions from the IMF in the last fi ve re-views. – Express Tribune

I M F C O M M I T M E N T

Militant attacks leave 27 deadPESHAWAR: A series of mili-tant attacks across Pakistan on Tuesday left at least 27 people dead, including two offi cials over-seeing security for a polio vacci-nation drive.

Pakistan’s armed forces launched a major off ensive against militant strongholds in June which stemmed the tide of near-daily attacks the country had endured in recent years, but violence now appears to be on the rise again. Five separate strikes hit on Tuesday, including two roadside bombs, an attack on a military post and a car bombing targeting a judge.

At least fi ve soldiers and 15 militants were killed in a gunfi ght after insurgents attacked a check-post of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) in Orakzai, one of sev-en restive semi-autonomous trib-

al regions on the Afghan border.“More than 50 militants at-

tacked the checkpost. Two sol-diers embraced shahadat (mar-trydrom) while 15 terrorists were killed in an exchange of fi re,” a

senior security offi cial said.Six soldiers sustained injures

in the attack, he said, adding that the militants fl ed after the para-military Frontier Corps troops retaliated.- AFP

I N S U R G E N C Y

Depending on the

response of investors,

the government may

raise more than $1b

by floating Sukuk

Ishaq Dar Finance minster

BOMB EXPLOSION: Security and rescue personnel gather at the

site of a car bomb explosion which targeted a judge of the anti-

terrorist court in Quetta on Tuesday. - AFP

CORDIAL MEETING: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minis-

ter Nawaz Sharif after their joint press conference following their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin

on Tuesday. - AFP

We had useful talks with Nawaz Sharif and will endeavour to further strengthen Pakistan German relations

Angela Merkel, German chancellor

DISPLAYING SKILLS: J-10 fi ghter jets from the August 1st Aerobatics Team of the People’s Libera-

tion Army Air Force perform during the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition

in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Tuesday. – Reuters

ZHUHAI: The fi rst women fi ght-er pilots to join China’s famed aerobatic team showed off their skills in J-10 jets on Tuesday as Beijing put on a display of its growing military might.

The pair strode to their fi ghter planes in lock-step with male pi-lots, all wearing identical green

jumpsuits and sunglasses, as part of a performance by the Chinese air force’s “August 1st” aerobatic group at the country’s premier air-show. The two are part of a group of fi ve female fi ghter pilots, who have not been identifi ed by name, fl ying for the team named for the date of the founding of the army.

State media has reported the women are the fi rst to join the group. “Female pilots have learned to fl y cutting-edge fi ghter jets in the Chinese air force,” the China Daily newspaper quoted Wang Yan’an, deputy editor of Aerospace Knowledge magazine, as saying last month.

“It means the air force has di-versifi ed its pilot pool and can re-cruit more female pilots,” he said.

The fi ve women all have more

than 750 hours of fl ying time in four types of aircraft, according to state media.

Chinese defence companies and the People’s Liberation Army’s air force are putting the latest weaponry on parade at the Zhuhai airshow this week, including the new J-31 stealth fi ghter and its biggest ever mili-tary transport plane.

At the last show in 2012, exhibi-tors displayed only a model of the next-generation fi ghter J-31.

China has steadily increased its defence budget for years with funding projected to rise more than 12 per cent to $132 billion in 2014, but the United States has accused Beijing of under-report-ing its spending by as much as 20 per cent in the past. — AFP

It was the fi rst time

women joined the

famed team and fl ew

cutting-edge fi ghters

Doctor suffers heart attack on live showISTANBUL: A Turkish doctor on Tuesday suff ered a heart attack in front of millions of viewers during a popular health show broadcast live on national television.

Dr Ugur Yansel, a professor of orthopaedics, was explaining fl at feet in children when he had a heart attack during a live telecast of the hugely-popular “Healthy Living” (“Saglikli Yasam”) pro-gramme on the Istanbul-based 360 channel.

SymptomsThe doctor, who is in his late 50s, displayed symptoms such as chest pain and discomfort before suff ering what appeared to be the fi rst in a series of heart attacks.

“Are you feeling well, profes-

sor?” asked Arzu Kilic, the ele-gantly-dressed host of the show, suggesting that he took a sip of water. “It’s something to do with my pacemaker,” Yansel replied, pointing to his chest.

He then took some water and had a more severe heart attack, which made him jump up on the couch. Kilic, who managed to keep her composure throughout the entire show, somehow ended the broadcast with a smile on her face: “It’s time to take care of our doctor now, and the com-mercials.”

Yansel was moved to the back-stage area where he had a third heart attack. He was taken to a hospital by ambulance and is re-ported to be in a stable condition.

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Many people fi nd economic growth to be a morally am-biguous goal — palatable, they would argue, only if it is broadly shared and envi-ronmentally sustainable. But, as my father likes to

say, “Why make something diffi cult if you can make it impossible?” If we do not know how to make econ-omies grow, it follows that we do not know how to make them grow in an inclusive and sustainable way.

Economists have struggled with the tradeoff be-tween growth and equity for centuries. What is the nature of the tradeoff ? How can it be minimised? Can growth be sustained if it leads to greater in-equality? Does redistribution hamper growth?

I believe that both inequality and slow growth of-ten result from a particular form of exclusion. Adam Smith famously argued that, “It is not from the be-nevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” So why would growth not in-clude people out of self-interest, rather than requir-ing deliberate collective action?

It is well known that levels of income are dramati-cally diff erent around the world. Thanks to more than two centuries of sustained growth, average per capita income in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is just under $40,000 — 3.3, 11.3, and 17.7 times more than in Latin America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, respectively. Sustained growth has obviously not included the majority of humanity.

What is less well known is that huge gaps exist within countries. For example, GDP per worker in the State of Nuevo León in Mexico is eight times that of Guerrero, while output per worker in the Department of Chocó in Colombia is less than one-fi fth that of Bogotá. Why would capitalists extract so little value from workers if they could get so much more out of them?

The answer is surprisingly simple: fi xed costs. Modern production is based on networks of net-works. A modern fi rm is a network of people with diff erent expertise: production, logistics, marketing, sales, accounting, human-resource management, and so on. But the fi rm itself must be connected to a web of other fi rms — its suppliers and customers — through multi-modal transportation and telecom-munication networks.

To form part of the modern economy, fi rms and households need access to networks that deliver water and dispose of sewage and solid waste. They need access to the grids that distribute electricity,

urban transportation, goods, education, healthcare, security, and fi nance. Lack of access to any of these networks causes enormous declines in productivity. Just think of how your life would change if you had to walk two hours each day to obtain drinking water or wood for fuel.

But connecting to these networks involves fi xed costs. Before anyone can consume a kilowatt-hour, a li-tre of water, or a bus ride, somebody has to get a copper wire, a pipe, and a road to their house. These fi xed costs need to be recouped through long periods of use.

Growth is not inclusive because fi xed costs deter markets from extending the networks that underpin it. Changes in these fi xed costs have outsize eff ects on who is included. For example, the fi rst telephone company started operations in 1878, while mobile phones are barely 25 years old. One might expect that the former would have diff used more than the latter, just because of the time advantage. Yet, in Af-ghanistan, there are 1,300 mobile phones for every landline. In India, there are 72 cellphone lines per 100 persons, but only 2.6 landlines.

In fact in Kenya, where there are 50 mobile phones per 100 people, only 16 per cent of the population has access to electricity. This refl ects the fact that cellphone towers and handsets are much cheaper than pipes and copper wires, making it possible for the poor to pay the fi xed costs.

It is the fi xed costs that limit the diff usion of the networks. So, a strategy for inclusive growth has to focus on ways of either lowering or paying for the fi xed costs that connect people to networks.

From its beginning in 1775, the US Postal Service was based on the principle “that every person in the United States – no matter who, no matter where – has the right to equal access to secure, effi cient, and aff ord-able mail service.” . Obviously, all of this costs money, and it is here that priorities matter. Poor countries lack the money to connect every person to every network at once, which explains the huge regional diff erences in income. But too many resources are often allocated to palliative redistributive measures that address the consequences of exclusion rather than its causes. Countries such as Brazil, South Af-rica, Peru, Uganda, Guatemala, Pakistan, and Vene-zuela spend substantially more money on subsidies and transfers than on public investment to expand infrastructure networks, education, and healthcare.

A strategy for inclusive growth must empower people by including them in the networks that make them productive. Inclusiveness should not be seen as a restriction on growth to make it morally palat-able. Viewed properly, inclusiveness is actually a strategy that enhances growth. — Project Syndicate

Empowering people for inclusive growth

Modern production is based on networks of networks. A modern firm is a network of people with different expertise: production, logistics, marketing, sales, accounting, human-resource management, and so on

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Outside the fertile lands watered by the Indus river system, much of Pakistan is arid desert or semi-desert, and home to populations that are scattered, often nomadic and invariably

poor in every aspect of their lives. Sindh and Balochistan in particu-lar have arid-area populations that are at risk of drought, food insecu-rity and almost invariably, poor general health. These are people that live on the very margins of the possible in terms of human habitation and sustainability. The people of Tharparkar are currently suff ering a drought that shows no sign of abating despite the onset of cooler weather. Children under fi ve years of age are especially vulnerable, as are women in the late stages of pregnancy, who already have oth-er children and are weak and malnourished themselves. There have been 275 deaths of children due to drought-related illnesses in the last 11 months, according to an offi cial list prepared by the district adminis-tration. These fi gures only relate to those deaths that have occurred at or near the hospital at Mithi and are almost certainly an under-reporting.

There is an almost complete lack of transparency surrounding this very quiet emergency. The government is silent on why there has been no reduction in the rates of mortality among children of the area, and the seven-member team appointed to inspect the district hospitals has refused to share its fi ndings, thus begging the question as to why it was constituted in the fi rst place. Doctors are themselves dismissive, saying that patients only refer themselves in the later stages of illness when they are beyond curative care. The federal government is to con-duct a survey of the needs of the Tharparkar communities with a view to policy development as to how best to support them in future. Inde-terminate promises of remedial action in an undefi ned future do noth-ing to alleviate the ills of today or tomorrow. The provision of essen-tials, such as emergency rations and water, is logistically feasible and there are supplies in-country, so this does not need an international eff ort. Pakistan needs to develop a federal policy for all arid-area pop-ulations, not only those in Tharparkar. — The Express Tribune

Drought aff ects Tharparkar

That George Osborne is like a man who goes into a shop with ‘50 per cent off everything’ posters in the window, buys a washing machine, and says: “I beat them down to half price.”

A while ago, the EU Commission proposed to improve its calcula-tions of national income, on which contributions to EU funds are based. National leaders, including David Cameron, agreed, but it seems to have occurred to no one that such adjustments were bound to create winners and losers.

As the bean counters re-counted their beans, the Treasury failed to spot the implications of Britain being better off than previously sug-gested. It was only in the week before last month’s Brussels summit that the UK was formally presented with the demand for an extra £1.7 billion by December 1, to take account of several years’ revisions.

Cameron was within his rights to question the size of the bill and the speed with which payment was expected. But he went further than that, driven like a sheep by the Eurosceptics on his back benches and in the UK Independence Party. He said he would pay “nothing like as much” as £1.7 billion and certainly not by December 1. Had he already been briefed that the British rebate would almost certainly apply to this extra contribution? The rebate, negotiated by Margaret Thatcher in 1984, is a formula that automatically reduces the UK’s net contribution.

He was certainly asked about it by Andrew Lansley, the former health secretary, when he made his statement to the Commons after the summit. Cameron said carefully that this was “one of the impor-tant questions that needs to be asked”.

So when Osborne and Cameron claimed last week to have “cut the bill in half”, all that had happened was that EU fi nance ministers had agreed what was always likely to be agreed. And EU offi cials had done the maths of applying the rebate formula, and come up with the exact amount of the rebated demand.

The only concession that the UK Government has secured is a de-ferral of the payments until July. That reasonable deferral also applies to the Dutch. It is notable that the Dutch prime minister’s initial re-sponse was that he was “unpleasantly surprised”, but that he was pre-pared to discuss it.

That is the attitude that Cameron and Osborne ought to have adopt-ed, rather than seeming so keen to overload the post-election long grass. The surcharge is a reasonable adjustment that refl ects the fact that we are richer than we thought we were. The short notice of the demand was bureaucratic correctness gone mad, but now a reason-able compromise has been reached. Cameron and Osborne, by trying to spin a reasonable deal as a British victory, have convinced no one in this country and further alienated their partners in the European Union. All in all, a disastrous few weeks’ work. —The Independent

EU surcharge: Another gain for the long grass

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Modi too has ministers with criminal recordsCrime and politics go hand-in-hand globally, with Indian politicians being no exceptions. The ruling party and the opposi-tion trading charges and accusing each other remind one of the adage ‘Kettle calling the pot black’. In this context, ‘Crime charges against seven new ministers’ makes a meaningful reading (Times, November 11). All along when the UPA was governing the country, BJP made a hue and cry demand-ing dismissal of tainted ministers, thus forcing some of them to resign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been vocal in reiterating BJP’s stand on this in an election speech at Hardoi on April 21. Espe-cially touching this core issue, he said: “I will opt for political cleans-ing and will not spare anyone with

criminal record.” May be Modi has a Hobson’s choice with 97 of 282 BJP parliamentarians have crimi-nal record, of which 61 face serious criminal charges. As a result, his government comprising 66 minis-ters has at least 20 with declared crime records, of which 11 face very serious cases. If we look at the 21 incumbents, eight of them have declared criminal record and four of them face serious criminal charges. Despite all this reveal-ing data, Arun Jaitely, fi nance minister says that those cases do not involve moral turpitude. One name that is missing from the list is that of Sujana Chowdary, a new minister, who is facing charges from the Enforcement Directorate for tax evasion, besides those fi led by two Mauritius and Indian banks for failure to repay loans. In fact, a few of the cases were fi led by the

earlier Congress government and in a sudden shift of stance despite being in opposition, he voted in favour of the UPA government’s bill on foreign direct investment. If this is the case with BJP and Con-gress led governments — non-BJP and non- Congress governments — fared no better. The communist government in Kerala had a simi-lar record when it was in power. It is all in the game. Gone are the days of politicians like Lal Bahadur Shastri and G. L. Nanda.Ushadevi SuddapalliRuwi

Saff ronisation and NDA government in DelhiThis refers to the article ‘Bid to saff ronise Sardar Patel’ published in Times of Oman. It seems, prob-ably with the glasses the writer is

wearing at present, he sees ‘saf-fronisation’ in just about every-thing the NDA government says and does. He seems to be one of those troubled souls who are fi nd-ing it impossible to get reconciled to the fact that ‘the dynasty’ is no longer at the helm of aff airs in New Delhi, perhaps unlikely to be back even in distant future. He would do well to get rid of those coloured glasses and take a wide angled look at the world around him. If he does so, I am sure he is going to fi nd the world around him lot less depress-ing and far more pleasant. To be frank, I came to know about Sardar Patel’s birthday only last week, whereas birthdays of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawharlal Nehru are known to almost everybody from primary school days.Damodar M. BangeraRuwi

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‘Life is an ecstasy,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in an essay called ‘The

Method of Nature’, a founding document of American transcen-dentalism. Life is also electric-ity, as our minds’ synapses and heart muscles would testify if they could.

Living molecules bear a charge and thus can intersect with oth-ers of their kind, as molecules of rock do not. We marvelled at elec-trical displays plunging from wa-tery clouds in the sky as perhaps divine until we fi nally learned to manufacture and wire electricity ourselves, lighting the dark, then muzzling it for mundane use, to the point of blotting out the sky.

To forgo seeing the fi rmament, as many of us do, for Netfl ix and the blogosphere, is momentous — nature ‘unfriended’, enjoyment less impromptu than scripted.

Does life become secondhand when fi ltered through a tailored screen? Text unenriched by body language or voice box timbre, fi lm omnivorously edited.

Is our bent straightened or warped more deeply? That’s our choice in what we Google, but in the meantime, will we notice the birdsong diminishing?

I like Gene Kelly dancing in the rain as much as anybody, and

geniuses from Mozart to Fellini on call 24/7, but has electricity become part-Frankensteinian, a force for segmented myopia? Not a fi st, it’s an explosion, hurling society toward Brownian motion, and coalescing Roman Catholi-cism with yoga. Fusion yet fi s-sion: Email is a fi ne way to query experts in your fi eld en masse, but for somebody feeling suicidal it’s no substitute for a hand on the shoulder and the voice of a friend.

And that friend who might hur-ry over to comfort you may have diffi culty in distinguishing the tenor of your texting from the spa-ghetti of other people’s commen-tary. Blather is precious in natu-ral amounts: Like lubrication, it greases the gears, yet in excess can gum up the works.

I live on a mountain without utilities for a third of every year, so for nearly half a century I’ve swung back and forth to and from electrifi cation. In the summer, liv-ing by the sun couldn’t be simpler. There’s more daylight than I can use, and I revel in the phases of the moon, the conversation of ravens, owls, yellowthroats and loons. The TV and phone calls resume before winter, though life itself does not seem richer than when I listened to the toads’ spring song or watched a great blue heron fi sh,

amid the leaves’ ten-thousand-fold vibrancy. The diff erence of course is that leaves, heron, loon and toad would not remain as glo-ries when I returned to electricity. They are ‘electrifying’ only when Vermont is temperate.

I appreciate the utility of power in the winter, but many people sel-dom see a sunrise or sunset nowa-days; they’re looking at a screen. What will this do?

The Northern Lights, the Big Dipper — are they eclipsed like the multiplication tables?

There was a magnetism to au-rora borealis or a cradle moon, to spring peepers’ sleigh-bell sound or spindrift surfi ng toward shore under cumulus clouds, that gal-vanised delights in us almost Paleolithic. Are we stunted if we lose it, a defl ation associated with migrating indoors to cyberspace, Facebook instead of faces? It’s lots of fun, but will ecstasy remain in play in front of a computer screen?

Electricity brings us the joy of music performed elsewhere, and sports heroics, but the happiness of lying on one’s back in a sum-mer meadow fl owers in us like photosynthesis, perhaps, and as innately as hugging a child. Will cyberspace sidetrack us from not only outdoor but direct experi-ence? — The New York Times news Service

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1276 Suspicious of the intentions of Llywelyn ap Gruff ydd, the Prince of Wales, English King Edward I resolves to invade Wales.

1867 Mount Vesuvius erupts. 1923 Adolf Hitler is arrested for his

attempted German coup. 1928 The ocean liner Vestris sinks off the

Virginia cape with 328 aboard, killing 111 passengers

1971 President Richard Nixon announces

the withdrawal of about 45,000 US troops from Vietnam by February.

1996 A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747

collides with cargo plane near Delhi

WORKSHOP ON PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTHCAREMUSCAT: The Directorate General of Health Ser-vices in the governorate of Muscat held a workshop on psychological healthcare at Qurum Interna-tional Hotel yesterday. The workshop was aimed at enabling the personnel of the primary healthcare establishments to provide the psychological primary health services, in accordance with the policy laid down in the psychological treatment guide. Shokoor bint Mohammed Al Ghamari, member of Majlis Al Shura, presided over the event.

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China’s planned investment in the green economy is staggering. For example, investments are already planned of more than £200b in renewable energy and £380b in ‘smart grids’

In recent months, there has been considerable emphasis placed upon the emerging strategic partnership between China and the United

States to tackle climate change. John Kerry has made multiple trips to Beijing since he became US secretary of state last year.

However, important as this partnership could ultimately prove to be, it is Europe’s relationship with China that may be key to the prospects of se-curing a new global climate treaty next year. Fun-damentally, both major powers share a vision of a prosperous, energy-secure future in a stable cli-mate and their cooperation on this agenda could enable a comprehensive, ambitious deal in 2015.

The question is whether current political lead-ers have the vision to develop and grasp the mas-sive opportunity? If they do, the prize will not just be acceleration of the transition to a global low carbon economy, but also bolstering growth in Europe and China at a time of continued interna-tional economic uncertainty.

China’s planned investment in the green econo-my is staggering. For example, investments are al-ready planned of more than £200 billion in renew-able energy and £380 billion in ‘smart grids’, not to mention the £170 billion committed to tackle China’s chronic air pollution.

European companies are well positioned as leaders in much of this area. For instance, as the United Kingdom renews its own energy infra-structure, the opportunities for collaboration are enormous. However, a potential risk is Europe could be losing ground in the fi ght against climate change. To be sure, EU heads of state on October 23 signed up to a deal which proposes a 40 per cent greenhouse gas cut by 2030 compared to 1990 lev-els. In addition, they also agreed 27 per cent tar-gets for renewable energy market share, and en-ergy effi ciency gains.

However, numerous parties have highlighted that, welcome as these commitments are, they may not be ambitious enough. This is refl ected in the fact that some leading countries, including Britain and Germany, are willing to go even fur-ther than the 40 per cent fi gure.

And, the critics here are not just the ‘obvious suspects’ like environmental groups. For instance, the European Trade Union Confederation has as-serted the EU targets are too low to reap the full

economic benefi ts, including for new jobs, of a clean energy economy.

Meanwhile, China’s 12th Five Year Plan is the clearest signal yet to Europe about Beijing’s intent on the climate, clean air and energy agendas. The plan sets a strategic direction for China’s economy and underlines that there appears added determination to change the country’s development model from low-grade labour-intensive manufacturing towards a greater emphasis on services and innovation.

Europe has clear strengths in areas that China (now the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases) needs here. As the latter continues on a trajectory to become the world’s largest economy, there are thus substantial commercial opportuni-ties for European fi rms.

The Five Year Plan includes policies and meas-ures designed to help China achieve a 40-45 per cent reduction in the carbon intensity of GDP from 2005 levels by 2020. While this is a mam-moth ambition that may not be fully realised, it is expected to be underpinned as a political commit-ment in Beijing’s fi rst national climate change law.

The fact China is using the experience of its sub-national pilot emissions trading schemes to inform development of a national scheme is an-other signal to Europe. It shows that Beijing is open and willing to learn from Europe’s extensive experience in this area and adapt its models for China’s domestic circumstances.

Importantly, an enhanced bilateral relationship will not necessarily just be one-way traffi c; it is in-creasingly possible that technology transfer could be two-way. For instance, China is already the world’s largest manufacturer, and user, of solar panels and the largest investor in renewable energy.

To be clear, there is still a signifi cant way to go be-fore China has a fully-fl edged carbon market, or both parties develop new low carbon standards in key in-dustrial sectors. But the potential direction of travel is clear: co-operation could build low carbon indus-tries in a range of sectors as well as align Europe more closely to the world’s future largest economy.

While both powers have much to gain from a deeper partnership on this agenda, the window of opportunity may not remain open indefi nitely. Now is thus the time to intensify collaboration to bolster growth, and enhance prospects of a global climate agreement in 2015. — The Independent

China-Europe partnership must to tackle climate change

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Report says Russia-West military encounters rising

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A London-based think tank says Russian forces have been involved in dozens of close encounters with Western militaries since Moscow annexed Crimea – and that both sides risk losing control over events

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3 October 17-27Major hunt by Sweden for suspectedRussian submarine

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Five months on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi fi nds it extremely

diffi cult not to follow in the footsteps of the UPA govern-ment. We have seen the PM’s pie-crust promises falling by the wayside one after the other.

Just the other day one more wild promise bombed out when the premier carried out a major expansion of his cabi-net by inducting 21 ministers. Now the cabinet strength stands at 66, just 12 short of the second UPA’s fi nal fi g-ure. There is every likelihood of the cabinet ballooning up further, and who knows, even crossing the UPA size. What is clear from the cabinet rejig is that Modi no longer sticks to the script that he will have “minimum government and maximum governance”.

During the last parliamen-tary election season the PM’s “minimum government, maxi-mum governance” soundbite ignited the imagination of the hoi-polloi. They fell over them-selves to put Modi on a pedestal of power at the centre.

Initially, Modi so much as sanforized the cabinet with several ministers holding more than one key portfolios. Now there is some amount of relief for ministers like Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad. The rather big cabinet expansion means that Modi has cottoned on to the fact that several crucial portfolios were being sold short.

Furthermore, Modi had to perform a balancing act as sev-eral considerations of caste, region, assembly polls and other factors had to be taken on board. In view of the Bihar assembly elections next year, he has picked three more min-isters from the state. It shows that Modi desperately wants BJP to capture power in Bi-har to put Nitish Kumar in his place, if not for anything else.

Likewise, fi rst-time MP and singer Babul Suprio from Ben-gal has got a place in Modi’s team. Surely, he has an eye on Bengal poll in 2016. A wag has commented that Babul will now go around Bengal singing hymns to Modi.

Come 2017, there will be polls in Uttar Pradesh. Ample representation has already been given to UP. There is also a possibility that even more

Uttar Pradesh parliamentar-ians will be inducted prior to the polls there, thus delivering yet another knock in the teeth of his ‘minimum governance’ pledge.

Suresh Prabhu, power min-ister in the erstwhile Vajpayee cabinet, has replaced Sad-anand Gowda as the railway minister in a bid to move the needle on rail reform. Tra-ditionally railway ministers have a tendency to shower oo-dles of benefi ts on their own respective states for electoral advantage and Gowda was not an exception. Nobody knows how Prabhu will fare on that score. But Modi thinks that a go-getter like Prabhu will make a lot of diff erence in this infrastructure segment, not least with the start of the for-eign direct investment infl ow.

Manohar Parrikar’s induc-tion as the defence minister is certainly a right move as he is known to have a clean image. Besides, Modi has a special liking for him. It was he who, at the Goa BJP conclave, fi rst proposed that Modi be made the prime ministerial candidate in the teeth of opposition from senior leaders like L. K. Advani.

The Defence Ministry is where huge corruption is rou-tine. Since foreign players are very often involved in purchas-ing deals, it would be hard for any investigating team to ferret out the truth. Mr Clean Parrikar is expected to clean up the sta-ble in this key ministry.

The induction of Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Giriraj Sin-gh could be to provide a Hin-dutva nimbus around the gov-ernment. After all, that’s in the DNA of the saff ron party. It was Giriraj Singh who notoriously said that all those who didn’t like Modi should go and live in Pakistan. Modi doesn’t forget anybody who sticks up for him.

A byproduct of the expan-sion is the worsening of the BJP ties with its oldest ally, Hindutva kindred spirit Shiv Sena. It is a known fact that Sena leader Uddhav Thack-eray doesn’t go a bundle on Suresh Prabhu, who had been a Shiv Sainik for many years. The late Balsaheb Thackeray had withdrawn him from the Vajpayee’s cabinet.

Prabhu has, of late, been act-ing as the PM’s man-Friday. His defection to BJP just hours be-fore the swearing-in ceremony has driven Uddhav to the wall. Besides, in the cabinet expan-sion, Sena has practically been ignored. Sena MP Anil Desai who left for Delhi to be sworn-in a minister of state, was called back to Mumbai before the cer-emony. Later in the day, Uddhav delivered BJP an ultimatum that Sena would sit in opposi-tion in Maharashtra.

The writer is a freelance con-tributor based in India. All the views and opinions expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not refl ect those of Times of Oman.

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Beijing-backed Asia-Pacific free trade area roadmap approved

BEIJING: An Asia-Pacifi c sum-mit on Tuesday endorsed a Bei-jing-backed route towards a vast free trade area in the region, host Xi Jinping said, calling it a “his-toric” step.

At the same time the Asia-Pacif-ic Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting saw a fl urry of diplomatic activity, with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin — often criticised

by the West — meeting his US counterpart Barack Obama and, separately, Australian Prime Min-ister Tony Abbott.

A day earlier Xi had met Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the fi rst formal leaders’ meeting for

nearly three years between the Asian neighbours, who have an of-ten diffi cult relationship.

China has been keen to under-score its rising trade and diplo-matic clout during the summit, at a lakeside venue north of the

Chinese capital, and Xi said the bloc had “approved the roadmap for APEC to promote and real-ise the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacifi c”.

He called it a “historic” step re-fl ecting the “confi dence and com-

mitment of APEC members to promote the integration of the re-gional economy”, and symbolising “the offi cial launch of the process towards the FTAAP”.

The FTAAP would build on oth-er initiatives including the smaller US-backed Trans-Pacifi c Part-nership (TPP), but China’s fi rm advocacy of the plan over TPP has added to Sino-US trade rivalry.

Besides accounting for more than 50 per cent of global gross do-mestic product, 21-member APEC also makes up nearly half of world trade and 40 per cent of the Earth’s population.

Obama Putin talkObama, Xi and Abe respectively lead the world’s three biggest econ-omies, while Russia is a powerful player in energy exports whose annexation of Crimea and support for Ukrainian rebels has sent rela-tions with the United States into a tailspin, with the West imposing sanctions on Moscow. But Obama held talks of about 15-20 minutes with Putin, according to the White House, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine.

The Russian leader also held a bilateral with Abbott, who has publicly declared his fury at the downing of Malaysia Airlines

fl ight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people including 38 Australian citizens and residents.

Abbott’s offi ce underlined that evidence suggested a Russian-supplied missile from a launcher that was then returned to Russian territory was responsible, label-ling it “a very serious matter”.

For its part China is embroiled in territorial and historical dis-putes with Japan, but Abe stressed cooperation with Beijing after the summit, calling for the neighbours to press ahead with tentative ef-forts to put their deep hostility be-hind them after he met Xi.

“Japan and China, we need each other. We are in a way inseparably bound with each other,” Abe told reporters. “Japan and China both have responsibility for peace and prosperity of the region and of the world.”

Washington has been pushing the TPP, which aims for a loosen-ing of trade restrictions and em-braces 11 other Pacifi c Rim coun-tries including Japan, Canada, Australia and Mexico, while nota-bly excluding China.

Some Chinese analysts and state media have framed the TPP as an attempt to check Beijing’s growing economic clout -- allega-tions Washington dismisses. — AFP

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Rajapaksa gets nod to contest for third term, early electionCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Su-preme Court has cleared Presi-dent Mahinda Rajapaksa to stand for a third six-year term and de-clare snap presidential polls after he completes four years in offi ce, his party said in parliament on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court had re-sponded to an approach by Ra-japaksa to determine if there was any constitutional obstacle to him standing for a third term, something the top lawyers’ asso-ciation had opposed.

“The Supreme Court has unanimously decided the presi-dent has no legal impediments to contest a further term,” and the president has the authority to call for an election,” Nimal Siripala De Silva, leader of the house, told parliament.

Rajapaksa and his family have a tight grip on Sri Lanka’s econo-my and on politics which critics characterise as an unusually per-sonalized system of government.

He has also been criticised over human rights standards.

The government has said it will hold an early election in Janu-ary amid some indications its popularity is fading. But to secure another term as president, Raja-paksa had to ensure the constitu-tional path was clear.

Confi dence underminedJathika Hela Unrumaya, a hard-line nationalist Buddhist party and a coalition partner of Ra-japaksa’s ruling party, which is critical of the president’s deci-sion to go for a third term, said the Court’s move had undermined confi dence in the rule of law.

“With this decision, the con-fi dence on the judiciary will decline,” Athuraliye Rathana, a Buddhist monk, said.

J.C. Weliamuna, a lawyer said it was regrettable that the matter was not handled in an open court.

Many political analysts had expected the decision to be in

favour of Rajapaksa. The Su-preme Court is headed by one of his allies and the former attor-ney general, who was appointed by the president to the post in early 2013.

Rajapaksa abolished a two-term presidential limit in 2010 by a constitutional amendment, but there is some debate about whether this would allow the in-cumbent to stand again.

The country’s Bar Association has argued he cannot stand for a third term without a parliamen-tary vote to make scrapping the two-term limit retrospective. It would then have to be approved by a referendum.

Rajapaksa, 68, came to power in 2005 and retained the presi-dency in 2010 on a wave of popu-larity after the military defeat of ethnic Tamil rebels in 2009, end-ing a 26-year civil war.

Rajapaksa has been accused of rights abuses and nepotism. He insists any relatives in parlia-ment are there because people elected them and not because he chose them.

His ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) party won a local election in the south-eastern province of Uva in Sep-tember but with sharply lower support. — Reuters

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BOOTING TIES: US President Barack Obama, left, gestures while Chinese President Xi Jinping, right,

and, left to right in background, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Australia’s Prime Minister Tony

Abbott and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak look on at the end of a group photo of leaders of

Asia-Pacifi c Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies at Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing on Tuesday. – AFP

HURDLE CLEARED: Sri Lanka

President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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According to a ruling fi led in Oklahoma on Monday, the CEO of Continental Resources owes his former wife Sue Ann Hamm $995,481,842 for property division alimony

13.6m displaced by wars in Iraq and Syria: UN

GENEVA: About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the popu-lation of London, have been displaced by confl icts in Syria and Iraq, many without food or shelter as winter starts, the UN refugee agency said UNHCR on Tuesday.

Amin Awad, UNHCR’s director for the Middle East and North Af-rica, said the world was becoming numb to the refugees’ needs.

“Now when we talk about a million people displaced over two months, or 500,000 overnight, the

world is just not responding,” he told reporters in Geneva.

The 13.6 million include 7.2 million displaced within Syria - an increase from a long-held UN estimate of 6.5 million, as well as 3.3 million Syrian refugees abroad, 1.9 million displaced in Iraq and 190,000 who have left to seek safety.

The vast majority of Syrian refugees have gone to Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey, which Awad said “are putting us all to shame” with their support for

homeless Syrian families. “Other countries in the world, espe-cially the Europeans and beyond, should open their borders and share the burden.”

UNHCR says it is short of $58.5 million in donations to prepare 990,000 people for winter, mon-ey that would cover basic sup-plies such as plastic sheeting and warm clothing.

Without funds to cover all its needs, the agency is prior-itising assistance to people at higher, colder altitudes and then the more vulnerable such as newborn babies.

Awad said Russia and China, both in the UN Security Council whose members including the big Western powers have failed to agree action to defuse the war in Syria, came in bottom of a list of top donors and should contribute more. “Politically they cannot re-ally be indiff erent, therefore hu-manitarian is an imperative and it has to be put fi rst and foremost if there is no (political) settlement ... They need t contribute one way or the other, like the others do,” he said. — Reuters

The 13.6 million displaced include 7.2

million within Syria - an increase from a

long-held UN estimate of 6.5 million, as

well as 3.3 million Syrian refugees

abroad, 1.9 million displaced in Iraq and

190,000 who have left to seek safety

US oilman to pay ex-wife $1b in divorceWASHINGTON: Multibillion-aire American oilman Harold Hamm has been ordered to pay almost $1 billion to his ex-wife to settle one of the most expensive divorce cases in US history.

According to a ruling fi led in Oklahoma on Monday, the CEO of Continental Resources owes his former wife Sue Ann Hamm $995,481,842 for “property divi-

sion alimony.” Hamm, 68, is one of America’s richest people. His 68-per cent stake in Continental Resources is worth nearly $14 bil-lion, according to Forbes.

Most infl uential listTime magazine included him in its 2012 list of the 100 most in-fl uential people, noting how he had grown his business through

the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

The couple were married in 1988. Hamm must pay Sue Ann, 58, nearly $323 million by the end of the year, then the rest must be paid off in monthly installments of at least $7 million, plus interest.

He had already paid her more than $22 million. The ruling is subject to appeal. — AFP

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American oilman Harold Hamm.

Sheikh Abdullah named deputy emir of QatarDOHA: Qatar’s Emir His High-ness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani named on Tuesday his half-brother Sheikh Abdullah as his deputy, in a royal decree published on the offi cial QNA news agency.

Sheikh Tamim, aged 34, has not appointed a crown prince since he

ascended the throne in June 2013 after his father abdicated in his fa-vour. Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani was head of the royal cabinet and in July 2013, the new ruler of the country appointed him as deputy head of the powerful Qa-tar Investment Authority. — AFP

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Three killed at Yemen airport

SANAA: Clashes at Sanaa air-port between Yemeni police and Houthi rebel gunmen have left three dead, in a rare confronta-tion since the rebels overran the capital in September, a security offi cial said on Tuesday.

Two policemen and a civilian were killed in the clashes that erupted overnight between po-lice and armed men based at the airport since the northern rebels seized the capital unopposed on September 21.

The gunfi ght caused a brief interruption of air traffi c, the of-fi cial said. It followed a strike by airport staff who demanded the withdrawal of the rebel gunmen from the airport.

ComplaintsComplaints have recently been made by Western embassies that rebels stationed at the airport have opened their diplomatic mail, violating international con-ventions, sources at Yemen’s for-eign ministry said.

The militiamen have also been insisting on boarding planes for inspection, aviation sources said, causing several airlines to delay resuming fl ights to Sanaa that were suspended on September 19 for security reasons. The rebels remain the main force in the capi-tal. A UN-brokered agreement reached in September stipulated

that the Houthi rebels, also known as Ansarullah, would withdraw from Sanaa once a new prime minister is named. But they have rejected a new cabinet formed on Friday, insisting on a reshuffl e that would keep out offi cials that they accuse of corruption. Since they overran Sanaa, the Houthis have expanded their control to coastal areas and regions south of the capital, where their fi ghters have met fi erce resistance from tribes and Al Qaeda.

Alarm bellsMeanwhile, gains by the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen are ringing alarm bells in Saudi Ara-bia, concerned for what it means for its vulnerable southern bor-der. “We are working alone,” said Lieutenant Colonel Hamid Al As-mari of the border guards in Jizan province, one of the most active parts of the frontier.

It is only a few hundred metres from the sandbagged emplace-ment of the Saudi border guards in Jizan to the Al Mashnaq arms market, in a tiny mud village across a broad wadi.

After the 2009-2010 war,

fought in this very district, many villages were evacuated and aban-doned, and now lie in a resurgent wilderness where butterfl ies dance over covered crumbling walls and shell-pocked houses.

Around 200 Saudi soldiers died in the confl ict, triggered by a dispute between Riyadh and the Houthis over where the bor-der lay. Saudi Arabia is alarmed by the Houthis’ advance and are also concerned about another strategic threat emanating from Yemen: it is home to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has declared war on the kingdom and in July staged a cross-border raid further east.

For now, enmity between the Houthis and AQAP makes their presence in the Jizan border area improbable. AQAP has declared the Houthis heretics and staged suicide bombings against them, while the Houthis have pledged to rout the militant group from Yemen. For the guards patrolling the border, then, the biggest con-cern is that its frontier lies in the hands of a group whose main con-stituents are local tribesmen who live off smuggling. — Reuters

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STRICT VIGIL: Saudi soldiers stand guard at Jizan on the border

with Yemen. Gains by the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen have

sent alarm bells ringing in Saudi Arabia, which is concerned over

what it means for its vulnerable southern border, already the

conduit for a constant fl ow of illicit activity. – Reuters

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Contracting companies asked to register with industry body

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MUSCAT: A conference is sched-uled for later this month to brief the contracting companies on the Ministry of Commerce and Indus-try’s recent decision with regard to the contracting sector.

In a move to regulate the sector, the ministry has given a one-year period to contracting companies to register with the Oman Society of Contractors (OSC) after getting their commercial registration.

According to Dr Hamed Hashim Al Dhahab, chairman of the OSC, the conference will be held on No-vember 23, in which Omani Minis-ter of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy will be the chief guest.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Al Dhahab said that a legal fi rm has been invited to the conference to explain the articles of the minis-terial decree, including the one

related to the OSC, and the Society will also brief the participants on the value addition that it is seeking to bring to the sector through the new decision.

Benefi ts Commenting on the benefi ts of the new decision for contracting companies, he said that it will help them know where they stand compared to other companies, will make them more known in the market and will make them more competitive.

“When contracting companies are given (commercial) registra-tion, nobody looks after them. Some of them may have already (been dissolved). Some of them may not be growing, and the regis-tration grade of some of them may have changed since they fi rst reg-

istered. So there is no evaluation of their status for the moment,” added Al Dhahab.

He said that the OSC plans to evaluate all contracting fi rms and give a report on them in consulta-tion with the ministry. “It will be a validating and auditing process,” he added.

According to him, this will help the companies know their level compared to other ‘existing’, and not merely ‘registered’ companies, and will show them what they lack to be as competitive as rival fi rms.

Also, there are companies which have grown but clients still consider them as small compa-nies because they are not aware of their current performance and specialties and the number of workers they currently have, said Al Dhahab, who is also the

chief executive offi cer of Al Wa-tanyiah United Engineering and Contracting Company.

He added that the initiative will encourage them to improve their safety standards and boost their performance and work effi ciency.

Al Dhahab believes that every company that decides to register with the OSC should come with the belief that it will benefi t them.

Commenting on small and me-dium enterprises (SMEs), he said that supporting them would help

the government achieve its goal of distributing wealth among diff er-ent sections of the industry.

“The more we distribute wealth to SMEs, the more we get closer to achieving the government’s target,” noted Al Dhahab.

The Oman Society

of Contractors

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contracting fi rms

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them in consultation

with the ministry

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MUSCAT: Value engineering is what is missing in the con-tracting sector in Oman, ac-cording to a top-level offi cial at Oman Society of Contractors (OSC).

Dr Hamed Hashim Al Dhahab, chairman of the OSC, said that value engineering for large-scale projects in Oman, can help improve the quality of what contractors deliver.

Value engineering is used to analyse and improve manufac-turing products and processes, design and construction projects, and business and administrative processes.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Al Dhahab explained that for example, if the contractor implementing a construction project fi nds a column laid out in the design ‘extra’ while ex-

ecuting the project, he cannot remove it even if it would mean less cost or additional beauty and effi ciency in certain cases.

So the contractor should abide by the engineering con-sultant’s decision and cannot add any value to the project on its own, he said.

“Sometimes you have a very beautiful design, but when it comes to implementing it, you fi nd out that it might be better if you do it in a diff erent way.”

According to him, some-times companies may be reluctant to welcome the issue of value engineering because they want to economise on time or money.

ModernisationHowever, he said, coordination between the municipality, reg-ulatory bodies and consultancy fi rms in this regard can help bring a change to the sector.

Commenting on the use of modern methods and tech-nology, Al Dhahab said that it requires a mindset change and also the creation of an environment which would allow contracting companies to use modern machinery and methods while maintaining their competitiveness level at the same time.

He added that there is a ten-dency toward more technolo-gy-based methods of executing the projects.

However, sometimes exter-nal factors aff ect the situa-tion, such as high density in some areas in which modern equipment may not be that easy to use.

However, all the parties concerned should embrace modernisation, raise their standards, improve their meth-ods and all related activities, concluded Al Dhahab.

Value engineering can improve quality of project work, says trade body chief

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DON’T DROP DEAD DROP YOUR PHONE Microsoft launches Lumia phone without Nokia nameBANGALORE: Microsoft said that it would roll out its Lumia 535 smartphone this month with an aff ordable price tag in its key markets, dropping the Nokia name just months after buying the Finnish company’s handset business. Loaded with its latest Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, the Lumia 535 and Lu-mia 535 dual SIM will be priced at around 110 euros (about $137) before taxes and subsidies, Mi-crosoft said in a statement.

The phone will feature a wide-angle fi ve megapixel front-facing camera and a fi ve-inch qHD dis-

play screen, the company said. Smartphones run on Microsofts’ Windows software, mostly Lu-mias, captured only 2.7 per cent of the global smartphone mar-ket in the second quarter, down from 3.8 per cent the year be-fore, according to research fi rm Strategy Analytics.

Microsoft completed its $7.2 billion deal to buy Nokia’s hand-set business in April. Nokia con-tinues as a networks, mapping and technology licensing com-pany. It owns and manages the Nokia brand and only licenses it to Microsoft - Reuters

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Dubai Parks and Resorts to launch IPO

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MUSCAT: Dubai Parks and Resorts, a subsidiary of Mer-aas Holding, on Tuesday an-nounced its intention to launch an initial public off ering and list its ordinary shares on the Dubai Financial Market.

The off ering will comprise 2,528,731,083 ordinary shares, representing 40 per cent of the company’s post-off er issued share capital.

The off er price is AED1 for each share plus AED 0.01 per share in off er costs; inferring a total off er size of approximately AED2.5 billion which, when added to the ordinary shares to be applied for by Meraas Hold-ing, will result in a market capi-talisation on listing of approxi-mately AED 6.3 billion.

Dubai Parks and Resorts will be a multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination that will off er 73 attractions.

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Aqar says nearly 85% of Rimal2 sold in four daysTimes News Service

MUSCAT: About 85 per cent of Rimal2 residential units have been sold within four days of its launch and there is a grow-ing demand for the project, said Mohamed bin Abdulla Al Khon-ji, chairman and CEO of Aqar, the leading property developer in Oman.

“The real estate market in the Sultanate is one of the most promising and active markets, and there is a great demand for multiple space high-quality resi-dential units contrary to the belief

that the demand is only for villas and houses,” he said.

“The next stage requires se-rious thought on vertical con-struction by selecting a specifi c area, keeping in mind the rapid growth in the population and the high proportion of tourists, especially when the new Mus-cat International Airport and conference facilities etc open,” he further added.

This shows that the real estate market in Oman is thirsty for such projects and there is a great demand for integrated apartment units, highlighted Al Khonji.

According to Al Khonji, Oman is in need of projects to keep pace with sustainable development.

“The development of infra-structure and increasing popula-tion requires the establishment residential township projects, and for this one requires land. Sooner or later, we will need verti-cal growth in residential housing to cater to the growing population of Muscat and to accommodate tourists who come looking for entertainment and visits to her-itage and historical destinations, which abound in many regions of the Sultanate,” said Al Khonji.

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output capacity

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait plans more than $40 billion of invest-ment to signifi cantly increase its capacity to produce oil and gas, a top industry offi cial was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

The Gulf nation aims to raise the amount of crude oil it can pump by one-quarter, to 4.0 mil-lion barrels per day, by 2020, ac-cording to the head of planning at state-owned Kuwait Oil Co.

The Organisation of Petrole-um Exporting Countries (Opec) member will also expand pro-duction of natural gas fourfold over the same period, Moham-mad Abduljalil told the Al-Jarida newspaper. His remarks follow a 30-per cent plunge in oil prices on world markets since June that is hurting the economies of the energy-fl ush Gulf states.

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair expressed hope on Tuesday that oil prices would not drop further. “I hope that (oil) prices will not reach a level where they harm (the) national economy,” Omair told the offi -cial KUNA news agency.

Oil income makes up around 94 per cent of Kuwait’s public revenues. Omair attributed the slide in oil prices to oversupply and a weak global economy.

He said Opec would discuss oil prices and “take appropri-ate decisions that serve the economic interests of its mem-bers” when they meet at the end of the month.

On Monday Omair said he did not expect Opec to cut produc-tion, in remarks that triggered a sharp drop in oil prices on world markets. - AFP

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Crowe Horwath conducts workshop on key tax issuesTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Abdullah Salem Al Salmi, the executive president of Capital Market Authority high-lighted the importance of the tax issues at a workshop organised by a leading audit fi rm.

“We can consider this a CSR initiative of Crowe Horwath Oman,” he said.

The one day workshop was attended by over 100 dignitar-ies and clients. Welcoming the gathering, managing partner Da-vis Kallukaran said that “Oman taxation looks simple but is com-plicated when coupled with the provisions of withholding tax and PE concepts.

Dr Khalid Maniar, chairman of Horwath Mak, also hailed the eff orts of Crowe Horwath Oman to update the clients on various key topics.

Their considerable presence in the Middle East and across the globe in over 120 countries through 700 offi ces and some 30,000 partners and staff, makes Crowe Horwath a one-stop shop for all the business advisory, audit, and taxation needs of the client he added.

The workshop was moderated by Farooq Ladha, the interna-tional tax partner of Crowe Hor-

wath and was engaged by the lead faculty M. K. Sreedhar who spoke at length on the various provisions of withholding tax and PE concepts.

Addressing the session, he ex-plained that foreign companies without a permanent establish-ment in Oman deriving royalty income from Omani sources are subject to 10 per cent withholding tax on the gross royalty. This is to be deducted and remitted to the

department by the Omani payer within 14 days of the remittance. Ramya Annadurai narrated the various case studies on the topic.

Engaging a session on UAE taxation, Zayed Maniar, of inter-national liaison partner Horwath Mak UAE, remarked that al-though direct tax is not relevant in Dubai except for oil and banking companies, the indirect tax provi-sions more or less compensate for the revenue.

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INFORMATIVE SESSION: The one day workshop was attended by

over 100 dignitaries and clients. — Supplied picture

MSM index ends lower

MUSCAT: The MSM30 Index ended the day on a fl at note at 6,919.74 points, down by 0.05 per cent. The MSM Sharia index in-creased by 0.20 per cent to close at 1,048.84 points. Gulf Mushroom Products was the most active in terms of volume as well as turno-ver. The top gainer of the day was Gulf Mushroom Products, up by 3.37 per cent while National Min-eral Water was the top loser of the day, down by 15.49 per cent.

A total number of 1,186 trades were executed during the day’s trading session generating turn-over of OMR10.3 million with more than 29.5 million shares changing hands. Out of 52 traded stocks, 13 advanced, 13 declined and 26 remained unchanged. Foreign investors switched to net buyers for OMR369,000 while Omani investors were net sell-ers for OMR323,000 followed

by GCC & Arab investors for OMR45,000 worth of shares.

The fi nancial Index was the only losing sub-index in the day and closed at 8,306.13 points, down by 0.29 per cent. Al Madina Takaful, Al Sharqia Investments, ONIC Holding and Al Anwar Holding increased by 1.00 per cent, 0.55 per cent, 0.53 per cent and 0.35 per cent respectively.

Oman & Emirates Holding, Bank Muscat, NBO and Bank So-har decreased by 1.15 per cent, 1.15 per cent, 0.55 per cent and 0.47 per cent respectively. Industrial In-dex was up by 0.16 per cent to close at 9,626.83 points Gulf Mushroom Products, Al Hassan Engineering, Dhofar Cattlefeed, National Alu-minium and Voltamp Energy in-creased by 3.37 per cent, 3.28 per cent, 2.86 per cent, 2.67 per cent and 0.92 per cent respectively. - United Securities

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Mushroom Products, while National

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Oman Crude oil prices ruling below $80 per barrel

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MUSCAT: Oman crude oil pric-es on the Dubai Mercantile Ex-change traded below $80 per bar-rel on Tuesday for the fi rst time in more than four years, as oil price dropped almost $2 per barrel to continue the near fi ve-month long losing streak.

The front-month December DME Oman futures traded at a low of $79.57 a barrel before settling at $79.93 at 12:30 Dubai time, with around 2,500,000 barrels traded during the pricing window.

Front-month DME futures were last below $80 per bar-rel in October 2010, but since then the average yearly price has topped $100 a barrel. Prices this year peaked above $111 per bar-rel in June but have now fallen by around $31 a barrel in four months, or 28 per cent. The aver-age 2014 price of Oman crude to date is $101.69 per barrel.

“I do not expect Opec to make any production cut. A decision like this will be very diffi cult,” Kuwaiti oil minister Ali Al-Omair said on Monday at a conference in Abu Dhabi, cited by the offi cial Kuna news agency.

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Geely GC2: A quality car built to perfection

MUSCAT: Geely GC2 (also known as Panda), the second bi-onic vehicle in the world, has been in the public limelight since being rolled off line. The fashionable and cute appearance, highly reliable security guarantee and interior decorations have refl ected Geely’s precise control of processes and persistent pursuit of quality, says a press release.

A popular sedan in the small-size segment, the Geely GC2 is brought to Oman by Towell Auto Centre (TAC) under a distribu-torship agreement with Geely In-ternational Corporation. Already available at a very reasonable price, until December 31, 2014, the

buyers of Geely GC2 will also avail a guaranteed cash gift of OMR500 on its purchase.

To ensure GC2’s high qual-ity and safety standards, Geely strictly controls and manages the GC2 production technique and has handed over a more than sat-isfactory model to customers. It is indeed commendable that Geely Panda complies with C-NCAP 5-star standard and meets U-NCAP safety requirements, pro-viding a small automobile with highest safety performance.

Geely GC2 adopts the produc-

tion line that is equipped with 16 Japanese Nachi welding robots and 376 body welding procedures. Such a production line boasts of advanced technique, precise weld-ing spot and uniformity of spots and it can complete the produc-tion of one body in white every two minutes. That not only ensures the quality, but eff ectively improves the production effi ciency.

Talking about the GC2’s paint-ing process, it falls into three parts, namely lower, middle and upper painting, during which Geely employs the advanced ‘Os-trich Feather Cleaner’ to clean the body’s exterior surface for dust removal. In addition to that, Geely has introduced two automatic painting robots to complete mid-dle painting and spraying varnish to the body’s exterior surface. By

doing this, Geely produces a fash-ionable car with an exquisite out-side appearance.

As regards assembling, the en-tire GC2 production line, which is automatically controlled by the computer, adopts the ‘Major Pro-duction Line plus Line Adjust-ment’ – synchronous production mode to assemble the whole model along the assembly line. Besides, Geely adopts the world’s most ad-vanced complete vehicle test line and involves the environmental test into its test process. Such an effi cient quality control system results in quality cars that are the safest, most environment friendly and energy effi cient.

Having a 1.5L DOHC, 4-cylinder, automatic transmission, the Geely GC2 is equipped with an audio sys-tem, AM/FM radio with CD player and MP 3 facility, air-conditioner, rear wiper and central locking. For safety, the car is equipped with two airbags, ABS + EBD, front and rear fog lights, 3-point pre-tightening safety belts, alloy wheels, and a steering locking anti-theft device.

By bringing the Geely Emgrand range to the Sultanate, TAC has reinforced its commitment to provide high-quality products and services to its customers in Oman. With a network of 11 showrooms, 13 service outlets and 10 parts out-lets spread across Oman, TAC is one of the leading automobile dis-tributors in the region.

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MUSCAT: Demonstrating its support and encouragement of art in Oman, the Khimji Ramdas Group is hosting an exhibition by Australian artist David Wills. The art expo titled Traditional Oman was inaugurated by His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, Adviser to His Majesty the Sul-tan, at the Bait Al Baranda gallery, says a press release.

Commenting on the company’s key role in the event, Pankaj Kh-imji, Director, Khimji Ramdas, said, “As avid appreciators of art, the Khimji Ramdas Group welcomes any opportunity to encourage an awareness and ap-preciation for fi ne art in Oman.

Exhibitions such as these also highlight the rich and diverse beauty of Oman, which provide abundant inspiration for artists.”

The exhibition, scheduled to continue for 10 days, features 32 works that showcase the rustic beauty of Oman. This is Wills’ third expo over the three decades that Oman has been his home. A self-professed ‘old fashioned’ art-ist, Wills’ work is chiefl y realistic art, with much emphasis on the technique and draftsmanship of painting. Not one to care about awards or any recognition, Wills says his work is appreci-ated by Omani nationals who are familiar with his work.

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Al Meera Markets launches big anniversary promotion MUSCAT: After a successful fi rst year in the Sultanate, Al Meera Markets, operating Al Meera Hy-permarkets and Supermarkets, has launched an exciting anniver-sary promotion, which gives shop-pers a chance to win exciting priz-es like three quad bikes, fi ve units of iPhone 6 and 145 other electronic items, says a press release.

On every purchase of products worth OMR10, customers will be given a raffl e draw coupon to enter the promotion. The promo-tion, which started on October 23, will go on until November 30 at Al Meera Hypermarkets in Azaiba, Barka and Sohar. The anniversary draw will be held on December 1.

“As the newest hypermarket chain in the Sultanate, we off er a lot to meet our customers’ chang-ing needs by providing one-stop shopping convenience and de-livering value for money through good service and competitive prices. We just improved cus-tomer-shopping experience by providing better services and en-vironment for our customers by renovating our Barka and Sohar hypermarkets.

"With this in mind, we came up with a promotion to thank our cus-tomers for patronising Al Meera this past year. In the last one year, we have been successful in gain-ing the confi dence and trust of the consumers and intend to continue the same in the weeks, months and years to come,” said a spokesper-son for Al Meera Markets.

By transforming the earlier hy-permarkets into a modern, wel-coming Community Malls, the new Al Meera stores in Azaiba, Barka and Sohar off er a wide se-lection of innovative products sourced from both local and in-ternational markets. The Com-

munity Malls have been fi tted out with modern interior design, al-lowing for a more convenient and memorable shopping experience. The hypermarket in Sohar is in the process of being transformed into a Community Mall as well. Soon, a big brand icon in fashion and shoes will be opening in December.

Al Meera Hypermarket as-sures its customers good service. Though the store has an inter-national feel, the off erings are sourced keeping in mind the shop-ping requirements of the local pop-ulation, so as to provide familiarity and comfort to shoppers, giving a local feeling.

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ISC Kachchhi Wing to host Gujarati drama tomorrowMUSCAT: On the occasion of its 5th anniversary, Kachchhi Wing of Indian Social Club is organis-ing a super hit Gujarati drama 'Blackout from Mumbai' by lead-ing artists Dharmendra Gohil and Sneha Desai at Al Falaj Hotel at 8 pm tomorrow.

Kachchhi Wing recently com-pleted fi ve successful years in Muscat. It had organised various informative, educational, festi-vals and creative programmes

during the last fi ve years, says a press release.

“The Kachchhi Wing owes all its success to sponsors, well-wishers, and wing and commit-tee members without whose sup-port it is impossible to provide such programmes,” said Hemlata Jesrani, convener of the wing.

Directed by Dhiraj Palshetkar at his best, the characterisa-tions are well etched and char-acters stay with you even after

the play is over. “The play is certainly worth a

watch,” added Hiten Dutia, co-convener of the wing.

"Further details on the dra-ma can be had at 92577912 and 99064960. Members can renew their membership for 2015. New members are also welcome."

President of the wing Suren-dra Joshi conveyed his best wishes to the Kachchhi Wing on its fi fth anniversary.

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ahlibank's Al Hilal launches its fi rst Shari’a-based credit card MUSCAT: Al Hilal Islamic Bank-ing Services of ahlibank, Oman's fastest growing Shari’a compli-ant banking service provider, has launched its fi rst Sharia-based Visa Credit Card with a unique val-ue proposition for its customers.

Every time the cardholders use their Shari’a Based Credit Card, 0.50% of every transaction profi t will be donated to an Omani char-ity. The Shari’a based credit card has been carefully developed under supervision of the bank’s Shari’a Supervisory Board, posi-tioning it to facilitate social re-sponsibility, says a press release.

The Shari’a based Credit Card is a further example of the bank’s leading stance, in the innovation of products and services within Islamic banking. Al Hilal Islamic Banking Services has taken great care to match the customer needs with Sharia compliance.

The new Shari’a based credit cards are available to customers in Visa Signature and Visa Plati-num options, with the optimum benefi ts and privileges of a glob-ally accepted card, which include free unlimited access to over 500

airport lounges globally, 24 hours concierge service, up to 25 per cent discount at fi ne dining res-taurants, multi-trip insurance up to $500,000, purchase protection, one year extended warranty and free medical referrals.

“We’re extremely pleased to launch Sharia based Credit Cards, which will further enhance our Islamic banking suite of products. We are proud of our partnership with Visa, who together with ahli-bank, provide a host of benefi ts to our card holder customers," said Lloyd Maddock, CEO of ahlibank.

"We are recognising and re-

specting the desires of a growing number of our valued customers to conduct their banking and fi -nancial transactions in accord-ance with Shari’a principles. Al Hilal Islamic Banking Services has launched a range of products and services focusing on present and future client needs, and we will shortly launch further proposi-tions before year end.

"The launch of the Islamic Banking Credit Cards represents another step in our journey. The bank has also recently announced the launch of an all-new instant car fi nancing facility that is an

extremely fast and hassle-free automobile fi nance solution," commented Abdullah Al Jabri – General Manager Head of Al Hilal Islamic Banking Services.

“We are privileged to have a board of world-renowned Sharia scholars guiding us in our eff orts, and look forward to combining their insight and experience with the bank's expertise and track record in support of our custom-ers' requirements. Both the credit cards are EMV Chip & PIN com-pliant which adds signifi cant addi-tional security protection,” added Al Jabri.

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Airport Hotel, Vitality Spa now open at HIA DOHA: Hamad International Airport (HIA) has offi cially un-veiled two of its latest state-of-the-art facilities — The Airport Hotel and Vitality Spa. Located in the south node of the airport, the 100-room The Airport Hotel and Vitality Spa off er passengers passing through HIA superb ser-vices and great fl exibility depend-ing upon their travel needs and schedules, says a press release.

Whether travelling on busi-ness or for leisure, with family or without, The Airport Hotel is designed to meet the needs of all global and regional travellers who can book a room package for as long or as short a stay as they require. They can also just drop in to the Vitality Spa for a swim in the 25-metre swimming pool or to enjoy a massage.

“The opening of The Airport Hotel and Vitality Spa is another important milestone for Hamad International Airport. We are delighted that we can now off er our passengers this sophisticated facility that has been designed with careful consideration of their requirements while they are our guests in Doha,” said Badr Al Meer, Hamad International Air-

port Chief Operating Offi cer.“We are delighted that The

Airport Hotel is now offi cially open for business. Our focus at the hotel is to off er the very best hospitality experience to all our guests whether they are staying with us for one hour or one day. We look forward to welcoming passengers to The Airport Ho-tel where excellent customer service will always remain our number one priority,” stated Philippe Anric, The Airport Hotel General Manager.

Guests are invited to choose from superior, deluxe and execu-tive rooms or executive suites, which can be booked for 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 or 12-24 hours, giving them the opportunity to rest in be-tween fl ights or to use the room as a base while they explore the amazing boutiques and restau-rants spread over 40,000 m2 at HIA. Hotel guests can enjoy more than 70 retail outlets off ering a wide selection of designer labels, high street fashion, electronics and gourmet foods, as well as over 30 cafés and restaurants off ering a sumptuous selection of global cuisine with something to suit everyone’s palate.

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MoT showcases Sultanate at WTM

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Tour-ism (MoT) celebrated 10 years of its formation at the world’s larg-est travel and tourism expo, World Travel Market (WTM), in London this week. With over 5,000 exhibi-tors from 178 countries, Oman proudly positions itself at the des-tination of choice, offering some of the world’s most beautiful land-scapes, luxurious hotels, and wel-coming citizens.

Among the visitors to the stand were UK classic car event organ-isers, Ruba Jurdi and Arthur op den Brouw founders of Rally Roy-ale, launching the Oman Grand Tour 2015. The Oman Grand tour

is a premium classic car rally of Arabia’s best-kept secret. It is the first ever long-distance clas-sic car tour to be held exclusively in Oman. An exciting addition to the international calendar for

long-distance luxury rallies. Rally Royale are planning to make this a regular event.

With the network of superb roads and premium facilities that Oman offers, this rally will unite

luxury classes of period cars with premium lifestyle experiences. A select group of 26 pre-70s classic cars will make the 21-day Grand Tour which will coincide with the run up to the Sultanate’s 45th Na-

tional Day celebrations. Covering more than 4,000 kilometres, the drivers will stay at some of the world’s finest hotels, enjoy local culture, and marvel at the breath-taking landscape of this country.

Ruba Jurdi, CEO and vision-ary behind Rally Royale, arrives in Muscat this month to make final route preparations.

“With such a prestigious event, the most important task for us is to develop an itinerary that engages all the senses. I’ll be reviewing the route we have outlined, to ensure it offers a thrilling driving experi-ence, and at the same time, con-nects us to the heritage and culture of local communities and regions,” explained Jurdi.

“We want to offer our drivers the best driving experiences in the world. These vintage vehicles are incredible machines, and are at their very best on the road inspir-ing awe and curiosity. We are so fortunate that so many are still on the roads around the world,” stated co-founder Arthur op den Brouw.

With the official launch of the Oman Grand Tour, the Rally Roy-ale team will now focus on raising awareness and establishing con-tact with drivers within the world-wide classic car community.

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Ooredoo offers free data allowances, great savings for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

MUSCAT: Ooredoo has appealed to the heart of smartphone enthu-siasts, off ering free data allowanc-es and special discounts on some of the most in-demand handsets; the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.Those ea-gerly waiting to get their hands on these next-generation handsets will get great savings and value plans, whether postpaid or pre-paid, says a press release.

Postpaid customers can get a

discount on the device plus great savings on monthly plans, when they take the device twinned with either Shahry Mazeed or Shahry Sahra.

When buying the device with Shahry Mazeed, customers will get a discount of 20 per cent on the device, plus they’ll get four free Mazeed subscriptions during the year – a saving of up to OMR207. Alternatively, customers can get

a 10 per cent discount on the de-vice when signing up to a one year Shahry Sahra plan.

Plus, with four free Sahra sub-scriptions during the year, there’s

a saving of OMR107. For prepaid customers who own

one of these latest devices already, there’s an additional 2GB allow-ance every time they recharge by

OMR10 and choose the ‘More In-ternet’ option, which is valid for the next 24 recharges over a one year period.

Unmatched savings“We want our customers to have access to the latest smartphones to take full advantage of today’s digital world. We understand what matters most to our customers and that is unmatched savings and great value for money as well as the latest technology at their fi nger-tips to keep them connected. This fantastic deal is not just for Oore-doo customers but for anyone who wants to explore and be inspired by the endless opportunities of digital innovation, todo more, see more and be more with our su-perfast 4G network,” said Feras Al Shaikh, director of Consumer Sales at Ooredoo

Ooredoo’s Shahry plans are ide-

al for frequent mobile use. Shahry Sahra off ers a combination of 600 cross-net call time minutes and 1 GB of inclusive data, plus addi-tional night time data of up to 10 GB per month from 10pm to 8am every day for OMR19 per month. Shahry Mazeed gives customers unlimited SMS, 1500 cross net call minutes and 3GB of inclusive mobile data, plus additional ben-efi ts to enjoy all weekend with up to 10GB of data and 2500 on net minutes every month.

The plan is ideal for people always on the move and comes with an exclusive Gold Elite Club card which entitles the holder to hundreds of discounts available at cafes and restaurants, leisure facilities, car rental, hotels, access to the Plaza Premium lounge and a personal ‘meet and greet’ service at Muscat International Airport and much more.

Postpaid customers can get a discount on the

device plus great savings on monthly plans,

when they take the device twinned with

either Shahry Mazeed or Shahry Sahra

Continental showcases advanced range of tyres MUSCAT: Continental show-cased its range of tyres at an exclu-sive event held at the Grand Hy-att. Present on the occasion were senior offi cials from Continental Middle East, Arabian Engineering Services (Continental Division) and more than 150 dealers from all over Oman, who enthusiastically participated in the function, says a press release.

A detailed presentation by An-dreas Bertram, Managing Director, Continental Middle East highlight-ed the unique features that Conti-nental’s range of tyres is known for.

“Continental’s range of tyres is designed to deliver fi rm grip and high performance across terrains,” he said speaking on the occasion.

“Safety at the highest possible level is one thing all Continental tyres have in common. Continen-

tal is the premium tyre brand you can trust. Continental has been driving tyre technology for over 140 years with German engineer-ing that delivers superb braking, handling, performance and safety through technical excellence, in-novation and design,” he added.

Later in the evening, a senior

representative from Arabian Engi-neering Services (Continental Di-vision) highlighted the remarkable role dealers have played in promot-ing Continental’s range of tyres.

“I take this opportunity to thank our dealers for their active partici-pation in promoting Continental brand in Oman. We are confi dent that in the days to come, Conti-nental’s range of tyres will grow in acceptance among the people of Oman,” he said

“Today Continental’s product range in Oman includes tyres for passenger cars, 4-wheel drives, vans, trucks, industrial forklifts and earth-moving equipment. Arabian Engineering Services’ extensive network of dealer out-lets and service centres across the nation ensures that Continental tyres are easily available to the

customers even in the remotest ar-eas of Oman,” he explained.

As the evening progressed, guests had a wonderful opportuni-ty to learn more about Continental by participating in a quiz session that assured winners exciting gifts.

Continental is the number one tyre choice for the world’s top car manufacturers. As a leading tech-nology partner to the automotive industry, Continental develops and manufactures advanced compo-nents, modules and systems. One in three new cars made in Europe is fi tted with Continental tyres.

It is the premium tyre brand that delivers responsive braking in all weather conditions. Every one of Continental tyres is developed using the unique world leading braking test facility, which sets the industry standards.

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Lucky Oman resident receives Damas

jewellery jackpot worth OMR100,000

Times News Service

MUSCAT: In celebration of this year’s Diwali festival, Damas, the Middle East’s leading jewel-lery and watch retailer, has an-nounced the winner of Diwali promotion and presented the winner from Oman with their jewellery treasure chest at an exclusive prize ceremony at the Damas store in Ruwi, Oman.

Damas celebrated the festival of lights with exquisite new col-lections and its biggest ever pro-motions. Damas customers had the opportunity to win big dur-ing this year’s Diwali – every gold or diamond jewellery purchase worth OMR100 qualifi ed custom-ers for a draw to win OMR100,000 worth of jewellery and watches. The promotion lasted a month, fi nishing on October 25 and one lucky winner took home the big prize this Diwali.

Clement D’Souza was the fortu-nate winner who received a cus-tomized treasure chest contain-

ing jewellery and watches worth OMR100,000, says a press release.

“I am over the moon to be crowned the lucky winner, I still can’t believe it! I have always been a loyal Damas customer and am constantly impressed by the va-riety of pieces and collections on off er,” said D’Souza.

Ajit George, Deputy Chief Op-erating Offi cer Damas, said of the occasion: “This Diwali, we

invited our customers to cel-ebrate the festive occasion with intricately-designed jewellery collections that Damas has be-come renowned for. In addition to our exquisite designs of gold, dia-monds and gemstones, we con-tinued spreading the festive sea-son’s cheer by crowning one lucky shopper our big prize winner and we off er our congratulations on their win.”

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GRAND PRIZE: Winner from the Sultanate of Oman receiving the customised jewellery chest with

jewellery and watches worth OMR100,000. – A.R.Rajkumar / TIMES OF OMAN

FRiENDi partners with BankDhofarMUSCAT: Responding to the needs of customers and moving proactively to meet their future demands, FRiENDi mobile, Oman’s third biggest mobile service provider, has partnered with BankDhofar, one of the re-gion’s leading banks, to extend the convenience of recharging their mobile phones through all e-channels: Mobile banking, on-line banking and CDM, says a press release.

FRiENDi’s tie up with Bank Dhofar means that all of the bank’s locations are now avail-able for customers to complete their FRiENDi transactions, bringing fl exibility to customers in the areas where they live, work

and shop. “Constantly giving customers

that extra level of convenience is something that FRiENDi always strives to achieve. Our new partnership with Bank-Dhofar will facilitate our cus-tomers an enhanced network of convenient locations across the country to carry out trans-actions” said Adnan Al Alawi, COO, FRiENDi Mobile.

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Determined Oman football team arrive in RiyadhTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Oman national football contingent led by the Oman Foot-ball Association chairman Sayyid Khalid Al Busaidi arrived in Ri-yadh yesterday with much fanfare and determination.

After having won the Gulf Cup in 2009 at home, Oman had missed out on the previous two editions, and this time they have stepped on the Saudi Arabian soil with a re-newed hope.

However, the situation is tough for Oman with all the regional teams being in great form.

Feelers from Riyadh, yesterday, reveals the mood of confi dence from the entire Oman contigent.

Oman’s opening match will be against defending champions the United Arab Emirates on Novem-ber 14, while the tournament be-gins with an opening ceremony on Wednesday. The inaugural match will be played on Thursday.

Technical meetingAhmed Al Khamis, director of Arabian Gulf cup football tourna-ment headed a technical commit-tee meeting at Narasis Hotel in Riyadh. Present at the meeting were Saoud Al Muhanadi, Mem-ber of Technical committee and vice-president of Qatar Football

Association and Saleh Al Farsi, vice-chairman of Oman Football Association and Sahu Al Sahu, general secretary of Kuwait Foot-ball Association and Mohammed Al Dhaheri, general secretary of UAE Football Association and Dr Humied Al Shebani, general secre-tary of Yemen football federation, and Tareq Ahmed Ali, general sec-retary of Iraq Football Association and Ibrahim Al Buainin, assistant general secretary of Bahrain Foot-ball Association.

During the meeting the commit-tee regreted to accept a Bahraini request to change a player during the last moment.

The meeting also approved all the committees working in the tournament and adding members to the observers committee.

The meeting also reviewed the Executive Committee report pre-sented by the Qatar’s Saoud Al Muhanadi who revealed all the ob-servations and requests for all the tournament facilities.

A decision was also taken to hold meetings for the technical com-mittee after each round.

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Latham’s ton only consolation for Kiwis

ABU DHABI: Opener Tom Latham hit a maiden hundred but Pakistan still managed to secure a big lead in their bid to win the fi rst Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The left-handed opener scored 103 to defy the Pakistani bowlers as wickets fell from the other end with pace-man Rahat Ali (4-22) and spinner Zulfi qar Babar (3-79) wrapping up New Zealand’s fi rst innings at 262.

That gave Pakistan a big 304 run

lead and despite their opponents falling 105 runs short of the follow-on mark, the hosts batted again and fi nished the third day at 15-0.

Mohammad Hafeez (fi ve) and Azhar Ali (nine) were at the crease as Pakistan led by 319 runs with two days left to push for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Pakistan had declared their fi rst innings at 566-3. Pakistan’s regu-lar opener Ahmed Shehzad was earlier ruled out of the remainder

of the match and two Tests to fol-low after he suff ered a skull frac-ture suff ered from a missed bounc-er on Monday.

Latham followed his father, Rod, to hit a Test hundred. They became the third New Zealand pair of fa-ther-and-son, and the 11th overall, to score Test centuries.

Walter and Richard Hadlee and

Ken and Hamish Rutherfod had also done it for the Kiwis in the past. Rod Latham hit his only cen-tury against Zimbabwe at Bula-wayo in 1992.

Latham said: “It was little bit of relief as in West Indies I had three half-centuries in a row. It was little bit disappointing not to kick on in. So it was nice to score a ton in the

fi rst innings and in the fi rst Test. To achieve that milestone certain-ly I’m very proud.”

Latham kept one end intact as New Zealand recovered from a pre-carious 47-3 to 215-5 after Babar and Rahat had jolted them in the morning session. Latham, whose previous best of 83 came against the West Indies earlier this year,

hit 13 boundaries during his patient 222-ball knock and added 83 for the fourth wicket with Corey Anderson who made 48. He was fi nally ad-judged leg-before off Rahat and de-spite a review had to leave the fi eld with New Zealand at 215-6.

BJ Watling (42) and Ish Sodhi (25) furthered the fi ght through their ninth wicket stand of 43 runs but Yasir Shah bowled Sodhi and Babar had Watling leg-before to end the innings.

After lunch Rahat had Anderson bowled while Jimmy Neesham was stumped off Hafeez for 11.

In the morning Babar struck twice to derail New Zealand. Babar dismissed Brendon McCullum (18) with a sharp turner for a slip catch and then had Ross Taylor (nought) out in a similar fashion.— AFP

The left-handed opener scored 103 to defy

the Pakistani bowlers as wickets fell from

the other end with paceman Rahat Ali (4-22)

and spinner Zulfi qar Babar (3-79) wrapping

up New Zealand’s fi rst innings at 262

Pakistan 1st innings: 566 for 3 decl.New Zealand 1st innings: T. Latham lbw b R. Ali 103B. McCullum c Y. Khan b Babar 18K. Williamson b R. Ali 3R. Taylor c Shafi q b Babar 0C. Anderson b R. Ali 48J. Neesham st S. Ahmed b Hafeez 11B. Watling lbw b Babar 42M. Craig run out (R. Ali, S. Ahmed) 1T. Southee c S. Ahmed b R. Ali 0I. Sodhi b Shah 25T. Boult not out 0Extras (lb-7 nb-4) 11

Total (all out, 87.3 overs) 262Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-38, 3-47, 4-130, 5-150, 6-215, 7-219, 8-219, 9-262, 10-262Bowling: R. Ali 17-10-22-4 (nb-3), I. Khan 11-2-29-0 (nb-1), Z. Babar 27.3-5-79-3, M. Hafeez 15-1-60-1, Y. Shah 17-1-65-1

Pakistan 2nd inningsM. Hafeez not out 5A. Ali not out 9Extras (lb-1) 1Total (for no loss, 6 overs) 15Bowling: T. Boult 3-1-6-0; T. Southee 2-0-4-0; I. Sodhi 1-0-4-0

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Federer downs Nishikori

LONDON: Roger Federer is on the verge of qualifying for the semifi -nals of the ATP Tour Finals after cruising to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori at London’s O2 Arena.

Federer, bidding for his seventh title at the prestigious season-end-ing event, took just 69 minutes to secure his second Group B win and the world No. 2 will be guaranteed a last four berth if Milos Raonic defeats Andy Murray, or if Murray beats Raonic in three sets.

At 33, Federer is the oldest play-er to qualify for the Tour Finals in his 13th consecutive appearance, but he has been in age-defying form over the last three days.

The 17-time Grand Slam cham-pion has defeated Raonic and U.S.

Open fi nalist Nishikori, two of the much-touted next generation of rising stars, without dropping a set and will guarantee top spot in the group, which would bring the added bonus of likely avoiding a semifi nal showdown with Novak Djokovic, if he beats Murray on Thursday.

Federer, who last won the Tour Finals in 2011, didn’t need to be

at his very best against Nishikori, who made 30 unforced errors in a sloppy eff ort that left him with one win from two matches, dam-aging his hopes of making the last four ahead of his fi nal group fi xture against Raonic.

“I’ve know Kei since he was 17 years old and always thought he was a great talent. He’s going

to have a great future so I’m very pleased with the way I played,” Federer said.

“I’m looking forward to play-ing Andy. We’ve played some of the greatest matches. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to watch him tonight though. I’ve got kids so it’s during a time where I usually put everybody to bed!”

Nishikori, the fi rst Asian singles players to make the Tour Finals, grew up idolising Federer and ad-mitted this week that he was com-pletely overwhelmed by nerves when he fi rst got the chance to play the Swiss legend.

But, aided by new coach Michael Chang, he has fi nally overcome that hurdle and has beaten more top 10 opponents over the last 11 months than in the previous seven years on the ATP Tour.

Nishikori went on to win two of his other three meetings with Federer and had an early chance to take control at the O2 with two break points in the third game.

Federer had other ideas how-ever and battled back to hold serve before landing the fi rst blow him-self with a blazing forehand win-ner to break for a 3-1 lead.

That was all the incentive Federer needed and he cruised through the rest of the fi rst set.

Nishikori called for treatment on his right wrist in the break be-tween sets and, although he was able to continue, there was more bad news when he gifted a break to Federer with a succession of un-forced errors in the third game of the second set.

With Federer in businesslike mood there was no chance of a Nishikori comeback and his fate was sealed with a double-fault that gave the Swiss one more break and ended the contest. - AFP

Federer, bidding

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at the prestigious

season-ending event,

took just 69 minutes

to secure his second

win in Group B

ON CRUISE COURSE: Switzerland’s Rodger Federer hits a return against Japan’s Kei Nishikori during

their Group B match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Tuesday. – AFP

PCB to apply for Aamir’s clearance

ABU DHABI: Pakistan’s crick-et chief on Tuesday said that an appeal will be lodged with the anti-corruption unit to clear the way for seamer Mohammed Aamir to play domestic matches before his fi ve-year ban expires.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday re-vised its anti-corruption code which means that banned play-ers can feature in home match-es a few months prior to the end of their ban, specifi cally benefi t-ting Aamir.

The ICC said it will be up to the home board, the Anti-Cor-ruption Security (ACSU) chair-man Ronnie Flanagan and ICC Board to take the fi nal call.

Aamir’s ban expires in August 2015.

The 22-year-old bowler was banned along with then captain Salman Butt and pace partner Mohammed Asif for accepting money in return for deliberate no-balls during the Lord’s Test against England in 2010.

The ICC’s anti-corruption tribunal banned Aamir for fi ve years, Butt for ten years with fi ve suspended and Asif for sev-en years with two suspended.

The trio were also jailed in Britain.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said his board was in the process of fi ling an appeal.

“The ball is in our court now,” Khan said on the sidelines of the fi rst Test between Pakistan and New Zealand.

“As soon as the code was re-vised and passed we started to prepare a paper and in the next few days we will send it to the ACSU chairman and he will de-cide,” said Khan.

Khan said the PCB was satis-fi ed with Aamir’s rehabilitation, made mandatory for the banned players by the ICC tribunal.

“We are satisfi ed that Aamir has done the rehab and from the beginning he was co-operative and the case was ready for us and we hope that in the next ICC meeting on January 26 we will have a fi nal decision,” said Khan, a former diplomat.

“The way is open for Aamir’s return,” he added.

Khan said Butt and Asif have not done enough rehab to war-rant the same relaxation. - AFP

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Border calls for end to T20s

SYDNEY: Former Australia cap-tain Allan Border has called for an end to Twenty20 internationals outside the World Cup and hopes the 50-over game will not be al-lowed to “wither and die”.

“I wouldn’t be playing T20 in-ternational cricket at all, I would save that for a World Cup every two years,” Border. “I think there is enough domestic Twenty20 crick-et to fi ll the programme out quite nicely ... there’s Twenty20 compe-

titions in basically every country. Why we have to play international Twenty20 cricket as well as that?”

“I’d hate to see the 50-over game wither and die, I really think it’s a wonderful game of cricket,” he said. “I prefer the 50-over game as far as the ebb and fl ow, the bowler is in the contest a little more, and you can have little periods where you bat or bowl yourself out of the game and then bat or bowl yourself back into the game.” - Reuters

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Tests not a priority for India: ClarkSYDNEY: Former Australian Test seamer Stuart Clark on Tues-day said the decision to rest skip-per Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the fi rst Test against Australia shows that India place greater emphasis on the 2015 World Cup rather than the upcoming series, both to be played Down Under.

India are scheduled to play four Tests, starting December 4 and then a One-day International (ODI) series also involving Eng-land in the build-up to the World Cup, beginning on February 14. Clark does not think retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is the top priority for India this sum-mer. Instead, they are more preoc-cupied with defending the World Cup they won in 2011, he believes.

“I’d suggest India are very, very concerned about the World Cup,”

Clark was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.

“That’s a big thing in their cricket calendar, one-day cricket and the World Cup.

“The Test series is big but at the end of the day if they do well in the World Cup no one will care about the Test series over there.”

Dhoni’s absence from the series opener has frontline batsman Vi-rat Kohli leading the side for the fi rst time at a venue where the Australians have not lost a Test for 26 years.

Dhoni has been rested to over-come a thumb injury that has sidelined him from the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Clark said India will struggle if they think they can exploit Aus-tralia’s weaknesses against slow bowling Down Under.

And he does not believe off -spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be able to replicate his hero-ics of last year when he topped the series wicket-takers’ list in India against the Aussies.

“If India are going to come out and bowl spinners at us I think we’ll come out and smash them everywhere,” Clark said.

“They’re going to Brisbane fi rst. Other than Shane Warne, no spin-ner has ever really done a lot there and been overly successful.

“In Adelaide they’ll be OK, but Sydney the last couple of years has been quite pace-friendly — it’s been carrying through and seamed around everywhere.

“They’ll play Ashwin — he’s a good bowler in Indian conditions but I can’t see him being overly successful here.” - IANS

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Plastic takes 1,000 years or more to break downWHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW. DON’T WASTE A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY LIKE OMAN.Real Sociedad

hires Moyes

MADRID: David Moyes has re-turned to football with Spanish strugglers Real Sociedad follow-ing his disastrous 10-month spell as Manchester United manager, the Basque club announced late on Monday.

“Real Sociedad have reached an agreement with David Moyes to be the coach of the fi rst team until June 30, 2016,” Sociedad said in a statement published on their website.

“Tomorrow (Tuesday) the de-tails for his offi cial presentation and the backroom staff led by the Scottish coach will be fi nalised.”

Moyes, 51, was sacked in April after less than a season in charge of United as they failed to qualify for the Champions League for the fi rst time since 1995.

The Scot enjoyed a broadly successful 11-year spell at Ever-ton prior to taking the job at Old Traff ord, although he has yet to win a major trophy as a coach.

Sociedad have been looking for a new coach since Jagoba Arra-sate was sacked last weekend af-ter just one win in their opening 10 league games.

However, they responded in style to beat La Liga champions Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Sunday, which saw them move out of the relegation zone.

Sociedad have a history of ap-pointing British managers, start-ing with Henry Lowe, who took charge for fi ve years from 1930.

John Toshack enjoyed three spells as boss in the Basque town of San Sebastian, while current Wales manager Chris Coleman had an ill-fated six months in charge during the 2007-08 sea-son. Moyes recently told the BBC that he was interested in coach-ing overseas.

“It is something that we don’t report enough — British manag-ers outside the (British) shores,” he said.

“It will actually help the de-velopment of coaches, where you can come back and give a bit back to them -- tell them the ex-perience you have had working

in Spain, Italy, Germany or wher-ever it may be.”

Moyes had a long but undistin-guished playing career as a cen-tral defender before going into management with Preston North End, then in the English third tier, in 1998.

He joined Everton in 2002 and led the club to consecutive top-eight fi nishes between 2006 and 2013, despite having to operate on a shoe-string budget.

He earned the admiration of legendary United manager Alex Ferguson during his time at Goodison Park and when Fergu-son stepped down at the end of the 2012-13 season, he invited his fellow Glaswegian to succeed him. But Moyes’s tenure proved a disaster and he was sacked in April as the defending champions slid towards a seventh-place fi n-ish in the Premier League -- their lowest position since 1990.

Australia midfi elder Tim Ca-hill, one of Moyes’s most success-ful signings at Everton, welcomed the news, writing on Twitter: “Great to see David Moyes back in the game @RealSociedad. Was only a matter of time.”. — Reuters

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NEW JOB: In this fi le picture taken on December 10, 2013 Man-

chester United’s Scottish manager David Moyes leaves the fi eld

after the Uefa Champions League football match between Man-

chester United and Shakhtar Donetsk at Old Traff ord. – AFP

It will actually help the

development of coaches,

where you can come back

and give a bit back to them

-- tell them the experience

you have had working in

Spain, Italy, Germany or

wherever it may be

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Al Rehwan Stadium Brothers triumphMUSCAT: Al Rehwan Stadi-um Brothers defeated Sanford Chalembeez 2-1 via penalties to lift the title at the two-day Renna Thalserry Premier League foot-ball tournament organised by United Thalaserry Sports Club and Teleboys.

On the sidelines of the tour-nament, title sponsors Renna played a friendly match with rest of UTSC team and the all-Omani Renna won the match 4-0. The organisers also hosted a juniors

competition between Thalaserry Red and Thalaserry Blue and all the kids were presented with in-dividual prizes during the prize-distribution ceremony.

In the semifi nals, Al Rehwan Stadium Brothers beat Cosmos by 2-1 and Sanford Challembeez beat their arch rivals Teleboys by 2-1.

During the prize-giving cer-emony, Tariq Al Balushi of Renna was presented a memento for supporting the event. P.M. Jabir, Community Welfare Secretary of

Indian Social Club, was the chief guest and noted social worker C. Nazir, who fl ew in from India, was the guest of honour.

The event was sponsored by Renna, Sea Pearls, FAP, Lynx Graphics, Al Nahla Solutions, Sky Fashions, Air Arabia and Spicejet.

Individual honours: Promosing play-er: Naeen of Oliyath Strikers; Top scorer: Darwish of Teleboys; Best goalkeeper: Arun of Al Rehwan Stadium Brothers; Best player: Shahbaz Nassar of Sanford Chalmbeez and Fairplay award: Teleboys.

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Royal Challengers lift titleMUSCAT: Royal Challengers de-feated HCC in a thrilling fi nal to lift the title at the FRiENDi Moblie Challengers Cup cricket tour-nament organised by Jazz Boys Cricket Club at Al Gubrah Power Plant green ground.

Batting fi rst, HCC scored 96 for the loss of four wickets in eight overs and in reply Royal Challeng-ers, who needed 52 in the last four overs, achieved their target with three wickets in hand.

The tournament was sponsored by FRiENDi Mobile, Danube, Ab-dul Fatah Mohammed Noor Co, Al Hajiry Trading, Cluttons and The Body Shop and supported by Palm Restaurant and Red Bull.

The guests of honour at prize-distribution ceremony were Jospeh Rajan, Brand Manager of FRiENDi Mobile, Shanavaz Ahmed, Executive Director of AFMNC, and Anisha Pervin of AFMNC.

Vinu Mathew of Jazz Boys Club thanked all the sponsors for their continued support.

Quarterfi nals: Future CC 107 for 6 bt SS Friends 86 for 5. Asian Brothers 80 for 8 bt Masters XI 59 all out. Ruwi Kings 78 for 5 lost to HCC 79 for 5 by 5 wickets. Asfandyar XI 72 for 6 lost to Royal Challengers 74 for 5.

Semifi nals: HCC 76 for 7 bt Future CC 70 for 6. Asian Brothers 60 all out lost to Royal Challengers 61 for 2.

Final: HCC 96 for 4 lost to Royal Challengers 99 for 7.

Individual honours: Best catch: Harish of Muscat Rocks; Best fi elder: Jacob of Altaher Aces; Best wicket-keeper: Nidhin Mohan of Ruwi Kings; Best batsman: Nithin of Royal Chal-

lengers; Best bowler: Steven of Royal Challengers; Maximum sixes: Muzaf-far of Future CC; Man of the series: Giri of HCC; Best dressed team: Ruwi Kings; Best spectator: Sony Jacob.

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Winners Royal Challengers, top, and runners-up HCC.

Anand breaks

jinx, beats

Carlsen

SOCHI: Anand breaks jinx Carlsen Indian chess Grand-master Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday defeated World Champion Magnus Carlsen in 34 moves in the third game of their world title match held in Russia, in the process break-ing the “Carlsen Jinx” bugging him since losing the world title to Carlsen last year. Both the players have 1.5 points each.

Grandmaster Nigel Short tweeted: “I said at the start of the game, ‘contrary to popular belief, the match is not over’. However, for some Indian trolls, I am anti-Anand.”

In the Queen’s Gambit De-clined opening, playing white, Indian ace Anand started con-fi dently and the moves pro-gressed as per the book with the champion castling on the King side. While Anand was pushing out his pawns to pave the way for his pieces, Carlsen brought out his queen side knight. — IANS

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Musandam’s Gavignet puts up splendid show at Route du Rhum

MUSCAT: Sidney Gavignet, French skipper of the Sultanate’s fl agship boat Musandam-Oman Sail, crossed the fi nish-line of the Route du Rhum in Guadeloupe on Tuesday afternoon (9:15:24 CET), completing the epic adventure in eight days, 19 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds. After 4,446 nau-tical miles at an average speed of 21.5 knots he was delighted to reach dry land.

“Mission accomplished!” he said as he came ashore to speak to the media who welcomed him in at 03:30 local time.

“The boat was superbly pre-pared by the shore team and is in as good shape as when I left St Malo eight days ago, a testimony to their great work.

“My primary objective was to get to Guadeloupe in one piece and here I am. I made a few small errors during the last few hours

of the race, but I managed to fi n-ish on the same night as Prince de Bretagne, a boat that is 10 feet big-ger than Musandam-Oman Sail, and as Gitana, a heavily modifi ed MOD70. I am immensely proud to have fl own the fl ag of the Sultanate of Oman all the way across the At-lantic and into Guadeloupe.

“This place is very special to me as I met my wife here 23 years ago while I was training for the Whitbread.”

He was given a hero’s welcome in Pointe-a-Pitre by his Oman Sail teammates who have lived every moment of the race, highs and lows, alongside the skipper. Sup-port for the 45-year-old French-man across three diff erent time zones was immense with cheers going up in France and Muscat when he crossed the fi nish line.

CEO of Oman Sail, David Gra-ham, who waved Sidney off in

St Malo, was the fi rst to applaud such a triumph: “Huge congratula-tions to Sidney for this incredible achievement. It has been a voyage of discovery for the whole Oman Sail team that has lived this epic experience alongside him, every nautical mile of the way. It has proved very inspiring for our Om-ani sailors, especially our off shore team who have been sending Sid-ney messages of support through-out the race.

“This event has been a great suc-

cess for us both on the sporting front and in terms of promoting Oman as a high-end tourism desti-nation – we are very proud of Sid-ney’s achievement and the impact it had with our sailors in terms of inspiration. It may have been a sin-gle-handed race, but the reality is there were hundreds of people on the MOD70 with Sidney!”

After a nail-biting fi rst 48 hours of the race that saw the French skipper and his 70ft trimaran bat-tle 40knot gusts and huge seas

across the Bay of Biscay and then around Cape Finisterre, with a broken jet burner and no hot food, and a hurt and swollen forearm, the Frenchman bounced back with cheerful and awe inspiring tales of full moon sailing at 30knots and nerve-wracking squalls rolling in one after the other.

He punched way above his weight as he wrestled with Prince de Bretagne, an 80ft trimaran 10 feet his senior, all the way across the Atlantic and led right up to

hours before the fi nish when boat length fi nally prevailed and Lionel Lemonchois gave him the slip to fi nish ahead.

“One of the highlights of my race was receiving an email from Fahad Al Hasni, one of our best MOD70 sailors - it made me so happy I picked up the sat phone to tell him about life onboard. I think he was very surprised to hear from me, but I could hear the grin in his voice – I know that this race is inspiring my Omani teammates.”

Sidney will take some well-earned rest now and have a long overdue hot meal before the MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail is prepared for the return trip to Eu-rope with Fahad Al Hasni, Yassir Al Rahbi, Abdulrahman Al Masha-ri and Sami Al Shukaili, onboard.

Route du Rhum Ultime Class – provi-sional results: 1. Banque Populaire VII/Loick Peyron/103ft - 7 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes, 32 seconds; 2. Spindrift II/Yann Guichard/131ft - 8 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes et 46 seconds; 3.Edmond de Rothschild/Sebastien Josse/modifi ed MOD70 - 8 days, 14 hours, 47 min-utes et 9 seconds; 4. Prince de Bretagne/Lionel Lemonchois/80ft – 8 days 17 hours 44 minutes et 50 seconds; 5. Musandam-Oman Sail/Sidney Gavignet/70ft - 8 days 19 hours 15 minutes et 24 seconds: 6. Idec/Francis Joyon/97ft - still racing; 7. Pa-prec Recyclage/Yann Eliès/70ft - still racing.

Sidney Gavignet, skipper of Musandam-

Oman Sail, completed Route du Rhum in eight

days, 19 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds

DELIGHTED: Musandam-Oman Sail’s skipper Sidney Gavignet waves the Oman national fl ag after

fi nishing fi fth in the Route du Rhum. – Supplied photo

MUSCAT: Trust Oilfi eld Strik-ers, aided by a blazing 96 off 59 balls from opening batsman Khuram Rashid, defeated Doug-las OHI by 40 runs in a J Division T20 match played in the morn-ing session at the University Grounds at Al Khoud.

Opting to bat fi rst, Trust Oil-fi eld Strikers, thanks to a 106-run fi rst wicket partnership off 13.1 overs between Khuram and Taimur Khan (32), scored 164 for the loss of fi ve wickets in 20 stipulated overs.

Douglas OHI, in reply, were bowled out for 124 in 18 overs with Ramesh Korepu batting stubbornly for a well compiled 57.

Brief scores: Trust Oilfi eld Strikers 164 for 5 in 20 overs (Khuram Rashid 96, Taimur Khan 32; Viplav Kumar 2/31) bt Douglas OHI 124 in 18 overs (Ramesh Korepu 57; Brijesh Gandhi 3/21, Mathias Denson 2/12). Points: Trust Oilfi eld Strik-ers -2 (2 games, 4 pts), Douglas OHI – Nil (2 games, 2 pts).

Nagori shines for CaledoniansMohammed Shafeeq Nagori claimed three wickets in four overs and thereafter smashed a blistering unbeaten 92 off 49 balls to help Caledonian College record a 22-run win against ONEIC in an I T20 match played in the after-noon session at the same venue in Al Khoud.

Invited to bat fi rst, Caledonian College recovered from 65 for four in 10 overs to score 174 with-out further loss in 20 overs.

In reply, ONEIC were well placed at 116 for one in 13 overs but slumped to 152 for nine in 20 overs. port to Shafeeq Nagori with a three-wicket haul.

Brief scores: Caledonian College 174 for 4 in 20 overs (Mohammed Shafeeq Na-gori 92 n.o., Mohammed Sohil 22; Atif Jala-li 2/21) bt ONEIC 152 for 9 in 20 overs (Re-han Siddiqui 53, Zubair Khan 27, Shams Grami 22; Mohammed Shafeeq Nagori 3/25, Bilal Yunus 3/26). Points: Caledonian College - 2 (2 games, 4 pts), ONEIC - Nil.

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STARS: Trust Oilfi eld Strikers’ stars, from right, Khurram, Den-

son, Brijesh and Taimur. – Supplied photo

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MUSCAT: Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) defeated Indian School Muscat (ISM) by 10 runs in an Al Turki Enterprises-spon-sored 25 overs-a-side Junior League Under-16 match at the Municipality Ground No.2 at Al Amerat.ISM scored 182 for the loss of nine wickets in 25 overs. PSM in reply were reeling at 23 for the loss of three wickets but recovered to score 102 runs in 12.5 overs without further loss when rain halted the play.

Brief scores: ISM 182 for 9 in 25 overs (Sanath Kumar 46 n.o., Sanath Kumar 22; Abdullah Khan 2/7, Saqib 2/41) lost to PSM 102 for 3 in 12.5 overs (Obaidullah 44 n.o., Ehsan Ullah 40 n.o). Points: PSM - 2 (3 games, 3 pts), ISM - Nil (2 games, 2 pts).

Other results: ISD 118 for 9 wickets in 24 overs (Amal Pradeep 42 n.o.; Akash Guruprasad 3/23, Navin Kumar Jangid 2/21, Ab-hishek Subramanian 2/22, Ragul Virupak 2/23) lost to MCCC 121 for 7 in 18.1 overs (Ragul Virupak 30; Harikrishnan 3/18, Shaaz Siraj 2/21). Points: MCCC - 2 (2 games, 3 pts), ISD - Nil (3 games, Nil).

ISM 220 for 1 in 20 overs (Azam Ali 81 n.o., Prathamesh S. 53 n.0., Chahel 30) bt PSM 68 for 6 in 9.5 overs (Abhinav S. 2/9, Prathamesh S. 2/13). Points: ISM – 2 (2 games, 4 pts), PSM – Nil (2 games, 1 pt).

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Younis, Matei in title showdown; Tim crowned under-14 champion

MUSCAT: Overcoming fi rst set defi cit and an injury scare, Omani talent Younis al Rawahi staged a stunning comeback against Copil Rosvan to set up an exciting men’s pro singles title clash with Matei Horia in the ongoing Oman Arab Bank (OAB) Open Tennis Cham-pionships at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

In one of the most remarkable comebacks, Younis proved why he is considered one of the future stars of Omani tennis displaying a never-say-die spirit in a three-hour semifi nal thriller.

Up against a formidable oppo-nent in the form of Copil Rosvan, the gifted Omani player was fac-ing defeat after managing to win just one game in a demoralising fi rst set loss. And to make matters worse, Younis, after fi ghting back to take a 5-1 lead in the second set, suff ered cramps with a threat to his treble dream looming.

However, the Omani lad, after getting the attention to overcome the cramps, kept battling to gain upper hand over his rival. But a resurgent Copil, despite losing the second set, managed to take the deciding set into the tie-breaker.

Younis kept his cool and compo-sure at the crucial junctures of the third set to clinch the match with a fi nal scoreline of 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Younis has already won the mixed doubles title along with Omani star Fatma al Nabhani and has also reached the under-18 boys fi nal where he is scheduled to clash with Nevil Philip.

Describing Younis-Copil semi-fi nal as one of the best matches of this year’s championships, Oman Tennis Association coach and Tournament Director Josephine Paguyo said: “Defi nitely it was one of the best matches. It was very exciting. Both Younis and Copil battled for almost three hours, and until almost midnight.”

The OTA coach also said the spirit shown by Younis is a good sign for Oman tennis.

“What is remarkable is the way Younis performed. We have no doubts about his abundant talent, the proof of which we have seen in diff erent categories so far in this

tournament,” she added.“But what is more pleasing is

his physical endurance and mental strength. He had cramps after being down by a set. To come back from that is great. And he also proved he

can endure a three-hour and three-set match and fi nish on top too.

“Such performances augur well for the future of Oman tennis” the coach added.

In the second semifi nal, also a

three-set aff air, Matei Horia met his match in Vimal Kirthi and had to dig deep to thwart a late fi ghtback by his opponent for a place in the fi nal.

After sealing the fi rst set rather easily at 6-1, Matei was forced to concede the second at 5-7 but he managed to win the decider by the same 7-5 margin to advance.

Tim triumphsMeanwhile, Tim Rutherford clinched the boys under-14 title with a straight sets 6-4, 6-1 win over Zakariya Al Suleimani.

In the girls under-14 competi-tion, Maryam al Balushi booked a place in the fi nal with a 6-0, 6-2 win over SanjanaGirish while an-other Omani talent Samar al Bakry defeated RafaellaSaa 6-3, 6-3 to reach the fi nal.

In the veterans singles, Tinny Gallarde and Robin Kleinveldt

eased into semifi nals. Tinny ad-vanced after defeating Mousta-faBurham 6-2, 6-0 while Robin moved up with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Nicholas Hilmers.

Al Saadi to preside overThe annual championship, one of the biggest events to be organ-ised by Oman Tennis Association with participation of 260 players in various categories, runs till No-vember 16 and is supported by one of country’s leading banks, Oman Arab Bank, as the title sponsored and co-sponsored by Omantel and Pocari Sweat.

Meanwhile, the OTA informed that Sheikh Saad bin Mohammed bin Said al-Mardhouf al Saadi, the Minister of Sports Aff airs, will preside over the fi nal day’s proceedings on November 16 and hand over the trophies.

Younis al Rawahi

staged a stunning

comeback against

Copil Rosvan to set

up an exciting men’s

pro singles title clash

with Matei Horia

THRILLING SEMIFINALS: Younis Al Rawahi, left, with Copil Rosvan and Matei Horia with Vimal Kirthi, right, during their respective semifi nals of the men’s pro singles at OAB

Open Tennis Championships at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex. – FAISAL AL BALUSHI/OTA

CHAMPION: Tim Rutherford. – Credit

Oman beach football team leave for Thailand

MUSCAT: The Sultanate’s national beach football team has left on Tuesday for city of Phuket in Thailand to partici-pate in the fourth edition of the Asian Beach Games.

The Phuket Games are sched-uled to take place from Novem-ber 14 to 23.

The Omani football delega-tion is headed by Oman Football Association (OFA) board mem-ber Sheikh Mansour bin Zahir Al Hajri and comprises coach Talib bin Hilal, team manager Daoud Salem, goalkeepers trainer Yousef Obaid and physio Mazen Masood.

The national team consists of ten players including Haitham Harib, Mahmoud Al Khad-houry, Yahya Al Uraimi, Jalal Al Sinani, Mundhir Al Uraimi, Khalid Al Uraimi, Yaqoub Ra-bie, Khalid Al Rajhi, Abdullah Al Balushi and Ghaith Al Alawi.

The Oman team have pre-pared well for the competi-tion at the Asian Beach Games with a number of training ses-sions and camps as well as four friendly matches against Unit-ed Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Oman, hosts of the second edi-tion in 2010, has sent a 58-strong delegation for the Games.

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My older sister hates Twit-ter. Absolutely hates it, and avoids it at all costs. Her feelings do not come from some slavish de-votion to fully formed

thoughts and sentences. No, Lizzie can speak in text pidgin with the best of ‘em. What my sister is trying to escape is the social-me-dia slap in the face. “I never go on Twitter because it’s infuriating to see the amount of time and en-ergy you put into communicating with a thousand virtual stran-gers when you haven’t called me back,” she told me when I inter-viewed her by phone as she drove through Los Angeles.

The topics Lizzie wishes to discuss are represented by this recent sampling: “Can you look into what happened to that Ma-laysian plane?” “Are you watch-ing The Good Wife this season?” And her preferred catchall, “What’s the haps?”

I don’t have the kind of time to devote to chitchat phone calls that she wishes I did. And that’s OK with me. I speak on the phone as much as necessary to successfully do my job — and otherwise as little as possible. I conduct my chitchat over Twitter, Facebook and Insta-gram. But by doing so, when I claim to be too busy to read or reply to my father’s group emails, return Lizzie’s calls or send a quick yes or no answer to my cousin’s logistical question, I’m asking for trouble.

I hide in plain e-sight all the time. That can annoy or even hurt the feelings of people I care about, even though that isn’t what I in-tend when I do something as sim-ple and meaningless as retweeting a funny cartoon.

This is just another way in which technology toys with our re-lationships, said Amanda Lenhart, an associate director for research at the Pew Research Centre’s In-ternet Project. Even though we know that posting a comment to the Internet is akin to broadcast-ing it publicly, we don’t take into consideration each and every person who may be seeing our hastily thumb-typed commu-nication. Almost any action we take on social media, even tapping a screen twice to form a thumbs-up or heart, is a time-stamped signpost that we were paying at-tention to at least some of our smartphone communication.

“We do a lot of impression man-agement in our day-to-day life, which leads us to say something to some people but to avoid telling others,” Lenhart said. But social media activity doesn’t always al-low for these concerns. “Digitally, what we’re trying to fi nd out is what are the appropriate ways to ignore people?” Any quick search through Twitter reveals a scroll of Internet-age indignation created by these communication gaps: “You can tweet but you can’t call me back. This is why you’re single,” “Don’t favourite my tweet, call me back,” and the like.

Social media has also become the goody-goody co-worker who tattles on colleagues for goofi ng off . For instance, I know a writer whose editors have most likely noted that though she is late to fi le an article, she has found ample op-portunity to tweet about #Alex-FromTarget and the birthday par-ty she is planning for her daughter.

This sort of drama is very much in the foreground of the contem-porary dating scene. “It can be a little irritating when someone hasn’t responded to a text, but you see they Instagrammed an hour ago — the phone is in their hand, and you know it,” said a woman of dating age who assured me she was speaking not just for herself but also for every 20-something woman in America.

The dynamic can end friend-ships, too. Jen Singer, a 47-year-old mother and blogger from Kinne-lon, New Jersey, is a text messager. “Three words and an emoticon is often all you need,” she said. She grew estranged from a close friend who called too often, asking questions and telling stories that Singer felt could have been put to pixels. Her friend would call to tell her it galled her that Singer hadn’t called her back even as she LOLed with others on Facebook. “A phone call is an intrusive thing, and it created a rift,” she said. “If you’re not communication-device compatible, it can cause problems in your relationship.”

Lauren Drell, 28, Mashable’s editor for branded content, puts a lot of thought into the medium used to transmit messages to her peers. “You have to stop and think whether it makes more sense to email them, text them, tweet them, , Yo them or comment right on an Instagram,” she said.

When it comes to family, the considerations are even more complex. “I might post a photo on Instagram, but then text it to my parents, WhatsApp it to my sib-lings and email it to my 89-year-old Nannie,” Drell said. “It’s just a reality of modern life.” - Katherine Ros-

man/The New York Times News Service

Almost any action we take on social media, even tapping a screen

twice to form a thumbs-up or a heart, is a time-stamped signpost that we were paying attention to at least some of our smartphone

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virus that infects human brains and makes us more stupid has been dis-covered, according to scientists in the US. The algae virus, never be-fore observed in healthy people, was found to affect cognitive func-tions including visual processing

and spatial awareness. Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medi-

cal School and the University of Ne-braska stumbled upon the discovery when they were undertaking an unre-lated study into throat microbes.

Surprisingly, the researchers found DNA in the throats of healthy individu-als that matched the DNA of a virus known to infect green algae. Dr Rob-ert Yolken, a virologist who led the original study, said: “This is a strik-ing example showing that the ‘in-nocuous’ microorganisms we carry can aff ect behaviour and cognition. “Many physiological diff erences be-tween person A and person B are en-coded in the set of genes each inher-its from parents, yet some of these diff erences are fuelled by the various

microorganisms we harbour and the way they interact with our genes.”

Of the 90 participants in the study, 40 tested positive for the algae vi-rus. Those who tested positive per-formed worse on tests designed to measure the speed and accu-racy of visual processing. They also achieved lower scores in tasks de-signed to measure attention.

Humans’ bodies contain trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi. Most are harmless, but the fi ndings of this research show that there some mi-crobes can have a detrimental impact on cognitive functions, while leaving individuals healthy. The study’s fi nd-ings were published in the Procee-dings of the National Academy of Sciences.- Ben Tuff t/The Independent

A virus has been discovered that aff ects cognitive abilities in healthy people

ALL top bridge players are good at math. But a lot of the sums should not be beyond anyone. Look at today’s South hand. Partner opens one club, East passes, South responds one spade, West intervenes with two hearts, North passes, and East passes. What should South do now?

At the table, South, someone who has been successful in his career, passed out two hearts. What was he thinking? As soon as North opened one club, South should have said to himself, “I have 14 points; we are bidding at least game.”

South should have made a takeout double. North would have bid two spades, showing three-card support. (With four spades, he would have raised to two spades on round two.) Then South would have jumped to four spades.

How should South plan the play in four spades after West leads the club queen?

One other point in the auction — East should not have passed over two hearts with four trumps and a void. He should have bid (three or) four hearts.

South is faced with losers in each suit. But he will survive just as long as he plays low from the dummy at trick one. Suppose East ruff s (it is stronger defence to discard) and shifts to a heart. (South won’t misguess that suit if left to himself.) West wins and gives his partner another ruff — again, declarer must play a low club from the dummy. Say East exits with a heart to dummy’s king. Declarer draws trumps, cashes his club king, crosses to dummy with a diamond, and discards his diamond loser on the club ace to get home.

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Interstellar (Adv | Sci-Fi) (PG12) 3:00, 05:00, 11:45 pmVellimoonga (Pol | Rom) (TBC) Cast: Biju Menon, Aju Varghese, Nikki Galrani11:00 pmThe Shaukeens (Com) (TBC) Cast: Akshay Kumar, Lisa Haydon9:15 pmBig Hero 6 (3D) (Animation) (PG)3:00 pmJessabelle (Horror |Thriller) (15+) CP#Cast: Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, Joelle Carter11:45 pm

Roar

(Action | Adventure) (PG12 )

Cast: Abhinav Shukla, Achint Kaur, Subrat

Dutta

3:45, 6:45, 9.45 pm

Jessabelle – 2D (15+) (Horror | Thriller )Cast: Sarah Snook, Mark Webber11.30 pmDumb and Dumber To – 2D (PG12)Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle8:45 pm

Big Hero 6 (2D/PG) (Animation) 10:15amBig Hero 6 (3D/PG) (Animation) 11:00am, 2:30, 4:45pmJohn Wick (2D/15+) (Act) 12:15, 11:30pmInterstellar (2D/PG12) (Adv/Sci-Fi)2:15, 11:45pmDumb and Dumber to (2D/PG12) (Comedy)Cast: Jim Carrey , Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle8:30pmBullet (2D/15+) (Act/Crime)Cast: Danny Trejo, Torsten Voges 1:00, 9:45pmJessabelle (2D/TBC) (Horror/Thriller)Cast: Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, Joelle Crater 11:45pmAl Jazeera 2 (2D/15+) (Drama)Cast: Ahmad Al Saqa, Khaled Saleh11:00am, 6:45pmThe Shaukeens (2D/TBC) (Comedy)Cast: Akshay Kumar, Lisa Haydon2:00, 9:15pmHappy New Year (2D/PG12) (Act)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan5:15pmVellimoonga (2D/TBC) (Rom)6:45pmVarsham (2D/PG) (Mal-Drama)6:30pm

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and parents’/your name to Times of Oman, With Love, PO Box 770, PC 112, Ruwi

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RITVIKNovember 13, 2013

SATYA NARAYANA REDDY T.November 14, 2004

SHREYA SUNIL K.November 13, 2001

SHAIYAN SIRAJNovember 14, 2003

YESHITHA S. KUMARNovember 14, 2004

AVANTIKA SIJUNovember 14, 2010

28 Queen Aleta’s son29 Muscle spasm31 — Te Ching34 Slip by 35 Harangue36 — mot37 Lomond and Ness39 Vermont tree40 Playback

machines

41 Lamb’s pen name42 Chitchats 43 Cafe au — 44 Per person45“Pygmalion” author47 Charlotte of

‘Bananas’49 Singer Grant or

author Tan

ACROSS 1 TV knob 4 “A Boy Named

—” 7 Nymph who pined

away 11 Feverish chill13 Sugar amt.14 Display15 First-quarter tide16 Knee-jerk, e.g.18 Father of

geometry 20 Main roles21 Comics caveman22 Detective-story

pioneer 23 Mediterranean

island26 Kernel30 PFC mail drop31 Large cask32 Hex halved33 Old pro 36 Chamonix’s Mont

— 38 Mekong native39 Pasture sound40 Human herbivore43 Jousting weapons46 Nonsense48 Big laugh (hyph.)

50 Leaf veins51 Catch cold52 Hoax 53 Business encl.54 Summer in Cannes55 Road map info

DOWN 1 Small cargo-

hauling truck2 Pointed arch3 Hula-dance feast4 Runway5 Operated6 Emissions

watchdog7 Respect8 “Wool” on clay

sheep 9 Parka feature10 Holds the title to12 Disney site17 Coagulate 19 Mauna — 22 Knock-knock joke,

e.g. 23 Dallas cager, for

short 24 Orangutan25 Parcel of land26 Cell habitant27 SFO info

C10

FIND-IT-ALLW E D N E S DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 4

PHARMACIESRound the clockAl Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715Muscat RegionApollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 24537080Dhofar RegionMuscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635

HOSPITALSAl Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000Al Musafi r Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453Hatat Polyclinic LLC,Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006Al Raff ah Hospital: 24618900/1/2Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780Capital Polyclinic: 24707549Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740Ceregem National Raak: 24485633Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217Elixir Health Centre: 24565802Emirates Medical Centre: 246045401st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274Hamdan Hospital: 23212340International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency: 24760123Lama Polyclinic, Sohar: 26751128, MBD: 24799077, Al Khuwair: 24478818Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital: 24568870Muscat Private Hospital: 24583600Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair: 24477666Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC: 22004000

ROYAL OMAN POLICEEmergencies and inquiries: 9999General Directorate of Passport and Residence: 24569603Directorate General of Customs: 24521109Traffi c violations inquiries: 24510228Public Relations Admin: 24560099

ACCOMMODATIONAl Bahjah Hotel: 24424400Al Bustan Palace: 24764000 Al Khuwair Hotel Apartments: 24478171Al Madina Holiday Inn: 24596400Al Maha International Hotel: 24494949Al Fanar Hotel: 24712385Al Falaj Hotel: 24702311Al Qurum Resort: 24605945Azaiba Hotel Apartments: 24490979Beach Hotel: 24696601Bowshar Hotel: 24491105Coral Hotel Muscat: 24692121Crowne Plaza Muscat: 24660660Crystal Suites: 24826100Golden Tulip Seeb: 24510300Grand Hyatt Muscat: 24641234Haff a House Hotel: 24707207Hotel Muscat Holiday: 24487123InterContinental Muscat: 24680000Majan Continental Hotel: 24592900Marina Hotel: 24711711Midan Hotel Suites: 24499565Mina Hotel: 24711828Muttrah Hotel: 24798401

Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199Oman Dive Centre: 24824240Park Inn: 24507888Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443Ruwi Hotel: 24704244Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666The Chedi Muscat: 24524400The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570

AIRLINE OFFICESMuscat Airport Flight information (24 hours): 24519456/24519223Aerofl ot: 24704455, Air Arabia: 24700828, Air France: 24562153, Air India: 24799801, Air New Zealand: 24700732, Biman Bangladesh Airlines: 24701128, British Airways: 24568777, Cathay Pacifi c: 24789818, Egypt Air: 24794113, Emirates Air: 24404400, Ethiopian Airlines: 24660313, Gulf Air: 80072424, Indian: 24791914, Iran Air: 24787423, Japan Airlines: 24704455, Jazeera Airways: 23294848, Jet Airways: 24787248, Kenya Airways: 24660300, KML Royal Dutch Airlines: 24566737, Kuwait Airways: 24701262, LOT Polish Airlines: 24796387, Lufthansa: 24796692, Malaysian Airlines: 24560796, Middle East Airlines: 24796680, Oman Air: 24531111, Pakistan International Airlines: 24792471, Qatar Airways: 24771900, Qantas: 24559941, Royal Jordanian: 24796693, Saudi Arabian Airlines: 24789485, Singapore Airlines: 24791233, Shaheen Air: 24816565, SriLankan Airlines:

24784545, Swiss International Airlines: 24796692, Thai Airways: 24705934, Turkish Airlines: 24703033

MUSEUMSBait Al Baranda: Corniche (seafront opp fi sh market), Open from Saturday to Thursday 9am to 1pm and 4 to 6pmNatural History Museum: Al Khuwair, Tel: 24604957, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm; Thursday: 9am to 1pmMuseum of Omani Heritage: (former Omani Museum), Madinat Al Alam, Sat-Wed 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday - 9am to 1pm, Tel: 24600946Armed Forces Museum: Bait Al Falaj, Tel: 24312651, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm; Thurs 9-12pm and 3-6pm; Fri 9-11am and 3-6pm. Al Hoota Caves 24498258; Turtle Beach 96550606/96550707Children’s Science Museum: Shatti Al Qurum, Tel: 24605368, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pmOman-French Museum: near Muscat Police Station, Tel: 24736613, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thurs: 9am to 1pmBait Al Zubair, Muscat: Tel: 24736688, Al Saidiya St., Muscatmuseum@baitalzubairmuseum.comOpen from Sat to Thurs: 9:30am to 6pm.National Museum Ruwi: Tel: 24701289, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pmSohar Fort Museum: Tel: 26844758, Open from Saturday to Wed: 8 to 1:30pm Thurs: 9am to 1pmMuscat Gate Museum: at Al Bahri Road, Muscat open from Sat to Wed 8am to 2pm

W E A T H E R

OMAN

Max 30Min 19

Max 27Min 19

Max 28Min 20

Max 29Min 15

Max 28Min 17Max 28

Min 16

Max 28Min 14

Max 30 Min 26

Mainly clear skies over the Sultanate with chances of high clouds advection at night. Chance of kate night and early morning fog patches along governates of Al-Buraimi, Al-Dhahira and Al-Wusta.

EXPECTED WIND: Along the coastal areas of Oman wind will be northeasterly light to moderate and northerly to northwesterly light to moderate over rest of the Sultanate.

SEA STATE: Slight to moderate along the Sultanate coasts with maximum wave height between 1.25 and 2.0 metres.

HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during fog.

THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Chances of clouds development over Al-Hajar mountains and adjoining areas during afternoon may give some isolated rain. Chances of early morning low level clouds or fog patches over governorates of Al-Buraimi, Al-Dhahira and Al-Wusta.

Max Min

GULFAbu Dhabi 28 22Doha 26 20Dubai 28 17Kuwait 25 9Manama 25 22Riyadh 25 13

WORLDAthens 19 17Baghdad 24 8Beijing 7 -1Berlin 14 8Boston 14 3Cairo 26 17Colombo 30 26Frankfurt 11 8Hong Kong 23 18Istanbul 17 12Johannesburg 17 14Kuala Lumpur 32 23Lisbon 19 14Paris 14 7Perth 21 10Singapore 31 26Tokyo 20 11Toronto 4 -1

WORLD

Max 17Min 4

Max 28Min 14

Max 12Min 9

Max 34Min 21

Max 21Min 13

Max 22Min 16

Max 5Min 3

Max 30Min 23

LISTINGS

LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMINGS (OMAN NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY SAOC) *SUBJECT TO CHANGE

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (Route 52)17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO SINAW (Route 52)07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54)14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54)06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62)06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62)12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100)07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100)07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily

SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102)15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (Route 102)15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

WEDNESDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA WY406 CAIRO  0005WY676 JEDDAH  0005WY682 RIYADH  0005WY648 KUWAIT  0010WY816 BANGKOK  0015WY916 SALALAH  01054H583 DACCA  0115PK229 LAHORE  0215TK776 ISTANBUL/BAHRAIN  0300QR1132 DOHA  0345EK866 DUBAI  0355GF560 BAHRAIN  0405EY384 ABU DHABI  0405FZ041 DUBAI  0415WY902 SALALAH  0630WY638 ABU DHABI  0650WY324 KARACHI  0700WY686 RIYADH  0700WY658 BAHRAIN  0700WY668 DOHA  0710WY674 JEDDAH  0730WY602 DUBAI  0805WY202 BOMBAY  0815WY102 LONDON-HEATHROW  0820NL768 LAHORE  0830WY342 LAHORE  0835FZ043 DUBAI  0850G9114 SHARJAH  0915WY236 HYDERABAD  0920WY226 COCHIN  0930WY242 DELHI  0935EK862 DUBAI  0940WY212 TRIVANDRUM  0940WY252 MADRAS  0940IX443 COCHIN  1010QR1128 DOHA  1010EY382 ABU DHABI  1015IX549 TRIVANDRUM  10209W530 TRIVANDRUM  1035WY282 BANGALORE  1100WY604 DUBAI  1110G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA  1120WY372 COLOMBO  1140IX337 CALICUT  1155FZ037 DUBAI  1200WY384 MALE  1205WY384 MALE  1205WY332 KATHMANDU  1210WY268 LUCKNOW  1210WY332 KATHMANDU  1210PA450 LAHORE  1215WY904 SALALAH  1215WY3302 MUKHAIZNA  1230WY826 KUALA LUMPUR  1230WY818 BANGKOK  1235WY918 KHASAB  1300WY606 DUBAI  1330WY906 SALALAH  1445WY812 BANGKOK  1525WY656 BAHRAIN  1530WY274 JAIPUR  1530FZ045 DUBAI  1555WY204 BOMBAY  1710WY434 TEHRAN  1720WY292 CALICUT  1720WY822 KUALA LUMPUR  1720WY3922 DUQUM OMAN  1730WY3304 MUKHAIZNA  1730WY610 DUBAI  1730WY246 DELHI  1730WY232 HYDERABAD  1740WY284 BANGALORE  1740QR1126 DOHA  1745WY348 ISLAM ABBAD  1745WY664 DOHA  1745EK864 DUBAI  1800GF564 BAHRAIN  1810WY646 KUWAIT  1900G9116 SHARJAH  1915WY254 MADRAS  1920RG125 BATEEN AIRPORT OF AUH  1930FZ047 DUBAI  1945WY914 SALALAH  1950WY614 DUBAI  2030AI977 BANGALORE/HYDERABAD  2105KL441 AMSTERDAM/DOHA  2120WY624 DUBAI  2125WY312 CHITTAGONG  2125AI973 DELHI  21256.00E+81 BOMBAY  2130WY414 AMMAN  21359W534 COCHIN  2140AI907 MADRAS  2200QR1134 DOHA  2210UL205 COLOMBO  2225GF566 BAHRAIN  2240BA073 LONDON-HEATHROW/ABU DHABI  2240EY388 ABU DHABI  2250WY908 SALALAH  2255AI985 AHMEDABAD/BOMBAY  2310WY662 DOHA  2315LX242 ZURICH/DUBAI  23209W540 BOMBAY  2325LH618 FRANKFURT/ABU DHABI  2330WY654 BAHRAIN  2330WY612 DUBAI  2335WY928 SALALAH  2350WY636 ABU DHABI  2350WY696 DAMMAM  2350WY910 SALALAH  2355WY717 ZANZIBAR/DARESSLAM  2355

THURSDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA

WY682 RIYADH  0005WY406 CAIRO  0005WY676 JEDDAH  0005WY648 KUWAIT  0010WY816 BANGKOK  0015BG021 DACCA/CHITTAGONG  0100WY916 SALALAH  01054H585 DACCA  0115PK225 KARACHI  0210TK774 ISTANBUL  0215QR1132 DOHA  0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA  0350EK866 DUBAI  0355EY384 ABU DHABI  0405GF560 BAHRAIN  0405FZ041 DUBAI  0415MS930 CAIRO  04304H586 DOHA  0600WY902 SALALAH  0630WY638 ABU DHABI  0650WY658 BAHRAIN  0700WY686 RIYADH  0700WY324 KARACHI  0700WY668 DOHA  0710WY122 MUNICH  0715WY644 KUWAIT  0715WY114 FRANKFURT  0715WY674 JEDDAH  0730WY602 DUBAI  0805WY202 BOMBAY  0815WY102 LONDON-HEATHROW  0820NL768 LAHORE  0830W342 LAHORE  0835FZ043 DUBAI  0850G9114 SHARJAH  0915WY236 HYDERABAD  0920WY226 COCHIN  0930WY242 DELHI  0935WY252 MADRAS  0940EK862 DUBAI  0940WY212 TRIVANDRUM  0940IX443 COCHIN  1010QR1128 DOHA  1010EY382 ABU DHABI  10159W530 TRIVANDRUM  1035WY282 BANGALORE  1100WY604 DUBAI  1110WY346 ISLAM ABBAD  1110WY372 COLOMBO  1140IX337 CALICUT  1155FZ037 DUBAI  1200WY384 MALE  1205WY904 SALALAH  1215WY826 KUALA LUMPUR  1230WY818 BANGKOK  1235BG023 CHITTAGONG  1245WY606 DUBAI  1330PK291 LAHORE/ISLAM ABBAD  1430WY918 KHASAB  1440IX817 MANGALORE/ABU DHABI  1440WY906 SALALAH  1445WY656 BAHRAIN  1530WY632 ABU DHABI  1535SV530 JEDDAH  1550FZ045 DUBAI  1555WY274 JAIPUR  1640WY204 BOMBAY  1710WY292 CALICUT  1720WY246 DELHI  1730WY610 DUBAI  1730WY264 LUCKNOW  1735WY232 HYDERABAD  1740QR1126 DOHA  1745WY664 DOHA  1745EK864 DUBAI  1800GF564 BAHRAIN  1810WY646 KUWAIT  1900G9116 SHARJAH  1915WY254 MADRAS  1920RG125 BATEEN AIRPORT OF AUH  1930TG507 BANGKOK/KARACHI  1935FZ047 DUBAI  1945WY914 SALALAH  1950WY434 TEHRAN  2000WY614 DUBAI  2030KL441 AMSTERDAM/DOHA  2120WY312 CHITTAGONG  2125WY624 DUBAI  2125AI973 DELHI  21256.00E+81 BOMBAY  2130WY414 AMMAN  21359W534 COCHIN  2140WY374 COLOMBO  2150AI907 MADRAS  2200QR1134 DOHA  2210UL205 COLOMBO  2225WY338 KATHMANDU  2235GF566 BAHRAIN  2240BA073 LONDON-HEATHROW/ABU DHABI  2240EY388 ABU DHABI  2250WY908 SALALAH  2255SG061 AHMEDABAD  2300AI985 AHMEDABAD/BOMBAY  2310WY662 DOHA  2315LX242 ZURICH/DUBAI  23209W540 BOMBAY  2325LH618 FRANKFURT/ABU DHABI  2330WY654 BAHRAIN  2330WY612 DUBAI  2335WY636 ABU DHABI  2350WY696 DAMMAM  2350WY910 SALALAH  2355WY717 ZANZIBAR/DARESSLAM  2355

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A I R L I N E S

—www.met.gov.om

PRAYER TIMINGS

Dhuhr 11.56am

Asr 3.05pm

Maghrib 5.28pm

Isha 6.41pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 5.01am

Sunset 5.23pm

Sunrise (Tomorrow) 6.19am

High tide 1:11am 12:06pm

Low tide 6:12pm 7:15am

BORN today, you are adept at walking on fences, balanced carefully yet confi dently between two extremes of thought or action. In this way, you are able to get a complete view of the world around you, the kind of view that will enable you to evolve with the times and make the best of even the most unfavourable situations. You are able to see clearly even when you are not in your comfort zone. You have a way of sorting through the extraneous and meaningless mess that might spell doom for another, grabbing hold of that which is useful, meaningful and lasting — and all the while, you are able to maintain your careful balance atop that fence.

You enjoy activities that require you to dig deep and deliver your best, even on the spur of the moment. You also enjoy that which brings you in contact with other people who share your talents, beliefs and outlooks. Ultimately, you may be able to combine these interests into a single, profitable career.

Also born on this date are: Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast; Grace Kelly, actress and Princess of Monaco; Kim Hunter, actress; Neil Young, singer-songwriter and musician; Al Michaels, sportscaster; Auguste Rodin, sculptor; Sammy Sosa, baseball player.

You are enjoying an upswing in energy and enthusiasm — just when your involvement in a certain project is about to increase.

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22]

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AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18]

It’s time once again to put yourself on the front lines. Your willingness to do more for the cause will inspire others as well.

A fi gure from your past resurfaces. What follows will give you a chance to put new skills to the test — and you can acquit yourself well.

You mustn’t let yourself throw a wrench in the works simply because you are unable to control your emotions. Stay calm and rational.

You feel as though you are trying to push something into place. Indeed, some things are not as easy as they should be right now.

You certainly can’t expect your life to be eff ortless at this time, but neither should you be resigned to unnecessary diffi culty.

The positive is there; you just have to look for it. Don’t let a preponderance of bad news control your thoughts or feelings.

You are making plans that can aff ect others, so do nothing before you talk to those who are on the front lines.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]

News received from afar has you taking a step back and observing things in a new way. This doesn’t mean change is imminent, however.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20]

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22]

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22]

CAPRICORN [DEC. 22-JAN 19]

Y O U R B I R T H D A Y

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19]

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20]

You may be able to fool some people with double-talk and other clever hocus-pocus, but most will see through any attempts at misdirection.

Weigh the pros and cons carefully. No matter how the tally balances, your instincts will tell you what they always have.

You’ll fi nd the answers you seek in the places you expect to fi nd them, but you may have to search elsewhere just to prove that you can.

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Learn why vinegar has been prized since Roman timesFROM HELPING in making a refreshing drink to cleaning your vegetables — as a versatile ingredient, vinegar can be used for multiple things. Here are some diff erent ways in which it can be used, reported huffi ngtonpost.com: Make a refresh-ing drink — Vinegar has been prized as a revitalising, thirst-quenching ingredient since ancient Roman times. Bake a sweet pie — This classic pioneer-era dessert contains its namesake ingredient, but the fi nished product is a sweet custard creation with a slight tang, encased in a golden, buttery crust. The beauty of this dessert, which dates back to the 1800s, is that you can whip up a satisfying sweet with little more than pantry staples. Use up your herbs — Dry your extra herbs or make olive oil ice cubes with them, but you can also use them to dress up your vin-egar. Start with fresh herbs that have been washed, patted dry and placed in a glass jar. Cover with a good-quality vinegar and let infuse in a cool, dark place for a minimum of one day and up to a week, until the desired fl avour is achieved. —IANS

BR I E FS

Adecade ago, after just a few ill-fated and highly self-esteem-damaging attempts to learn my native

South Indian cuisine, I threw in the rice cooker. Really I chucked my tiny four-cup nemesis into a dumpster, and with it any illusions that I’d ever make dosa, please my parents and become some sort of hipster Madhur Jaff rey.

“It’s too complicated! There are too many spices,” I’d fume as I toast-ed mustard seed, lentils and tur-meric into a blackened, bitter mess.

South Indian food is also fairly unfamiliar stateside, its tamarind, coconut, tiny-but-potent chillies and fresh herbs more reminiscent of Southeast Asian fl avours than the vindaloo Americans know.

Unlike the northern regions of India, where wheat fl ourishes and is milled into an array of naans, rotis and ghee-soaked parathas, southern India is tropical, shaded

by coconut and banana trees and fi lled with forests of black pepper as juicy as berries on the vine. And just beyond the 24-hour clatter of cities such as Chennai, the south-ern plains are covered in a lush, green carpet of rice paddies.

For the large number of veg-etarians from the coastal state of Tamil Nadu, where my fam-ily is from, rice is everything. It is boiled for a pantheon of rice dishes. For crisp dosas and spongy idlis, it’s ground into a batter. It’s even pounded fl at and

fried for crunchy hot mixes that serve as a midday snack.

Rice is in my blood. But I’ve never been able to cook it.

Oh, sure, I have charred it. I have pulled it from that rice cooker so waterlogged that, as my friends arrived for the Indian feast I had promised, I sobbed large, panicked tears.

Among children of immigrants, cooking is often fraught — It’s a way of carrying on cultural tradi-tions, of fi ghting off the anxious feeling that you are a generation

away from blurring into every-one else. Each narrowly avoided grease fi re was evidence that my very Indian-ness was tenuous.

“You were not interested,” my mother, Lakshmi, tells me in her lilt-ing, faintly accented English when I ask her why I never embedded myself in her spacious suburban kitchen, where a zillion pungent spices hide in as many burnt-orange Tupperware containers.

A few years ago, Mom opti-mistically presented me with my own stainless-steel spice box.

The boxes are staples of Indian households, off ering quick ac-cess to frequently used spices. Perhaps because she knew I was a lost cause, mine is so small it’s almost dainty, about the right size for a fi ve-year-old’s Easy Bake kitchen. I left its seven tiny little cups empty for years.

It has not been all my fault. There are no cookbooks in most South In-dian households, no binders full of casserole recipes from which to pull dinner plans. There are no measur-ing cups or spoons in our home. Ask my mother how to make rice and she suggests that one can “take two fi ngers water, and one fi nger rice,” or something to that eff ect.

These are not recipes, I often chide her. They are riddles.

When one’s culinary track re-cord is as bleak as mine, it is wise to call in the big guns. And so I sheepishly explain to Vikram Sunderam, the James Beard Award-winning executive chef of Washington’s Rasika, that I’m hoping he can teach me to cook, beginning with rice.

Astonishingly, he is sympathet-ic to my plight. His menus span all corners of the subcontinent, each dish always pitch-perfect in its distillation of the cooking tradi-tions of its particular region. But his father is South Indian.

“Just cook it like pasta!” Sun-deram insists when I meet him in the subterranean kitchen of

Rasika West End. He is emphatic that I forget about the rice cooker — done and done, sir — and use what he calls the draining method, which is to boil the rice and then drain off the water when it’s done, as if it were spaghetti.

I enlist Sunderam to teach me to make one meal, a simple but common trio of vegetarian dishes — lemon rice, a vegetable stir-fry known as poriyal, and a yoghurt accompaniment called pachadi. As he dices carrots and eff ortlessly tosses his spices in the pan, Sunderam explains the traditions that I, as a vegetarian, haven’t experienced, such as the rich seafood dishes that also hail from the southern state of Kera-la as well as Tamil Nadu, which sits on the edge of the rich, blue Bay of Bengal. The never-ending train of explorers and invaders who came into India from the north centuries ago deeply infl u-enced North Indian food, Sun-deram says, but in the South, the cuisine was and still is driven by the tropical geography.

I leave with recipes that con-tain actual measurements. When we’re done, he also asks me to taste everything, arguing that it will help me as I attempt to re-create the dishes later.

I sigh, as I often do when I’m a diner in his restaurants. It tastes exactly like home. - Lavanya Ramanathan/The Washington Post.

Cooking the South Indian wayThere are no

cookbooks in

most South Indian

households, no

binders full of

casserole recipes

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If you looked back through your old home photos, would you cringe or think they were cool? Firmly in the latter camp is Nina

Manandhar, a photographer who specialises in youth culture and the founder of what-we-wore.com, which has just had its fi rst print edition published. A scroll through the reader-submitted images which document chang-ing styles and attitudes from 1950 to the present day, is a sociologi-cal gold mine. A fl ick through the pages of people posing in back gardens, teenage bedrooms, on holiday and in nightclubs is al-most guaranteed to send you rum-maging in shoeboxes and attics for snapshots of your own youth. One of the beauties of the project is the way that it combines the pictures of ordinary people along-side those of famous or interest-ing fi gures such as the DJ and broadcaster Don Letts, the artists Jeremy Deller and Tracey Emin, and the fashion designers Giles Deacon and Luella Bartley. Beside each picture are personal stories documenting why they wore what they did, where they were going and what it meant to them.

“I was on my way to Innovation at Camden Palace in a sports bra and satin skirt with my Moschi-no belt,” says Juliette Hedoin, a former clubber and one of the contributors to What We Wore. “I always wore my sunglasses at jungle raves. Perfect for when you left the club and the sun was shining at 7am! I’d wear pants un-derneath my skirts to save embar-rassment when dancing on top of the speakers.”

Manandhar set out to recontex-tualise familiar subcultures such as mods, rockers and soul boys, as well as more obscure style tribes, by telling people’s stories in their own words. “These images pro-vide a real context to the outfi ts, with anecdotes and memories, rather than just an image fl oating on the internet,” she explains. “As we use Tumblr, Google Images and Pinterest more and more, im-

ages can all too easily lose their backstory.” From a photographic point of view, using amateur snaps is important, too. “There’s something about pictures taken by real people that’s so subtle, and it’s the little details that tell the story. The way you look at your friend, mum or dad when they’re behind the camera is so diff erent to the expressions captured in straight-up street style shots in a magazine, for example.”

Documenting a time through personal style stories is impor-tant, agrees Carri Mundane, a fashion designer and What We Wore contributor. She describes her look during her time at art college as “cyber faerie”, explain-ing: “I have always been obsessed with tribes but never felt part of one. My identity samples from lots of subcultures, which is more common now but was rarer in the Nineties when I was growing up.”

That sense of mixing and match-ing, the way that not everyone’s identity can neatly be categorised, is a recurring theme in the book, while others subvert stereotypes completely. Riaz Khan, for exam-ple, a British Asian from Leicester identifi ed as a “football casual” in the Seventies, a youth movement usually thought of as purely white working class, and associated with overtones of racism.

Street style is now a popular genre of publishing, with count-less books, blogs and magazine features documenting dress. But,

as Ted Polhemus — an anthro-pologist who pioneered the genre and wrote the foreword to What We Wore — explains, there’s still room to stand out in a crowded market. “When my street style ex-hibition opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1994, someone wrote in a review that you could tell when something is ‘fi nished’ because they put it into a mu-seum. I actually thought that was about right. It can’t be denied that books, magazine articles, exhibi-tions and so forth all take some of the freshness and bite out of sub-cultures. Even more dangerous to the health of street style are all the hordes of ‘cool-hunters’ from marketing and fashion. What We Wore is a bit diff erent because the people involved choose to exhibit themselves, and there are no hip-ness police to reject that which doesn’t measure up to current style obsessions.”

On the topic of cool-hunting, and how an archive such as this could be rather attractive to brands putting together their in-spiration mood boards, Manand-har is fi rm in her stance. “It’s not aimed at brands. It’s been set up so that everyone can look at it and access it and everyone can sub-mit something. I want it to grow as a resource and spread to other countries, too. I really do see the book as the fi rst chapter in the project and still want people to keep sending in their images.”

Sharmadean Reid, the owner and founder of WAH Nails, has her own diary and photo booth snaps in the book, along with her observation that the way she dressed as a teenager — a mix of sportswear and formal tailoring — is still the basis of her style now. Reid puts the success of the pro-ject down to the fact that we can’t resist a trip down memory lane: “Looking at old pictures makes you laugh, feel surprised and nos-talgic. I love seeing my mood cap-tured in a specifi c space and time on something tangible like this. In the internet age, that’s easily lost.” – Naomi Attwood/The Independent

A new book compiling personal photos which pinpoint time

and place through style shows that fashion history is about

much more than museum pieces

‘What We Wore’ THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT TELL A STORY

Frog species named after Ozzy Osbourne SCIENTISTS have named a new species of frog as Pendropsophus ozzy in honour of Singer Ozzy Osbourne. The 19.4mm amphibian was discovered by scientists working in the Brazilian Amazon during a bio-diversity survey in 2009 and was named after the 64-year-old singer, who infamously bit the head off a bat during a gig in 1982, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. Ozzy’s daugh-ter Kelly was thrilled by this honour. Taking to her offi cial Twitter page she wrote “You know you have made it when they name a whole new species of frog after you!!! Congratulations dad @OzzyOsbourne (sic),” posting a link of one of the articles about the study.

Macaulay Culkin mocks his death rumoursHOME ALONE star Macaulay Culkin mocks the rumours of his death which went viral on the internet recently. The 34-year-old posted images on micro-blogging site Twitter making fun of the death hoax. In one of the pictures he pretends to be dead and in another he is seen smiling and hold-ing a soda can with caption: “We’re on tour you silly people/ @anchovy-warhol’s.” The star became the latest victim of an Internet death hoax, but shut down the speculation by taking to his band’s Instagram page to prove he was indeed alive and well. “We’re on tour you silly people,” he wrote. In December 2013, a viral video of Culkin eating a cheese pizza was uploaded to YouTube. He was parodying Andy Warhol consuming a Burger King Whopper in Jørgen Leth’s documentary 66 Scenes from America. Culkin

was promoting the debut of his New York-based, pizza-themed comedy rock band The Pizza Un-derground. Their tour began in Brooklyn on January 24, 2014. In late May 2014, Culkin stormed off stage at Rock City during his kazoo solo after fans began booing and throwing bottles at the band. The rumour of Macaulay Culkin’s death surfaced on Saturday — six months after the last death hoax — and within a matter of minutes an ‘R.I.P Macaulay Culkin’ Facebook page was set up and received over a million likes. —IANS

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FOR RENT

For rent apartments: An apart-

ment in old Muscat at Oman Arab

Bank’s building. 3 bedrooms + 3

bathrooms, dining room, living room

and a kitchen. Air conditioned apart-

ments. 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms,

living room, dining room area and

kitchen in an excellent location in Al

Khuwair opposite the court of fi rst

instance. For further information

call 97072976

New deluxe 1&2 B/R, fully furnished

and unfurnished fl ats with free in-

ternet available Al Khuwair near KM

Hypermarket. Contact 99460330

ISM, Darsait, 3 minutes by walk,

very spacious 1 BHK fl at, 2 bath-

rooms, brand new well maintained

building, ground fl oor-RO 275/- per

month. Contact 94150798 (ZIA)

Apartments in Al Khuwair new

area each apartment contains (2

bedrooms + living room) for RO 365.

Contact 93181111

Building in Ghala for rent with

24 apartments near Bank Muscat,

93181111

Villa in Al Azaiba contains (5 bed-

rooms + living room + hall)

for RO 900 located near Al Fair

Supermarket. 93161111

Villa in Bousher contains (5 bed-

rooms + living room + hall) for RO

900, 93161111.

Stores in Industrial Ghala opposite

Al Ghobrah garage with 550 m, RO 4

for each meter, 93161111

Villa in Al Azaiba with area of

1200 m, contains from (2 halls +

2 living rooms +5 bedrooms with

bathrooms+maids room+7 car

parkings+garden) for RO 2300,

92161111

Villa in Qurum contains (7 bed-

rooms living room hall) for RO 1500,

93161111

New deluxe, 2 & 3 BHK fl ats avail-

able in Darsait, Mumtaz, Al Falaj.

Contact 99142314

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Luxury villa in al Azaiba inside a

compound each villa contains (5

bedrooms living room dining room

car parking) each villa RO 1200,

93161111

Open space offi ces with 4 bathrooms

kitchen for each meter RO 7, 93161111

Villa in Al Mawaleh contains

(4 rooms + hall) RO 480.

Contact 93121111

4 villas in Southern Al Hail with (6

bedrooms living room hall), each

villa is RO 1200, 93121111

Villa in Al Khoudh 7 with (5 bed-

rooms, living room, hall) for RO 600,

93121111

Residential / Commercial Apart-

ments in Al Khuwair located on the

main street rental prices starts with

RO 450, 93121111

Commercial land in Al Misfah and

Al Jafnen for rent for rent starts with

4000 meter, each meter is RO 1.200,

93121111

Shops for rent near Al Khoudh Souq

rental prices starts with RO 400,

93121111

Apartments in Al Khuwair near

Al Khuwair Souq each apartment

contains (2 bedrooms + living room)

for RO 325, 93121111

Showroom in Al Khuwair located

on the main street, 900 m, and each

meter for RO 12, 93121111

1,2 BHK in Wadi Kabir. RO 235/-, RO

300/-. Contact 97799175

For rent 2 bedrooms + hall + kitchen.

Location: South Mawaleh.

Contact 99870020

2 BHK fl at for rent in Ruwi.

Contact - 99792181

2 BHK fl at in Ghobrah.

Contact - 99792181

3 BHK fl at Ghobrah close to ISG way

– 4041, building – 4390.

Contact – 99319880

Show room on the main road Saham

center total area 450 m sq. Contact:

99366558 / 99334226

5 BHK villa in MQ near Centre point

Al Khuwair (Rent or Sale), 1 BHK fl at in

Darsait near Kims. Contact 92883001

Ground + Mezzanine fl oor suitable

for A Grade Restaurant at prime loca-

tion, MBD south. Contact 24714625 /

94460790

4 BHK for rent in Madinat Qaboos.

Contact - 99792181

New Building in Muttrah, 2 B/D

Room Flat + Sitting Room, 3 Baths+

Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind

Khimjis main offi ce/opposite to

Oman House Call 99419712

1 BHK fl at in Wadi Kabir. RO 180/-.

Contact 99376454

3 rooms, kitchen, store Rex Road

Ruwi behind Fathima Market. Con-

tact 91290464, 95490049

Big room attached bathroom,

kitchen near Sana Bldg, Wadi Kabir.

RO 125/-. Contact 95094028

Room attached bathroom, kitchen

near Kuwaiti Mosque, Wadi Kabir.

RO 200/-. Contact 95094028

An industrial land at Al Wasit of

11550 SQM for RO 900K. Contact

95330200

A 2 bedroom direct Marine view

apartment at the Wave for RO 210 k.

Contact 95330200

2 bedroom apartments available

for rent at Ghubrah near Grand Mall,

close to Atlas Hospital next to Di-

wan’s Offi ce.#99833747, 24562526

Deluxe 3 BHK family fl at, 4 bed-

rooms bachelors villa at Al Ansab.

Contact 98458542

Flat for rent in Mabela near express

road rent RO 300/-. #97695450

Offi ce space (125 SQM) located in

prime area at 18 November street,

Al Azaiba. Contact 99261522

Offi ce space with cassette type

A/C’s with free internet in Al Khu-

wair near KM Hypermarket. contact

99460330

Readymade offi ce space for rent

(110 & 130SM) fully or separate, with

partition) in Bank Melli Iran Build-

ing, MBD area, Ruwi, Opposite center

point. Contact 99011352

2 BHK fl at, brand new building

Ghala, 100 SQM open space offi ces,

Ghala, 40 SQM shop in Ghala, full

furnished business Centre, small

offi ces available in Ghala, 20

SQM, 25 SQM, 2 BHK in Ruwi,

Mumtaz, Darsait, Wadi Al Kabir, Rex

Road. #93782735 / 99208033

1 BHK, 2 BHK, brand new building

in Mabelah on main road, 450 SQM,

showroom available in Mabelah,

good price. Prime location good for

any business like showroom, restau-

rant, bank, supermarket, retail shop.

Contact 93782735 / 99208033

Café Shop for Rent at Ghubrah North.

Contact 99359755

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FOR RENT

BUYING/SELLING

Household & offi ce furniture and

electronic items. Contact 99834373,

97102699

Looking for purchase of Used Portable Compressor (350 CFM,

7 Bar Pressure) powered with Diesel

run Generator.

Kindly Contact 99014686 or

operation@khancogroup.com

ACC. WANTED

AVAILABLE

FOR SALE FOR SALE

Established Restaurant for rent

with sponsorship. #97628242

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound

Systems and spectacular lighting.

Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering

and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. www.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

Plots available. Open land and plots

for yard and labor camps available

near Naseem Garden plot size 1000-

3000 SQM. Contact :

tchacko@alrahal.com. #99849644

A cold store (-26 degree C) with

offi ce and temperature controlled

area is available for rent. Contact

24497570 / 99313046

Semi furnished offi ce space of 200

SQM in Al Khuwair next to Al Meera

Hypermarket is available.

Call 99313046

BHK in Al Ghubrah North include

E/W and AC split RO 280. #95811110

House in Al Azaibah, 3 rooms, 2

halls, 4 bathrooms and kitchen, RO

480. Contact 95077881

Deluxe one, two, three bedrooms

fl ats Ruwi, Darsait, MBD, Wadi Kabir,

Wattayah.#24707340 / 99472457

LABOUR CAMP Space for rent at

YETI. Contact: 99221683/92830110

Furnished / unfurnished apart-

ments available for rent on long

term /short term basis, near Vacha’s

hypermarket in Ghala. # 97677211

1 BHK for commercial, MBD. #97799175

New fl at, Ghala near Royal Hospital,

3 BHK, hall, split A/C, RO 425/-.

Contact 92479515

1 BHK, ISD RO 225/-.#97799175

Big fl at Al Azaiba near 18 November

Street, fi rst fl oor, 5 BHK, hall, living

room, AC, family only, RO 500/-.

Contact 92479515

1, 2, 3 BHK fl ats & villas. #92144045

Flat, 3 BHK, hall, Al Khuwair near

Centre point, RO 425/-, family only.

Contact 92479515

Flat, Ghubrah, 2 BHK, hall, split AC,

RO 350, family only near Beiret

Bank. Contact 92479515

1 & 2 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair 33 near

technical college. Contact 99792181

ACC. AVAILABLE

LOST

CHANGE OF NAME

We are dealing with sale of all beauty

salon equipments, furnitures & cos-

metics. # 942 888 61 / 942 888 63

Apartment in Al Khoudh with 1 BHK

for RO 35000, 93121111

Furnished offi ce and business for

sale, Darsait near labor card,

medical. Contact 91391363

Brand new Isuzu truck with body

3.5 ton for sale. Contact 91391363

Sadolin paint mixing machine well

maintained, not much used with

tinters, location Mabela Sanaiya.

Contact – 96473187 / 95125790

Industrial Area land in Rusayl 5000

SQM and building with 8 shops.

Contact 95490842, 99323957

Well running coff ee shop for sale in

Bausher and Al Khuwair.

Contact 94514314

Optical shop for sale.

Contact 93560765

Brand new split unit AC on excellent

cash rate. Contact 98458542

SHOP FOR SALE AT HONDA RD.

CONTACT 99221683 / 92830110

New & Refurbished portable cabins,

Fabrication of car parks & all types of

fabric shade. Contact 94475705

Shop for sale in Al Khuwair 33 with

offi ce equipment security. Contact

96024655

Flats For Sale in Boushar: OMR

35 Thousand 1 bedroom. OMR 45

Thousand 2 bedroom. Monthly

income 1 bedroom OMR 270 and 2

bedroom OMR 350. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

Machines for sale: Articulated

dump trucks make: Volvo A35D (16

cum) model: 2005 & 25 ton AWM

Truck mounted crane model: 2008.

Contact 99207592, 99882570,

fax: 24593333

Garage for sale, good location,

express way road connecting at

Mabela, full equipped, setup “A”

Grade garage. Contact 99879872

Building material shop for sale at

Al Ghobrah near Mars Hypermarket.

Contact 93797343 / 99881647

Single bedroom with attached

bathroom for executive bachelor

next to Indian School Ghobrah.

Contact 95259322

Furnished single/sharing room

available for exe bachelor at Rex

Road near Kamat. Contact 92873832

Bed space available @OMR 40 for

South Indian in Ruwi. #92956291

Sharing villa, large room with

kitchen, bath, dressing, Al Khuwair.

Contact 99743569, 97004265

Room for Sri Lankan, ex bachelor,

Al Khuwair. Contact 96536307

Executive bachelor in Al Khuwair.

Contact 98689559, 92125115

2 BHK available in Darsait near

Lulu RO 250/-. Contact 92383882

1 BR accommodation available at

Rex Road, suitable for bachelors.

Contact 99889590

Spacious room, separate bathroom,

sharing kitchen at Wadi Kabir,

Shell Pump rent RO 90/- & E/W RO

20/- per month for Muslim family.

Contact 97887620

Furnished single room with

bathroom, Al Khuwair area only for

ladies. Contact 96059431

1 BHK, 2 BHK new building in

Wadi Kabir. Contact 99313274

100 + 140 +180 + 200 sqr mtrs offi ce

space in Alkhuwair. #99792181

1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in Mis-

fah Industrial area near to Khanco.

OMR 1,500 Monthly. Electricity and

Boundary wall will be provided.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

2BHK Flat at Old Muscat. Contact:

91393005

Shop/ Offi ce near Oman House, Mut-

trah. Contact 99233116

2 BHK villa, Mumtaz, RO 300.

Contact 97799175

2 BHK, Ghobrah, RO 300. #97799175

1 BHK Darsait commercial, RO 250.

Contact 97799175

Flat for rent behind Indian

School in south Mabela (2

rooms+hall+kitchen+2 toilets) for

family only. Contact 92900776

3 BHK fl ats in Ruwi near Masjid

Sultan Qaboos.contact 99421637,

98546002

Room for rent for family attached

bathroom. Contact 92354545

For rent 2 BHK at Al Azaiba, build-

ing no. 5145 way 4470. Contact

99224748, 99425665

For rent 1 BHK at Al Khoudh, com-

mercial area Al Khoudh Souq.

Contact 99224748, 99332297

Villas and apartments any location.

Contact 95178930

1st fl oor fl at in Amerat 4 rooms,

3 bathrooms, family hall, kitchen

with A/C. Contact 95522405

Flat/rooms for rent in Mumtaz Area.

Contact 92502241 / 92245110

Room for rent in Ruwi.

Contact 95372192

Double bedroom fl at near Wadi Kabir

Lulu# 99719471, 99639102

Flats/villas owned by ROP pension

fund available for rent in Muscat.

Contact 99349526

Small offi ce for rent in Azaiba North.

Contact 92294409

Flat for rent in Al Amerat. Contact

99209264

Flat and room for rent in Qurum

near park. Contact 99664703

Flats, Amerat Souk. Contact

99647903 / 98026234

Excellent fl at for rent in Ruwi,

Mumtaz Area and Al-Hail South.

Contact 98051159

Beautiful villa for rent next to post

offi ce in Al Qurum, 5 bedrooms, hall

and kitchen. Contact 99311454

For rent fl at and showroom,

Al Azaiba, Ghala, Ghubrah,

Al Khuwair-33 and Mabelah.

Contact 93651633, 24485240,

24485241

I BHK Flat Wadi Kabir. RO 180/-.

Contact 99376454

1 BHK fl at near Star Cinema, Ruwi.

RO 240/-.Contact 97079146 /

95570288

5 bedrooms villa, 2 halls, 4 bath-

rooms in Darsait, behind Khimjis

Mart. Contact 24700120 / 92584715

Building with four fl ats near Pizza

Hut Mawaleh. Contact 99044164

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99383569

Flat for rent in Ruwi, Mumtaz Area

and Al-Hail South.

Contact 91409778

1 BHK fl at in Wadi Kabir. RO 215/-.

Contact 99358589

Small house for rent at Ghubrah.

Contact 95032152

I, Allaudeen Shahul Hameed

(name exactly as in present

passport) son of Mohamed Gani

Shahul Hameed presently residing

in Oman P.B. No 657, P.C. No 611,

Sultanate of Oman and having

permanent address in India (as

per present passport), holder of

Indian Passport No. J3757408 date

of issue 27.09.2010 place of issue

Muscat hereby solemnly affi rm

and declare that Allaudeen Gulsam

Beevi (name of my wife appearing

as my passport) and the name of

my wife Kulsam Bevee Allaudeen

appearing as per her Indian Pass-

port No. K4249985 are the same

individuals and not two diff erent

individuals. Any objection towards

this marriage may please be com-

municated to Embassy of India,

Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al

Khuwair, P.B. No 1727, Postal Code

112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman within

30 (thirty) days of publication of

this newspaper advertisement.

Wanted a two Bedroom Flat in and

around Ruwi Area. Gsm 99761216

Single room need in Ruwi. #91676434

I, Sreejith R.S (holder of Indian

Passport No. L4908634) son of Ra-

machandran Nair having permanent

address in Sravanam, Peringanadu,

P.O.Adoor, Pathanamthitta, Kerala

(complete postal address in India)

and presently residing in Carillion

Alawi LLC, P.O.Box 1436, PC 112,

Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman (complete

postal address in Oman) intend to

change my name from Sreejith Sra-

vanam Kochumadathil Thazhethil

Ramachandran Nair (old name) to

Sreejith Ramachandran Nair Sravan-

am (new name) for all practical pur-

poses. Any objection towards change

of name of our minor child may

please be communicated to Embassy

of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters,

Al Khuwair, P.B.No 1727, Postal Code

112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman

Shahi Noor Hasmat Ali has lost

Bangladeshi Passport No. X 924196.

Finder please handover to ROP

Used containers for sale.

Contact 95539929

A Renault van for goods transporta-

tion, registration – 17.12.2014. You

can pay the owner, RO 1500 and

to complete the rest of the install-

ments, RO 147 monthly. Contact

93642648, 92182145

Industrial Area land in Rusayl 5000

SQM and building with 8 shops.

Contact 95490842, 99323957

Running studio for sale at Amerat

Souq. Contact 97621737

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DOMESTIC HELP

DRIVER

CATERING

ADMIN / HRSKILLED / UN SKILLED

FOREMAN

HOSPITALITY

SECRETARIAL

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

Require house boy having fair com-

munication skills in English with

experience in house or hotels. Age

limit required between 21 to 25 yrs

Contact 24707088, Email : alyounis-

trading@gmail.com

Required immediately on visa full-time housemaid for family in

Azaiba. Contact 95123244

for interviews asap.

Required a cook.Contact 99209264

ADMIN/HR

ADMIN/HR

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

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ENGINEERS

Telugu Driver Wanted-

Contact 95450157

Urgently driver wanted, Omani

(private light). Contact 99173812,

Star life Co.LLC

Required a driver (light motor).

Contact 92392979

Required Indian driver.Contact 99209264

Indian Male: B.COM, 4 years experi-

ence in Accounts, in Manufactur-

ing Co Oman, Working Knowledge

With Tally ERP- With Oman valid

D/L,Presently working in Muscat

NOC Available Looking for Suitable

position in Reputed Company,

Contact; 95745287 and Email:

raiforeveryone@rediff mail.com

Chief Accountant with 20 years

experience in reputed companies

looking for suitable placement.

Contact 97385562

Indian Male, 40- Senior Accountant

looking for a job. Contact 98753366

Accountant Indian Female, MBA

(Finance), 1.5 years experience in

Oman looking for a suitable place-

ment. Contact 97349904, Email:

sweeta_varghese@yahoo.com

Professionally qualifi ed Manager

with Financial and Commercial

experience at a Group level with

diversifi ed operations across the

Middle East. Contact 98480428 ,

accaprof@outlook.com

Indian male, 28 yrs, B.Com, 6 years

Accounts experience in East Africa

seeking suitable job. 3 months visit

visa. Contact 94613626

Indian male 26 yrs B. Com

(Accountant/Payroll Offi cer) 3 Yrs

experienced in Oman seeking for

a suitable position, release & NOC

available. Contact 97803996

Indian Male, 26 years MBA having

4 years experience looking for

suitable post in Oman. #91738269

Senior Accountant inter CA 18yrs

experience in diversifi ed industries

seeking suitable placement

Contact 91126314

SALES / MARKETING

ELECTRICIAN

Required Sales Engineer having 1-2

year experience with Oman driv-

ing license for an Oilfi eld trading

company, please send CV to info@

patron-energy.com

The following vacancy is urgently required for a printing press in

Wadi Kabir-Sales Executive with

well knowledge and experience in

printing press holding valid Omani

Driving License. Please send your

CV to “ info@albatnapp.com

Wanted males/females Omanis

& expats as freelancers to conduct

Corporate & Individual Surveys in

Muscat, Batinah, Dakhliya, Salalah,

Sharqiyah, Duqum, Ibri, Buraimi

& Musandam on project to project

basis. Graduate fl uent in English,

Driving license must.

Contact 24701430

We are looking for an experienced

Building Materials Sales Executive

having valid Omani Driving License

and NOC. Please send CV by email :

mcntllcoman@gmail.com

Urgently required Sales & Mar-

keting Executive for an Engineer-

ing company, minimum 2 year

experienced, with good communica-

tion skill & driving license. Email :

info@4dengineering.net

Tourism Company looking for

marketing person, salary RO 200/- &

commission, petrol & car free. (Also

for ladies part time RO 150/-).

Contact 91272676

Required salesman and tailor.

Contact 96964767

Required urgently Sales repre-sentative, young, dynamic, result

oriented, minimum 2 yrs exp, prefer-

ably Omani Driving License holder

for Building Material Co.

Apply P.O.Box 319, P. Code 131,

Hamriya with CV & Photo

Exciting career opportunities in

Advertising/Media Sales/Busi-ness Development/Web & Graphic Design for experienced people. At-

tractive terms. Apply with photo CV

to jobs@interacoman.com

Required Tailor. Contact 95204145

Required Electrical cum plumber foreman capable of handling site by

himself, free food and accommoda-

tion, salary negotiable.

Contact 99410979, fax: 24810592,

email: fwillc2009@gmail.com

Required for leading company

– one foreman (Indian). Email :

r.yass2020@gmail.com

Business Development cum Outlet

Manager required for reputed Asian

Franchise in Muscat. 5 to 7 years of

experience in restaurant/catering

business with 2 years in supervisory

position. Self-driven people with

pleasing personality and good com-

munication skills. Call 93977533

Reputed trading company in Mus-

cat requires Female Receptionist

(Omani) and Sales Executive (any

Nationality). Interested candidates

please send CV’s to

infooman@orchidinternational.ae

Indian Male, 35 years with 10 years

Oman experience in HR & Adminis-

tration looking for suitable place-

ment. Please contact 99697957

Over 14 years of Gulf experience as

Administration/HR specialist fl uent

in Arabic / English with driving

license, looking for suitable position.

Contact 95824598

MBA in Material Management, 20

years experience in Gulf worked in

Admin, Stores, Inventory, Procure-

ment in charge, bilingual translator,

Arabic, English hold Omani and UAE

driving license, and release

available seeks employment.

Contact97418315

Indian B.Sc. Maths+PGDCA - well ex-

perienced, seeks suitable placement

as Commercial/Logistic Executive

or Document Controller/Customer

Service Executive; expected on short

visit by Nov. 1st Week;

Contact 99702383.

Email: prabhapisharody@yahoo.com

Indian male, MBA Finance, (Pursu-

ing CMA from US) , 15 plus years

Oman experience in Finance/Ac-

counts and Administration seeks

suitable placement. #99669275

Urgently required Omani Account-ant: Minimum 2 years experience

in accounts must be able to handle

accounts. Good knowledge of MS

word, excel, Oracle based accounting

software or any other is must. Inter-

ested candidates may send in their

CVs to Fax # 24600217 or email to

starmail@omantel.net.om

One of the leading Business groups

in Oman is looking for an Accountant

with 5-8 years of experience prefer-

ably in industrial parts.

Contact 99428552

Lecturers for Admin & Accounts Graduate with 4 yrs. experience,

Lecturers for English graduate with

CELTA/TEFL/TESOL minimum 4 yrs.

experience, Lecturers for IT gradu-

ate with Experience in Network &

AutoCAD. (Preference will be given

to Philippine Nationals)Arabian

Institute – Willayat Suwaiq .

Mail CV to: jobs@aifas.net ,

aifasswq@gmail.com

Required for a leading company: 1.Qualifi ed Accountant, salary RO

300 + accommodation, 2.English

typist, salary RO 175-200 + accom-

modation, 3.Full time driver

(light vehicles only).

Email : r.yass2020@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 3 yrs Gulf exp

required & plumber & electrician,

3 yrs Gulf exp required for Dubai

based Company.

Email : recruit.emarat@gmail.com

Required Civil Engineer minimum

3 to 5 years experience with GCC

Driving License may apply with

details to careershsa@gmail.com

Required for Al Shirawi Equipment

Company LLC, Sales Engineer with

fabrication experience, 5 to 7 years

(1 No.), experience in Tipping Trailer,

Flat bed, low bed, water tanker,

tipper. Contact 94226924

Required HVAC Engineer mini-

mum 3 to 5 years experience with

GCC driving license may apply with

details to nationalhvac.mep@gmail.

com. Fax: 24799442

MECHANICAL/ TECHRequired Restaurant Managers, Waiters, Cooks and Cashiers for a very

reputed restaurant in Oman. Email CV

to recruit.oman2014@gmail.com

Urgently required a GP doctor with MOH license for a leading

medical clinic.Contact 92008272 /

96602188

Required paed doctor Gyn doctor, dentist - assistant pharmacist. lab technician , X.ray technician staff nurse for polyclinic for Saham .

Contact:92406024 Email:

mohammedgoda21@hotmail.com

Private Dental Clinic in Burimi

city need a dentist have practice

license in oman Mob : 98379121

Required Electrician cum Plumber, building material salesman, mason.

Contact 99383044

M. Com, well experienced, working

knowledge with Tally n ERP, present-

ly working in Oman seeks suitable

placement. Release available

Ph: 99035707.

email:abraz78@gmail.com

Indian Accountant, B.Com and DCA

(Diploma in Computer application,

2.5 years experience in Accountant

trainee in Kerala seeking suitable

job. Contact 99283908

Full or part time Indian male, Ac-

countant, 4 years experience in

Oman, NOC available. #96799714

Indian female, MBA in HR & Finance,

3 yrs experience in Accounts &

Administration seeking suitable

placement. Contact 93685717. Email :

anulins7@gmail.com

Indian Female, Senior Account-

ant with 10 years experience in

Accounts, Finance, Audit & Tax Man-

agement. Contact 96263157

Part time Accountant with 19 yrs

exp in Accounting Management.

Contact 95857199

Indian Female Accountant with

1 year experience in Accounts.

Contact 98672945

Indian Female 29 Yrs, B-Com Gradu-

ate with Basic Computer Knowledge

and Tally, having 6 yrs experience in

accounting seeking for the placement

in Account Assistant, currently on

visit visa in Oman Contact: 95478149

Email: tnaik15@gmail.com

Indian female Senior Accountant

with 10 years experience in Ac-

counts, Finance, Audit & Tax Man-

agement. Contact 96263157

Indian male 30 MBA Graduate 8

Years of Experience in Accounts &

Finance Looking for Part time Ac-

counts job like Daily 2 Hrs or in week

end holidays. Contact 97181244

Indian Male, B.Com 5 yrs experience

in Accounts/Finance in Oman with

valid D/L seeking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available. #95960600

Accounts part time works and fi nali-

zation works. Contact 96247295

Light driver looking for job in any

Company. Release available.

Contact 98368378

Accountant, Sales Executive driving

license available. NOC available, 3

yrs experience of Accounts & can do

any job. Contact 96131298

Sr. Accountant up to fi nalization

looking for part time job after 5 pm

(location prefer – Qurum to

Al Khoudh). Contact 92917574

Chartered Accountant Indian

(Female) having valid Omani DL and

work experience of 1 year in a Big

4 Audit fi rm (India) seeks suitable

placement. GSM: 99484368

Pakistani Male, ACCA Fundamental

Level qualifi ed, advanced Diploma

in Accounting and Business certifi ed

accounting technician, 3 years experi-

ence as Accounts Offi cer. #99860453,

Email: khalid.ikram08@gmail.com

Chartered Accountant with 10 yrs

of Gulf & MNC experience, in depth

knowledge in Financial statements

including consolidation, treasury,

MIS, AR/AP, Insurance, Taxation,

Payroll etc looking for Senior posi-

tion in fi nance, NOC available.

Email : prds1406@gmail.com.

Contact : 96293649

Indian male age 30 having 10 yrs ex-

perience in Finance & Accounts seek-

ing suitable placement. #.93675399

Wanted Doctor with MOH license for

a Polyclinic. Excellent salary with

accommodation and commission.

Contact 99752442,

email : mmcmuscat@gmail.com

Urgently required GP Doctor with

MOH license for one month from

15.12.2014. Contact 93824902

Urgently required a Doctor for

leave vacancy, good payment with

commission. Contact 97091664

Urgently required Dentist manageribnalhaitham@yahoo.com

or call - 96721709

MOH licensed female nurse

required for clinic in Muscat for im-

mediate placement. #93538672

Pharmacist and Assistant Pharma-cist with MOH license are required.

Interested candidates contact

97091664 or mmcmuscat@gmail.

com. Good payment with incentives.

Require 2 dentists and 5 nurses,

Bahla. Contact 99237436

Indian National working in Oman

since 6 years as Assistant Manager

HR & Operations. Will get NOC and

can join immediately.

Contact No. 97648333

Indian female (26), B.Tech (CS),

1.6 years experience Banking sector

(Axis Bank Ltd) seeking job in pvt

fi rms/ banks in Administration/HR

/ Secretarial positions.

Contact 94525956,

Email : rekha.puzhakkal@gmail.com

currently on visit visa.

Over 15 years Oman experienced

Indian female Manager / Accounts

and Admin / Secretary.

Contact 96025193

Urgently required Administra-tion Manager. Graduate with

minimum 5 years experience

good command over English and

good experience in M.S Offi ce and

computers. Should be capable of

handling Administration depart-

ment, all type of correspondence &

routine offi ce works independent-

ly. Interested candidates may send

in their CVs to Fax # 24600217 or

email to starmail@omantel.net.om

Urgently required, Heavy Duty Drivers with Oman or GCC License,

Diesel Mechanics and Civil Labo-

ratory Technicians for a reputed

group. Candidates with Gulf expe-

rience may please forward their

CV’S to salesjob112014@gmail.

com or Contact GSM-99274321 for

personal Interview within 10 days.

Required Marine Mechanic with

3-5 years experience in maintain-

ing/ repairing outboard Engines

and Generators of Boat.

Email- hrmedia123@gmail.com

Contact-24696130.

Accountant, indian male, 31yrs,

M.com, 4 yrs experince in oman,

NOC available, Cont-93376130 ,

92398040

Accountant 3.5yrs.noc available.

joingimmediatly.mba(hr).98772358

hellogoush@gmail.com

Chief Accountant, M.Com + CA

articles completed.Having 5 yrs of

experience in Oman.Excellent com-

mand in IAS and IFRS.seeks proper

placement. GSM # 94387066

SALES / MARKETING

Reputed Perfume Company requires promoters. Please contact 95663682.

Email: vhhussain@gmail.com

Indian male MBA 32 yrs having

10 yrs of exp seeking suitable place-

ment in Admin/ HR/ Operations/

Coordination/ Logistics etc. Holding

valid Oman D/L .Contact - 99054786

Experience PRO Oman Male, 36

Yrs, 16 yrs experience in PRO/ HR

& Administration, Prefect English

language speaking & writing with

D/L, Seeks suitable placement,

Can join immediate.

Contact 91221773

Indian male, B.Com, 5 years Offi ce

Executive experience sector Agency

seeking job in offi ce/Company for

administration. Email : aneesh-

john28@gmail.com, currently on

visit visa. Contact 99846801

Young Omani male have experience

10 years as P.R.O , CLERK, helper

supervisor, admin supervisor, H.R

Manager have diploma in H.S.E , IT ,

and P.D.O license looking for H.R po-

sition or P.R.O part time or full time.

Contact 95933288

Indian Female, 25 yrs, B.Com Gradu-

ate, presently on visit visa having 6

yrs experience seeking good oppor-

tunity in HR Admin, HR Recruiter or

Offi ce Secretary. Contact 91762061

Indian Male, MBA 2 years experi-

ence in Admin, Sales & Accounts

looking for suitable position.

Interested in Admin Sales Marketing

Accounts. Contact 94512430

Omani graduate, Male, HRM (oracle)

and PR Director, experience 3 years

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 93546877

Legal adviser and consultant in

International arbitration (Egyptian

resident) legal and administra-

tive expertise and the Omani Labor

Law and drafting contracts.contact

99664890

Indian Male 32 yrs( MBA-HR) 9 yrs

of Exp (GCC,AFRICA) in EPC, Diversi-

fi ed industries, Seeking Suitable

placement in HR/Admin. Currently

on visit visa, NOC available, join

immediately. Contact 94535618

Email:mdakhter5219@gmail.com

HR & Admin Assistant, 26 yrs

Indian Male having 6Years of experi-

ence looking for suitable position.

Contact No: +968-93264616

Indian female MBA, HR 1 year

experience in India seeking suitable

opportunity. Contact 99889718

Male, 27 years with MBA in HR/

MKT having 2 years exp in respec-

tive fi eld looking for suitable

placement in leading organization.

Contact 91705051

Omani female with 9 yrs exp look-

ing for PRO job with Oman D/L.

Contact 97917333

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Female Pharmacist B Pharm MOH

license seeking suitable position.

Contact 91391547 / 99538357

I have 7 years experience in Nurs-

ing Field (GNM) and I have Oman

Prometric also seeking suitable job

in Hospital or Clinic or Polyclinic.

Contact 98992469, 98036216

Male Pharmacist, 4+ yrs exp with

B. Pharm degree and MOH license.

Presently on visit visa, seeking

suitable position. Contact: 91678103,

96522803

Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf ex-

perience) looking for a suitable job

(NOC available) Contact-93344378

25 yrs Indian female M. Sc Microbi-

ology MS Offi ce 2 yrs exp seek-

ing suitable placement. Contact:

99032236 / 98049057

Mechanical Engineer, 1.5 yrs expe-

rience with India’s largest Construc-

tion company, operations & supply

chain management, water pipeline

project. Contact 94627096

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech),

Indian Male, with Oil Engg & Quality

Control Systems, NDT-Level 2 quali-

fi ed as per ASNT, one year experi-

ence as Site Engineer. Presently on

visit visa, seeking suitable place-

ment. # 94616033, 95147671,

Email: akhilanandan@gmail.com

Land Surveyor 8 years experience

5.5 in Oman known all survey instru-

ments and handle AutoCAD for call

96531364&98904134).

Civil Engineer have 6 years Site

experience in both structural and

fi nishing works in Oman. Email :

menaadel21@gmail.com,

+968 95110820

Sudanese male, MEP Engineer, B.Sc,

3 yrs experience in Oman having

Omani Driving License looking for

job in any company.

Contact +968 99141958

Indian male, B.E Mechanical with

4.5 years Quality Control, Sales &

Marketing. Email : sherjith@yahoo.

com. Contact 94620659

Indian male B.TECH, CIVIL ENGI-

NEER WITH NOC Above 3 years

experience in oman e-mail: gyp-

sum88@gmail.com GSM: 92251146

Indian, M.Tech Electrical Engineer

(Female), fresher in family visa seek-

ing suitable placements in Oman.

Contact 94306164

33 years Indian female B.E Com-

puter Science currently teaching in

Secondary School seeks suitable

opportunity in school or offi ce.

Contact manins2010@gmail.com

BE Electronic Communication En-

gineer, fresh Graduate, male, 23 yrs

Indian looking for a suitable place-

ment. Email : shahbazpatel4469@

gmail.com. Contact 97685494

BE Civil Engineer having 9 years of

experience in construction of build-

ings & roads in Oman looking for a

suitable job. Contact 91078499

BE (Civil), Indian male, 22 years

experience (12 years in Oman) in es-

timation, planning & execution seek-

ing suitable placement. #98314531

Young man looking for a job

Computer maintenance software,

10 years experience, Chemical

Engineer looking for job, experience

fertilizers, water treatment and qual-

ity control. Contact 91114624

HSE and NDT Engineer, M.Sc in

radiation protection with more than

6 yrs experience in oil and gas fi elds

“OSHA-NDTLII” 95481430

Civil Engineer with 5 years experi-

ence in various fi elds supervision,

design and geotechnical with Omani

license. Contact 97261086

Indian Female, 30 Years, B.Com, 3

years Oman experience in Bank-

ing and 5 Years India. Contact

96727030/96253400

Mechanical Engineer (B.E) - 4yrs

exp in manufacturing / production

seeking placement, on visit visa.

Contact: 93694953;

Email: alvinfxr@gmail.com

Civil Engineer B.E., 5 years experi-

ence with valid Driving License,

consultancy job preference.

Contact 91693008

Project Engineer, 3 years experi-

ence in primary substation OHL oil &

gas, AutoCAD, driving license avail-

able. Contact 95120225, 99410588

Electronics & Communication Engi-

neer, graduate with BSNL Certifi ed

Engineering (GSM) seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91611341, email:

shuhaib_begins@hotmail.com

Civil Engineer, 6+ years work

experience in Oman, valid Omani

D/L looking for suitable placement.

Contact 96936404

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, 3

years experience (production, opera-

tion), driving license easy to transfer

immediately. Contact 91135140

Indian Male, 26 yrs, graduate in

hospitality science, with New Zea-

land business diploma and previous

Oman experience in Customer

service seeks suitable placement in

hospitality/salesmarketing/ logis-

tics/ admin. Contact 91383167

Indian male 28 completed

B.H.M.CT, 4 yrs exp in food & bever-

ages dept. looking for senior super-

visor position. Contact – 91018857 /

mirazhar.ali51@gmail.com

Cook/Waiter, 5 years worked in Res-

taurant, Hotel in India, with medical

papers, seeks job with visa.

Contact Asif 96290792

Female 21 yrs, Tally 1 year experi-

ence, looking for visa. #95330720

Male 22 Housekeeping front offi ce

Hotel management degree course.

Contact 96732520

B.E (Chemical), 23, Indian male with

1 year experience (production) in

Chemical Plant, on visiting visa seek-

ing for a suitable job. #94525650,

Email: nglsgy@gmail.com

Indian male 30 yrs seeking suit-

able placement to work as forklift

operator, having 5 yrs of exp. NOC

available. Contact – 94370085

Piping/Pipeline engineer, 3+ yrs

exp with B.E degree (Mech), familiar

with CAESAR-2, PDMS, AutoCAD,

stress analysis and piping of criti-

cal lines for hydrocarbon industry.

Contact: 95785479,

Email: mdshaji6105@gmail.com

Indian male 28, completed

B.H.MCT 4 yrs exp in food &beverages

department. Looking suitable job for

senior supervisor.Contact – 9108857

mirazhar.al51@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in

Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH,

4 months in Oman) as a site engi-

neer. He holds a Diploma in project

management, fl uent in English &

Arabic. Contact: 99170315

Indian Male, 36 yrs available on

visit visa, 14 yrs experience seeking

suitable placement in games devel-

opment / graphics industry.

Contact 98454245

Graphic Designer for Sign Industry

(Preferably Omani National). Contact

admin@gulfneonsigns.com,

fax: 24812377

Piping Design and Drafting Diploma

with AutoCAD and Mechanical

Draughtsman in oil and gas sector.

Email id : ayaz.pangarkar@gmail.com

GSM: 94515084

Housemaid looking for job in Qurum

area. Contact No. 93623629

Mechanical Engineer,(BTech in

Mechanical) with Certifi ed quality

controller - NDT level 2 qualifi ed as

per ASNT - SNT-TC-I A, with

1 & half yr exp. as quality control

engineer, presnetly in India seeks

suitable placement

Cont : 95405033

suhylehameed@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 9 yrs experience

in Electrical Projects with Oman D/L,

NOC available, can join immediately.

Email: jobluk.om@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, 4 yrs experience

in Oman as Site Engineer holds

Diploma in civil Engineering looking

for job. NOC available.

Contact 91003490

Indian Male, 24, B.Tech Electrical

and Electronics Engineering, 2+

years experience in Electrical fi eld,

panel board designing, electrical

AutoCAD drawings and manage-

rial skills. Contact 92181106, email :

shonejthermadom@gmail.com

Civil Engineer with exp 5 years in

construction and roads. NOC avail-

able. Contact 97646908

An Indian Male, land surveyor, 27

years old, 8 years experience, 5

years in GCC. NOC available in Oman.

Contact 98498137

BS Electronic engineer, Pakistani

Male, 23, specialize in Industrial

Automation (Siemens PLC, HMI), em-

bedded system design & instrumen-

tation looking for suitable placement

in Oman. Contact 96271586

A Filipino National seeking for the

job Vacancy as Safety Offi cer, Fire

Engineer, Fire Inspector, Fire and

Safety Instructor. Well experienced

in Off shore and Petrochemical Plants

with an IOSH Certifi cate. Please con-

tact 91718309 or 26855037

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, male, 5 yrs experience looking for

job in Oman. Contact 91762602

Male, Indian (now in Oman), fresher,

B.E. Civil Engineer.

Contact 98907359

Mechanical Engineer, Sudanese,

3 years experience in HVAC Site En-

gineer, driving license easy to trans-

fer immediately. Contact 91135140

Civil Engineer with 8 years experi-

ence and valid Omani D/L looking

for suitable placement. Ready to join

immediately. Contact 95326194 /

99525367

Indian Male, 29 years.

BCA + ITI Electronics, 8 years

experience in Electronic service and

telecommunication networking,

Contact 98689568

Electrical Engineer (24), female,

fresher looking for suitable jobs, Falaj

Al Qabail, Sohar. Contact 94347258,

Email : seenaarun43@gmail.com

Instrumentation Engineer, Indian

male having 2 years experiences

in process instruments seeks

suitable placement.

Contact 95954385

Electrical Engineer having 2 yrs of

experience, substation/ maintenance

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact 97698493 / 99253909

Diploma in Electronics Engineer-

ing with 5 years experience in Oman

as Customer Service Coordinator,

Inventory Control and Indoor Sales

Executive seeks suitable job. Speaks

Arabic, English & Hindi.

Contact 95681406.

Email nizampu@yahoo.co.in

Electrical Engineer, Indian, 2.5

years experience at Thermal Plant,

(erection and commissioning). Now

in Oman on visit seeking suitable

job. Contact 95836714.

Email – sarat.thalappil@gmail.com

BE Civil Engineer, fresh graduate,

male 24 yrs, Indian looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 95117509

Indian Female, Computer Engineer

with 14 Years of IT Experience. Dual

Expertise both in Business / System

Analyst and Project Management

role. Looking for any IT opportunity

pertaining to Business Analyst /

Project Manager / Software Quality

Assurance role.# 968 92661857

Email : sknair7@hotmail.com

Young and energetic Indian holding

Oman driving license, having 6+

years experience in IT Industry

(4+ years in Oman) seeks placement.

Contact : 92687056, 92228414

Sudanese Computer Science having

3 years experience in Network and

Maintenance programming and

teaching. Contact 96389730

Indian Female (25), married, MSc

(Software Engg), 2+ years of experi-

ence in leading MNC, IT skill include

HTML, CSS with the design and

development of web based applica-

tion using struts frame work, J2EE

and oracle with excellent commu-

nication skills looking for a suitable

job opening. contact 95892587,

96265726

MBA (Operations) with 13 years

experience in IT Infrastructure

enterprises, voice network, unifi ed

communication, MS Certifi ed Lync

Avaya Polycom is on visit visa

seeking a suitable placement.

Contact 94535700.

Email: chetan.padole@gmail.com

Indian Executive L/D. Driver,

2 years exp. Contact 93078481

Indian driver looking for job, 2 yrs

exp. Contact 95151738

Bangladeshi man wants job.

Contact 97293149

Heavy driver, experience, 5 years,

nationality Pakistan. #92073175

Light motor vehicle looking for job, 3

years experience in Oman. #92117837

7 Years exp driver (Keralite).

Contact 93412587

Driver with car. Contact 91452930

Pakistani light driver cum sales-

man, experience, 6 yrs in Dubai.

Contact 96955798,

Email : ighaff ar@yahoo.com

Driver looking for job, experience 6

yrs (KSA + Oman). Contact 99161831

Driver is available for his personal

home, driver as a Company driver,

outhouse to go to UAE, please do not

hesitate to contact 96964343

Light driver, 3 years experience in

Oman. Contact 94453093

Light driver. Contact 98537756

Driver require job with visa.

Contact 92073175 / 95803184

Bangladeshi male, Light Driver

experience 12 yrs looking for job in

any Company any Offi ce.

Contact 99165961

Sri Lankan driver looking for job.

Contact - 97387112

Light driver looking for job, 5 years

exp in Saudi Arabia + Oman 2 yrs.

Contact 96088707

An Indian Male, 24 yrs old foreman,

5 years experience, 3years in GCC.

NOC available. Contact 93087122

Architect, 11 years experience in de-

sign & supervision, 6 years in Mus-

cat (Consultant Offi ces & Contractor

Company) looking for suitable works.

Contact 95152875

ARCHITECT

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Indian Female: Bachelor in Travel &

tourism.1 year experience in ticket-

ing and 6 month in cargo (CIAL).

Looking suitable placement.

Contact 95883404

TOURS & TRAVEL

Indian male, 32yrs b.Com, 6.5 Yrs

exp in purchase asst and store

keeper seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95318192.

A Graduate male looking for Mobile

Marketing job having 4 years expe-

rience in Oman & UAE with vehicle.

Interested persons please contact

94164657

Indian male, 25 years Graduate, 3

years experience in Sales in Delhi

(India) on visit seeking suitable

placement. Contact 98914220

Indian male, Graduate, 23 yrs on

visit visa looking for suitable posi-

tion in Sales and Marketing.

Contact 91757222,

email: danishdani460@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

DIETICIAN

26 years Gulf experience plumb-

ing fi re fi ghting Supervisor having

UAE D/L looking for job. Contact

97357960 / 91306037

5 years surveyor for pipe line, 8

years Construction/Projects experi-

enced Accountant, 5 years Drafts-

man to work in Salalah. Mail CV to

greatcontruction14@gmail.com

Indian male, experienced executive

secretary / Document Controller /

Admin Executive, looking for suit-

able job. Contract No. 91091963 /

99707262”

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian male, 24 years experience

Senior Miller Flour Mills including

erection and QC, presently in India. #

00919744167051, 98657006

Sr. Procurement and logistics Execu-

tive with 8 years experience (in mid-

dle east), in Oil and gas as well as

Industrial projects and an overall 16

years of total job experience together

in India and Qatar is on the lookout

for a suitable placement. Valid GCC

driving license. Contact: 91750084.

Indian Male 25 MBA in Sports

Management; Looking for job in

Sports administration/Sports

events/sports facility management

and Sports related Organisations.

Exp. as sports development of-

fi cer in schools,Project Manager in

Syncotts international Bangalore

& part of World Hockey Series of

India-2012 as Production Runner.

Presently on Visit visa in Oman.

Contact; 96398569.

Email : limshukachery@gmail.com

Indian Male, 25 years in Oman, FMCG business in Senior Manager

level looking for senior position.

Contact 99015946

Indian Female Dietician with an

experience of 3 yrs looking for suit-

able opportunity. # 94291727 or

epsisekar@gmail.com. Presently in

Muscat.

Physical Science/Mathematics

female teacher with 6 years Indian

experience, seeking a position in a

reputed school/Institution. QUALI-

FICATION: B.Sc (Mathematics, Elec-

tronics & computer science), B.Ed

(Mathematics & English) Contact:

Kamaal. GSM: 94300026, email:

tahaniyath.sultana@gmail.com

MSc. Chemistry Teacher (5 y EXP.)

Pakistani female looking for

a job in School/college.

Contact 96580101

Indian female, 29 yrs , SENIOR

EXECUTIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH,

MSC Biotechnology & pursuing

Phd/ 4 Yrs total work experience/

on a visit visa/seeking for a suitable

placement/Contact num +

968 95925881/

Email: remyadidi@gmail.com

Indian lady needs placement, MSc,

pure Chemistry. Contact 96749374

Medical Laboratory Technologist,

4 years experience in UAE, Master

Degree holder. Contact 97007930

Indian Male GP with MOH License

and NOC, having 10 years of excel-

lent hands on experience in Oman

with corporate culture.

Contact 98140024

Email: drgpoman@yahoo.com

Nursing caregiver, qualifi ed Nurse/

Asst. Nurse (male/ female) medical

staff seeks placement for Hospital/

clinic. Contact 92989109 (Oman),

0091 – 9555427742 (India),

medicoport@gmail.com

Indian Male, Sales and Admin expe-

rience in India, 4 yrs now in Muscat.

Contact 91344706,

Email: wilsonvarghese1@gmail.com

Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 14 Years Inside and

outside Oman following activities:

tenders& real estate& construction &

marketing projects& investments&

transportation & Marine services&

companies management& develop

business. Contact :- 93240027

Experienced FMCG Sales person

with 20+ years knowing Oman Mar-

ket as Business Development Man-

ager with D/L. Contact 98506377

29 years, Indian male with PGDM

and B.Com, experience 4.5 years in

administration, corporate sales and

marketing seeking suitable place-

ments, willing to join immediately.

Contact 91722610,

email : deepujoseph1985@gmail.com

Indian Male, MBA, 15 yrs exp in

FMCG as Managerial position in

Sales/Marketing having good

contacts in Oman/UAE.

Contact 93893878

Marketing Professional with 7

years Oman experience in Business

Development and ATL advertising

looking for a suitable placement.

Valid D/L Oman. GSM 93466033.

Email - kavit_asher@yahoo.com,

MBA Graduate with 2 years of experi-

ence as working as Executive assis-

tant in Dubai is looking for a job (full

time) other than as an Executive As-

sistant / Offi ce Assistant. #91615322

Male, BA with D/L, 6 years exp in

Oman wants job in Sales/inventory

procures. Contact 92191026

Indian female having 8 years

experience in Sales & Marketing

in oil and gas fi eld as commercial

manager, looking for a suitable

placement-NOC available -Contact -

Email- mvrajagd_d@yahoo.com

Mob: 96311709

10 years Oman experience in Sales

and Marketing with valid D/L and

NOC available from current sponsor.

Can join immediately. #96491505

Indian male, MBA (USA) having 5

years of International experience in

Sales and Marketing. #98853309.

Email : savincgnr@yahoo.com

Indian Male, 28 yrs, having 5

years experience in FMCG Sales in

visit visa, Looking for any suitable

jobs in Oman. Contact: 98531486/

98988824

Indian Male, MBA in Marketing and

Finance, 10 years’ Sales & Business

Development Experience with valid

D/L of Oman & UAE looking for a

suitable placement. NOC Available.

Contact: 93969961

e-mail abhilash.pvrk@gmail.com

Sales/ Marketing / customer

service release / NOC available UK

+ Oman experience valid Oman D/L,

excellent communication & organ-

izing skills, can join immediately,

Email : plavon_ctg@yahoo.com,

gsm 92342060 / 96761225

Indian Male 40 yrs, Legal advisor

and coroprate in house lawyer

currently working with a reputed

legal fi rm in Muscat having 7

years gulf eperience looking for

Legal Manager post in companies.

Experience in drafting agreements,

contracts, negiotation and dispute

settlement. Good knowledge in

Oman Labour Law and other laws.

NOC available . GSM: 99137569

Indian/ male / age 43 yrs, B.Tech

(ECE) Over 20 years of hardcore

sales & marketing experience in

the services / networking industry

in both direct and channel seg-

ments presently on visit visa.

Pls. contact 94248775

Indian Male, MBA, having 9 years

of logistics operation and market-

ing experience in Saudi Arabia

and India with valid Saudi Driving

License, looking for suitable place-

ment . Please contact 94525696

Indian Male, MBA in HR & Mktng

1yr exp. in India. Looking for suitable

jobs in Admin, HR, Store in charge,

Sales & Mktng. M: 96329315,

Email: vijayvals@gmail.com

Indian male with over 19 years of

qualitative experience in Automobile

fi eld, expert in providing technical

advice on repairs and servicing seeks

jobs in sales/ service in manegerial

capacity. Contact 91-7736048460.

yamaharajesh@gmail.com

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SIT.WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

Indian Male, 23 years MBA (Mar-

keting) (6 months experience as a

Sales and Operation Offi cer looking

for suitable job. Contact 99106181,

Email: akram8145@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech),

Indian Male, with Oil Engg & Quality

Control Systems, one year experi-

ence. Presently on visit visa, seeking

suitable placement.

Contact # 94616033, 95147671,

Email: akhilanandan@gmail.com

IT software professional looking for

a suitable position in Desktop/Web

application development. Visit www.

muhammedswafuvan.weebly.com for

more details. Reach me on

(+968) 98395032.

Part time accountant available.

Accounting experience up to fi naliza-

tion and tally also.

Contact.96423671

Indian Male, 24 yrs, MBA in HR/

Marketing. More than 1 years experi-

enced in retail Banking

(Axis Bank) Presently in family

visit in Oman seeking for a suitable

placement

Contact : 99892082 / 997 43 709

MBA, Indian Male, 28 yrs, HR & Ad-

min, Marketing sales, 1 yr experience

in India. I have release looking for

any suitable job in Oman.

Contact 97484159

Pakistani male 32 years IT network

+ Computer Hardware professional

A+ MCSE Termination Technician

work Experience in Salalah airport.

10+ years experience in IT fi eld and

2 years Oman working experience

looking for a suitable placement

contact no 96733205 Email

faisalzaman24@gmail.com

Indian Male having 20 years Ex-

perience in Travel Agency in Oman.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact 95692050.

Indian Male, 38 years, Electron-

ics Engineer with 14 years of Oman

experience and proven track record

as Sales & Marketing Manager (Elec-

tronics, electrical & electro mechani-

cal products) with valid Oman D/L

for a suitable placement in a reputed

Organization. #92208744,

email : ebpadmakumar@yahoo.com

Diploma in civil engineering having

an experience 23years (19years in

Oman) experience in Estimator /

quantity surveyor looking for a

suitable placement.

Willing to join immediately

Contact: 96328687.

Indian male Engineer (B.E in E&C,

MBA) with 5 years admin/profes-

sional experience looking for a

suitable placement in a reputed

company. Contact 91387463

email: i.career543@gmail.com

INDIAN female having ten years

experience as cook. South Indian,

Gujarathi special.

Contact:: 94224512

Homoeopathic Doctor, Indian

Female, with MOH License( to be re-

newed) (Nearly 2 years exp in Mus-

cat, Oman) seeks suitable place-

ment in Clinics/Hospitals in Muscat

area. Please Contact:92975815.

Male senior accountant with 20+

years experience readily available.

6 years experience in construction

industry Oman. NOC & Oman driving

license holder. 93969767/ gnana-

sathia@gmail.com

Electronics & communication

Engineer, having 3+years experience

(2Yeras GCC) in Security systems/

low current systems (FAS, CCTV,

ACS, PAVA etc) seeking suitable

Post in construction/manufactur-

ing/production/maintenance depts.

Contact: hashimjm@gmail.com

91001523

Experience salesman with 5 years

experience and vehicle looking for a

job. Contact 93079087

Dynamic Indian Female, Chemical

Engineer (fresher from NIIT),

holding Oman D/L

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 97477127,

email: anjana.nanda@outlook.com

Indian Male, B.Sc, Fashion & Ap-

parel Design having 4+ yrs of experi-

ence (in retail sector as Designer-

Visual Merchandising & Marketing)

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 94535866,

email: tomsjon@gmail.com

Indian Female, B.Com, Secretarial

skills, MS offi ce, Oracle, 5 years

experience in Oman, as QA/QC As-

sistant, Administrator, Document

Controller, seeking placement.

Contact: 96465391 or

E-mail: alanns123@gmail.com

Indian female 29 Graduate/Com-

puter diploma 5-year work experi-

ence as Manager Administration/

HR in Construction & Real Estate

seeking suitable placement .

On family Visa. Contact - 91191236

British Female with 4 years experi-

ence in Oman in Marketing and

Project Management.

Call 00974 3343 7619

Indian Male MBA & PGDFM 26

Yrs. having 3.2 yrs of exp. seeking

suitable placement in Admin/HR/

Accounts/Purchase co-ordinator

etc..Holding valid Oman driving

license. Contact No :93359371

Indian Male, 24 years old on visit

visa, 3 years Diploma in Civil Engi-

neering, 3 yrs experience.

Contact 98515106

Indian female MCA., M. Phil in

computer Science having 5 yrs of

experience in teaching(as Lecturer)

seeking for teaching position in

school or college. Can join im-

mediately. Contact :97765173.

Email:dtkthillai@gmail.com

Indian male 23YRS, 4 Years expe-

rienced in Architectural Draughts-

man looking for a suitable Post

GSM:96023726, Email :

jayan.mathew009@gmail.com

Indian Male having 10 years of

Experience in Oman having Valid

Omani Driving license working in

Purchase Dept looking for a suit-

able position. salary is negotiable.

obarla313@gmail.com

Mob: 94304324/92654817

Indian Male, 24 yrs on visit visa,

3 yrs Diploma in civil Engineering,

3 yrs experience. Contact 98515106

Female Candidate: Having

experience(ISRO) in Adminis-

tration (seeking suitable op-

portunities &presently in Oman

Mob:97239854,

Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com

PDO Approved in Contracts, Pro-

curement, Operations, Project Indian

Male PMP, CIPS, PGDBA, DME, Oil &

Gas with Exp-18+ Yrs. & having valid

Oman & PDO D/L Seeking job -

Contact 92560287 /

shaileshsyal@yahoo.com

Indian Male, 24 years old on visit

visa, 3 years Diploma in Civil Engi-

neering, 3 yrs experience.

Contact 98515106

Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-

an Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)

8 years in Oman, with valid Oman

DL and NOC available. Capable to

handle accounts up to fi nalization.

Contact 9602 3965.

Female Candidate: Having

experience(ISRO) in Administration

(seeking suitable opportunities &

presently in Oman Mob:97239854,

Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com

Indian male, 24 years MA Sociol-

ogy (Social science) B-Ed. 2year

experience in teaching, currently

on visit seeking suitable placement.

Contact 91632006, 91397505

Email- abdulnisar.kv@gmail.com

Post graduate in hospitality and

tourism, Indian ,male 26 , looking

suitable placement ,

in Muscat on visiting visa

contact 98861272

Indian male having 10 years of

experience in Oman having Valid

Omani Driving license working in

Purchase Dept looking for a suit-

able position. Salary is negotiable.

obarla313@gmail.com

Mob: 94304324/92654817

Communication Manager, pleasing

personality, strong English skills,

highly qualifi ed, Oman experience in

Corporate, Organizational & Market-

ing Communication, Business Devel-

opment, Marketing Press Relations,

Ads, Campaigns, CSR Programs.

NOC. Contact 98179887

Senior Sales & Marketing spe-

cialist with 14 years of experience

and proven track record in Muscat

looking for a suitable placement in

a reputed Company. Indian Male,

38 years (Electronics Engineer)

preferred industry (Electronics /

Electrical / Electro Mechanical) hav-

ing good exposure in access Control

& Automation systems, Lighting &

Electrical accessories etc.

Contact 92208744.

Email : ebpadmakumar@yahoo.com

NDT ASNT Level II (RT,UT,PT,MPT)

Technician having 3 & half yr experi-

ence, seeks suitable placement. Cur-

rently on visit visa. # 94514454,

ranjithrt1988@gmail.com

Indian male 27 years B.com gradu-

ate 4 years experience as marketing

executive in IT fi eld looking for a

good job in any fi eld.

Contact 98765838

Indian male 24: Looking for job in

admin /sale/offi ce/customer service/

maintenance etc. Currently on family

visit. Contact:94514201, email id:

javeedbasha321@gmail.com

28year Indian female (MBA-

Finance) with 3+yrs experience

(Oman) in Accounts is seeking suit-

able placement in Accounts/Admin.

Contact:96141283.

Indian Male, MBA Finance, 1.5

years’ experience in Operations and

Customer Service. In Muscat on Visit

Visa till 14th Nov.

Contact: 93755852, Email:

sanjeevsuresh1988@gmail.com

23,male, ACCA fi nalist-last paper

left, 2 years of accounts, external &

internal audit and feasibility study

experience in Audit Firm, looking for

permanent replacement, #95140445

email address:afraz_8@yahoo.com

Indian male, age 27, having 6 years

experience in fi nance & accounts,

seeking suitable jobs. Ph: 92902651

Young male, 22 years, B. Arch. gradu-

ate with 7 months training experience,

seeks suitable entry-level position

in an architecture fi rm or architec-

ture and engineering consultancy.

Currently on visit visa, ready to join

immediately. Phone no. 91265929

Email: jay.kay.92@gmail.com

Indian Male, Purchase/Procurement

Offi cer with 16 years experience,

presently working in UAE,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 00 971 55 3390 467

Mail: nair1962@gmail.com

Indian Female Lawyer 36 yrs having

10 yrs experience presently in Oman

seeks suitable placement in Legal

fi eld/HR/Admin # 94436960

Email: famidakhan123@gmail.com

CIVIL ENGINEER (Diploma) Male

25, 3 years experience in site, CAD,

3d, MS Project, seeking job in

Oman.#92887561,

jubincivileng@gmail.com

Diploma in Civil Engineering, site

engineer with Auto Cad (Civil & MEP),

Total Station, Theodolite, Dumpy

level, etc., having 4 years experience

in Oman with Omani LMV Driving

License, Seeking suitable chances.

Contact:- 0091 9744851943(India),

00968 99416057(Oman)

Female Dentist with MOH li-

cense, 4 years experience look-

ing for work as dentist in Muscat.

Contact 91268110/99884299 or

+639274302729

M.Com Graduate seeking suitable

placement. Contact 99363721

8 yrs exp 2d, 3d draughtsman

(HOLDING OMANI DRIVING LI-

CENSE) seeking job.#97449630

PDO Approved in Contracts, Pro-

curement, Operations, Project Indian

Male PMP, CIPS, PGDBA, DME, Oil &

Gas, Construction with Exp-18+ Yrs.

& Having valid Oman & PDO D/L

Seeking job - Contact 92560287,

E-mail: shaileshsyal@yahoo.com

26 years Indian male with MBA &

PGDFM, Total 3.4 years experience

in Administration seeking suitable

placement in Muscat. Holding oman

valid driving license.

Contact :93359371

Accountant, Indian male,29 years,

presently working in Oman as a

Senior Accountant.7 years Success-

ful experience in Accounts with

oman Driving license, seek suitable

opportunity. GSM: 98184170

B.E(Civil), Indian male with 1 year

of experience, on visit visa seeking

for a suitable job. Contact 91231972,

Email : azizdaudi110@gmail.com

Indian Male 25, Offi ce Administra-

tor/Assistant, 2 years experience in

Oman, Well versed with Computer

operation and basic knowledge

in Computer Software and Hard-

ware, seeks immediate change.

NOC available. Contact: 94024096

Eamil:ajitvinu19894u@gmail.com

Female/29 yrs old/MSC Biotech-

nology& pursuing Phd /4 yrs total

exp/Seeking for a suitable place-

ment/Contact No :- 95925881

8 yrs exp 2d, 3d draughtsman cum

site supervisor (HOLDING OMANI

DRIVING LICENSE) seeking job.

Contact : 93790601

Female Candidate: Having

experience (ISRO) in Administration

(seeking suitable opportunities &

presently in Oman Mob:97239854,

Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com

Indian Male, 39, graduate 17 years

experience in FMCG sales and mar-

keting Managerial and supervisor

level. With driving license also know

all over Oman include Mazira Island

and Casabu, looking for better Op-

portunities -Mob-92090949

Indian Male seeking a job in Sales

& Marketing, 11 years experience

proven experience as a dynamic

candidate with excellent Manage-

rial & Communication skills. Cur-

rently on visit Contact 99363159,

94093154 joyjohn_hhh@yahoo.com

Indian Female 23, BE Electronics

and Communication, First Class with

distinction, C,C++,VHDL. Currently

on family visa, looking for suitable

placement in electronics division or

associated areas. Contact : 98952340

Finance Manager/Administrator,

Male 40, MBA-Finance & Marketing,

with over 20 years’ experience in

large multinational organizations.

Excellent project management

skills. Seeking to continue career

at Senior level. Contact: 97436065.

Email: miratifalinaqvi@hotmail.com

Electronic Engineer, 23, looking for

suitable placement.#96271586

Female staff nurse with Oman

Prometric passed, seeking suitable

placement, currently on visit visa.

Contact 97803046

Electronics Engineer, experience in

Siemens Scada PLC. On visit. Looking

for suitable job. Contact: 96271586

Filipino Female photographer/ graphic designer / receptionist

looking for suitable job in Muscat.

Contact: +971 563749414

MATRIMONIAL

Hindu, Brahmin – Iyengar boy, 36

yrs working as Service advisor in a

reputed company looking for Brah-

min Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Iyer /

Iyengar girls. Language no problem.

Contact 99786274 – Brother

A north Indian Muslim family

seeks alliance for their son, 26 yrs

old, MBA, a Businessman.

Contact 96176446

Alliance invited for R.C. boy 26

years B.Tech Petroleum Engineer

from Trichur DT working for oil

fi eld Co. in Muscat from parents of

working/educated girls in Muscat.

Contact 92017304

Mumbai based Keralite (Dheevara),

40 yrs male working in Oman since

3 yrs looking for suitable alliance.

Contact 93627279

38 years undergraduate Graphic

Designer, own business, alliance from

girls of any Christian denomination.

Contact 91296049 after 5.30 pm

Keralite Orthodox boy 30/165 CM

Alleppy dist, family visa eligible.

Contact: 98059264

Keralite Male, 178 cm, 26 years old,

Christian Marthomite working is

workshop foreman in Al Khoud look-

ing for suitable alliance.

Contact 92118245

Hindu Ezhava, family settled in

Muscat looking for suitable groom

for their daughter, 24 yrs, MBA-HR

presently working (preferably

BE, B.Tech, MBA Professional).

Contact 95693133

Keralite Hindu Nair, Male 33 yrs

divorcee 6.1, working in Ministry

as Administrator seeks suitable

alliance. Please send details on

kichu23009@gmail.com.

Contact 93139524

Mangalore Sunni Muslim, seek-

ing suitable bride (preferably from

Dakshina Kannada) for their son

working as Logistics Manager.

Contact 92198085

Indian Doctor, Businessman look-

ing for working lady in Oman for

marriage, any nationality, Muslim

preference self. Contact 96290792

Civil Engineer, Indian Female, hav-

ing one year experience in Quantity

Survey, also knows AutoCAD, prima-

vera etc seeks placement.

Contact 91690345

Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-

an Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)

8 years in Oman, with valid Oman

DL and NOC available. Capable to

handle accounts up to fi nalization.

Contact 9602 3965.

B Pharm, Indian female, Oman

MOH License holder, seeking job.

Email- shivallath@gmail.com.

Contact no: 99665183

Presales Engineer - IT 4yrs exp. en-

gineering graduate (Indian female)

currently on family visa looking

for opportunities as Sales/Presales

engineer or any suitable positions.

Contact: 0096895829278,

kalpanasingh69@gmail.com

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DAILY GUIDE

M.V. FOR SALE

Toyota Innova, 2010 model, manual

gear. Contact 968 92187371

Pajero 2013. Contact 99336093

PROTON GEN 2 FOR SALE: Manual

Gear.Good condition. Single owner.

Silver colour. 1st registered August

2009. Full insurance till Au-

gust 2015. Price OMR 1,680 Tel:

99333479 or 95215360

Toyota Innova white 2007.

Interested call: 99365361

Mitsubishi Canter model 2013 3

ton. Contact 92104057

Lexus GS300, 2006. #93218349

Mitsubishi Outlander - model

2005, silver grey, fully automatic in

excellent condition for sale.

Contact: 95867021

2013 November model Pajero,

38000 kilometers for sale. Price ne-

gotiable. Please contact 96388496

Subaru Impreza 2.0 ltr 2000 model,

manual in super condition.

Contact: 99844601

2010 Toyota Yaris (automatic), ex-

cellent condition. Contact 99737879

For sale – Camry 2011, Mazda 6

2006, Lancer 2010, Civic 1996.

Contact 96408433/ 93806625

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours

Al- Ainain Marine Tours Contact-

98029602, 92808636

TOURS

RENT A CAR BUSINESS

Increase your income on

commission basis with our land-

scaping & gardening services

provided for big, small projects &

maintenance contracts.

Contact +968 99242207

Email: bestgardens.om@gmail.

com

We assist in new business set up

local sponsorship, real estate ser-

vices, assist in company formation

services. Contact - 93166088TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

Learn Driving from professional

instructors. Contact 94022250

Driving School, automatic.

Contact 92245110

Learn driving automatic from

scratch. Contact 98599675

DRIVING

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation Available @ Reason-

able prices -99159277

Transportation. Contact 98621075

Transportation. Contact 96248040

Transportation. Contact 91310107

Transportation. Contact 98518979

Transportation. Contact 97838217

Transportation available car with

driver. Contact 98475141

Transport. Contact 99664703

Transportation for women only from

Muscat area only.

Contact 97007934 / 92629232

Transportation available.

Contact 95068976

Transportation available driver with

car-Muscat. Contact 97361454

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact 98698909

MANPOWER

Housemaid , driver/operator (heavy & light Gulf D/L), house boy, cleaner, all skilled and un-

skilled categories process, (embassy

agreement and immigration).

Contact 95175192, EMAIL.

oman.manpower@yahoo.com

M.V.WANTED

Required Nissan Tida / Toyota yaris

/ Suzuki swift / hyundai/Kia hatch-

back car in good condition.

Contact : 95405033

GOOD NEWS

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steam bath, obesity, spondy

hills, ideal care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18

November Street, Azaiba. Contact

99639695 / 99117987

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /

92504980 , www.siddhayur.com

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know

more about Islam, please call:

99425598, 96050000, 99353988,

99253818, 99341395, and

99379133. For ladies: 99415818,

99321360, 99730723

Orvisit: www.islamfact.com

Transportation. Contact

96538078

Transportation. Contact:

97897833

Transportation Available

Contact: 97180655

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gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

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SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANT-SERVICES

GULF INTERNATIONAL LLC

all kind of pest control.

Contact 92326955

Truck body making, Misfah

Industrial Area. Contact 92326955.

BRIDGE GULFA LLC

House Shifting. Contact 99708138

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your

marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

For all your maintenance needs

including, Painting, Plumbing,

Electricity, Laying of Interlock

Tiles, Marbles etc. Tel: 99383574

Mr Chandran

Maintenance – A/C mainte-

nance & servicing, fridge wash-

ing machine and dishwasher

repairing, painting & cleaning

services, electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

All types of curtain ventation,

Roman, vertical (blinds), sofa

shampooing. Contact 99539521

Pest Control Treatments, termites,

cockroaches, bedbugs. Ocean

Center LLC - Contact 99344723

Carpet and Sofa shampooing.

Ocean Center LLC – Contact

99884591

For All Your Maintenance Solutions,

A/c Servicing & Fixing, Painting,

Cleaning, Electric.

Contact No. 99002390

Civil Maintenance, Painting Elec-

tric, Plumbing, Decor, Tile Fixing,

Lecithin Copra Board fl at stifl ing ,

Carpet Cleaning and A/C Servicing.

Contact 97897831 (Indian keralite)

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QA-

BAS- 99320217 /24788722

Door to Door Computers repair

specialist laptop software Website

cartridges. Contact 99199376

A.M Trading Pest control.Contact 99067923

Bus service available with experi-

enced driver on monthly basis for

2 yrs. Contract for companies only.

Contact 98605556, 92577588

Split & window A/C

servicing & maintenance.

Contact 93769089

Civil maintenance, Electrical &

Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /

96236476

Part time services available for

Arabic/Quran classes or transport in

the evening. Contact 92567848

Electrical Plumbing Painting

Contract and Maintenance.

Contact 98456535

Waterproofi ng, light weight Screed,

Antitermite and MS Fabrication.

Contact 92888337

Waterproofi ng, light weight Screed,

Antitermite and MS Fabrication.

Contact 92888337

Part time services available for

Arabic / Quran classes or transport

in the evening. Contact 92567848

Contract general cleaning for of-

fi ces. Ocean Center LLC - 99344723

Split & window unit AC servicing &

repairing. Contact 99557080

Window & split unit AC servicing &

maintaining. Contact 96236476

Civil maintenance, electrical &

plumbing work. Contact 99557080,

96236476

Pest Control and cleaning best

services – 1. Cockroach, ants, etc, 2.

Tiles cleaning, marbles cleaning,

fl oor cleaning, and carpet cleaning.

Contact 92108447, 99666505

Pest control service, bed bugs,

cockroach, termite, snake

RA+Rodent and all insects. Contact

95084939, 97914212

Catering services We do industrial

catering service, Canteen/ mess,

3 times packed meals,

and all types of catering events.

Contact 92188777/ 99249899

Painting Interlock plumbing

maintenance. Contact 92142319

For HT cable jointing and

termination works 33KV/11KV.

Contact 99056438 /

Email: npgoman@gmail.com

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QA-

BAS- 99320217 /24788722

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile pol-

ishing, pest control & anti-termite

treatment, general cleaning paint-

ing, Plumbing, Electrical, shifting.

Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trad-

ing. L.L.C. # 24810137, 99450130

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Window & split unit A/C servicing

& maintenance. Contact 96236476

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till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space

availability

FOR HIRE

TRUCK FOR HIREIsuzu 10 ton cargo body truck

(2012 FVR) with UAE experienced driver

available for long term / short term rent.

Contact: 95346950

We provide all heavy duty

equipment, tractor & trailers &

all type of trucks.

Contact 97722507

Running truck wash for rent in

Ouhi Sunia Sohar. Serious people

can. Contact on 97864747

50 seater bus with PDO specifi ca-

tion for rent or lease.

Contact 99839898

2 BHK fl at for sale in Bangalore,

Hebbal. Contact 96263157

Villa for sale 2200 sq ft in 8 cent. Kot-

tayam. Contact: 92652534

For Astrological consultation, Jathakam. Contact: 99860435 /

97102599