Times of Oman - October 11, 2015 by Muscat Media Group

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FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN

On the occasion of the 18th National Day

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

We call upon our youth to work hard to acquire the skills and expertness which will enable them to join all professions. They must not disdain any professions. They must not relax their efforts. They must be truly devoted to proving their excellence and demonstrate their worthiness in whatever task is assigned to them, no matter what that work is.

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A man is carried away following an explosion at the main train station in Turkey’s capital Ankara, on Saturday. Eighty-six people were killed and 186 were injured in the explosion which happened ahead of an anti-government peace rally organised by the leftist groups, including the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party. -AFP See also >A13

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Omani students are heavily sheltered and this is why it is important to improve their social and communication skills by exposing them to different cultures and work ethics. >A5

Two Indian expats have died in two different accidents in Nizwa and Salalah. “In Nizwa, Muhammed Naufal, a 22-year-old worker from Kerala, died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road. >A2

Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO, praised the efforts of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for his interest in great challenges facing humanity in a number of ﬁelds. >A4

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MUSCAT: A depression formed over the Arabian Sea, which is expected to intensify into a cyclone, might dissipate before reaching Oman next week, the Sultanate’s Meteorology (Met) Department and global weather watchers said on Saturday. >A6

MUSCAT: Bosses should be more generous in giving ‘No Objection Certiﬁcates (NOCs),’ according to a reliable source at the Royal Oman Police (ROP). Assuring that companies would not lose out on their visa clearances if they issue an NOC, the source at the ROP said there is absolutely no problem if the employee leaves the country. “Right now most of the compa-

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HM receives thanks MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said cable of thanks has received a from un, First Secretary Kim Jongof the Workers’ Party, First Chairman of the National Defence of the Democrati Commission public of Korea, c People’s ReSupreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army in reply to congratulatory His Majesty’s 67th anniversar cable on the y of establishing the Democrati Republic of Korea. c People’s In his cable, President Kim utmost thanks expressed his for His Majesty’s sincere congratula tions and best wishes. He wished further progress to the existing cooperation between the two countries in the interest of people. -ONA

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Financial experts are of the view that the visa ban rule is a regressive step which is affecting the market sentiments and slowing down the Omani economy when the country needs expertise and foreign investors to kickstart its growth

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nies are worried about their visa clearances and that is one of the reasons they are not giving out NOCs. But, if an expat leaves the country, then they will have their visa quota intact despite giving an NOC,” he clariﬁed. He, however, explained that when an employer goes for the internal transfer of his employee, then he should also provide him with an NOC letter. “But at that time, he will lose his visa clearance,” the official added. The ROP had announced that

no employment visa will be issued after July 1, 2014, to any expat, who has worked previously in Oman and has not completed two years from the date of last departure, unless an NOC is given by the former employer. Rashid Khalfan, a construction company owner, wondered why the government would not simplify the rules and make this provision clearer. “Since the Ministry of Manpower feels that the expat employee should be free after successfully completing his contract period, then why doesn’t it force companies to provide NOC letters to expats?” asked Khalfan. He added that the government should not allow the employers to determine the expat employees’ future. “It is not fair. I have been trying to hire an engineer who currently works in the Sultanate, but due to his employer’s reluctance, I couldn’t hire him.” Khalfan explained that some employers had demanded cash in return of providing employees for an NOC letter. “That’s absolutely ridiculous,” he stated. >A6

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3 injured in house collapse Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Three people were injured when an under-construction building in Salalah collapsed, according to the police. “Three injured persons were rescued by citizens,” Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulances (PACDA) tweeted on its official Twitter handle. The nationality of the injured workers was not revealed until the ﬁling of this report. >A6

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Two Indian expats die in separate road accidents Staff Reporter MUSCAT: Two Indian expats have died in two different accidents in Nizwa and Salalah, according to sources. “In Nizwa, Muhammed Naufal, a 22-year-old worker from the south Indian state of Kerala, died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road. He died on the spot itself,” sources in Nizwa said. Naufal, who had come to Oman just two weeks ago, was working as a salesman in a car spare parts shop in Nizwa. “His body is kept in police mor-

tuary. His brother, who is working in Muscat, and others are processing the papers to repatriate his body,” the sources added. Meanwhile, in Salalah, in a head-on collision between a trailer and a garbage collection truck, a passenger travelling in the truck has died. The victim has been identiﬁed as Abbas, 35, from the western Indian state of Maharashtra. According to sources, the accident happened near Hajeef. The driver of the truck has been admitted to hospital with injuries. “The police had to try very hard to extract the victims from the

mangled remains of the truck,” sources in Salalah said. On Thursday, ﬁve people were injured in an accident in Barka, where two vehicles were involved. In another accident, a car nearby was also damaged. Meanwhile, at Falaj in Sohar, four people were injured when two trucks collided. The accident resulted in a traffic jam that lasted for hours on the road. According to the data published by the National Centre for Statistics and Information, truck accidents have decreased in 2014 compared with 2013. EDUTRAC OMAN 2015

Education fair begins tomorrow MUSCAT: Higher Education, Training and Career exhibition (EduTrac Oman 2015) will kick off on Monday, at Oman International Exhibition Centre under the patronage of Sheikh Khalid bin Omar Al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service. The three-day exhibition is organised by Al Nimr International Exhibition organisers. More than 180 companies and institutions will participate in the exhibition, which will provide an ideal platform for local and foreign universities and leading training institutions to communicate and interact with the students, parents and executives interested in various education and training courses. The exhibition will provide good opportunities to learn about the providers of higher education and training to enhance their presence in the active education sector in the Sultanate. -ONA

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MUSCAT: German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) has started its academic year by holding an orientation for new students who entered the General Foundation, Academic Foundation or the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering programmes last week. Prof Dr Ing Michael Modigell, rector of the University, and Dr Hussain Al Salmi, deputy rector for Administration and Finances, welcomed the new batch of students: “I have the pleasure of welcoming you at our university and to our GUtech family. Studying at our university, you made a good choice for quality higher education. GUtech is affiliated with one of the leading universities in Europe, RWTH Aachen University. In the coming years, GUtech will be a part of your life and will be very challenging for you. We expect you to work hard and study well for a bright future of yourselves and your country,” said Modigell.

MUSCAT: There is still no trace of Mohammed Al Alawi, 26, a crew member on-board the MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail, who went missing in the waters of Croatia last Wednesday, according to Oman Sail. The Times of Oman’s attempts to get an update on Al Alawi from Oman Sail on Saturday did not produce any response. In a statement on Thursday, Oman Sail said it had conducted a combined operation with the Italian and Croatian coastguard on Wednesday to search the area,

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PACP in car recall move MUSCAT: Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) in cooperation with Oman Gulf Enterprises has launched a campaign for recalling Subaru, Impreza Cars. The cars being recalled are the models of 2005-2007, estimated to be 925 in all having chassis numbers from JF1GG45M26J026363 to JF1GD45M07H080312. The recall is ascribed to defects in some plates of the blowers providing air to the airbags, where it may get damaged when providing air to the airbags in the future. - ONA

but by nightfall, they had still been unable to ﬁnd Al Alawi. The coastguard and Oman Sail had resumed the search yesterday morning. Oman Sail said it is giving top priority to ﬁnding Mohammed. “Oman Sail’s team members remain with Mohammed’s family and will support them through this difficult time,” it added. Al Alawi went missing just south of Pula in Croatia while the MOD70 trimaran, MusandamOman Sail, was en route from Lorient via Marseille in France to Trieste in Italy, to take part in the Barcolana yacht race, as part of the European season.

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The idea of the UNESCO-Sultan Qaboos Prize came from His Majesty’s conviction in the importance of environment preservation and protection Dr. Mousa bin Jaafar bin Hassan, Advisor, Sultanate’s permanent delegation at UNESCO

HM’s efforts for preservation of environment praised by UNESCO The world is aware of the importance of this award, which serves as a call for the mobilisation of determination and good offices to safeguard our land and keeping its bio-diversity for future generations, said Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO

The idea of the UNESCO-Sultan Qaboos Prize came from His Majesty’s conviction in the importance of environment preservation and protection, and it is an ongoing, comprehensive and trans-border process

PARIS: The efforts and leading role of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said through his ongoing interest in great challenges facing humanity in a number of ﬁelds and his envision of such challenges, have been praised by Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO. On the side-lines of announcing the UNESCO-Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environment Preservation 2015, for the Research Group for Wetlands from Buenos Aires University in Argentina, Bokova told the Oman News Agency (ONA) that amid an international context of desertiﬁcation, air pollution and global warming, and the retreat of biodiversity, that are

the most important factors facing the international community and government, the UNESCO-Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environment Preservation gives hope and sheds light on the prominent achievements and efforts at the international level to preserve and manage environment, honouring them for their never-ending efforts, and encouraging the initiative of environmental researchers and workers in the ﬁeld. Dr Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shibanya, Minister of Education, chairperson of the Omani National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, announced on October 3, that the jury at the UNESCO the Man and the Biosphere

Programme had awarded the prize to the Research Group for the Wetlands from Buenos Aires University in Argentina. Fluvial Schlegel, UNESCO assistant director general for Natural Sciences, said that the Sultanate through the prize contributes to achieving the ideals UNESCO is trying to put in place. She reminded everyone of the efforts and support that the Sultanate never hesitates in providing as long as it is about protecting the environment. She underlined the resounding success of the award in the past 25 years as it was given to the best people working in the ﬁeld of environment globally. “The award will help us to pre-

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MUSCAT: After a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the department of Media Studies, Bayan College Muscat and the Department of Political and Social Sciences, (Institute for Communication Studies), Freie University, Berlin, stipulating a one-on-one exchange, two students, Salome Bader and Anne Catrin Stiller, have joined Bayan College for the Fall Semester 2015. The students were very excited

government and the international community focus on, he added. Dr Samira bint Mohammed bin Moosa Al Moosa, the Sultanate’s permanent delegate to the UNESCO, declared that the biennial prize will be awarded for the 13th time during the World Science Forum, in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, from November 4 to 7, 2015. She explained that the prize consists of a diploma together with a financial reward, and has been made possible through a generous donation to the UNESCO by His Majesty. It aims at giving due recognition to individuals or institutions who work innovatively and with commitment to address environmental challenges. She further stated that the Sultanate, which enjoys wide environmental diversity, has been aware of the increasing importance of environmental preservation. Under the wise guidance of His Majesty, the Sultanate has undertaken great initiatives to protect its environment and to address global environmental issues. She pointed out that in 1984, a Ministry of Environment was established to prepare a national strategy for environmental protection. Since then, many other initiatives have been undertaken by the Omani government, including the creation in 1989 of the first Arab prize awarded internationally in the field of environmental protection, the Sultan Qaboos Prize, and the creation of the national centre for field research on conservation of the environment. She affirmed that these efforts reflect the strong commitment of the Sultanate to achieving sustainable environmental protection and, as His Majesty pointed out

at the Earth Summit in Brazil in 1992, “to work together, regardless of ideologies and selfish national interests to address the environmental and development related issues which face us in a spirit of reconciliation, amity and peace.” As for the collaboration with the UNESCO, Dr Al Moosa, said that the prize is in line with the UNESCO’s ethical mission to “achieve harmonious and peaceful development”, and is of particular relevance today, given the strong role of the organisation in advocating for Sciences and environmental preservation in the post-2015 development agenda. Dr. Mousa bin Jaafar bin Hassan, advisor in the Sultanate’s permanent delegation at the UNESCO, said that the idea of the UNESCO-Sultan Qaboos Prize came from His Majesty’s conviction in the importance of environment preservation and protection, and it is an ongoing, comprehensive and trans-border process, and the progress of humanity and the impact of that on the environment deserves broad international participation. He added that when His Majesty announced the prize, on his visit to UNESCO headquarters in 1989, the world was not interested in environmental preservation, but today it has become the first and the biggest concern among officials, experts and researchers, who have realised that continuation of life will be exclusively through preservation of the environment. Many conferences and meetings are being held globally to find ways to protect the environment and the future of humanity, so Omanis have the right to feel proud of the vision of His Majesty the Sultan, he said. -ONA

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serve our heritage and the necessity to faithfully transfer to future generations,” she added. She added that the world is aware of the importance of this award, which serves as a call for the mobilisation of determination and good offices to safeguard our land and keeping its biodiversity for future generations. “Congratulations to Oman and its leader for the benefit the award is giving to the world,”she said. Sheikh Humaid bin Ali Al Maani, the Sultanate’s ambassador to the French Republic, said that the Sultanate is one of the first countries to exert efforts to preserve the environment upon royal directives from His Majesty the Sultan, and Oman is among the first countries to call for the preservation of environment before the subject grabbed the attention of the international community. He added that due to the wisdom of His Majesty in environmental preservation and in broad international recognition of his efforts at the local and international levels, the Sultanate was chosen among the most environment-caring ten countries in the world. He said, “The prize is in line with the new international orientation regarding reducing emission of gases of global warming and contributes locally to international efforts. It coincides with the 21st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference and the 11th session of the meeting of the parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which will be organised from November 30 to December 11, 2015.” The Sultanate’s interest in environment preservation goes hand in hand with the international conditions and with the objectives of the conference that both the French

to join the college and expressed their interest in learning about public relations within the Middle East and journalism in Oman. While Salome wanted to take journalism as a major, Anne opted for public relations. “We love it here and really like the city. We love the culture and are proud to be here,” said the students, adding “Being a media college we are happy to get into the system.” The exchange programme was administered through the institutional co-ordinators for For-

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eign Academic Programmes at the Bayan College Muscat and the Institute for Communication Studies at the Freie University, Berlin. Each department/institute will send graduate or undergraduate students equivalent to a value of up to two semesters each year. This number may vary according to the demand. The exchange is based on reciprocity. In other words, an equal number of students from each department or institute participate during the term stipulated in the agreement. AGREEMENT

SQU, Sudan institutions to boost ties

CHAMPION OF DRIFT: Red Bull Cark Park Drift Qualiﬁer Oman winner Ali Al Balushi (centre), runner-

up Refaat Al Yahyaei (left), and second runner up Abdullah Al Balushi (right). -Supplied photo

Times News Service MUSCAT: Sultan Qaboos University and Sudanese higher educational institutions will strengthen co-operation through an exchange of students, staff, and faculty members. This agreement came during a meeting after Dr Ali bin Saud Al Bimani, vice chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), received in his office today, Dr Al Saddig Al Hadi AlMahadi, Sudanese minister of human resources development, and his delegation currently visiting Oman. The two sides also discussed the possibilities of boosting collaboration between the SQU and Sudanese higher educational and research institutions. They agreed on strengthening co-operation through an exchange of students, staff, and faculty members, apart from researchers and undertaking of collaborative research. The two sides discussed how Sudanese institutions and the SQU could co-operate in the ﬁeld of training, and capacity building initiatives between the two countries. Dr Hamed bin Sulaiman Al Salmi, SQU deputy vice chancellor for administrative and ﬁnancial affairs, and other senior officials from the university attended the discussion.

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Times News Service MUSCAT: Red Bull Car Park Drift Qualifier Oman crowned a reigning champion last night, with Ali Al Balushi taking home the first place for the third consecutive year, as spectators watched a series of exceptional drift shows at the Oman Automobile Association. The Omani “King of Drift” scored 381 points and will represent the Sultanate during the Regional Final, which will be hosted in Dubai in November. The second place was awarded to Refaat Al Yahyaei, with 370 points and the third place to Abdullah Al Balushi, with 316 points. Only 16 of the country’s best elite drifters were selected to compete in the sixth season of the Red Bull Car Park Drift. With their specially modified cars, the drivers managed to take on the twists and turns of the track with exceptional precision, while drawing the admiration of cheering spectators. Soon after being announced the winner, Al Balushi said: “I’m so glad I won the Red Bull Car

IN ACTION: Red Bull Cark Park Drift Qualiﬁer Oman winner Ali Al Balushi in action. – Supplied photo

Park Drift for a third year in a row. Last year, at the Regional Final, my car was 500HP but this year I have modiﬁed my car to 712HP making it the most powerful car in Oman. Last year I was so close to winning but I lost one point in the engine sound so I’ve increased it this year.” Panel of judges A panel of three judges evaluated the drifters’ performance on how well participants continuously drifted, followed the track, how great their cars emission was and much more. The judges also looked for an impressive exterior; and deducted points if participants drifted the wrong way, spun their cars or hit any of the obstacles. The qualifying commenced at the start of

the year in the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius and Jordan. There are several dates still scheduled to display some of the most phenomenal drift performances in the region in Egypt and Qatar in anticipation of the Red Bull Car Park Drift Final to be held in Dubai on November 20. This event was held in partnership with Oman’s Ministry of Tourism, Ford Middle East, the Oman Automobile Association, Hi FM, Hala FM, See Muscat and Aramex’s “Shop and Ship,” an international shipping service that allows members to shop from online merchants spread across 15 countries in the MENA region, the United States, Europe, South East Asia and Africa.

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mani students are heavily sheltered and that’s why it is important to improve their social and communication skills by exposing them to different cultures and work ethics. Teachers from basic education and degree programmes should start realigning themselves and their curriculum beyond the conventional methods to prepare their students for the real world. More than 80 per cent of Omani students are exposed to only their culture because they make up the majority of all classes in the country. No wonder the vast majority of employers give priority to Omani students who have studies for their degrees abroad because they have had interaction with people from different cultures. Students who have studied and graduated in the Sultanate stand very little chance of making past the ﬁrst phase of the interview because their attitude is not adequate enough to go beyond. What the teacher writes on the board or shows in the slides is a theory that needs to be put into practice.

However, the practical part of the skills needed by students is interacting with different people to prepare for their future. It is too late to wait until a student ﬁnds a job to get into a network of different cultures. Diversity must start on the campus. Omani students need to interact with people from different races, ethnicity, and religious and socio-economic status. Improving social skills It will teach them to learn to deal with different problems and form a comprehensive network of people from different backgrounds. It will also make them sensitive to the needs of the underprivileged and widen their knowledge horizons beyond classroom activities. By allowing diversity on campuses, students would get a chance to trust people from outside their own comfort zones. In Oman, we have different international schools but they never share campus activities, not because the government does not encourage it but because academic heads do not see it as important. It is neither mandatory in their academic calendar nor included in the job descriptions of their teachers. What is a better way to get students together from different diversities than in sports or working together to preserve the environment? To raise money for charities is excellent not only to instil a lifetime habit of compassion in them but to bring all these students from different countries closer for a common goal. Schools and universities also need to give awards for best projects and innovative ideas to give students an opportunity to work on a shared target. Employers like to see in the CVs of graduates their engagement with community affairs and innovative ideas while they were

still studying. Diversity not only expands worldliness but social skills as well. Through enormous advancements in technology, the world is rapidly becoming a global village. Omani students want to be a part of it and not stay in isolation. Students learn very little if they only interact with other students from the same environment. Oman is blessed with a diversity of nationalities, thanks to about 1.8 million expatriates working and living here. Teachers should devise a way to bring expatriate students and bridge the gap with Omani students so they could learn from each other. Global examples If we need any proof that diversity helps both careers and economic development, take a closer look at the richest countries in the world. The secret of their success is to fuse together multinational skills on the campuses so as to prepare students in their careers. Diversity removes mistrust among different nationalities when they work together, and builds conﬁdence and sensitivity among co-workers to boost productivity. Diversity will also prepare Omanis to understand the working culture to deal with customers from different ethnic backdrops, improve their problem solving skills, promote creative thinking and lay the groundwork for a comfortable life for themselves. Schools must know that ethnic diversity not only liberalises the minds of students but it is also the requirement of employers. If it is included in our education system, employers would stop insisting on recruiting Omani graduates with foreign certiﬁcates knowing fully well that it is happening right here in the country.

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Muscat Municipality recently partially opened for traffic the main roads leading to Saih Al Dhabi Roundabout in Al Amerat. This includes the opening of road from Wadi Audai towards Quriyat. The project has been executed as part of the construction of Al Mahaj Roundabout Crossing Project. The project included removal of Al Mahaj Roundabout. -ONA

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mobinmathew@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Panorama Mall, an artistically articulated shopping and leisure centre, is set for a soft opening on October 12. It is a venture from the Allied business Group which has an interest in Real Estate and Property Development, Hospitality & Tourism Sector, Education and Health. “Our main objective is to add another attraction to the country,” Salim Ali Nasser Al Siyabi, Chairman of Allied Business Group told Times of Oman. According to the Chairman, the Mall offers job opportunities to more than 1,300 people including expats and nationals. Aesthetically and well designed, the mall with its coloured lighted ceiling is a treat for the eyes. One special feature of the Mall is that the ﬂoor and pillars are fully covered with decorative marbles.

The ambience of the Mall will be truly pleasing for the visitors. The three floors of the mall are of the same length with lots of options for children and family entertainment. “We have made special design and amenities,” the chairman asserted. Well stocked “We have new brands which are coming for the first time to the Sultanate,” he added. Well stocked super market, which is operated by Spinneys, will be functioning from Monday onwards. It will be followed by a five screen Cineplex operated by the City Cinema including a 4D cinema for the first time in Oman. “It is a soft opening which allows the people to know and experience what is available in the mall and what is expected to come,” Al Siyabi said. The main anchors shops of the Mall are the Spinney’s supermarket, Twenty 4, City Cinema, Family Entertainment centre with activities for kids from four to 14 years of age. The mall features a Dance stu-

Food courts Some brands like Furla exclusively for ladies handbags, Liu Jo clothing for men& women, Trussardi for men and Women etc are new to Oman. Panorama has one of the largest food courts with a variety of options. London Fish & Chips, Chicking, Subway etc are some of the food outlets that are available in the food court. Panorama Mall is also bringing in regional themed cuisine with brands like Somberero (Mexican), Palayok (Philippine), Mai Thai (Thailand), Kiwi Burger (New Zealand) etc. including local Omani cuisine. There is an exclusively area for kids brands with Bambini Squisiti will provide products of different brands from the US under one roof. All children products up to the age of sixteen is available in the outlet. Bella Peachy with Aigner, Coccodrillo from Poland adds value to the variety. The hospitality/retail project of Allied Business Group will house Somerset Services Apartments, Copthorne Falcon Hotel and an office tower as part of the development.

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dio, Kid’s Gym, an engineering Centre for kids, a music centre that would keep the kids gainfully occupied. The mall is spread over three ﬂoor and is conveniently accessible by lifts, escalators etc. The Mall is situated opposite Atlas Medical centre Bausher. Around 150 outlets will be available in the mall and nearly sixty eight percent of the outlets have been leased already. “We are looking for new franchises which are not available in other malls and we have been reserved some spaces for such outlets,” the chairman said.

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abroad will be eligible for marital allowances on condition that the spouse has not received a scholarship or study leave with salary pay.

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Hussein Ali, a human resource manager at a leading company, said the provision had not been made clear to expats earlier. “The company thought that it will lose visa clearance whenever it issues an NOC letter,” said Ali. He added that now the matter might become more ﬂexible with employees wishing to leave their employers. On the other hand, Vinod, who works at a private company, felt that it was still unfair to give the whole power to the employers. “There must be regulation to organise such matters instead of forcing us to beg or may be pay for NOC letters,” said Vinod. Meanwhile, an official source had explained to the Times of

Oman earlier that the two-year ban has reduced the hidden trade in the Sultanate. “I can understand why the government insists on the NOC letter when an expat employee is opting for an internal transfer, but how about those who leave the country and follow the rules,” said Khalfan. He added that the internal transfer might lead to an increase in the hidden trade in the Sultanate, but when an employee is leaving then his future must not depend on his employer’s generosity for providing him with an NOC letter. “The Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) will deﬁnitely take up this issue as soon as the Ministry of Manpower

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or ROP comes forward for a meeting,” Mohammed Hassan Al Ansi, vice-chairman of the Committee for Logistics and Transportation Affairs at the OCCI, said. In an earlier report, TOO had spoken to Said bin Naser Al Sadi, advisor to the Minister of Manpower, who conﬁrmed that expat employees should be free to decide whether they want to remain with the same employer or transfer to another one, once they have completed his working contract period. “The ministry has made it clear to the departments concerned that expat employees may be allowed to change their jobs if they have completed their contract without restrictions,” said Al Sadi.

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At the end of September, a Bangladeshi worker was crushed to death when a building collapsed in Ghala. His body was retrieved by police eight hours after the rescue operations were launched. Two persons were also injured in that incident. Following the collapse of that building, safety experts in Oman had said the country needed to strive harder to embrace health and safety measures for the beneﬁt of workers.

“Tropical Cyclone has formed over the Arabian Sea. The system will remain weak and should dissipate before reaching Oman next week,” Jason Nicholls, senior meteorologist at Accuweather.com, said. According to a tweet posted by Oman’s Met department, the depression may develop into a storm in the next 24 hours. In an update on Saturday, the Indian Met department said the depression over the east-central Arabian Sea had moved in the north-west direction, at a speed of 7km per hour during the past six hours, and had intensiﬁed into a

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deep depression and lay centred at 11:30 India Standard Time (IST). “It will move north-westwards and may intensify further into a marginal cyclonic storm during the next 24 hrs. Thereafter, it is expected to move west-northwestward and weaken gradually from Monday,” the Indian met authorities added. On Friday, the Oman Met department said in an update that the tropical low depression has developed in the Arabian Sea, which is situated 1,200 km away from Oman’s coast and its speed is between 20 and 25 knots.

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BEIRUT/MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday it had stepped up its bombing campaign against IS militants in Syria, while local observers said several of the air strikes had hit areas in western Syria where the hardline group has little presence. Russia started bombing in Syria on September 30 saying it was targeting IS and other opposition groups, a campaign that has drawn Moscow deeper into Syria’s more than four-year-old conflict. Rebels on the ground and Western states have said Moscow’s air campaign, which has been combined with ground attacks by progovernment forces, have mainly targeted rebel groups not associated with IS, including US-trained fighters. A Russian defence ministry representative said on Saturday Russia had intensified its campaign in the last 24 hours, with 64 sorties hitting 55 targets, Russian news agencies reported. Targets The representative, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, described the targets hit as controlled by IS, also referring to them as belonging to “militants” and “terrorists”. He said they included command and control centres, weapons depots and training bases, located in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa, Hama, Damascus and Aleppo. The first of those provinces is in eastern Syria and the main IS stronghold, while the other three

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are in Western Syria where the group is typically weak. However, IS militants have been advancing on Aleppo in recent days, seizing villages in the province from rival insurgents. Konashenkov said one of the targets hit near Aleppo was a concealed base for military vehicles, which he said had received a direct hit from an Su-24M bomber. More than ten vehicles had been destroyed, including two tanks and

ﬁve infantry vehicles, he said in comments cited by Interfax. Russian strikes hit northern areas of Latakia province, the coastal heartland of Assad’s Alawite minority sect, as well as northern areas of Hama province further east, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. There was no immediate information on casualties. The Observatory says IS has no real real presence in these areas.

However, there were other militants in northern Syria, such as Chechens, that Russia might want to attack. Attacks Syrian state television said in a newsﬂash that attacks carried out by government forces in the area had killed and wounded a number of “terrorists”, a term it uses to describe all insurgents in Syria. The Observatory said a large

explosion hit a building on the outskirts of the town of Al Bab in northern Syria, which is held by IS. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast in the building, which Islamic State had used to store explosives, according to the British-based Observatory, which tracks the conﬂict using sources on the ground. The Observatory also said Syrian government forces backed by militia had captured the village of

Atshan from insurgent fighters in Hama province after Russian airstrikes in surrounding areas. Atshan sits to the east of the north-south highway running through major western cities in Syria. Towns and villages around the road have been a focus of Russian air strikes. Syrian state TV also said in a newsflash that the army had captured the village Human Rights Watch said late on Friday that the first Russian air strikes on northern Homs last month killed at least 17 civilians and should be investigated for possible violations of the laws of war. Russian President Vladmir Putin said earlier this month that reports of civilian deaths in Russian air strikes on Syria were an “information attack”. On Friday, the Pentagon said it expected to hold new talks with Russia’s military on pilot safety in Syria’s war as soon as this weekend, as the former Cold War foes seek to avoid an accidental clash as they carry out rival bombing campaigns. US proposals, outlined during a secure video conference between the US and Russian militaries last week, included maintaining a safe distance between US and Russian aircraft and using common radio frequencies for distress calls. The US military warned it would not accept a Russian offer to hold more talks until it first received a formal response to those proposals, something the Pentagon said has now arrived. “The Department of Defense has received a formal response from the Russian Ministry of Defense regarding DOD’s proposal to ensure safe air operations over Syria,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told reporters. “Department leaders are reviewing the Russian response and talks are likely to take place as soon as this weekend.” — Reuters

VIOLENCE

Israel kills two Palestinians aged 12 and 15, three others OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israeli security forces on Saturday shot dead two Palestinians aged 12 and 15 in protests along Gaza’s border fence, Palestinian medics said, and Israeli police said they killed three Palestinian fighters in separate violence in occupied Jerusalem. Eleven days of bloodshed in which four Israelis and 19 Palestinians have been killed in occupied Jerusalem, the Israelioccupied West Bank, Gaza and in Israeli cities have raised concerns about a new Palestinian uprising. On Saturday two Palestinians were shot dead by police after stabbing at least four Israelis in separate knife attacks near occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said paramilitary police also killed a Palestinian fighter after coming under fire from him during late-night clashes at the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem. ‘Hero martyr’ Hamas, the Palestinian group which controls the Gaza Strip, said in a statement that the Shuafat shooter was one of its members. “The hero martyr fought the Israeli occupation with language they understand,” Hamas said. In Gaza, Israeli soldiers shot dead the Palestinian boy and teenager as they were taking part in protests near the Israeli border security fence, Palestinian medical officials said. An army spokes-

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woman said the protesters, in an Israeli-declared no-go security zone by the border, were hurling burning tyres and stones towards the soldiers, who ﬁred warning shots in the air before shooting “at the main instigators”. Near the Damascus Gate a Palestinian stabbed two police officers, seriously wounding one of them, a few hours after a 16-year-old Palestinian stabbed and wounded two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men nearby, Rosenfeld said. The violence has been fuelled by Palestinian fears that visits by Jewish groups and lawmakers to the occupied Jerusalem Old City plaza are eroding religious control of the Al Aqsa mosque compound. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said repeatedly that he will not allow any change to the arrangements. His assurances over conditions at the site have done little to quell alarm among people across the region. The almost daily Palestinian knife attacks and clashes between Israeli soldiers and stone-throwing Palestinians are not at the levels of violence of past Palestinian uprisings, but the escalation has prompted talk of a third “Intifada”. Ali Al Qaradaghi, a prominent cleric, urged worship-

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Mohammed Fares Al Jaabari on Saturday, in the center of the occupied West Bank town of Hebron. – AFP

pers on Saturday to join what he described as an uprising. Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops also broke out on Saturday near the occupied West Bank cities of Hebron and Ramal-

lah and again at the Shuafat camp. Scores of Palestinians were injured including 17 hit by live gunﬁre, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Protests have also spread to several Arab towns in

Israel. Both Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have called for calm and Palestinian police continue to coordinate with Israeli security forces to try to restore order, but there are few

signs of the violence dying down. Palestinians want occupied East Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Gaza for a future state. US-brokered peace talks broke down in April 2014. — Reuters

SU N DAY, OCTOB ER 11, 2015 When such wrong and misleading notions about Gujarat Model is being spread by our leaders, which is totally against the reality here, we have decided to expose the well-propagated myth Hardik Patel, Convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti

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‘Modi is in habit of making promises, not delivering’ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said it was about time Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets his act together and starts to do something as people are losing their patience

HITTING OUT: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses a

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BENGALURU: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to keep his promises on bringing back black money, creating jobs and price control saying people were “losing patience”. He also hinted at continued stalemate on GST saying the government had not come forward to discuss opposition concerns on

the landmark tax reform. Struggling “The farmers of this country are struggling, the poor people of this country are struggling. In fact, the promises made by prime minister about reducing the prices, bringing back black money of Rs1.5 million per citizen... we are still waiting for all these promises to come true,” he told reporters here.

Modi, he said, “is in the habit of making promises, whatever comes to his mind and not delivering on any one of them.” “He gave a promise of ‘Swachh Bhaarat’, I don’t see where ‘Swachh Bhaarat’ has had any impact. He talked about ‘Make in India’, I don’t see any impact on jobs. I don’t see any thing happening with ‘Make in India’, except the little lion they have (and) that they

keep showing it on TV and wasting public exchequers money,” the Congress vice president said. Rahul said it was “about time the prime minister gets his act together and starts to do something.People of India are losing their patience.” On the landmark Goods and Services Tax Bill, which his party had stalled in the last session of Parliament, Rahul said Congress wanted a “pro-people GST”. “The central government does not believe in discussion with anybody. The central government in fact cannot discuss with anybody because the central government is Narendra Modi. There is no other central government. So the only person who decides everything in the central government is Narendra Modi,” he said. Rahul was asked if there were feelers to end the stalemate over the GST Bill. “We have three clear issues on GST where we disagree with the government. The Congress party brought the GST, we are for the GST (and) we want the GST to be passed. “But, what we are not for is an anti-people GST. We are for a propeople GST. So the discussion

is about the three points that we believe in. If the government compromises with us, we are ready to do the GST,” he said. While he did not elaborate on the demands, the Congress has in the past demanded that the rate of Goods and Service Tax — which will replace all indirect taxes — should be ﬁxed at 18 per cent and the provision to allow states to levy 1 per cent additional tax over and above the GST rate be scrapped. It also wanted petroleum and alcohol to be part of GST regime. Rahul said Congress “will defend the rights of the people of this country and the party is not going to allow the BJP to run rough shots over poor people of the country.” The Congress vice president said he was in Karnataka to meet farmers who are in distress. “Our prime minister is travelling to different countries, he hasn’t left any country... But he hasn’t visited any farmer’s house. He hasn’t visited the house of any labourer, unemployed. So its not a government of the weak and poor. I don’t understand whose government it is... government of select capitalists,” he said. - PTI

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21 arrested for violence over cow slaughter rumours MAINPURI (UP): After Dadri, tension now prevails in this district where rumours of cow slaughter triggered violence with protesters targeting police vehicles and setting afire shops, leaving seven policemen injured. Twenty-one people have been arrested for Friday’s violence even as the circle officer has been suspended for alleged laxity. The violence started after some persons spread rumours of cow slaughter in Karhal area with an intention to trigger communal tension in the town, an official spokesman said on Saturday. Post-mortem However, the post-mortem report found that the cow had died due to an ailment, he said. As soon as the rumour spread on Friday, people in Nagaria village set police jeeps on fire and damaged several other vehicles and shops as they were agitated over rumours of cow slaughter in the village, police said. It was alleged that a cow, which was grazing in a field near the village, was taken away for slaughter and its skin was being removed in a house when some villagers barged in, the police said.- PTI

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Will expose well-propagated myth behind Gujarat model, says Hardik GANDHINAGAR: Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel on Saturday questioned the much talked about ‘Gujarat Model’ of development and said he will “expose the reality behind it.” While making announcements here about the next round of agitations, Hardik, who leads a faction of Patel groups’ campaigning to get reservation under Other Backward Castes quota, cited several examples to prove his point.

“This government claims that farmers are very happy in Gujarat. Then why two farmers committed suicide in last one week? What is the reason that people involved in recruitment rackets are not punished? Why innocent women are beaten up and sent to jail by police? Is this the Gujarat Model?” Hardik said at a press conference. He alleged that Patels are being subjected to violence by police and the state government delayed the

local body polls for its beneﬁt. “Patels are being singled out by police and mercilessly thrashed. BJP-led Gujarat government brought an ordinance to delay the local body polls, for their beneﬁt. Is this Gujarat Model? What will happen when such a model, for which our PM takes credit all the time, will be implemented across India?” asked Hardik. The 22-year-old convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti

(PAAS) termed the Gujarat model as a “myth” and said he will “expose” the reality behind it. Misleading notions “When such wrong and misleading notions about Gujarat Model is being spread by our leaders, which is totally against the reality here, we have decided to expose the well-propagated myth,” he said. Hardik, who is also president of Patidar Navnirman Sena (PNS),

claimed that the outﬁt has presence in 16 states and its members will hold various programmes across India, including Bihar, to educate their community through public gatherings. “As of now, more than 5.6 million members have registered with PNS. Not just Bihar, we will organise programmes in various parts of country to tell people about the atrocities police have committed on us in Gujarat,” he said.

Hardik rejected state government’s Rs1,000 crore package announced recently for the students of economically backward class sections of non-reserved category. “We don’t want such package. We want only reservation. If government claims that reservation can’t be given as per the present laws, then I want the government to explain to us, under which laws it cannot give us reservation,” said Hardik. - PTI

WEST BENGAL

Trinamool wins municipal polls KOLKATA: In a major boost for ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of next year’s assembly polls, the party on Saturday scored landslide victory in violence-marred elections to Bidhannagar and Asansol Municipal Corporations and wrested Bally civic body from the Left Front. TMC succeeded in breaking into Bally municipality, a red bastion for the last 40 years, and

won in all its 16 wards. Out of the 41 wards in Bidhannagar, TMC won 37, CPI(M)-led Left Front and Congress two each. BJP drew a blank. In Asansol out of the 106 wards, TMC won 74 wards, Left 17, BJP eight, Congress four and Independents three. Elections to Asansol, Bidhannagar municipal corporations and Bally municipalty, held on

October 3 were marred by rampant violence and assault on journalists. While TMC has hailed it as victory of the masses and people restoring their faith in the developmental work ushered by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, opposition Left Front has claimed that the results reﬂect the strength of TMC’s ‘goondaism’. - PTI

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PATNA: Loudspeakers fell silent as a high-decibel vitriol-filled campaigning for 49 seats going to poll in the first phase of assembly elections in the eastern Indian state of Bihar ended on Saturday evening. Though the electioneering got off to positive start with the two main contenders to power — BJP-led NDA and JD(U)-RJDCongress alliance — initially singing the development tune, it soon turned into a slanging match, with rivals freely engaging in name-calling. From ‘Shaitan’ (devil) to ‘Brahma Pisach’ (super devil) to ‘Chara Chor’ (fodder thief ) to ‘Narbhakshi’ (man eater), they called each other all. As campaigning peaked, Lalu Prasad’s “Hindus also eat beef” remark was hotly debated, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to turned the tables on the RJD boss, who had latched onto RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call for a review of the reservation policy to claim that the BJP-led Centre was contemplating scrapping caste-based quotas. Sensitive issue As Lalu and the anti-BJP alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar harped on the alleged move to scrap quotas, rally after rally, to consolidate the backward caste votes, the RJD supremo’s “Hindus

BRIEFING: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses the media

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also eat beef” remark, made in the aftermath of the Dadri lynching episode, gave BJP and Modi an opportunity to counter one sensitive issue with another. Modi vigorously stirred Bihar’s melting electoral pot by accusing Lalu of “insulting” the “yaduvanshis” (Lalu’s own Yadav clansmen), who rear cattle, by his comment. “What all is he saying. What all Yadavs eat? Whatever position Lalu rose to, it was because of these Yaduvanshis and he insulted them. What kind of abuses you are hurling at them. Is it not an insult of Yadavs and Bihar? Do not humiliate the Yaduvanshis so much? Laluji, these Yaduvanshis helped you to come to power,” said Modi, addressing elections rallies in Munger, Begusarai and Samastipur on Thursday. Modi’s remarks provoked accusations of trying to communalise the elections. “The real Modi on display — brazen attempt to add communal texture to Bihar polls, but deafening silence on deplorable incident of Dadri,” said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Kumar said it was for all to see “why Vajpayee ji was forced to

remind him (Modi) to follow Raj Dharma, but wonder who will do the Vajpayee today ?” Warnings of a return of “jungle raj”, a term used by Lalu’s critics to describe alleged lawlessness during RJD’s 15-year rule, was an oft repeated refrain of the NDA leaders, including Modi and Shah. ‘Plummeting level’ With the electoral discourse getting reduced to petty name-calling, the Election Commission expressed “deep anguish” at the “plummeting level” of speeches, saying those were aimed at causing mutual hatred and urged politicians to show restraint. With accusations and namecalling ﬂying thick and fast, FIRs were lodged against Amit Shah, Lalu, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav and AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi for violation of model poll code. Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah spearheaded the NDA’s campaign, with the prime minister addressing six election rallies on October 8 and 9. Several Union Ministers like Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, J. P. Nadda, Ananth Kumar and Kalraj Mishra too chipped in, addressing a string of

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India, Jordan agree to enhance counter-terrorism cooperation

CEREMONIAL WELCOME: President Pranab Mukherjee with King Abdullah of Jordan during

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AMMAN: India and Jordan on Saturday agreed to enhance their cooperation in counter-terrorism and defence during talks between visiting President Pranab Mukherjee and King Abdullah of Jordan, a frontline state in the battle against terror in the turbulent West Asian region. Embarking on a six-day visit to Jordan, Palestine and Israel, Pranab conferred with the Jordanian monarch on a wide variety of subjects, including terrorism, UN Security Council reforms, enhancement of bilateral trade. The two leaders agreed that there should be greater cooperation on counter-terrorism and defence for which mechanisms will be worked out. On the ﬁrst day of his two-day visit to Jordan, Pranab informed the King that India would provide a line of credit worth $100 million to Jordan, the details of which will be worked out shortly. The two leaders also did a virtual inauguration of the world’s largest sulphuric acid plant set up at a cost of $860 million in Eshidiya, 325km from here. The Jordanian monarch, who hosted a lunch for the president shortly after his arrival, supported India’s candidature in a reformed UN Security Council.

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He also endorsed India’s approach on UN reforms, an Indian spokesman said later. The issue of 39 Indians believed to be in the captivity of IS did not speciﬁcally come up, the spokesman said, adding that India was in touch with all the countries in the region in this regard. Pranab endorsed the King’s recent call at the UN that it was the right time to sound a warning on terrorism and extremism which does not respect any religion. The menace threatened the basic safety and security of the world. King Abdullah accepted the President’s invitation to visit India along with queen Rania as soon as possible. The President spoke about the growing Indian economy, but pointed out that a large section of the population needed to be lifted out of poverty. India, therefore, has to grow at a minimum of 8 per cent for the next ten years. A large part of the discussions between the King and Pranab focused on enhancing bilateral trade and investments.

Some 20 textile mills in Jordan are owned by Indians who have invested about $300 million. Jordan is seeking greater Indian investment and representatives of the Tata group are arriving here on Monday to scout for investment opportunities. The Mahindra group is also said to be interested in investing here. On his part, the President told the King that there were opportunities of investment in India’s defence sector in which upto 49 per cent could be invested through automatic route and even 100 per cent on a case by case basis. Pranab, who is accompanied by Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot and six MPs belonging to different parties, told the King about India’s multiparty system and how all parties were contributing in strengthening the country. A colourful reception was accorded to the Indian leader at the Al Husseinieh Palace, where he drove straight from the airport after a six-hour ﬂight from India. The President and the King, who wields all the power in Jordan, met for half-an-hour before delegation-level talks. Pranab, who will travel to Palestine and Israel after a two-day stay here. - PTI

rallies. Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley released BJP’s vision document that promised laptop, scooty and colour TV to dalits. BJP is contesting the polls in alliance with Ramvilas Paswan’s LJP, Hindustani Awam Morcha of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Samata Party. These leaders were also present during Modi’s election meetings. Lalu and Nitish led the threeparty Grand Alliance’s charge. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the state only for a day each for canvassing support for JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine’s nominees. Bollywood glamour There was also a dash of Bollywood glamour to the campaign. Though actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha was absent from the scene, BJP fielded Hema Malini, Smriti Irani, Manoj Tiwari and actor Ajay Devgn to stump for its candidates. Voting will take place in 49 constituencies of a total of 243 in the first phase on October 12. These constituencies are spread over 10 districts of Samastipur, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Banka, Khagaria, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nawada and Jamui. A total of 1,35,72,339 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase. Out of the 49 seats that would go to poll on October 12, JD(U) of Nitish Kumar had won 29 in 2010. BJP, which was with JD(U) in last election, had won 13 seats, while RJD had clinched four. This time, BJP has fielded a maximum of 27 candidates, while JD(U) candidates are in the fray in 24 seats, RJD on 17, LJP 13, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) 6, Hindustani Awam Morcha 3 and Congress 8. - PTI

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Asim Khan: I have been made ‘sacrificial goat’ of AAP’s internal politics NEW DELHI: A day after his sacking over graft charges from the Delhi cabinet, Asim Ahmed Khan trained his guns at the Aam Aadmi Party and said he was a “victim” of a big conspiracy of party’s “internal politics”. Addressing a news conference, he said he was being made a “sacrificial goat” and there was a “threat to his life”. The Ballimaran MLA did not take any question and left more questions than answers over his sudden removal. “I was more surprised than anyone else. I came to know about my removal two hours after it was done. I was in a place for around two-and-a-half hours whose details I will give you later. I was cut off from the outside world as my mobile was switched off,” the former environment, food and supplies minister said. “I have asked the party to give me the audio tape but I am yet to get it,” he said. “Who is the other voice? The mediator was no builder or a mediator. He is Shakeel Malik, AAP’s co-convenor of Uttar Pradesh, and Director of the Delhi Minority Finance Corporation. Why was his named not revealed? I haven’t even been given a CD of the conversation,” Khan claimed. The venue of the news conference was his father’s opulent twostorey mansion in Darya Gang area in Old Delhi filled with his supporters and family members, in an apparent show of strength. Conspiracy “The entire thing was scripted between 3.30pm and 6pm. I was asked to resign at 3.30pm. What happened during those two -anda-half hours? Who was there with me during that time... cannot be revealed at this point of time. I have 70 per cent proof of those involved.”

FURIOUS: Sacked Delhi minis-

ter Asim Ahmed Khan showing a document to the media in New Delhi on Saturday regarding the corruption charges against him. - PTI

Daring the party, he said, “I will spill the beans of the conspiracy in the next conference. Revealing the names now will only hurt my attempts to uncover the conspiracy. I will name everyone, even if its a councillor or a chief minister,” Khan said, as his supporters shouted anti-Arvind Kejriwal slogans.The party declined to respond to Khan’s charges. “He is free to defend himself. On our part, the Delhi government has referred the case to the CBI and he should give his defence before the investigating agency,” party spokesperson Deepak Bajpai said. Khan also paraded a man named Javed, who he claimed to be the owner of the house, from whom he had allegedly demanded Rs600,000 as bribe. “I swear by Allah that Asim Khan has never done such a thing. I neither asked for any money nor did I accept any bribe,” he asserted. He also attacked Imran Husain, who replaced him in the Kejriwal ministry, saying there are “certain charges” against him, but did not elaborate further. - PTI

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A Pakistani woman drives a pink auto-rickshaw during a rally in Lahore on Saturday. The streets of Lahore were tickled pink when a group of women staged a rose-coloured ‘rickshaw rally’ for female empowerment. Driven by female representatives from local social groups and charities, the bright pink, covered three-wheeled motorcycles zipped through the city in a bid to highlight the challenges faced by Pakistani women. — AFP

ISLAMABAD: China’s largest steel company Sinosteel Corporation has offered an investment of $778 million in revamping and enhancing the production capacity of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) over the next three to four years. “A delegation of the Chinese steel giant is currently on a visit to Pakistan and will meet Industries and Production Minister Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi next week to present and discuss a plan for taking over management control of PSM,” an industries ministry official told The Express Tribune. This is a follow-up to the July meeting between Sinosteel executives and the industries minister where the Chinese company had

expressed interest in bringing the loss-making PSM back on feet and expanding its production capacity. In response, the minister asked the Chinese to draft an operational plan for discussion and to enable the Privatisation Commission to take a decision. Sources said, Sinosteel would invest $778 million in PSM over the next three to four years to give a boost to its output. By taking over PSM, according to sources, Sinosteel is not only targeting the Pakistan market to satisfy its growing appetite, but is also eyeing exports to neighbouring countries with the help of Pakistan’s ports and land routes. — Express Tribune

‘Let’s live like good neighbours’ sectors across the country as he was briefed about the Orange Line train service in Lahore.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he

I told United Nations that it was their security council’s order to find solutions which they should now make sure are implemented. I also gave proposals of how to improve relations with India

had given proposals to the UNO of how to improve relations with India

Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said ties with India should be improved through dialogue and that a solution for Kashmir should be found and implemented as soon as possible. “We are neighbours and should live like good neighbours, while taking into consideration the

feelings of Kashmiris,” the premier said while chairing a meeting in Lahore. Presiding over the meeting at the Punjab Governor House, PM Nawaz spoke on the Kashmir is-

sue which he raised at the 70th UN General Assembly last month. “I told UNO that it was their security council’s order to ﬁnd solutions which they should now make sure are implemented,” he

said, adding that, “I also gave proposals of how to improve relations with India.” The premier further said the government was giving equal importance to the development of all

Improving “We are improving and growing in every sector,” the premier informed while chairing a meeting in Lahore ahead of polling in Nation Assembly’s NA 122 seat of Lahore. He informed officials that the government is currently working towards the generation of cheap electricity which will not only improve the economy of the country, but will also enable low income households to afford it. The premier also briefed those in attendance of the meeting that “along with transport, the government is giving equal importance to education, health and agriculture sectors and working towards their development.” “All these developments will create employment opportunities and there will be economic pro-

gression in the country,” Nawaz added. He further said that the metro bus projects have successfully been completed in Islamabad and Lahore while work on the project in Multan has also started and is expected to be completed soon. Discussing LNG power projects, the premier said that the Ministry of Petroleum and Ministry of Water and Power are working in close coordination to complete the projects. “Along with LNG, a total of 3,600 megawatts would be added by the summer of 2017,” he informed. Further, PM Nawaz assured that the metro bus projects will also be launched in other cities in order to provide cheap and digniﬁed transport to the people of the country. “Once the metro is operational, about 0.35 million people to travel by it every day rather than risking their lives in overcrowded buses,” he added. — Express Tribune

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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS: Participants wave ﬂowers towards North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (not pictured) as they pass through Kim Il-Sung Square during a mass military parade in Pyongyang on Saturday. North Korea was marking the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party. - AFP

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Navigational aid “The lighthouses on Huayang and Chigua reefs of China’s Nansha Islands will provide efficient navigational aid and route guidance services and signiﬁcantly improve navigation safety for passing vessels in the South China Sea,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said. “As an important international shipping and ﬁshing region, the South China Sea waters are busy and China will continue to con-

1950-53 conﬂict ended in a truce, not a treaty. The North, slapped with UN and US sanctions for its nuclear weapons and rocket programmes, often threatens to destroy the South, and its major ally the United States, in a sea of ﬂames. In a letter delivered by Liu, the most senior Chinese official to visit Pyongyang since leader Kim came to power following his father’s death in 2011, Xi said China attached vital importance to its relationship with North Korea, China’s official Xinhua news agency said.

China is North Korea’s chief ally and its main trading partner, although ties have been strained over the North’s nuclear programme. Xi said in the letter that China had “been striving to treat the bilateral relations from a strategic and long-term perspective”.Liu reiterated China’s position that it wanted an early resumption of the six-party talks. “The Chinese side is willing to seek closer communication and deepen cooperation, pushing for a long-term, healthy and stable development of the Sino-DPRK ties,”

Xi said in the letter cited by Xinhua, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Bolster ties Kim, who is in his early thirties, told the visiting Chinese delegation on Friday that North Korea was also keen to bolster ties, the North’s ofﬁcial KCNA news agency said on Saturday. Liu is the ﬁfth-ranked member on China’s ruling Communist Party’s elite Politburo Standing Committee. - Reuters

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China defends building of light houses on reef BEIJING: Dismissing concerns over its infrastructure building in the disputed islands chain, China on Saturday defended the construction of two light houses in the South China Sea saying they will help guide passing vessels and signiﬁcantly improve navigation safety. The Huayang and Chigua Lighthouses are constructed on the Huayang Reef of Nansha Islands, also known as Spratly Islands, a chain of barren reefs and atolls that straddle one of the world’s busiest sea-lanes.

was followed by troops marching in formation, ﬁrst by a corps of soldiers dressed in the style of the revolutionary force that fought Japan during World War Two, and then a procession of military might rolling past the square. A battery of the North’s intercontinental ballistic missiles was the highlight of the weapons display, although they are not known to have been successfully tested. Impoverished North Korea and rich, democratic South Korea remain technically at war after their

struct other civilian and public facilities to better serve coastal nations in the South China Sea,” she said, defending the infrastructure building in the disputed island chain. Believed to be sitting atop large deposits of oil and natural gas, the island chain is also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei. They have expressed concerns that China’s infrastructure building and land reclamation projects in the disputed island chain, which could be used as military bases as well, could threaten freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. On Friday Hua told a media brieﬁng that China will not allow violation of its territorial waters in the South China Sea in name of freedom of navigation. “We will never allow any country to violate China’s territorial waters and airspace in the Spratly Islands, in the name of protecting freedom of navigation and overﬂight,” she was quoted as saying by the official media. - PTI

Nepalese Parliament to elect new PM today KATHMANDU: Nepalese Parliament is all set to elect the new Prime Minister on Sunday, choosing between outgoing Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and CPN-UML leader K. P. Sharma Oli, in a contest which became necessary as parties failed to forge a consensus. The election is taking place amid continued protests and blockade of a key border trade point with India over the country’s new Constitution. Koirala on Saturday submitted his resignation to President Ram Baran Yadav who accepted it, setting the stage for a vote to elect the new prime minister on Sunday. Koirala has ﬁled his candidacy for the Prime Ministership from his Nepali Congress (NC) party. Proposed His name was proposed by former prime minister and senior NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba Oli, who is taking on Koirala, is the CPN-UML Chairman. His name was proposed by Uniﬁed CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda and seconded by Rastriya Prajatantra Party chairman Kamal Thapa. Oli is seen as the frontrunner to become prime minister as more

PROTEST: Madhesi Morcha activists hold a protest march over the new constitution of Nepal, in Birgunj in Nepal on Saturday. - PTI

than a dozen parties including Prachanda’s UCPN-Maoist have extended support to him. Both Koirala and Oli have ﬁled their nomination papers. After ﬁling his nomination papers, Koirala said he had decided to contest the election on his party’s directive. He said he would pursue the politics of cooperation and collaboration whether he wins or loses the election. The election of the prime minister comes even as the new Constitution, which was unveiled on

September 20 after seven years of negotiations, is being opposed by Madhesi groups. On Friday, Nepal formed a three-member team headed by the foreign minister to ease a diplomatic standoff with India over the supply of essential goods, including petroleum products, which has been hit due to blockade of trade points with India by Madhesi people protesting against the new Constitution. The agitating Madhesi Front claims that the Constitution does

not guarantee enough rights and representation to the Madhesi and Tharu communities residing in southern Nepal. Madhesis are Indian-origin inhabitants of the Terai region bordering India who are opposed to splitting Nepal into seven provinces. They are against splitting Nepal into seven provinces. The continued blockade of border trade points with India has halted the supply of essential goods from India. At least 40 people have died in over a month of clashes between police and protesters from the Madhesi and Tharu communities and ethnic minorities. Meanwhile, Nepal’s Maoist chief Prachanda on Saturday met Chinese ambassador Wu Xunthai and discussed the current political situation in the country including the hardships faced by the people due to blockade of a key border trade point with India. During the meeting, the Uniﬁed CPN-Maoist chairman asked the Chinese ambassador to help the Nepali people who are facing hardships due to shortage of essential goods including fuel and cooking gas ahead of their main festival ‘Vijaya Dashami’. - PTI

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he House Republican conference is in a pickle. It doesn’t want the leader it has. It just destroyed Kevin McCarthy, its leader in waiting. And the leader it purportedly pines for, Representative Paul Ryan, may yet prove unwilling to descend into the snake pit for the sake of a couple months (weeks? days? hours?) of party unity before the occupants turn their venom on him. The leadership vacuum will somehow be ﬁlled. But the hot mess isn’t an anomaly; it’s the GOP. The same dynamics dragging down the House are on display in the presidential race, where hard-core conservatives who respect political realities battle against even more hard-core conservatives who don’t much care about reality and sometimes have only a tenuous grasp of politics -- and against the cynics who surf their wake. When Senator Marco Rubio made the mundane observation that Republicans are unlikely to enact their conservative Nirvana with President Barack Obama in the White House, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie seized the opportunity to paint Rubio as “defeatist.” This is the same Christie who brags about using his executive authority to veto 400 bills supported by the Democratic majority in his state legislature. In contemporary Republican politics, democratic norms and constitutional prerogatives are variable: They only count when Republicans say they do. The battle between the three or four dozen most extreme members of the House Republican conference and their colleagues is not ideological. The Freedom Caucus, or whatever the Ultras call themselves this week, is not pursuing a different policy agenda. Even the Wall Street Journal editorial page, which has had it up to here with the Ultras, wrote: “We share most of the Freedom Caucus’s policy goals.” As Harry Enten at FiveThirtyEight noted, the Ultras simply want to use extreme tactics to achieve very similar policy ends. So is the difference between Republican factions tactical? Not really. The difference between the Ultras in the House and the mainstream Republicans their delight in humiliating isn’t so much about tactics as democracy. The Ultras bulk up on the former -- holding their

leadership hostage, pushing the party to hold the nation’s credit hostage, or government funding hostage -- but they have little use for the latter. Barack Obama was re-elected to the White House in 2012 by a margin of roughly 5 million votes. To mainstream conservatives this is unfortunate. But it’s also a fact. Not just a Democratic fact, but a small-d democratic one. The people spoke at the ballot box, and that voice cannot simply be annihilated. What’s more, there are a couple hundred years of government precedent and a written constitution to guide the balancing of conflicting interests between the president and his party and the Congress and its majorities. But the Ultras are not big on balance. Or, really, democracy. To them, Obama is not the duly elected president of the United States, the nation’s highest officer. He is an affront and an obstacle. Since he is not an arch-conservative Republican, and they so fervently wish that he were, they simply deem him illegitimate. The Ultras are called “outsider” and “antiestablishment” and “anti-government.” And they are in various ways. But they are mostly anti-democratic. They reserve their greatest contempt for compromise, even with members of their own party. Compromise is the viscous stuff that enables diverse interests to be accommodated and government to function. It’s the stuff of American pluralism and representative democracy, fluid enough to carry multiple views but still sticky enough to make one of many. The Ultras are at war with Democrats, with Republicans, with government itself. But mostly they are war with perhaps the greatest, if least heralded, of American political ideals: Half- aloafism. In a 50-50 nation, they don’t want small bites. They want it all. Never mind that they represent a section of one party. Yet their influence is not confined to the House or even the Republican presidential primary. When Republican legislatures enact voting restrictions expressly designed to keep Democratic constituencies away from the polls, they are not primarily fighting an ideological or routinely tactical battle. They surely are not fighting phantom voter fraud. They are fighting democracy. And they’re winning. In Washington last week, they just claimed another scalp. - Bloomberg View

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PAIN AND ANGUISH: A woman reacts following an explosion at the main train station in Turkey’s capital Ankara, on Saturday. – AFP

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I heard one big explosion first and tried to cover myself as the windows broke. Right away there was the second one. There was shouting and crying and I stayed under the newspapers for a while. I could smell burnt flesh

hundreds gathered for a planned march to protest over a conﬂict between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants in the southeast

ANKARA: At least 86 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists outside Ankara’s main train station on Saturday, weeks ahead of an election, in the deadliest attack of its kind on Turkish soil. Bodies covered by flags and banners, including those of the proKurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), lay scattered on the road among bloodstains and body parts. “Like other terror attacks, the one at the Ankara train station targets our unity, togetherness, brotherhood and future,” President Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement, calling for “solidarity and determination”. Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu told a news conference that 86 people had been killed and 186 wounded, 28 of whom were in intensive care. The death toll could rise further. Witnesses said the two explosions happened as hundreds gathered for a planned march to protest over a conflict between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants in the southeast. “I heard one big explosion first and tried to cover myself as the windows broke. Right away there was the second one,” said Serdar, 37, who was working at a newspaper stand in the train station. “There was shouting and crying and I stayed under the newspapers for a while. I could smell burnt flesh.” There were no claims of responsibility for the attack. But the NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert since starting a “synchronised

Serdar

A worker at a newspaper stand MOMENTS BEFORE THE BLASTS: Protesters dance during a peace rally as a blast goes off in Ankara, Turkey on Saturday, in this still image taken from a video posted on a social media website. – Reuters/Melike Tombalak/dokuz8HABER via Reuters

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war on terror” in July, including air strikes against IS militants in Syria and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq. It has also rounded up hundreds of suspected Kurdish and hardline militants at home. Attacks The attacks, in the scale of casualties, exceeded events in 2003, when two synagogues, the Istanbul HSBC Bank headquarters and the British consulate were hit with a total loss of 62 lives. Authorities said those attacks bore the hallmarks of Al Qaeda. Saturday’s attacks came as expectation mounted that PKK militants would announce a unilateral ceaseﬁre, effectively restoring a truce that collapsed in July. The government had already dismissed the anticipated move as an election gambit to bolster the HDP, whose success at June elections had helped erode the ruling

AK party’s majority. Hours after the bombing, the PKK ordered its fighters to halt operations in Turkey unless they faced attack. It said through the Firat news website it would avoid acts that could hinder a “fair and just election” on November 1. Footage screened by broadcaster CNN Turk showed a line of young men and women holding hands and dancing, and then flinching as a large explosion flashed behind them, where people had gathered carrying HDP and leftist party banners. “We are faced with a very big massacre, a vicious, barbarous attack,” HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas told reporters. He drew a parallel with the bombing of an HDP rally in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on the eve of the last election in June and a suicide bombing blamed on IS group in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border in July, which killed 33 mostly young pro-Kurdish activists. The Interior Minister said he could not confirm it was a suicide bombing. An angry crowd booed and threw bottles when the health and interior ministers arrived in a convoy at the scene, and they were

quickly driven away. Some activists saw the hand of the state in all three attacks on Kurdish interests, accusing Erdogan and the AK Party of seeking to stir up nationalist sentiment, a charge Turkey’s leaders have vehemently rejected. “Suruc, Diyarbakir and now Ankara, all works of murderer Erdogan. We will tear down that palace,” said a 21-year-old university student, Tarik, who had been less than 50 metres from one of Saturday’s blasts. Pockets of activists still at the scene chanted antiErdogan and anti-AKP slogans. Authorities were investigating claims Saturday’s attacks were carried out by suicide bombers, two government officials told Reuters. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu cancelled his next three days of election campaigning and held an emergency meeting with the heads of police and intelligence agencies. Renewed conﬂict in the southeast since July’s collapse of the two-year-old ceaseﬁre, had raised questions over how Turkey can hold a free and fair election in violence-hit areas but the government has so far said the vote will go ahead. Violence between the state

and the PKK has escalated in recent months, with Ankara launching air strikes on militant camps in response to what it said were rising attacks on the security forces in the predominantly Kurdish southeast. Hundreds have since died. Turkey’s problems have been compounded over the last week by Russia’s launching of air strikes in neighbouring Syria that could further swell a refugee population of over two million on Turkish soil. Turkey has protested to Moscow over incursions into its air space by Russian warplanes. Scene Those involved in Saturday’s march tended the wounded lying on the ground, as hundreds of stunned people wandered around the streets. Some rushed to hospitals, where crowds gathered to donate blood. Bodies lay in two circles around 20 metres apart where the explosions appeared to have taken place. “This brutal terrorist attack on peaceful demonstrators is also an assault on the democratic process in Turkey which I vehemently condemn,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.

The attacks come three weeks ahead of an election at which the AKP is trying to claw back its majority, and at a time of multiple security threats, not only in the southeast but also from IS militants in neighbouring Syria and home-grown leftist militants. In June polls, the AKP lost the overall majority it had held since 2002, partly because of the electoral success of the HDP, which party founder Erdogan accuses of links to the PKK. The HDP denies the accusation. Designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, the PKK launched a separatist insurgency in 1984 in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. It has since reduced its demands to greater rights for the Kurdish minority; but Ankara fears a linkup between Kurdish militants in Turkey and Kurdish groups in Iraq and Syria that could lead to demands for a separate Kurdish state. The state launched peace talks with the PKK’s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in 2012 and the latest in a series of ceaseﬁres had been holding until the violence ﬂared again in July. — Reuters

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89 suspects in people smuggling ring arrested MADRID: Spanish police have arrested 89 people accused of being part of a network which smuggled Chinese nationals into Britain, Ireland, Canada and the United States, the interior ministry said on Saturday. The network, run by Chinese and Pakistani citizens, used Spain as a transit point, housing the people in apartments in the northeast of the country while they awaited falsified travel documents, the ministry said. The smugglers charged up to 20,000 euros ($22,700) per person, half paid in the country of origin and the other half to be handed over once they arrived at their destination, according to ministry. Families threatened If the second payment was not made, travel documentation was withheld and, in many cases, family members were threatened, it said. Four of those arrested face charges of belonging to a criminal organisation, document falsification and crimes against foreign citizens, while the other 85 are accused of document falsification and crimes against foreign citizens, the ministry said. — Reuters

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Thousands march in Berlin against EU-US trade deal There were 1,000 police officers on duty at the march. Opposition to the so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has risen over the past year in Germany, with critics fearing the pact will hand too much power to big multinationals at the expense of consumers and workers.

Opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has risen over the past year in Germany, with critics fearing the pact will hand too much power to big multinationals at the expense of consumers and workers

MASSIVE PROTEST: Consumer rights activists take part in a march to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, mass husbandry and genetic engineering, in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday. — Reuters

BERLIN: Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in protest against a planned free trade deal between Europe and the United States that they say is anti-democratic and

will lower food safety, labour and environmental standards. Organisers — an alliance of environmental groups, charities and opposition parties — said 250,000 people were taking part in the rally

against free trade deals with both the United States and Canada, far more than they had anticipated. “This is the biggest protest that this country has seen for many, many years,” Christoph

Bautz, director of citizens’ movement Campact told protesters in a speech. A police spokesman estimated 100,000 people were taking part in the demonstration which has been trouble free so far.

Dictatorship by companies “What bothers me the most is that I don’t want all our consumer laws to be softened,” Oliver Zloty told Reuters TV. “And I don’t want to have a dictatorship by any companies.” Dieter Bartsch, deputy leader of the parliamentary group for the Left party, who was taking part in the rally said he was concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding the talks. “We deﬁnitely need to know what is supposed to be being decided,” he said. Marchers banged drums, blew whistles and held up posters reading “Yes we can - Stop TTIP.” The level of resistance has taken Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government by surprise and underscores the challenge it faces to turn the tide in favour of the deal. — Reuters

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UK’s ex-finance minister Howe dies aged 88 LONDON: Former British finance minister Geoffrey Howe, an ally turned critic of Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 88, Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said on Saturday. Howe, who was also a former foreign secretary, died on Friday after suffering a suspected heart attack, the BBC said, citing his family. He oversaw Britain’s recovery from recession in the 1980s and was a champion of closer European unity - a belief which put him in direct confrontation with Thatcher and eventually became a catalyst for his exit from government. Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne paid tribute to Howe, who served as finance minister from 1979 to 1983, on social media, emphasising his quiet demeanour and radical thinking. “His time as Chancellor of the Exchequer was vital in turning the fortunes of our country around, cutting borrowing, lowering tax rates and conquering inflation,” Cameron said. “Lifting exchange controls may seem obvious now, but it was revolutionary back then.”

Geoffrey Howe

For 11 years, Howe was Thatcher’s loyal and self-effacing aide. He was Chancellor during Thatcher’s ﬁrst term as prime minister and administered the tough economic medicine which led to Britain’s mid1980s revival from the worst recession in 50 years. She rewarded his four-year Treasury stint by moving him to the Foreign Office in 1983, where he became Britain’s longest serving foreign minister since World War One. He was a passionate proponent of joining Europe’s single currency, ﬂying in the face of his increasingly eurosceptic Conservative party. — Reuters

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Bashir asks rebels to resume dialogue KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir formally reopened talks with rebel and opposition groups on Saturday but only one signiﬁcant opposition party showed up, and he urged them to halt a boycott on dialogue in return for a ceaseﬁre. Bashir’s government has been confronted by rebellion in its Darfur region since 2003 and a separate but linked insurgency in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan since the secession four years ago of South Sudan. Eighteen opposition groups that had initially agreed to take part in a formal national reconciliation process at its inception in early 2014 pulled out this January, leaving the future of any such dialogue in question. “I’m inviting the parties and rebels who are absent today to be part of a national dialogue. To those that did not come today we will not close the door, because they are Sudanese,” said Bashir, who took power in a 1989 coup. He was speaking in Khartoum

at the start of what was billed as renewed talks with the opposition but which were attended by only one notable opposition group, the Islamist Popular Congress Party, which split from Bashir’s political fold in 1999. “If other parties are ready for the cessation of hostilities, we are ready to declare a comprehensive ceaseﬁre.” The main armed rebel groups have rejected previous amnesty offers and refuse to attend talks held inside Sudan. The government has rebuffed opposition and rebel demands to link political negotiations with peace talks. Abdullah Mursal, a leader of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), an umbrella organisation of rebel groups, told Reuters that an initial meeting should be held in the Ethiopian capital in accordance with a September African Union resolution. “We will not be involved in talks like this (in Khartoum) that are decided upon unilaterally,” Mursal said. — Reuters

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People gather with umbrellas at the Place de la Liberte in Brest, western France, on Saturday. The umbrellas were distributed by the local initiative Coeur de Jaures to boost the trade in the city centre shopping malls. — AFP

German firms park funds for decommissioning of reactors E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall are due to switch off their nuclear plants by a 2022 deadline set by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011

BERLIN/FRANKFURT: Operators of German nuclear power plants have set aside enough funds to pay for decommissioning the country’s reactors, the Economy Ministry said on Saturday, even though stress tests showed the potential cost could far exceed their provisions. Germany’s four nuclear companies whose shares have tumbled on uncertainty around the size of provisions made for their reactors’ afterlife, said the report showed they were fully able to shoulder the cost of the nuclear exit. E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall are due to switch off their

NUCLEAR EXIT: Cooling towers stand illuminated at night at Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, operated by E.ON SE, in Grafenrheinfeld, Germany, on July 22, 2015. — Bloomberg News

nuclear plants by a 2022 deadline set by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011. The ministry appointed auditing ﬁrm Warth & Klein Grant Thornton to subject their balance sheets to a stress test to ensure that the $44 billion they have set aside in provisions to cover the decommissioning of reactors and the disposal of waste was

adequate. The auditing ﬁrm assessed the potential bill according to six scenarios assuming future interest rates and cost growth and came up with a range of 25 to 77 billion euros. Worst case scenario While the worst case scenario shows the energy companies were still short by almost 40 billion euros, the Economy Ministry said

their combined assets were worth around 83 billion euros. This meant they would be in a position to meet the costs. “The stress test shows: the companies concerned have fully covered the costs with their provisions,” Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in a statement. The government now plans to set up a committee to assess the results of the stress tests

and to deal with the question of how to dispose of nuclear waste in a final repository. Berlin wanted to make sure enough money is set aside to ensure that the taxpayer does not end up footing the bill if one of the companies runs into financial difficulties. Faced with low energy prices, rising competition from renewables and uncertainty ahead of the nuclear exit, German utilities have lost more than 20 billion euros of their market value this year. The operators said on Saturday their accounting methods had been confirmed as correct and that provisions were high by international comparisons. “In view of this unequivocal finding, speculation about a possible need for higher provisions has no basis in fact,” they said in a joint statement. The current practice of working on the basis of earning 1 percent interest on the funds set aside, is a conservative and cautious enough assumption, they added. This was in response to some scenarios presented by Warth & Klein Grant Thornton that factored in very low interest rates combined with high costs, resulting in long-term negative interest rates. Accountancy firm PwC which checks RWE’s and E.ON’s balance sheets said the worst case scenarios described in this assessment were not part of the practices it employed to comply with financial reporting duties. — Reuters

GREECE

Tsipras seeks to bolster party after election win ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called on Syriza members on Saturday to overcome “the ills of the past” and broaden its support base in a bid to bolster his party. Syriza was significantly weakened in the summer, when lawmakers from its far-left faction broke away in protest at Tsipras accepting a third bailout attached to tough austerity measures he had once vowed to tear up. Despite this U-turn Tsipras was re-elected on September 20, this time with a mandate to implement the 86-billion euro programme and thanks to the votes of both to the left and right of centre. “In order to achieve its political targets, our party needs to change,” Tsipras told the party’s central committee, which convened for the first time since the election. “Having a party operate within a party is over,” he said. Tsipras said the party should immediately begin with “reconstructing” Syriza’s member organisations and campaigning to register new members ahead of a party congress in February, later than initially expected. He said the party should be open to people “who believe in Syriza, regardless of whether they were supporters of the (centre-left) Pasok or (centre-right) New Democracy for decades.” Some Syriza members are worried that such change may hinder the party’s plans to fight corruption and reform the state and may overshadow its leftist values. — Reuters

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Kurd protesters attack party offices in Iraq The demonstrations that began on October 1 initially targeted the autonomous region’s government, which many Kurds blame for an economic crisis in the region

ARBIL: Protesters attacked several offices of the main political party in Iraq’s Kurdish north on Saturday in a third day of violent unrest that threatens to destabilise the region at a time of war with IS militants. The demonstrations that began on October 1 initially targeted the autonomous region’s government, which many Kurds blame for an economic crisis that has left them struggling to pay the bills. But the anger took a partisan turn on Friday when protesters in the city of Qaladize torched an ofﬁce of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) after at least one demonstrator was killed. The region’s president, Massoud Barzani, called for calm but young men blocked a main road in the town of Said Sadiq on Saturday and pelted a KDP building with stones, said Farouq Abd Al Karim, a local party member who was present. Live footage from Said Sadiq

CLASHES: Security forces spray water at protesters during clash-

es in Sulaimaniya, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on Saturday. – AFP

broadcast on Kurdish channel NRT showed riot police holding back protesters, some of whom wielded slingshots. Shops were shuttered and a tyre burned in the street. There were also protests in the city of Sulaimaniyah and the town of Kalar, where demonstrators threw stones at a KDP office. The pattern of unrest reﬂects long-running political divisions in the autonomous region of three provinces that have been exacerbated by a power struggle over the presidency of Barzani, who is also head of the KDP. Sulaimaniya province, where the protests are taking place is dominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party and for-

mer opposition movement Gorran, which are seeking to weaken the KDP’s grip on power. In Arbil and Duhok provinces, where the KDP is strong, security was tightened around offices of the PUK and Gorran to avert any retaliatory attacks. The KDP, Gorran, PUK and two of the region’s other parties have been wrangling over the terms of an extension of Barzani’s tenure since it expired on August 20. The stalemate has polarised Kurdish politics and compounded an economic crisis that began in early 2014 when Baghdad slashed funds to the region. A drop in oil prices has pushed the region further towards bankruptcy. — Reuters

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‘Only non-executives can become directors of listed companies’ New code of corporate governance also stipulatesthat the opinion of the nomination and remuneration committee will have to be taken into consideration while appointing directors

This was stipulated by the Capital Market Authority in the newly unveiled code of corporate governance, which will help to separate the board from the management of 135 listed ﬁrms on the local stock market

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman’s stock market watchdog Capital Market Authority has stipulated that all board members of listed companies will have to be non-executive directors. This is stipulated in the newly unveiled code of corporate governance, which will help to separate the board from the management of

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: The new code also makes it mandatory that a chief executive officer of a listed company cannot hold the same position at any of its subsidiaries. — Times ﬁle picture

135 listed ﬁrms on the Muscat Securities Market. Corporate governance is a set of rules to ensure that the listed ﬁrm is governed in the most possible fair and ethical manner in an apparent move to protect the interest of all stakeholders. Other major changes in the new code of corporate governance, which was introduced to enhance transparency, fairness, account-

ability and responsibility, include emphasis on effectiveness of directors, compulsory creation of nomination and remuneration committee, and an annual performance review of directors. All ﬁrst-time directors will have to undergo a course on corporate governance at the company’s expense. This is likely to be conducted by the newly constituted Centre for Corporate Governance

and Sustainability. The new code of corporate governance also stipulatesthat the opinion of the nomination and remuneration committee will have to be taken into consideration while appointing directors. Further, the board will review the performance of directors every year and there is also a code of conduct for directors in place for the ﬁrst time. For conducting board

meetings, the new code stipulates that although there is no problem for conducting resolution by circulation, ﬁnancial statements cannot be approved by circulation. Further, meetings are allowed by video conferencing, but the number of such meetings should not exceed two in a year. The new code also stipulates that the chairman of the audit committee cannot be a member of any other committee of the board. Besides, the audit committee will

directly invite proposals from audit ﬁrms for appointing an external auditor, which will eliminate the involvement of the management in the whole process. However, the new code retained four years for the mandatory change of auditors, which is against a three-year period earlier proposed in the draft code. The new code also made it mandatory that a CEO of a listed company cannot hold the same position at any of its subsidiaries. Also, a formal succession plan has to be presented to the board. Further, the nomination and remuneration panel will assist the board in the appointment and remuneration of executive management. Yet another major change in the new regulation is that a secretary to the board cannot be a related party and needs to have a legal or accounting background. Further, auditors can now report any suspected material fraud directly to the respective regulator, without an approval from the company’s board. The new code also pointed out that a broad meeting is valid only when majority of independent directors attend the same. The market regulator is aiming at further strengthening transparency, investor conﬁdence and trust, which will help attract more foreign investment to the local bourse.

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Al Shidhani International has signed a master franchise agreement with South Africabased Ocean Basket for opening specialty seafood restaurant in AGREEMENT: The agreement was signed by Saud Hilal Al Shidhani, chief executive officer of Al Shidhani International and Pedro De Sambento, director of Ocean Basket here on Thursday. - Supplied photo

the Sultanate

MUSCAT: Al Shidhani International has signed a master franchise agreement with South Africa-based Ocean Basket for opening Ocean Basket specialty seafood restaurant in Oman. The agreement was signed by Saud Hilal Al Shidhani, chief executive officer of Al Shidhani International and Pedro De Sambento, director of Ocean Basket here on Thursday. Major General Lungile Chris Pepani, South Africa’s ambassador to the Sultanate and other dignitaries attended the signing ceremony at the Chedi Hotel. Al Shidhani, a diversiﬁed business group that has interest in real estate, food and beverages, fashion

and cosmetic products, plans to open the ﬁrst Ocean Basket restaurant in Muscat in 2016. 350 outlets South Africa’s Ocean Basket has 350 outlets spread in several countries in different parts of the world, including Dubai. Property development is one of the core business aspects for Al Shidhani International. The company has been in to this business for almost two decades now. The company has completed several commercial construction projects in Muscat and there will be some more construction projects coming up in future, which are solely owned by Al Shidhani International.

STOCK MARKET

WEAKNESS: Last month, the market value of listed companies on the Muscat Securities market suffered losses amounting to OMR60.6 million. The total market value at the end of the September trading was OMR14.59 billion. – Times ﬁle photo

Shares of 41 companies on MSM decline in September MUSCAT: Shares of 41 companies on Muscat Securities Market (MSM) fell in September with decline in investor’s morale as a result of the continued drop in oil prices and expectations of dull global economic growth, as well as instability in the region. The market did not receive any moral support during the month of September, pushing stock prices to a low level with investors’ expectations that the fall in oil prices below the level of the current year’s budget to increase the state budget deﬁcit, which could lead to a reduction of government spending that would negatively affect the performance of a number of listed companies on the MSM. Last month, the market value of listed companies suffered losses amounting to OMR60.6 million. The total market value at the end of the September trading was OMR14.59 billion. Despite this, the number of proﬁtable companies rose to 20

compared to 10 companies in August. The main indicator of MSM pared losses in September to 84 points after falling 686 points in August, which was the worst performing month this year. The main index at the end of last month trading closed at 5,787 points, down by1.4 per cent, as all sectoral indices fell, particularly the manufacturing sector, which lost 297 points. Volume falls The index of the ﬁnancial sector lost 174 points, services index 34 points and the index of Shariacompliance market 19 points. Trading volume fell to OMR68.2 million as against OMR98.7 million in August. Omnevst acquired 13.5 per cent of trades with a volume of OMR9.2 million. Bank Muscat came in second place with trades worth OMR9.1 million followed by Oman Telecommunications (Omantel) with trades worth

OMR6.1 million. The three companies acquired 36 per cent of the total trading value. Shares of Oman Textile Holding recorded the highest rise and closed at 322 baisas, rising 19.7 per cent. Shares of al Jazeera Services came in second place, up by 11.1 per cent to close at 398 baisas. Shares of Al Sharqiya Desalination rose to OMR4.555, up by 8.4 per cent. Shares of Port Services Foundation topped losers and closed at 134 baisas shedding 14.1 per cent. Shares of United Power retreated by 13.6 per cent and closed at OMR2.995. Shares of Al Batinah Investment fell by 13.4 per cent and closed at 90 baisas. — ONA

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INVESTMENT VISIT

Indian ﬁrms keen to invest in Oman MUSCAT: Representatives of prominent Indian companies will begin a two-day investment visit to the Sultanate on Monday. The visit begins at Muscat’s Hormuz Grand Hotel with His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said, Ithraa’s Director General for Investment Promotion opening a one-day ‘Invest in Oman’ meeting, which will see 50 leading Omani organisations network with Indian counterparts. Monday’s meet will consist of a series of presentations by Ithraa — the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates; Salalah Port; Sohar Port and Freezone; Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm; Oman Investment Fund; Larsen & Tubro and the Oman Indian Fertiliser Company, Indian ambassador to the Sultanate will also be present. Presentations will be followed by business to business meetings, including a site visit to Sohar Port and Freezone. “Building on our successful visit to India in August, we have organised, in partnership with

key stakeholders, this important follow-up meeting to strengthen investment and trade ties with India. Indeed, by working together our two countries can achieve great things,” remarked Sayyid Faisal. Oman and India enjoy a longstanding and strong relationship, one that dates back centuries. This year, the two nations celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties. “Our warm and cordial relations are based on mutual trust and respect. We are linked by geography, trade, history and culture and collaborate in agriculture, healthcare, infrastructure, tourism, chemicals and fertilizers, education, oil and gas, power and mining,” emphasied Ithraa’s director general. Investment ﬂows between Oman and India are robust, over 1,500 Indo-Omani joint ventures have been carried out in Oman with an investment of $ 7.5 billion of which Indian investment is estimated at $4.5 billion. - ONA

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MARKET SOHAR eyes India for major expansion in logistics sector Rapid development of the Port and Freezone in SOHAR is a good example of how the country is strengthening its manufacturing capabilities and is fast shifting away from being a country that only exports hydrocarbons

Times News Service MUSCAT: Managers from SOHAR Port and Freezone are visiting India this week, as part of a three-day tour to promote the new Gulf gateway to South Asian investors. A number of roundtable discussions were held during their visit, focusing primarily on the logistics sector, as Oman looks forward to playing an increasingly important role in the regional logistics industry. As the Middle East embarks on its most ambitious rail net-

HUGE OPPORTUNITIES: Oman’s new railway network will help transform the Sultanate into a major cargo hub for the entire Gulf region, in turn creating a wealth of investment opportunities for Indian companies. — Times ﬁle picture

work ever, with some $250 billion earmarked for the construction of nearly 70,000 kilometres of railway line over the next ﬁve years, Mumbai and Chennai were the focus for this week’s SOHAR road show. Major cargo hub Oman’s new railway network will help transform the Sultanate into a major cargo hub for the entire Gulf region, in turn creating a wealth of investment opportuni-

ties for Indian companies. Thanks to the Port of Rotterdam’s long experience as a European cargo rail hub, optimal rail integration has been central to the design of all the terminals in the SOHAR Port, right from the outset. This week’s road show will support Oman’s Vision 2020 programme, which aims to diversify the country’s economy beyond the oil industry. The rapid development of the Port and Freezone in SOHAR is a good example of

how the nation is strengthening its manufacturing capabilities and is fast shifting away from being a country that only exports hydrocarbons. Critical link Andre Toet, the chief executive ofﬁcer of SOHAR Port, stated, “SOHAR is a critical link in Oman’s commercial logistics industry and is committed to building a sustainable logistical gateway that will help Oman achieve its Vision

2020 objectives. From the standpoint of Oman’s economic diversiﬁcation strategy, the logistics industry has the potential to surpass the hydrocarbons sector as the nation’s economic mainstay.” The SOHAR Port and Freezone is one of the world’s fastest growing hubs and has sustained double-digit growth for over a decade. Its strategic position outside the Strait of Hormuz has made it an ideal trans-shipment centre between east and west, as well as an important gateway, not only for the growing MENA region, but also as a stepping-off point to around 3.5 billion consumers across easily accessible neighbouring regions of China, India and Eastern Africa. And despite the current low oil prices, the development of industry in Oman is progressing at a continuous pace. Jamal Aziz, CEO of SOHAR Freezone, added: “Oman’s logistics sector is projected to grow beyond the $12 billion mark by 2017. This is not surprising, considering the Sultanate is ideally positioned to play a leading role: our prime geographical location, combined with the excellent infrastructure already available and currently under construction, as well as our stable political climate, are all key ingredients that are contributing to the continued growth of the logistics industry in Oman.”

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MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

DME named 'Asia Exchange of the Year' by Energy Risk Times News Service MUSCAT: Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, was named “Asia Exchange of the Year” at the 8th Energy Risk Awards Asia 2015, which took place last night in Singapore. The Energy Risk Awards recognise excellence across the energy and commodities markets as well as celebrating companies that have had a particularly successful year. The winners of the Energy Risk awards were determined by editorial choice after a rigorous pitch submission and interview process. The judges paid particular attention to ﬁrst-hand feedback from clients. Owain Johnson, DME’s Managing Director, said: “DME is delighted to win this prestigious award, which is a recognition of the DME team’s hard work in developing the Oman futures contract to provide companies around the world with the best and most transparent environment in which to trade Middle East crude oil. Every day, around 90 ﬁrms contribute to DME’s price formation process ensuring that our regulated platform provides fair pricing for oil heading to Asia.” DME has set up its Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract as the most credible crude oil benchmark in the East of Suez market. As a fully regulated exchange, DME offers a fair price discovery mechanism and a transparent trading environment for Middle East oil exports.

SALALAH PORT SERVICES NET PROFIT FALLS 28.8%

Salalah Port Services net profit declined by 28.8 per cent to OMR3.20 million for the first nine months of 2015, from OMR4.49 million for the same period last year, the company said in a stock market filing. The total revenue of the port also fell by 10.9 per cent to OMR36.89 million and expenses were down by 8.7 per cent to OMR33.70 million. The port handled 1.85 million twenty-foot equivalent units of containers during the nine-month period this year, against 2.36 million TEUs for the same period last year. However, the general cargo volume has increased by 22.2 per cent to 9.50 million tonnes, against 7.78 million tonnes during the period under review. — Times News Service

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MUSCAT: The Renault Dokker Van from Suhail Bahwan Automobiles is a modern and efficient transportation solution for tradespersons and professional businesses. It is an affordable and practical commercial vehicle with a new modern design. Spacious and impressive, the Renault Dokker Van aims to please, with an innate sense of practicality and versatility. It can take all kinds of loads, assisted by XL sliding sidedoors (more than 70cm wide) and two asymmetrical rear doors meeting the challenges of transport and delivery with ingenuity and panache, says a press release. The Renault Dokker Van moves with the times: its economic engine, low CO2 emissions and respect for both the environment and your budget make it a truly model employee! â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dokker offers functionality and at the same time comfort while demonstrating very clearly that Renault strives for excellence in manufacturing commercial cars just like it does with all other

passenger vehicles,â&#x20AC;? further commented senior SBA spokesperson. It also boasts of built-in radio and hands-free telephone system in addition to some very practical storage spaces in front for convenience and in the back for better use of the space and boot organisation. The Dokker perfectly meets the needs of business owners since it can carry up to 750kg payloads and a volume upwards of 3.3m3. Ready and willing to serve: Foldable and removable, the passenger seat shows its full ingenuity when the backrest folds down to form a temporary desk. When fully removed, it frees up extra space, increasing the loading volume to 3.9m3! A taste for efficiency: Its loading area is equipped with 8 lashing rings on the ďŹ&#x201A;oor, ensuring that your most fragile items are ďŹ rmly held in place. For added security, you can choose between three

types of partition: tubular, full glazed or pivoting wire-mesh (associated with Easy Seat). The side and rear doors can be either panelled or glazed. And for even greater efficiency, the Dokker Van is available with side panels and a robust, stylish boot carpet. An open nature: The Dokker Van comes with one or two sliding side doors and the loading width stands at 703mm! The asymmetrical rear doors, meanwhile, open to a width of 1.08m. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a bad score either! A world class brand The Renault principle of safety is outlined in four basic points: Prevent, correct, protect and educate. Renault provides equipment that performs auxiliary tasks automatically to promote the responsibility of drivers by warning them when they are not in a position to control their vehicle or when they

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put themselves in a position of potential danger. For example, the visual and audible seatbelt reminders and tyre pressure monitoring. The inherent handling and braking qualities of a vehicle are fundamental factors of its overall dynamic, active safety and accident avoidance performance. Moreover, Renault is also known to have the maximum number of Euro-NCAP Five Star rated models globally. SBA is largely committed to supporting Renault Omanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth in the Sultanate through major emphasis on customer satisfaction and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman. With a national network of more than 80 outlets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; showrooms, service centres and parts outlets, SBA has further built upon its legacy of trust, excellent customer service and providing value for money to each of its customers.

MUSCAT: Isaca Muscat Chapter, as part of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for its members, conducted a CPE programme recently at Modern College of Business and Science on the topic â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Akash Rangarajan of Ernst & Young delivered the technical session, says a press release. Venugopal Hari, president of Isaca Muscat Chapter, in his welcome address stressed on the prominent role of technology and social media on business processes and social lives. He stated that the advent of technology primarily in the form of TV, Internet and mobile phones has totally transformed our lives as well as the way businesses are conducted today. Akash, a well-qualiďŹ ed and experienced consultant from E&Y, detailed the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) in an immaculate manner, explaining its role in software development, its core process areas and various levels and challenges encountered at each level.

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CMMI can be used to guide process improvement across a project, division, or an entire organisation. He stated that CMMI currently addresses three areas of interest: Product and service development, Service establishment and management and product and service acquisition. He cited many case studies and provided live examples and explained the limitations of CMMI as well. Members found the presentation to be very interactive and beneďŹ cial. Nagesh anchored the programme and Chetan Shah proposed the vote of thanks. Isaca, headquartered in USA, has more than 200 chapters with 140,000 constituents spread in 180 countries worldwide. Isaca offers four certiďŹ cation courses â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CISA, CISM, CRISC and CGEIT, the exams for which are conducted in June, September and December every year, besides the new Cyber Security CertiďŹ cation. Muscat Chapter serves its nearly 300 IT professional members representing different sectors in Oman. NEW ACADEMIC YEAR

KRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Essence of Leadershipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Xerox has Arabic user interface for concludes successfully ConnectKey MFPs MUSCAT: After an intensive, three-week training programme held in Cochin, India, the attending batch of 24 Omani employees from the Khimji Ramdas Group was described as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the best batch ever to be trainedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, by Pankaj Khimji. The candidates represented the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top performing staff from its national cadre who were enrolled in a workshop titled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Essence of Leadershipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; held recently in Cochin, India. During the event they were put through rigorous and engaging leadership training programmes aimed at grooming them for managerial roles in the corporate ladder. The event was a success and reaffirmed Khimji Ramdasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to developing core leadership skills among its national employees, says a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With more Omanis coming into leadership positions we believe that such training programmes will teach future generations how to effectively function in roles of higher positions. These programmes groom our national employees - especially those aspiring towards higher posts in management â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to lead from the front. The

three-week course speciďŹ cally targets all round development and harnesses every individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential to be a future leader,â&#x20AC;? said Pankaj Khimji addressing candidates of the programme in Cochin. He stressed the importance of change and attentiveness as crucial steps to becoming an effective leader. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we learnt from our forum leaders is the importance of change and listening to our colleagues and peers at the workplace to learn and grow,â&#x20AC;? he said. Commenting on behalf of the candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience of the programme, Abdul Kareem Saroor Al Jabri, Business Development

Manager, Government Projects, Khimji Paints said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are happy to be part of such a valuable training programme. It was conducted in a beautiful place and a very positive environment. We have brought home important lessons from our existing leaders at the Khimji Ramdas Group, which we hope to implement with success.â&#x20AC;? The training programme combined an intensive three weeks of working and studying best ways and practices for becoming actionable and able-bodied leaders. Candidates also had the added beneďŹ t of training sessions from their own KR managers who were also present.

DUBAI: Xerox announced a new Arabic user interface for its ConnectKey technology-enabled multifunction printers (MFPs). The new language functionality will answer the userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need to work and collaborate in Arabic. ConnectKey gives users a critical advantage with its simple-toimplement and secure technology to streamline how they communicate, process and share important information, simplify complex paper-driven tasks and drive down costs, says a press release. Its combination of hardware and software gives a range of users â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from single users to larger groups in places like universities or governmental departments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the ability to streamline the way work gets done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Xerox places a great deal of importance on its presence in the Middle East and the Arabic user interface feature is an innovation that comes naturally. We are committed to supporting our customers regionally and we believe ConnectKey will offer seamless workďŹ&#x201A;ow for any MFP

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user,â&#x20AC;? says Dan Smith, head of Integrated Marketing for Middle East and Africa, Xerox. The new user interface in Arabic offers language support that enables users to access its native functionality entirely in Arabic, such as: Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014; )'*& .#(!Ĺ&#x2014; #'*),. (.Ĺ&#x2014; . -%-Ĺ&#x2014; with the help of the multifunction printer through the intuitive user interfaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touch points and easy menus Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014; #( #(!Ĺ&#x2014; )(. .-Ĺ&#x2014; -. ,Ĺ&#x2014; with an enhanced address book that stores all e-mail, fax and scan information in a unified address book Ä&#x160;Ĺ&#x2014; -#(!Ĺ&#x2014; #(. !, . Ĺ&#x2014; 1),%Ăł)1Ĺ&#x2014; software such as ConnectKey for Sharepoint and Xerox DocuShare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What sets us apart from the rest of the vendors is the continuous determination to promote a productive workplace. Arabic language for MFPs unquestionably adds value and creates the environment that will allow companies to focus on their core business,â&#x20AC;? added Smith.

Dhofar varsity welcomes new faculty members SALALAH: Dhofar University held a welcoming ceremony for the new faculty members of the 2015-2016 academic year at the University Conference Hall recently. This function is an annual tradition carried out by the university through which the new faculty can meet the vice chancellor Dr Hassan Kshoob and the other deans of the three colleges in the university, says a press release. The ceremony started with Dr Hassanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech. There were more than 150 faculty members who were welcomed by the VC. The university also welcomed the two new deans Dr Aliasgar Qutub, dean of CE and Dr Ramzi Nasser, dean of CAAS.

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Al Hashar holds Liqui Moly customer meet Apollo Hospital expert MUSCAT: One of the leading business houses in the Sultanate, the Al Hashar Group, recently held a Liqui Moly customer meet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Muscat. The meet was attended by top officials from government institutions, high-proďŹ le customers and owners/engineers from premium independent automobile workshops. Welcoming the guests, M. Bheemshankar, general manager, Al Hashar Group, spoke about Al Hashar Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful association with Liqui Moly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matter of pride for us to be representing this top brand from Germany. Liqui Molyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership in engine oils sector has been acknowledged by its recognition as Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Best Brand 2015â&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the lubricants category,â&#x20AC;? he said. Thomas Sailer, Export Area Manager (Middle East) from Liqui Moly, gave a presentation on brand Liqui Moly and its history spanning nearly 50 years. He high-

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lighted Liqui Molyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diverse product range including additives, lubricants, car care and service care products and their beneďŹ ts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liqui Moly products are manufactured 100 per cent in Germany, subjected to continual testing at their own labs for quality and performance and are ďŹ ne-tuned to meet optimal performance needs of the motor industry,â&#x20AC;? he said. Liqui Moly enjoys a strong market presence in 110 countries across the globe. The readers of

Motor Klassik, Auto Zeitung, Auto Bild and Auto Motor und Sport recently selected Liqui Moly as the best brand of oil in Germany for the ďŹ fth consecutive year. Liqui Moly motor oils are officially approved (certiďŹ ed OEM) by many major car manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Porsche, Ford, Volkswagen, Daimler etc., for their proven record in extending engine life. Mazin Shibani, owner of Power Auto at Al Hail and a Liqui Moly customer, shared his personal

experience at the meet, and commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The difference was seen in the engine temperature gauge straight away as the Liqui Moly oil helps bring down engine temperature and engine was smooth. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly a premium quality brand.â&#x20AC;? Another customer Khalid Al Naamani, owner of KH Motorsports at Mabelah, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I conďŹ dently use Liqui Moly in my rally car as the lubricant quality is excellent, and it helps to reduce fuel consumption.â&#x20AC;?

MUSCAT: Apollo Group, Muscat, in its endeavour to promote awareness on the recent developments in the medical arena, organised a continuing medical education (CME) programme at Hotel Al Falaj, Ruwi which was attended to full house by clinicians from Muscat. The programme had prominent specialist internal medicine and diabetologist from Apollo Muscat Dr Dilip Singhvi, who brought to his audience a range of case examples narrating the brief case history along with the prognosis/ diagnosis, says a press release. Interactive session The session was interactive with members from the audience sharing their experiences and views and discussing the best

possible solutions. Inaugurating the programme V. T. Saileswaran shared about recently concluded major expansion process at the Apollo Centre located in Hamriya which was completed and converted to a full-ďŹ&#x201A;edged functional hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this expansion our highly skilled and professional team will have the facility it needs to continue to meet patient expectation for many years to come,â&#x20AC;? he explained. Dr Dilip as part of his talk also shared with the audience about the various facilities now available as part of the new hospital. While thanking the medical fraternity for their trust and support over the years Dr Dilip extended his invitation to the participants to visit the hospital for guided tour of facility.

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ROUND-UP Khimji’s Watches unveils stylish Rolex Day-Date 40 Presented in 950 platinum or 18ct yellow, white or Everose gold versions, the new Day-Date stands out with a range of elaborate new dials, a singular combination of high-technology and traditional know-how

MUSCAT: The new Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date featuring a modernised design with a 40mm case and a new mechanical movement - Calibre 3255 - is now available in Oman exclusively at Khimji’s Watches. Presented in 950 platinum or 18ct yellow, white or Everose gold versions, the new Day-Date stands out with a range of elaborate new dials, a singular combination of high-technology and traditional know-how, says a press release.

“A symbol of excellence and prestige, the Day-Date has always represented the summit of the Rolex art of watchmaking. Its exceptional precision, reliability and legibility has made it the ultimate status watch. Little wonder, the Rolex Day-Date has been worn by more presidents, leaders and visionaries than any other watch. We are happy to showcase the latest version of this superlative chronometer in our country,” said Madhursinh Jesrani, general manager, Khimji’s Watches. Superlative performance The new Day-Date is equipped with a new generation movement, calibre 3255, entirely developed and manufactured by Rolex for a

superlative level of performance. Certified as a Swiss chronometer by COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute), it is tested a second time by Rolex after being cased to ensure that in everyday use it satisfies Rolex’s criteria for precision, which are twice as exacting as those for an officially certified chronometer. This control of the final precision of the assembled watch is carried out using a methodology and hightechnology equipment specially developed by Rolex. In the new Day-Date timepiece, the trademark ‘President’ bracelet is equipped with ceramic inserts inside the links, enhancing its suppleness and durability. A new concealed attachment beneath the

bezel ensures seamless visual continuity between the bracelet and case. The new-generation concealed Crownclasp, opened with a hinged Rolex crown, is the ﬁnal aesthetic and functional touch to this sumptuous bracelet. To view and purchase the new Rolex Day-Date 40mm wristwatch, visit the Khimji’s Watches showroom. Khimji’s Watches is one of Muscat’s leading franchisees for luxury watches, jewellery, accessories and writing instruments. Khimji’s Watches offers a range of global designs from world’s best brands such as Rolex, Cartier, Chopard, Piaget, Mikimoto, Girard Perregaux, Tudor, Oris, Frederique Constant, Bell&Ross, Caran d’Ache and Kieninger.

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ahlibank employee co-authors book on Islamic banking MUSCAT: ahlibank’s Azhar Hamid, head of Sharia Audit and Compliance has co-authored a book with Karim Ginena titled – Foundations of Sharia’h Governance of Islamic Banks. The book is a timely effort to bring into sharp focus this unique dimension of Islamic banking, says a press release. It contains a well-researched, fully documented, fairly detailed and authentic exposition of the key concepts of Sharia, Islamic guidelines for banking governance and some of the major efforts made over the last four decades to develop operational mechanisms to make banking Sharia compliant. The book is an essential read for those who want to understand Islamic banking, and more so, for those engaged in the Islamic Banking industry anywhere in the world. Authors Karim Ginena and Azhar Hamid have rendered a valuable service to the growing Islamic financial services industry. With scholarly attention to detail, and a fine understanding of the global context in which Islamic finance operates, the authors have provided a roadmap for governance that should find wide appreciation in corporate and regulatory circles worldwide. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the Sharia governance issues covering basic

Sharia principles applied in Islamic finance and the processes through which these are operationalised in practice. The volume is a valuable source of information for anyone who would like to study diverse aspects of processes and practices related to Sharia governance in the contemporary Islamic financial industry. Azhar Hamid said, “The book should be used by central banks, commercial banks, research institutes and academicians, since it is the latest research on the topic that has been produced, with references taken from previous and existing researches and practices; and can help Islamic financial institutions in developing and implementing the best Sharia governance model.” The book can be purchased online from Wiley or Amazon or any other sellers in the market.

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TZC launches new innovative management programme MUSCAT: The Zubair Corporation (TZC) launched its preform management programme for its employees at various administrative levels using balanced performance indicators system, globally known as ‘Balanced Scorecard’, which is one of the latest systems and practices currently used in leading organisations. This programme is applied by TZC to further develop its human resources system to be a more coherent and balanced structural system that reﬂects the employee’s performance and the obstacles preventing the achievement of the sought objectives and hindering the employees from undertaking their duties, says a press release. The Human Resources at The Zubair Corporation organised a number of workshops designed to transfer knowledge and famil-

iarise staff with the programme and the coming stage upon which staff development is based. These workshops were planned for various staff categories starting with the level executives at the Zubair group companies, GMS and managerial positions at the corporation and its group company. Waleed Al Yarubi, head of Human Resources at The Zubair Group, said: “The current approach applied by The Zubair Corporation in utilising the balanced performance indicators programme is part of its development programme to achieve the vision of the corporation. The development and qualifying process is entirely linked to the strategic planning of The Zubair Corporation. We are depending on the employee’s performance through the proper comprehension and application of the

balanced performance indicators programme to ultimately achieve its goals set by the corporation.” Balanced performance The balanced performance indicators programme is one of the most signiﬁcant programmes used in human resources development which supports institutions to

strike a balance between growth, staff development, improvement of internal procedures and customer satisfaction, thus achieving the ﬁnancial and productivity objectives of the process in general. The system also allows the identiﬁcation of any professional gaps in staff performance and providing the skills the employee needs

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opment in accordance with the previously prepared programmes based on the results of his/her performance and the institution vision for the employee future in the institution. There are four key pivots which are adopted by the corporation in evaluating employees, namely education and work development, sound methodology in work performance, customers and the ﬁnancial return based on the employee’s performance. The Zubair Corporation people management’s culture focuses on teamwork and continuous communication between staff through well designed practical and educational workshops for staff in order to encourage them to create a favourable work environment implementing the concept of modern teamwork within the strategic structure.

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Mercedes Oman reports record sales in Q3 MUSCAT: Continuing its unprecedented sales run, Zawawi Trading Company, the authorised general distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Oman, has reported outstanding passenger cars sales figures for Q3 2015 with a 19 per cent growth overall year-to-date and a 22 per cent growth in comparison to Q3 last year. The figures reinforce the iconic automaker’s position as the leading luxury brand in the Sultanate and show an unprecedented run of seven consecutive quarters, says a press release. “Forging ahead with the incredible momentum of Q1 and Q2, Mercedes-Benz has recorded tremendous performance across all type classes. The figures are a tribute to our exceptional line-up, compris-

to develop work performance and utilise his/her abilities and competencies in reaching outstanding production outcomecompatible with the goals, vision, strategy and culture of the corporation through better professional practices based on the values adopted by The Zubair Corporation in its growth and development. Moreover, the balanced performance indicators system also provides the corporation with the ability to spot highly productive and potential talents and motivates them to better performance with focused efforts on utilising employee’s potentials and abilities to achieve his/her tasks in the most appropriate and scientiﬁc based methodology within a healthy work environment. This process will take into consideration his/her education and devel-

ing new generation compact cars, sedans, SUVs and AMG performance cars,” remarked Clive Hammond, CEO of Zawawi Trading Company – Automotive. “As we further strengthen our leadership position in the luxury segment, our

number one priority remains our customers’ satisfaction. Just as we continue to produce quality luxury passenger cars, we are focused on exceeding customer expectations and continuing a success story in Oman that spans more than 40

years, with no end in sight.” With all models showing an increase in comparison to Q3 2014, spearheading the luxury marque’s passenger car sales and driving growth was the dynamic lifestyle new generation GLK, recording an astounding 117 per cent growth year-to-date, and 157 per cent growth in comparison to the same quarter in 2014, clearly demonstrating that the flexible mid-size SUV has captured the hearts of families across the Sultanate. Achieving 31 per cent growth year-to-date and 27 per cent growth in comparison to Q3 2014 was the ML-Class, redefining what an SUV can be with an on-going legacy of ground-breaking safety, earth-embracing performance and road-taming confidence.

Amouage brings ‘Joy’ to Midnight Flower collection MUSCAT: Amouage has introduced ‘Joy’, a festive addition to the Midnight Flower collection of candles and complementary room sprays. The enchanting scent, with rich top notes of Rose Liquor, Liquorice, and Elemi and a heart of Black Peony and Milky Coffee, narrates the most joyous and cherished memories of a loved one’s life. Base notes of Tolu Balsam, Amber, and Leather radiate warmth and captivate the spirit, says a press release. The ‘Joy’ candle, presented in a gold Italian glass holder with red scripture, is specially formulated with the best mineral wax to diffuse the strongest possible scent

and will burn for a generous 40 hours. The room spray is blended to give maximum effectiveness and leave any room with a rich trail of opulence which lingers for hours. The Midnight Flower collection of candles and room sprays is available at Amouage’s standalone stores in Muscat, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Manama, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Rome.

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Dhofar Automotive’s new promotion starts Under the ‘Exchange Festival’, one can replace any model of a Dodge, Jeep and RAM for a minimum trade-in value

MUSCAT: Dhofar Automotive’s unbeatable ‘Exchange Festival’ for the Dodge, Jeep and RAM is now here. Under the campaign, one can replace any model of a Dodge, Jeep and RAM for a minimum trade-in value or cash gifts available on selected Dodge, Jeep and RAM models until November 30. Thanks to Dhofar Automotive’s fabulous offer, a customer can choose from a vast lineup of cars, SUV’s, and pick-ups each offering

unique driving experiences, says a press release. “We welcome one and all to come visit our showrooms for our exchange festival offer on select models and variants under which they can drive in their old vehicle, and drive out with a new one. A customer can exchange any make, any model for a minimum assured trade-in value of up to OMR2,500 on the Dodge range, OMR3,500 on the Jeep range and OMR3,000 on the RAM range,” commented Biju

Best offer He continued, “We always endeavour to meet and exceed customer expectations, by offering best-in-class vehicles coupled with the best offers. Each of our vehicles is a class leader in its own right, offering levels of performance, space and reliability that are at the forefront of the automotive industry.”

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gether with one year insurance and a cash gift of OMR300. But there is no time to waste as the scheme period is only till October 18. “Don’t wait any longer or you may regret,” says an Optima cus-

tomer, “The offer is really good… so go for it, now!” The stunningly styled Kia Optima stands apart from others, delivering a fun-to-drive performance. Some of Optima’s trailblazing fea-

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MUSCAT: For all those who have dreamt of cruising in style behind the wheel of a shiny new Optima … the time is now! Kia Optima is now available that too with an offer that presents customers with a cash gift of OMR1,000 or a service package lasting 36 months/60,000km (whichever is earlier) together with one year insurance and on top of it all — a cash gift of OMR350, says a press release. The best part is that the cash gift amount can be used as part of down payment. There also is an attractive offer on 14MY Optima whereby customers can avail a cash gift of OMR1,100 or ﬁve years/100,000km service package (whichever is earlier) to-

tures includean innovative motordriven ‘D’ shaped steering wheel. “Just the feel of the wheel is enough to add a new thrill to the driving,” is the reaction of an enthusiast. The Optima also features a drive selector with a choice of eco, normal or sport modes. Optima’s LED daytime front running lights, fog lamps and darkness-piercing Xenon headlamps light up the road ahead. Reliable International Automotive, the distributor for Kia in Oman, provides a rewarding ownership experience for customers. Excellent product attributes and unmatched facilities easily ensure their absolute satisfaction, every mile of the way.

Bank Nizwa supports families in Bawad village in Sharqiyah MUSCAT: Members of the Bank Nizwa ‘Masoliyati’ Volunteer Programme recently visited Bawad village in Al Sharqiyah Governorate to deliver food hampers and home improvement items to low income families. The visit was organised in partnership with local charity group, Al Rooh, as the participants also helped refurbish the village’s mosque, says a press release. “The ‘Masoliyati’ Volunteer Programme instils a sense of ownership and responsibility among our staff,” said Dr Ashraf Al Nabhani, general manager of Corporate Support at Bank Nizwa. “The spirit of togetherness has always run deep at Bank Nizwa as we get directly involved in giving back to the community. The visit to Bawad village, as well as other activities conducted by our employees throughout the year is an integral part of our on-

going Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and a true testament to the impact small actions can have on the wellbeing of the people of Oman.” Bank Nizwa launched the ‘Masoliyati’ Volunteer Programme as a platform that offers volunteering opportunities for staff, while allocating human and ﬁnancial resources to help less fortunate families. During its two years of operations, members of the program participated in activities including the annual ‘Iftar Saim’ campaign, distributing Ramadan food essentials to families across various regions in the Sultanate. Other initiatives included beach clean-ups to preserve and protect Oman’s coastline, in addition to blood donation drives to increase awareness on the importance of timely access to safe blood.

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Al Fairuz showcases Astra trucks at Infra Oman exhibition MUSCAT: Astra, locally represented by Al Fairuz Group of Companies, recently participated in the Infra Oman exhibition. A leading forum for heavy vehicles, the exhibition witnessed participation from leading companies across Oman and the Middle East. Al Fairuz Group showcased its leading product – Astra trucks which received an overwhelming response. This was also an opportunity for regional leaders to visit the stand and assess the Oman C U S T O M E R - O R I E N T E D C A M PA I G N

Bridgestone launches exciting offer for passenger car tyres MUSCAT: Bridgestone tyre division at Towell Auto Centre (TAC) has been setting industry standards with commendable service and excellent offers. As sole distributors of the internationally acclaimed Bridgestone tyres, TAC launched yet another customer-oriented campaign for their passenger car tyre segment. TAC and Bridgestone have introduced a great deal for customers. On cash purchase of 4 tyres of PSR, 4WD and LVR tyres, customers get the 4th tyre at half the price. Customers can avail this offer from any of the Tyre Care Plus outlet, First Stop store, Truck Tyre centre and Fleet Point across the Sultanate. This offer encourages customers to opt for a completely new set of wheels for their cars, says a press release. This amazing offer can be availed until November 13 with the campaign currently running successfully across the Sultanate of Oman. Adding to the beneﬁts of this

campaign, TAC and Bridgestone have also teamed up with Bank Muscat for Easy Payment Plan offering 0% interest for 12 months. All Bank Muscat credit card holders will thus be able to make their purchase of tyres without worrying about any interest. “Attention to tyres is essential as they are exposed to rigorous wear and tear. Proper maintenance of tyres is essential for a safe drive and should be given utmost importance; but it doesn’t necessarily have to come with a heavy price. Our schemes work out economic for our customers when they are going in for a new set of tyres for their vehicles,” said Oommen John, AGM, Bridgestone Tyre Division at Towell Auto Centre. Accolades Bridgestone tyres have been recognised the world over with numerous accolades to its name. In the Sultanate, Bridgestone was recently honoured with the

prestigious title of being the ‘Top Brand in Oman’ in its category. TAC’s ﬂawless service by dedicated professionals when coupled with the reliability of Bridgestone’s world class tyres result in them being the most trusted partners in the industry. With the latest addition of First Stop stores, Towell Auto Centre has expanded its network of Tyre Care Plus outlets dedicated to tyres and First Stop dedicated to tyres and autocare. TAC has a strong presence all across the Sultanate with presence in Barka, Musannah, Sohar, Saham, Bureimi, Bu Ali, Ibra, Sinaw, Ibri, Nizwa, Karsha, Sumail, Sur and Salalah. In the capital, they are located at Wadi Kabir, Bausher, Ghubra, Ghala, Rusayl, Al Khoudh and Mabella. First Stop stores are located in Amerat and Seeb. Bridgestone Truck Tyre Centre is located in Ghala and Fleet points are located at Duqum, Fahud, Karsha, Nimr, Salalah with a new centre in Al Safah.

market, says a press release. Present at the opening ceremony were Jean Pierre Lahutte, Brand President, Astra, Luca Sra, business director and Marco Torta, area manager (Gulf Area) along with other high ranking officials from Astra and Al Fairuz Group. ‘‘Oman is a nascent but a fast growing market which is mainly driven by infrastructure projects and growing sectors such as heavy construction and heavy haulage. This makes it an ideal market for

us to invest in especially since Astra’s DNA is dedicated to serve this market for its product features. As a company, we offer extra strong machines, ready for extreme conditions and environments which are easy to set-up, repair and maintain through its life-cycle. Robustness, versatility, mobility, mission dedication and loading capabilities are the key values of the HD9 range, designed for heavy-duty applications in mining, quarry, construction, oil and gas, and heavy

haulage,” said Jean. The Astra team got the opportunity to interact with key government officials and customers and explained various product features to potential clients. Through this exhibition, Al Fairuz also caught the attention of various businessmen across Oman. “Display of Astra Trucks by Al Fairuz was impressive and drew a number of existing and potential customers to the area,” Jean added.

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In step with the dynamic ‘Let’s Do More’ vision, the focus of Bank Muscat is clear — create a sustainable ﬁnancial platform and thereby contribute to the country’s progress and development

MUSCAT: Incorporating sustainable best practices, Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, has taken the lead in inculcating a strong savings culture in Oman. The underlying commitment is to extend the hand of guidance to help customers save for the future and well-being of their near and dear ones. In step with the dynamic ‘Let’s Do More’ vision, the focus of Bank Muscat is clear — create a sustainable financial platform and thereby contribute to the country’s progress and development. Doing more is the forte of Bank Muscat — more for the nation, more for the community and more for the individual. Thanks to the trust and confidence reposed by the people and nation, Bank Muscat prides itself to be the No. 1 bank in the Sultanate, says a press release. Innovative savings products Bank Muscat has introduced innovative savings products and services covering key stages of life, including childhood, youth, higher

education and retirement as well as bancassurance products for protection of life and assets. The motivational factor for savings is to help customers achieve their aspirational dreams of higher education, vehicles, home, retirement income and a prosperous future. Aimed at the well-being of families, al Mazyona, the ﬂagship savings scheme in Oman, has succeeded in making a lasting difference in the lives of customers. Targeted at all nationalities and segments, including children, youth, ladies and high savings balance customers, al Mazyona has come a long way in helping customers develop a strong savings habit critical for the future development of Oman. Biggest prize money Marking Oman’s 45th Renaissance anniversary, Bank Muscat launched the biggest prize money of OMR9 million for 2015 al Mazyona savings scheme. Structured on the thematic ‘45’ reﬂecting the Sultanate’s 45 years of Renaissance under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin

Said, the 2015 al Mazyona savings scheme campaign evocatively articulates a powerful call to action ‘Save more, Dream big’. As on date, al Mazyona scheme guaranteeing more for everyone to share is the biggest prize money in Oman and the region. The al Mazyona scheme reaches out to all individual segments with exclusive prizes earmarked for children, youth, ladies and high savings balance customers in all regions. The enhanced prize money is shared by more winners as customers from all regions are guaranteed to win prizes ranging from OMR45,000 a week to OMR450,000 a month and OMR1.5 million at the end of the year. A special prize draw offering OMR450,000 in celebration of the 45th National Day is another highlight. The 2015 al Mazyona scheme offers exciting weekly, monthly and year-end prizes. Winning with al Mazyona has never been simpler

as customers are not required to block their money for long or wait for a long time to win big prizes. The objective of al Mazyona is to create a lifetime change for winners and allow them to invest the prize money in things that will make a lasting difference and the well-being of their families. Bank Muscat has taken initiatives to ensure financial security covering key stages of life. Aimed at providing financial security for higher education, Themaar Education Savings Plan is a flexible scheme in which a nominal monthly amount is invested on behalf of the beneficiary i.e. children, which grows into a substantial lump-sum. The scheme offers waiver of future monthly deposits in the event of death of the family’s breadwinner. Being faithful to its vision, Bank Muscat remains committed to supporting customers in all stages of their life, providing a unique banking and financial experience in the journey of success.

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Mars greets shoppers with new range of products and services SINAW: Mars International unveiled an unprecedented upgradation that reinvented and elevated the shopping experience at their facility in Sinaw. The revamped outlet was inaugurated by Sheikh Mubarak Amer Taib Al Habsi of Sinaw in the presence of V. T. Vinod, managing director, Naveej Vinod, executive director, Unnikrishna Pillai, general manager, Saif Al Malki, GM Administration, and other senior management staff of Mars Group, a number of high-ranking government officials, and representatives from the local business community, says a press release. The expansion includes adding a space for fresh fruits and vegetables, bakery, fresh meat as well as fish counters and many more. They have also added food and non food grocery items arranged in more convenient lay out. They said that they have put their best efforts to improve the quality of service by adding improved customer service counter and more staff for customer support. “We value our customers, hence we are proud to introduce enhanced shopping experience to our valued customers, as we felt grocery, fresh fruits & vegetable, fish/butchery/bakery and all other supermarket product range along with few renovations which would make shopping

They have increased their shopping area which will be complemented by the warm and bright interior for a totally refreshing shopping experience much more easy and pleasant experience, today we are proud to unveil the same and we assure, our ever attentive and caring staff would be obliged to make shopping at Mars Sinaw a totally refreshing experience,” said Vinod during the launch. “The improvements made will be entirely in a new outlook and layout which will enable a perfect shopping environment to the customers. The frequent requests from the customers have been a driving force behind this green vegetable market at our Sinaw branch,” said Naveej Vinod. They have increased their shopping area which will be complemented by the warm and bright interior for a totally refreshing shopping experience. Friendly and knowledgeable staff will also be on hand to assist customers all the time.

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Under-pressure India face Proteas in ODIs The focus will primarily be on Dhoni whose captaincy skills and motivation to lead the team has been questioned following the T20 series loss

KANPUR: India will be under considerable pressure when they take the field for the first One-Day International (ODI) match here on Sunday after meekly losing the Twenty20 series against South Africa. The focus will primarily be on Mahendra Singh Dhoni whose captaincy skills and motivation to lead the team has been questioned following the T20 loss. His task will not be made any easier by a strong South Africa team in the five-match ODI series, who are bubbling with confidence after winning the 20-over series. The visitors are also breathing down India’s neck in the ODI rankings, being just five points behind. The rising clamour for Dhoni to be replaced by Test skipper Virat Kohli will reach a crescendo if India face another reverse in results, following the ODI series loss in Bangladesh in June. Some believed it as a one-off thing, but after a long gap of three months, little improvement was on display against the Proteas. India’s apparently strong batting lineup has not been consistent, just as in Bangladesh. In the first match in Dharamsala, Rohit’s Sharma’s maiden century took them to 199 with some help from Virat Kohli. But in Cuttack, they were bowled out for a paltry 92. To be fair to Dhoni, all the pre-

PRIME FOCUS: Indian Team Director Ravi Shastri, left, and captain MS Dhoni inspect the pitch on the eve of their ﬁrst ODI match against South Africa in Kanpur on Saturday. – PTI

ferred ‘big gun’ batsmen — Kohli, Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan — failed to ﬁre and the Ranchiborn wicketkeeper-batsman’s own form also dipped. But the team management has exercised its vocal chords to keep faith in the misﬁring big shots. India have a well balanced side and there is no need to press the panic button. They will learn from their mistakes and will bounce back, is the common refrain by the team management when questions are raised about their worth. India’s batting line up will be up for scrutiny and it will be interesting to see if any rejig in the line up is done by the think-tank. Mumbai middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane will return to the

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ODI team after he was overlooked in favour of Ambati Rayudu in the shortest format. Their task will be stiffer as South Africa’s leading pace pair of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel will return after resting out the 20over series. There is also a school of thought which believes that Dhoni’s days as a “ﬁnisher” are over and he should be promoted up the order. The 34-yearold, who quit Test cricket last year, looked out of touch, scoring 20 not out and ﬁve in the T20I series. Batting all-rounder Gurkeerat Singh Mann could also be given an opportunity after impressive performances for India A. Pacer Umesh Yadav’s return will also provide some teeth to the

pace attack, which looked listless in the T20I series. Tamil Nadu off-Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is expected to be India’s leading wicket-taker, but needs assistance from leggie Amit Mishra. India: M.S. Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, S. Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Amit Mishra. South Africa: AB De Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf Du Plessis, JP Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Khaya Zondo, Aaron Phangiso, Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada. - IANS

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India will have to play exceptionally well to reverse the T20 results

ne format over, another format starts. One can understand to some extent the confusion in the minds of the players what with such a short timeline between the formats. Being the pros that they are they won’t complain but look to meet the challenge which is more in the mental space than the physical one. Batsmen know they get a few more quiet deliveries which they can make up for later and bowlers also can alter the speed at which they deliver the ball as well as look to change the angles by bowling from both sides of the wicket. The fielding still has to be top class and there is no room for slouchers. Every player in the team has to be good in two aspects of the game and if he is an all-rounder and a brilliant fielder to boot it is like ‘manna from heaven’. India has suffered in recent years in the limited-overs format simply because they don’t have an all-rounder who can give the team the balance that every skipper looks for. They have tried a few but these players have been inconsistent and so increased the woes of the team. When the team had Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh they would give the flexibility and options for the skipper if one of his regular bowlers were having a bad day and getting hammered. If Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma can turn their arms over usefully it will be a big plus for the team against this strong South African team. India went in with five batsman and five bowlers in the T20 series which of course is the ideal combination if the bowlers can

bat a bit too. Unfortunately though the promise is there it has not been delivered and so as we saw in Cuttack the team did not even last 20 overs once the top order did not get going. Once again much will depend on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the two batsmen who batted so well in the first T20 and looked in total control. The beauty of their batting is the way they keep things simple. They don’t move around the crease till the final overs are to be bowled and they are well and truly in. It is the same with the South Africans, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Amla and du Plessis. It is only when they are looking to get over 10 runs an over that they start moving around and try and throw the bowler off. Shikhar Dhawan, who is a rapid scorer himself, is paying the price for moving around too early in his innings and losing sight of where he is at the crease. With the range of shots that he has he can always make up for a sluggish start and all he has to do is to play smart cricket and give the men in form more of the strike even as he gives himself time to come to terms with the pitch. South Africa after their T20 series win will start the favourites for their confidence is high and the team well balanced. India will have to play exceptionally well to reverse the T20 results. - PMG

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South Africa to bank on pace duo of Steyn and Morkel to overcome India NO SLOT: Indian captain Dhoni, left, talks with Ajinkya Rahane.

Tough to play Rahane in current scenario: Dhoni KANPUR: Notwithstanding criticism for making Ajinkya Rahane warm benches, Indian skipper MS Dhoni on Saturday hinted that the talented batsman may not feature in the playing eleven for the first ODI against South Africa as he fits into the setup only in the ‘top three’ batting slots. Dhoni, who had earlier criticised Rahane for not rotating the strike enough in limited overs, said that the Mumbai batsman should only bat at the top of the order and not at five or six. With top three — Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli — selecting themselves for the series opener at Green Park, it is unlikely that Rahane will fit the bill. “I think four is the number for Rahane. Even four is quite low for him I would say,” said Dhoni on the eve of the match. The captain himself has promoted himself to number four and is looking for someone who can perform the role of a finisher, like what he did best for number of years. Talking more about Rahane, Dhoni said: “Opening fits him really well. Take the example of Rohit Sharma for that matter. In domestic cricket he bats lower but in international matches he opens for us. Our openers more often than not are who bat in the middle order in first class cricket.

“So it is tough for him as of now. If am looking for someone to bat five or six I don’t think he is the person. His strength is top of the order. If given a chance, we will try to feature him in the top three, if not then we would find it tough to place him in the playing eleven.” Rahane interestingly was made captain of the second string Indian team that toured Zimbabwe after Dhoni dropped him from the eleven during the ODIs in Bangladesh. Talking more about number six slot that he himself vacated, Dhoni said it is difficult to pick one for the role keeping in mind the performance of the T20 series that the hosts lost 0-2. “If you are talking about that slot, you can’t pick one depending on the T20 performance. You don’t get to play the way you are supposed to play in an ODI. Even if they would have played, it would be difficult for us to pick one amongst the three for ODIS. “If you also see the last few series, you always felt Rahane is somebody who should bat up the order. Batting down he will face more difficulty. He is more flamboyant, more free when he bats up the order with a bit of field restrictions,” said the skipper while talking about the prospect of Rahane, Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina coming in at six. - PTI

KANPUR: South Africa captain AB de Villiers on Saturday said that they have been bolstered by the arrival of experienced pace duo of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, who will bring “good energy” to the side that plays India in the ﬁve-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting here on Sunday. Steyn, Morkel were not part of the side that won the Twenty20 series against the home team. “It is nice to have Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn back, they have a lot of experience,” de Villiers was quoted as saying by bcci.tv. ‘We haven’t seen them for a while so they bring good energy and experience to the side. I am very excited to see them running in to bowl tomorrow again. They both look in really good form.” A lot has been spoken about South Africa depending on their pacers to do the damage. Alongwith Steyn and Morkel, Kyle Abbott and young Kagiso Rabada are also raring to have a go at the Indian batsmen. But de Villiers was of the view that his side had equal quality in the spin department as well. “We have got a very balanced bowling attack. We don’t lean too much on the seamers or the spin bowlers. We have got ﬁrepower in all departments in our bowling. We have seen that over the years that we have got a lot of pace with the guys who can swing it and move it off the seam,” the 31-year-old said. “But, we have good spin bowlers as well. We have an off-spinner and a leg-spinner and we have got Aaron Phangiso as an option as well. We cover all bases.” Also, spin is expected to play a huge role in the ODI series for which the visitors have prepared

De Villiers denies Ashwin has got his number KANPUR: South Africa oneday captain AB de Villiers swatted aside suggestions that India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin could prove his nemesis in the ﬁve-match series starting in Kanpur on Sunday. Ashwin proved his ability to outsmart a key rival batsman in August when he soured Kumar Sangakkara’s farewell by dismissing the retiring Sri Lankan great in each of his last four Test innings. South Africa have kicked off their longest ever tour of India in emphatic fashion by clinching the three-match Twenty20 series 2-0 with the ﬁnal game being abandoned due to a wet

well according to the captain. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to unleash offspinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh, alongwith leggie Amit Mishra. “We are prepared to face a lot of spin and that is the kind of thing that you expect when you come to India. India has got some really good spinners in the team and we are expecting the pitches to get slower and turn more as we go on in the series,” he said. Elaborating further on what to expect from the Kanpur pitch, he said: “We can expect normal spin but nothing out of this world. It looks like a good sporting pitch.

outﬁeld in Kolkata. Ashwin got the better of De Villiers in both matches but the Proteas captain is refusing to panic. “I think I can answer that very well,” De Villiers, one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket, told reporters on Saturday. “He is a very good bowler but I don’t think I got out to him in either of the two games. I got myself out in both the games,” said De Villiers, keen to take the momentum from the T20 series into the one-dayers. “When you start having technical ﬂaws against a bowler, then you have to worry about it. I was looking to domi-

We are preparing for a normal cricket game. “We will assess tomorrow when we get to the ground and try and expose India in certain areas. The plan is to just play a good cricket game. There are no funny game plans, we just want to play good cricket. If we do that we have a good chance of winning.” According to the captain, it was important to build on the T20I series win and take that winning momentum into the ﬁve-match ODI series. “It is a great start to what promises to be a very challenging tour for us. I don’t think a lot of people expected us to be 2-0 up in the T20I series. We would love

nate against him. In the last game I got little bit lazy perhaps and played for spin and didn’t get spin. Not much to worry about except for the fact that he is a world-class bowler and needs to be respected.” Like several of his teammates who play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), De Villiers is familiar with the local conditions and expects India to hit back through their spinners. “It does not look like a spinning track, it looks like a good wicket. But we prepare to face a lot of spin when we come to India,” he said of the pitch at the Green Park Stadium. - Reuters

to do a similar kind of thing in the ODIs. It is not going to be easy playing India with lots of travelling and lot of different pitches and different grounds,” de Villiers, who has scored 8,046 runs in 190 ODIs, said. “It is going to be challenging but we have got very important momentum on our side and we are hoping to take that into tomorrow. We have shown the world that we can beat India here. We just have to play really good cricket. “We know it is a whole new story now. India will try and bounce back and try to win the ODI series as quickly as they can and hopefully we can stop them from doing that.” - IANS

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MINISTER OF SPORTS AFFAIRS INAUGURATES NEW BOWLING FACILITY IN BARKA

Sheikh Saad bin Mohammed Al Mardhouf Al Saadi, Minister of Sports Affairs, on Friday presided over the opening of the new bowling facility of Oman Bowling Centre in the presence of a number of dignitaries at Mars Hyper Market Centre in the wilayat of Barka. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the opening of the new bowling facility would contribute to the development of the sport in the wilayat. — ONA

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India begin title defence against Pakistan JOHOR BAHRU: India will start their title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament here on Sunday. After a month of intensive training, the two-time defending champions will also face Britain (on Monday), Argentina (on Wednesday), hosts Malaysia (on Thursday) and Australia (on Saturday) in the prestigious Under-21 invitational tournament. The performance of the Harendra Singh-coached team will revolve around defenders — vice-captain Dipsan Tirkey and senior international drag-ﬂicker Harmanpreet Singh, midﬁelder and captain Harjeet Singh. Arman

Qureshi and Parvinder Singh will be the main strikers. The tournament will also provide the team with ample opportunities to improve the skills ahead of the all important Junior Men’s Asia Cup 2015 next month. Huge margin In the past two encounters, India have beaten Pakistan by huge margins of 6-0 in 2014 and 4-0 in 2013 in the same tournament. However, coach Harendra is not giving much importance to past records and wants his players to start fresh. “The team is very much excited and well prepared. Everyone is geared up for the challenge ahead

and are looking at an exciting contest against Pakistan. We have beaten Pakistan in the past and in both the encounters our boys outplayed them,” the coach said in a statement. “The team in the last two editions showed its mettle during crucial moments,” Harendra, who guided Ranchi Rays to its Hockey India League (HIL) title triumph last year, said. “The players’ strong mental strength helped them to win. But we understand that is the past.” “We will start the campaign tomorrow with a fresh mind and energy. We expect a great match and a positive result in our opening game,” said Harendra added. - IANS

Kerala, Mumbai in goalless draw While Blasters are in third place with four points from two outings, the Mumbai side logged home their ﬁrst points in the cash-rich tournament

KOCHI: Hosts Kerala Blasters managed to hold Mumbai City FC ended in a goalless draw in an Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament encounter that never rose to dizzy heights. It was a match that Ranbir Kapoor co-owned franchise dominated the proceedings and would rue their luck that they could not manage more than a point from the match. While Blasters are in third place in the league table at the moment with four points from two outings, the Mumbai side logged home their ﬁrst points in the cash-rich tournament. For Mumbai, their player-cummanager Nicolas Anelka was out of action due to ﬂu and there were as many as six changes in their side. While forward Subash Singh won ‘man of the match’ award for

DRAWN ENCOUNTER: Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai FC players

in action during their Indian Super League match at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Saturday. – PTI

his steady show upfront, Mohun Bagan goalkeeper and their ILeague hero Debjeet Majumdar playing his ﬁrst match for the ISL team also was impressive under the bar. Kerala Blasters however replaced last match’s scorer Mohammed Raﬁ with former India international Manandeep Singh, a reason that was left unexplained. Subash started up front instead

of last match goal scorer Piquionne with Saran Singh. Mumbai were on attack at the outset as their Haitian winger Sony Norde looked particularly threatening and Blasters’ Peter Ramage had to be alert to keep out a dangerous cross from the Haitian as early as in the second minute. A long ball was provided for Gabriel Fernandes down the vacant left but the Mumbai City shot over. - PTI ISL

FC Goa face Chennaiyin MARGAO: FC Goa will aim to build on their impressive start when they face winless Chennaiyin FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) third round match here on Sunday. The battle between last year’s semifinalists is expected to be a closely contested affair at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium despite the two team’s standings in the second edition of the tournament. Chennaiyin have lost both their first two matches, against champions Atletico de Kolkata and Delhi Dynamos. Goa have four points after beating Dynamos and drawing with Atletico. Goa have displayed an attacking flair expected of them after packing the squad with as many as seven Brazilians, all handpicked by their coach, Brazilian legend Zico. But the Brazilian great said he is aware of Chennaiyin’s strengths and will not take anything for granted. - IANS

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Work continues despite bans, says FIFA reform panel ZURICH: A FIFA advisory panel is pressing ahead to draft reforms of the scandal-shaken world soccer body despite the suspension of President Sepp Blatter and other senior officials amid corruption investigations, the panel’s head said. “This has no influence on the reform process itself because our work continues,” Francois Carrard told Swiss SRF radio in an interview aired on Saturday. He stressed the committee’s efforts were independent of the people in charge at FIFA, whose leadership is in disarray after Blatter and UEFA head Michel Platini, a FIFA vice-president, were both suspended for 90 days by FIFA’s ethics committee this week. Both deny any wrongdoing and have filed appeals to try to reverse the provisional bans this week. Carrard, a former directorgeneral of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), heads the FIFA Reform Committee that FIFA’s executive committee set up in July. The executive committee is supposed to review its ideas before they go before a members’ congress scheduled for February. Carrard gave no details of what his group was considering. It remains unclear if his panel will incorporate radical reforms proposed last month by Domenico Scala, the independent head of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee. Scala’s radical overhaul plan, launched after seven soccer officials were arrested in Zurich in May on U.S. warrants, calls for 12year term limits for elected FIFA officials, full disclosure of top officials’ financial compensation, and more detailed integrity checks on members of committees. It also includes replacing the powerful executive committee with a governing council elected by congress and a management

committee to handle the day-today affairs of the organisation. Carrard’s group is made up of representatives of FIFA’s six continental confederations — the very ones who could see their powers reduced under Scala’s reform plan. Asked what chances of success he saw for reforms at FIFA, Carrard said: “I am cautious. As a lawyer I have won many trials I should have lost and sometimes lost what I should have won.” Support Meanwhile, Blatter’s ex-wife has defended the powerful soccer boss. “Everyone wants to crucify him now,” Graziella BlatterBianca, a former dolphin trainer whose marriage to Blatter ended in 2004 after around a year, told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper. “And no one wants to accept any more how much good he has done for soccer, especially for the advancement of women on the pitch as well as in the ranks of officialdom,” she said, insisting her ex-husband was keen to fight corruption in the sport. She said Blatter, who has denied any wrongdoing, told her he was “OK” when she called him after news broke on Thursday of his provisional suspension, which he is seeking to overturn. Swiss prosecutors last month opened a criminal investigation of Blatter on suspicions of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds over a television rights contract he signed in 2005 and a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.1 million) payment in 2011 to Michel Platini, president of the UEFA soccer confederation. Platini has also denied any wrongdoing and is fighting to reverse his provisional suspension as well. Blatter’s marriage to Graziella, more than a quarter century his junior, was his third. - Reuters

Rosberg again denies Hamilton his 50th pole The pole was Rosberg’s third of the season with championship leader Hamilton, who is 48 points clear of the German with ﬁve races remaining, denied his 50th for the third race in succession

SOCHI: Nico Rosberg seized pole position for the Russian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with world champion Lewis Hamilton joining his teammate on the front row in a perfect qualifying for Mercedes. The pole was Rosberg’s third of the season with championship leader Hamilton, who is 48 points clear of the German with five races remaining, denied his 50th for the third race in succession. Hamilton, who had hoped for his 12th pole in 15 races, aborted his second and final lap of the final phase after making a mistake on a clear afternoon in the Olympic Park. The front row lockout was still just what Mercedes had ordered, with the team needing to score three points more than Ferrari to clinch their second successive constructors’ title this weekend. Finland’s Valtteri Bottas qualified third for Mercedes-powered Williams with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen fourth and fifth.

ON POLE: Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, centre, celebrates next to teammate Lewis Hamilton, right, and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas after winning the pole position for the Russian Formula One Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit on Saturday. – AFP

Hamilton won last year’s inaugural race in Russia from pole, with Rosberg runner-up after also starting on the front row, but he could not get close to Rosberg’s time of one minute 37.113 seconds. “We didn’t get much practice but qualifying worked out really well and a good balance on the car,” said the German after his second pole in a row. “We had to guess a little bit...it all worked out well, I felt comfortable. “Of course the constructors’ championship is a really important target for us this weekend, it would be amazing to clinch it for a second time so early on in the season, and so we are out to do that. “At the same time of course I’m out here to reduce the gap to Lewis in terms of points.”

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Lorenzo on pole, de Angelis in hospital TOKYO: San Marino rider Alex de Angelis was airlifted to hospital after a heavy crash during final practice at the Japanese MotoGP on Saturday before a dramatic qualifying session saw Jorge Lorenzo grab pole from title rival Valentino Rossi. The 31-year-old de Angelis was conscious and breathing before being taken to hospital, with his Ioda Racing ART Team Aprilia later issuing a statement saying the rider had fractured five vertebrae and three ribs. “Alex De Angelis, who does not remember because of the head injury dynamics of his accident, will be transferred to Italy during the next week,” the team said after the rider had undergone a CAT scan. Ioda added de Angelis had not suffered any spinal cord injury. The rider crashed midway through FP4 leading to the session being red-flagged at the Motegi circuit and was taken by helicopter to the Dokkyo Hospital in Mibu. No TV footage of the incident was shown, with de Angelis riding one of the least competitive bikes on the grid and having only scored two points this year following a spate of retirements. The incident led to a delay in a breathless qualifying session where Lorenzo edged Yamaha team mate Rossi to take pole position by just 0.081 seconds. Lorenzo trails Rossi by 14 points in the championship with only four races to go this season

BREATHLESS SESSION: Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo, centre, poses with teammate Valentino Rossi,

left, and Honda’s Marc Marquez after winning the pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix after a qualifying session at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo on Saturday. – Reuters

but looks set to cut that deﬁcit on a track he has shown his fondness for by coming out top in all the sessions this week. The Spaniard used a two-stop strategy, after some front end issues on his ﬁrst run, to record a best time of one minute and 43.790 seconds to deny the Italian, who had gone top moments before with his best lap. It was Lorenzo’s fourth pole of the year

and Yamaha’s ﬁrst one-two qualifying performance of the season. “I made the maximum and it is a good lap time,” double MotoGP champion Lorenzo told reporters. Rossi, bidding for his seventh MotoGP world title, was optimistic he could better Lorenzo come race day. “I was conﬁdent for the qualifying. I did a good strategy (and) I was in the right place. I am very

positive looking forward for tomorrow. I can be competitive with Jorge,” he said. Defending champion Marc Marquez was third for Honda in 1:44.216 to round out the front row. The Ducati duo of Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone ﬁnished fourth and ﬁfth for Sunday’s race with Marquez’s Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa completing the second row. - Reuters

Sainz in hospital Saturday’s ﬁnal practice was halted after just 35 minutes when Toro Rosso’s Spaniard Carlos Sainz, who remained in hospital during qualifying and is doubtful for the race despite escaping serious injury, crashed heavily. Friday’s two sessions, on a track that skirts around the 2014 Winter Olympic venues, were also limited due to a diesel spillage in the morning and rain through the afternoon. “A difficult weekend I think for everyone but I think I did a great job with this lap,” said Hamilton. “I’m perfectly happy with the balance that I had. “I think it’s great for the team. As you saw last year, this ia actually not such a bad race from P2 (second on the grid).”

Rosberg got alongside Hamilton at the start last year but made a mistake that sent him back to 20th place. The German then did 52 laps on one set of tyres and fought back to finish second. Bottas set the fastest lap in that race and said it was good to be right behind the Mercedes pair, even if Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa qualified only 15th. Behind the Ferraris, Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez qualified sixth and seventh with Romain Grosjean eighth for Lotus and Sainz’s teammate Max Verstappen ninth. There was disappointment for Russian fans with the only homegrown driver, Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat, set to start in 11th place with Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo 10th. - Reuters

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GOING TO FIGHT: Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Fabio Foginini of Italy during their men’s singles semiﬁnal match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Saturday. – AFP

Nadal and Djokovic in China title showdown Sunday’s battle will be the 45th meeting of a high-class, longterm rivalry between the two and although Nadal leads 23-21, the Serb has won six of the last seven

BEIJING: Rafa Nadal will take on world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the China Open ﬁnal after the multiple Grand Slam champions bludgeoned their way to straight-sets wins on Saturday. Nadal extracted a modicum of revenge on new Italian foe Fabio Fognini with a 7-5 6-3 semiﬁnal win before Djokovic extended his unbeaten winning run in the Chinese capital to 28 matches with a 6-2 6-3 win over David Ferrer of Spain.

DOMINANT SEASON: Novak Djokovic

Sunday’s battle will be the 45th meeting of a high-class, long-term rivalry between the two and although Nadal leads 23-21, the Serb has won six of the last seven. Djokovic had been dominant for most of the season, winning three grand slam titles and dropping only 14 games in four matches in China. Nadal is fully aware of the gargantuan task awaiting him. “Tomorrow is a match I know is going to be very, very difficult. But I am here to try my best,” Nadal, whose last hardcourt title came 21 months ago in Qatar, told reporters. “My goal is try to play the way

that I want to play. I know this year Novak, as I say before, is a different league of my one. But still happy with the final. I’m going to fight tomorrow and we’ll see.” Nadal’s recent struggles with form and fitness have left him vulnerable to other challengers on Tour and the flamboyant Fognini has proved a thorn in his side. The Italian became the first man to beat Nadal from two sets down at a grand slam when he took out the Spaniard in the third round of the U.S. Open last month, his third win over the 14-times Grand Slam champion this year.

The world No. 8 ensured there would not be a fourth on a chilly day at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, citing his decision to play closer to the baseline for his success. The Spaniard came out top of an unconventional opening set which featured five breaks of serve and secured the crucial one in the sixth game of the second when Fognini struck a backhand long. Djokovic proved far too strong for Ferrer to remain on course for a sixth Beijing title. The Serb broke at will and displayed his extensive range of hitting and court coverage to leave Ferrer befuddled. In the women’s draw, Gabriele Muguruza overcame Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to make her second straight final in China after last week’s efforts in Wuhan. The Spaniard, seeking her first title this season and second of her career, will play Swiss Timea Bacsinszky, who kept alive her qualifying bid for the WTA Finals in Singapore with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 win over Ana Ivanovic. The loss ended the Serb’s hopes of making the eight-woman endof-season event. - Reuters

PARIS: Suspended UEFA President Michel Platini lodged an appeal with FIFA against his 90-day ban from the game on Saturday while French soccer’s governing body said it would back him if he went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Frenchman, who hopes to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president at an election due in February, was suspended on Thursday along with Blatter pending their investigation by FIFA’s independent ethics committee. Both men deny wrongdoing but the suspension of the two most powerful leaders in world football has thrown FIFA into deeper turmoil as U.S. and Swiss authorities probe graft allegations. A spokesman for Platini conﬁrmed he had formally appealed his suspension, which South America’s football confederation called “disproportionate” and “untimely”. The French Football Federation (FFF), meanwhile, said it would back Platini if he eventually went to the Lausanne-based CAS in the case that FIFA’s appeal committee upheld the ban. CAS is a quasi-judicial body that resolves disputes in sport, often between individuals and disciplinary bodies. “The FFF has adopted the principle of an appeal if the decision of the FIFA appeal committee does not go Michel Platini’s way,” a federation spokesman said. The federation expects FIFA’s appeal panel to reach a decision on the matter within eight days. Election delay? FIFA’s ethics probe followed reports of a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.06 million) from FIFA to Platini in 2011, nine years after he completed a spell working for Blatter as an adviser. The Swiss Attorney General said on Sept. 25 it had opened a criminal investigation into Blatter concerning the payment and a separate Caribbean television rights deal. Platini is regarded as somewhere “between a witness and an accused person” in the payment case, the Attorney General has said.

APPEAL: UEFA President Michel Platini

FIFA is due to hold an election on Feb. 26 to replace the outgoing Blatter. FIFA’s election committee will decide on who will be accepted as full candidates shortly after the deadline for nominations on October 26. That deadline could pose problems for Platini if he remains under a provisional ban, as he may ﬁnd it difficult to pass an integrity check. On Friday, FIFA announced it would hold an extraordinary Executive Committee meeting on October 20 after pressure from some UEFA associations including England’s Football Association. A postponement of the election, which would help give Platini time for his appeal, is likely to be on the agenda. Two sources with knowledge of the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters on Friday FIFA was considering delaying the election. A FIFA spokesperson said “for the time being, the schedule is as it is.” South American football confederation CONMEBOL criticised Platini’s suspension and said he was the right man to lead FIFA. “Mr Platini has not been found guilty of any accusation and his provisional suspension puts at risk the integrity of the electoral process for the presidency of FIFA,” it said. - Reuters

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ISAS teams excel at CBSE Oman Cluster handball tourney MUSCAT: Indian School Al Seeb (ISAS) went euphoric when their under-14 boys and under-19 boys and girls teams bagged the coveted championship trophies at CBSE Oman Cluster Handball Championships organised at the school’s grounds on October 7 and 8. On the ﬁrst day, the under-14 boys team of ISAS outplayed Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) 9-0 in their opening match and followed it up with a 5-1 win over Indian School Al Ghubra (ISG) to clinch the championship trophy. ISG took the runners-up trophy defeating ISWK in another thrilling match. The ISAS under-14 girls team lifted the runners-up trophy when their match against ISWK ended up in a draw and ISG girls took championship trophy by defeating ISWK 2-0. On the second day, the ISAS under-19 boys team routed ISG 16-2 and then went on to beat ISWK 9-7 to lift championship trophy for the second time in a row. It was followed by under-19 girls

opening match in which ISAS triumphed over ISG with a 1-0 scoreline. The ﬁnal match was played between ISAS and ISWK in which ISAS got the better of their rivals to lift the championship trophy. The under-14 boys team as well as under-19 boys and girls teams

of ISAS have qualiﬁed to participate in the CBSE National Handball Tournament, to be organised in Ghaziabad (U.P.) in India later this year. The painstaking and comprehensive coaching by the P.E. teacher Mr. Tony Thomas combined with

the collaborative effort put in by the boys and girls lined the path for this stunning feat achieved by ISAS. The ISAS was given the proud privilege of hosting the CBSE Oman Cluster Handball Tournament for the second time under the able guidance of Rajinder Sin-

gh Pathyarch, Observer of CBSE Sports and Games, Oman Zone. Jayachandran, Convener of the School Management Committee, was the chief guest for the inaugural function. Ravi Jayanthy, Vice-President of the School Management Commit-

tee of ISAS, Samar Bose, Chairperson of Sports,and Rajinder Singh Pathyarch handed over the trophies, medals and certiﬁcates. Biju Koshy, President of School Management Committee, and Principal Nagesh Kelkar appreciated the team for their amazing performance.

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‘CHACHA T20’ VOWS ‘LOUD CHEER’ FOR OMAN CRICKET Working in Dubai and then quitting for the sake of cricket, the 47-yearold ‘Chacha T20’ has never missed a game since Pakistan have started playing on the United Arab Emirates soil T.K. MOHANDOSS

sportseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Super fans in cricket have become a norm and none can separate them from the game. These fans have become synonymous with the game and the most popular have been the fans of the Pakistan cricket team. India’s Sudhir Gautam Choudhry is another and so is Sri Lanka’s Percy Abeysekara. These so-called ‘Super Fans’ or ‘one-man cheer leader’ have stolen the show becoming more prominent when the game started entering each and everyone’s living rooms through the television medium. None can forget the vociferous Chaudhury Abdul Jalil of Pakistan and also the US-based Pakistani Mohammed Basheer Bozai, who stole many-a-heart during the World Cup early this year Down Under. Called ‘Chacha Cricket’ (Uncle Cricket when translated from Urudu), Abdul Jalil has been the face of Pakistan Cricket and is still so. Thankfully, he is also supported by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) during all his endeavours. But there is one person, a staunch supporter of the same

country, who has shot into fame lately, especially since Pakistan started to play their matches in the United Arab Emirates. Based in Dubai then, not now, Mohammed Zaman Khan, has replaced the charm of ‘Chacha Cricket’, and is now having a big fan following. Working as a Chauffer in Dubai and then quitting for the sake of cricket, the 47-year-old, who is now known as ‘Chacha Twenty20’, has never missed a game since Pakistan has started playing on the grounds of the United Arab Emirates. Now he is going back to the Emirates, to cheer Pakistan during the forthcoming England series. Thanks to this trip, ‘Chacha T20’ chose to come to the Sultanate to congratulate Oman national cricket team, who have qualiﬁed for the World T20, which will be hosted by India in March next year. The visit to Oman for ‘Chacha T20’ was made possible by an invite from a business man Shahid Mahmoord Chatta, who runs a restaurant ‘Master Chef’ in Al Hail. To watch India playing Pakistan is Zaman Khan’s dream, but the series happening in prevailing conditions is a remote possibility,

but he strongly feels that World T20 will surely provide him with the opportunity. His host in Oman has promised the passage to India and it is obvious that ‘Chacha T20’ will be seen cheering for his team in the premier tournament. He will be seen on the ground driving the fans crazy as he brings in fun to the game with people around him admiring his specially-made attire, his antics and all the more his moustache. Speaking to Times Sport Zaman said: “I am also a human being and I have emotions. As everyone else I don’t want my team to lose. It hurts sometimes, but we know winning and losing is part of the game.” However, the burly ‘Chacha T20’ revealed that he doesn’t get the support from Pakistan government or PCB to travel to places wherever the team plays. “Whatever I have earned or I am earning is for cricket and I will continue to be the fan face of Pakistan cricket,” he said, adding that his other early ambition was to become an army man. He also did not forget to express gratitude to his mother. “I owe whatever fame I have to my mother, without whom I will

not be what I am now.” Born, January 1, 1968, in a small village Koulotarar in Haﬁzabad district in Pakistan, Zaman was grateful to his host in Oman, for offering support for the trip to India, and also said will cheer for Oman during the preliminary matches. However, he laughed off the idea of changing his attire when Oman is playing. “My prime focus will be Pakistan team, but Oman will also have a cheer leader in me,” he said. Meanwhile, Shahid said: “I will present the idea of having a cheer leader to Oman Cricket officials so that Zaman gets more support.” Chacha T20 said he has nothing to fall back but thanked all his friends who have supported him to live his ‘cricket life’ to the full. “I know many think that I have a strong backing from PCB, but I want everyone to understand is it is all because of the love and help from friends that I am able to continue cheering,” he added. So, for now, Oman Cricket can be ensured of a special cheer leader in Chacha T20. “I will also be the inspiring factor for Oman national cricket team,” he promised. - Photo by O.K. Mohammed Ali

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COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN: Scotland’s Greig Laidlaw scores their third try during their Pool B match of the Rugby World Cup against Sa-

moa at St James Park in Newcastle on Saturday. – Reuters

Scotland hold off Samoa to reach last eight stage Samoa outscored their opponents by four tries to three in a thrilling end-to-end contest, but were undone as they conceded a series of careless penalties in the second half

NEWCASTLE: Scotland came from behind to beat Samoa 36-33 on Saturday and go through to the Rugby World Cup quarterﬁnals, sorely testing the nerves of their legions of fans at St James’ Park and ending Japan’s hopes of progressing. Samoa, desperate to end their disappointing tournament on a high, outscored their opponents by four tries to three in a thrilling endto-end contest, but were undone as they conceded a series of careless penalties in the second half. They were punished by the boot of Greig Laidlaw, who scored a de-

cisive try late in the second-half and kicked 21 points to send the Scots into a last eight meeting with Australia or Wales at Twickenham on October 18. Japan had been hoping for a Samoa victory that, combined with a win over the United States in their final pool match on Sunday, would have sent the Brave Blossoms into the knockout stages for the first time. That looked on the cards when, after Tusi Pisi and Laidlaw had exchanged early penalties, Samoa pulled ahead with a break from centre Rey Lee-Lo setting up flyhalf

Pisi to touch down one-handed in the corner. Scotland winger Tommy Seymour replied immediately with a try for Scotland, leaping to intercept a loose pass and touching down in the left corner. Laidlaw converted to level at 10-10. From the restart, hooker Manu Leiataua went over for a second try, and Samoa stretched the gap as their backs combined in a fluent passing sequence culminating in a try for Lee-Lo. Scotland were fortunate that Pisi missed both conversions, and pulled back some ground with a penalty for Laidlaw. They looked in trouble when flanker Ryan Wilson was sinbinned for stamping and Pisi scored a straightforward penalty. Though reduced to 14 men, Scotland mounted a titanic driving maul to carry Hardie over for a try, and a Pisi penalty gave the Pacific Islanders a 26-23 lead at the interval. In the second half, Samoa gave away a series of penalties and were lucky to escape when Scotland

twice gambled and failed by spurning the chance to go for three points and kicking for the corner instead. But when a third opportunity came up, Laidlaw kicked between the posts to level at 26-26 after 50 minutes, and Scotland went ahead for the first time when he slotted an almost identical penalty shortly after. With the Scots now on top, Laidlaw missed two kickable penalties and Scotland had a try disallowed when the ball was judged to have been held up. Almost immediately, Laidlaw darted around the left side of the scrum to score under the posts, converting to put Scotland 10 points clear. In the closing minutes replacement hooker Motu Matu’u went over for a converted try to keep the Scottish-dominated crowd of 51,982 on the edge of their seats, but the blue-shirted Scots held on till the final whistle. The result means Scotland finish runners-up to South Africa in Pool B. - Reuters

NEWCASTLE: New Zealand prop Tony Woodcock was ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup by a hamstring injury on Saturday, almost certainly bringing down the curtain on a highly successful 118-Test career. The 34-year-old loosehead, who was widely expected to retire after the tournament, sustained the injury as the reigning champions beat Tonga 47-9 on Friday to cruise into the quarterﬁnals as Pool C winners. The third most-capped prop in the history of the game behind Gethin Jenkins of Wales and England’s Jason Leonard, Woodcock scored New Zealand’s only try in their 2011 World Cup ﬁnal triumph. Along with Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and Keven Mealamu, Woodcock was considered a key member of that All Blacks side, and coach Steve Hansen was determined to nurse him through to the 2015 tournament. “It’s not a great way for a great player to play his last Test match if he’s going to retire,” Hansen told reporters on Saturday. “So it is disappointing for him, but sport’s like that, it can be quite cruel.” Woodcock will be replaced in the squad by Canterbury Crusaders prop Joe Moody. Wyatt Crockett and Ben Franks have also started a Pool C match apiece at loosehead prop. Moody, 27, had been expected to start Canterbury’s provincial game against Southland in FRACTURED FOOT

Ireland’s Payne ruled out CARDIFF: Ireland centre Jared Payne has been ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup after fracturing his foot, the Six Nations champions said on Saturday after suffering their ﬁrst major injury blow of the tournament. Payne missed last weekend’s win against Italy after bruising his foot before returning to training this week. He was not included in Sunday’s team to face France and Ireland said further scans this week revealed a foot fracture. Payne formed a strong mid-

ﬁeld partnership with Robbie Henshaw during last year’s Six Nations triumph and the centre’s strength off the ball was a key feature of Ireland’s miserly defence during the championship. “It’s massive in some ways. For Robbie Henshaw, Jared has been massive for him and so helpful with everyone in the team,” Ireland scrum coach Greg Feek said. “We feel for him and it was a bit of a moment today, it’s always sad to see one of your family members in the situation he’s in.” - Reuters FOOTBALL

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MUSCAT: Axis Group of Companies, a prominent business group operating in Gulf region announced on Saturday that they have launched their cricket team, which will comprise players from Friends Cricket Club, and will compete in the Oman Cricket League this year. The announcement was made in a colorful team launch event held at On the Rocks Lounge at Golden Tulip Hotel. The team is also supported by G Map LLC, as

Christchurch on Saturday but sat in the stands before leaving the ground at halftime. New Zealand will play Ireland or France in the World Cup quarterﬁnals in Cardiff on Saturday. A sheep and dairy farmer, Woodcock played for his country at all age levels before making his test debut against Wales in Cardiff at the age of 22 in 2002. He soon cemented his place in the New Zealand front row and played all three tests in the British and Irish Lions triumph of 2005 and four matches at the 2007 World Cup. Regarded as the best loosehead in the world for his scrummaging and hard work around the pitch, Woodcock’s mobility also made him a threat with ball in hand. He played every match in New Zealand’s triumphant 2011 World Cup campaign, 13 tests in 2012 and 12 in 2013 before injury struck to wreck his 2014 season. A shoulder injury also ended his 2015 Super Rugby season prematurely and he brought an end to his 12-year career with the Auckland Blues in June. “He’s an unsung hero, Woody,” Hansen added. “Woody just got better and better and he’s been a great player. He’s a very mobile footballer and a skilled rugby player. He can reﬂect on his career at some point, when he’s ready to do that, with a lot of satisfaction and New Zealanders can be very proud of him.” - Reuters

the associate sponsor of the team. The event was attended by Faisal, Chairman of Axis Group, Raﬁ Subhan, General Manager of Axis Events, members of Axis Cricket Team, officials from Axis Group of Companies and G Map LLC. “We are happy to be associated with Friends Cricket Club as we enjoy a similar passion in everything we do as they have in cricket,” said Dr. Nithin R. S., CEO of Axis Group of Companies. Friends Cricket Club was

formed in 2007 by a group of likeminded cricket enthusiasts to promote and retain their passion for cricket. Axis Group is a successful Business House comprising of 10 companies that represents engineering, trading, event management, safety & security with operational offices in Oman, the UAE, India and Bahrain, and soon to be in Georgia. G Map LLC is a total land survey solutions and construction company in Oman and UAE.

No big changes for Georgia tie, says Loew LEIPZIG: Germany coach Joachim Loew will not make major changes to his team for their final Euro 2016 qualifier against Georgia on Sunday despite suffering a surprise defeat by Ireland, he said on Saturday. Germany needed only a draw in Dublin on Thursday to advance to next year’s tournament in France but lost 1-0 to the Irish to delay qualification celebrations. The world champions need at least a point against Georgia in Leipzig on Sunday to make sure of their place. “There will not be major changes for the game against Georgia,” Loew said. “It is our concentration that we need to sharpen. We don’t seem to be as deadly for our opponents as we were.” Germany top Group D on 19 points, with Poland and Ireland, who face each other, both on 18. The top two teams win automatic qualification while team finishing third go into a playoff. - Reuters

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n July 2014 her world almost came crashing down when she was detected of breast cancer. This year she is all set to perform for the forthcoming India International Dance Festival in Bhubaneswar, India, and now is busy rehearsing for the event. Here’s an inspiring tale of Jhumpa Chakraborty, a kathak dancer and choreographer based in Muscat, who braved the big C and emerged winner. For Jhumpa, it was a moment of total emotional collapse when she was diagnosed with carcinoma in the left breast, grade 2. A dancer who always remained conscious about her health and nutrition, this news seemed unreal and unbelievable too. “It was a big shock when my biopsy report came positive. I have always been very health-conscious and so I could not believe I could get the dreadful disease. My first thought was what’s the point in keeping fit and healthy,” tells Jhumpa while narrating about her challenging journey. Her faith had quivered and she was filled with scepticism. She wondered, ‘why me?’ and had no answer for that. Life had suddenly taken a sudden turn as she did not know what was in store for her. Mustering courage and immense mental grit she started her treatment and the first ray of hope was her oncologist who explained the benefits of staying healthy. He explained that chances of recovery are always better if a person is of good health and also helps to cope better with the long and difficult treatment. “I really didn’t know what to expect but I knew that my life was in turmoil and difficult days were ahead. I often visualised myself lying in a hospital bed and suffering endlessly — the last thing any person would want in life,” she remembers. Talking about the diagnosis and the course of her treatment Jhumpa tells us that she had a fibroid in her left breast since she was 17 years old. Since it was benign she did not opt for a surgery then and it never

THINGS TO REMEMBER One must do regular breast check by self-examination, and a mammogram after 40. It is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle, avoid junk and salty food. Stop alcohol and cigarettes. Avoid being overweight. Obesity raises the risk of breast cancer after menopause. Keep physically active. Research suggests that it reduces overall breast cancer risk by about 10 per cent to 30 per cent. A moderate exercise of 30 minutes per day can be helpful. caused her any discomfort till the year 2009 when there was a secretion from the breast. “I had a mammogram and biopsy done from Muscat Private Hospital and the result was negative. The doctor there told me I could have the fibroid removed or I could keep it but I should regularly monitor it. I chose the later. In the meantime I opted for homoeopathy treatment and with it the fibroids reduced in size and some even disappeared,” she tells. In 2013, she could feel a new lump and in the next few months started feeling a pain in the left arm and her arm pit. “I got the USG, mammogram and biopsy done and the reports came positive,” Jhumpa clearly remembers the day when she first got the news. Jhumpa had to go through several tests like PET scan ( It uses a radioactive substance called a tracer to look for disease in the body and shows how

organs and tissues are working), and CT scan. She also had to undergo six doses of chemotherapy followed by surgery. “I used to fly to Mumbai a day before, take my chemo the next day and return back a day later. My last chemotherapy was on November 11, 2014 and after that on December 2, I went in for surgery at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai. The next part of her treatment was radiotherapy, which she took at Tata Memorial Hospital, Kolkata. “I had to take 19 radiotherapy sessions and by the end of February, 2015, I was back home in Muscat. Reminiscing the pains of the treatment Jhumpa remembers the traumatic experience of PET scan. “My body can’t take too much cold temperature. When I actually lay on the PET scan table and the scan began, my throat started getting choked. I was petriﬁed and couldn’t lay still, so they were not able to do my scan,” she tells. This

was not all. Due to the treatment and medicines she had bouts of skin allergy. Emotional upheavals for her were no less. Jhumpa remembers that soon after her first chemotherapy in Mumbai her son was detected of dengue. Battling those odds weren’t easy but she stayed brave in all circumstances. Her hair fall post her first chemotherapy was perhaps the most traumatic chapter. “I had my hair shaved and the first look at myself without my hair was quite shocking. But gradually I realised that beauty comes from within one’s own self. I started flaunting my baldness too,” she adds with a smile. She recalls how her friends would gift her stylish scarves and make her feel good. “My family and friends have given me all the strength, support, and help in my fight against cancer. When my friends came to meet me we didn’t discuss about my illness much, rather had fun time chatting and talking about everything else. As I could not eat out, they would cook mouth-watering delicacies for me and would really boost up my spirits,” she says. Being a breast cancer survivor Jhumpa started seeing life in a new light and in a new perspective. “Don’t ever say ‘why me?’ and don’t complain to God. Treat this disease as any other disease,” is the message that Jhumpa wants to give to all those suffering from this disease. She says it is also important to choose one’s oncologist carefully. “Follow your doctor’s instructions. There will be moments of pain and discomfort. Don’t get depressed; think about people who are suffering more pain than you. Then you will surely understand how little your pain is. Be positive, eat fresh, exercise well, and keep yourself busy,” says Jhumpa who now is back to her normal life and remains an epitome of hope and strength for those battling the disease. swati@timesofoman.com

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Headaches in children are commonly presented in paediatric clinics. Mohammed Shafeeqe chats with Dr Sreekumar, specialist paediatrician, Kims Oman Hospital, about the causes and concerns of headaches in children.

HEADACHES IN CHILDREN WHAT CAUSES HEADACHES IN CHILDREN? International Headache Society classiďŹ es headaches into more than 150 types. Many parents worry that their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headache is the sign of a brain tumour or serious medical condition. Children get the same type of headaches as adults do, including tension headache, migraines and sinus headaches. Most headaches in children are due to an illness, cold or fever. Other conditions that cause headaches include sinusitis, infections of throat or ear. ARE THEY ANY SPECIFIC TRIGGERS?

Triggers of migraine in children are fatigue, bright lights, changes in weather, stress, anxiety, change in routine or sleep pattern, loud noises, certain foods, and food additives. Too much physical activity and too much sun can also trigger migraine in some children. Eye problems in children is also a common cause of headache and it should be corrected at the earliest, or else it may affect the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance at school. CAN THEY BE POINTERS TO ANY SERIOUS DISORDER? When headache worsens over time or occur along with symptoms like

vision problems, speech problems, vomiting, muscle weakness, they can be the sign of a more serious problem like brain tumours, infections of brain, bleeding within the brain, abnormal build up of ďŹ&#x201A;uid in brain, and many more. Such circumstances warrant a complete physical examination and headache evaluation by your doctor. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR COMMON HEADACHES? Treatment of headaches in children consists of educating the child and parents in identifying the triggers like inadequate sleep, not eating at regular times, eat-

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SHATTI The Martian (3D) (Action, Sci-Fi) – PG Cast : Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain 6.00, 8.45, 11.30 PM Legend (Biography, Crime, Thriller) – 12+ Cast Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, 3.15, 9.00, 11,45 PM Jazbaa (Action / Drama ) – 12+ Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan 9.15 PM Pan (3D) (Adventure, Family, Fantasy) – PG Cast: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Jimmy Vee 2.30, 4.15, 7.00 PM Black Mass (Biography, Crime, Drama) – 12+ Cast: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch 4.30 PM Singh is Bling (Action / Comedy ) – PG12 Cast Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta 11.45 PM Hotel Transylvania 2 (3D) (Animation) – PG Cast: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Nick 2.30 PM The Walk (3D) (Adventure, Drama) – PG Cast: Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley 6.30 PM MUSCAT GRAND MALL Pan 3D (Adventure | Family | Fantasy ) (PG) 10:00AM, 12:00 & 4:15PM Gold Class: 1:15PM & 6:15PM The Martian : 3D (Action| Adventure) PG 10:45AM, 1:30, 9:15 & 11:55PM Gold Class : 3:30, 8:30 & 11:15PM Jazbaa : 2D (| Action |Drama ) 12+ 9:15PM Legend : 2D (Biography| Crime | Thriller TBC Cast : Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher 6:30 & 11:45PM The Walk : 3D (Adventure | Biography) (PG) Cast : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 7:00PM

Cast – Aishwarya Rai Bacchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi 2:15, 6:30, 8:45, 11:00 PM Jamna Payri – 2D (PG) Comedy Cast – Kunchacko Boban, Roja, Gayathri 9:15 PM Rudramadevi – 2D (TBC) Historical/Action/ Cast: Anushka Shetty, Allu Arjun, Rana Daggabutti 2:45, 8:00 PM

AZAIBA The Walk – 3D (PG) Adventure, Biography, Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, 5:45 PM Talvar – 2D (PG12) Murder, Mystry, Thriller Cast: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma 11:00 PM Puli – 2D (12+) Action, Adventure Cast: Vijay, Sridevi, Shruti Haasan 4:30 PM Singh Is Bling - 2D (PG12) Action, Comedy Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Kay 3:00, 11:30 PM The Martian – 3D (PG) Action, Adventure, Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, 5:30, 8:00, 10:45 PM Pan – 3D (PG) Adventure, Family, Fantasy Cast: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman 2:30, 4:30, 7:15 PM Jazbaa – 2D (12+) Drama, Action, Adventure

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15:00 15:00 15:00

05:30 05:30 05:30

Maximum

Sur Quriyat Ruwi

06:45 08:30 10:00

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 06:30 08:00 13:00 13:00 16.00 16.00

07:00 07:00 13:30 13:00 13:00 13:00 17:00

Sohar Buraimi Buraimi Sohar Buraimi Sohar Buraimi

08:50 Daily 11:00 Daily 14:30 Daily via Ibri 15:45 Daily 17:40 Daily 18.35 Daily 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52) 17:30

Sinaw

Daily

16:50 19:30

Daily Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54) 14:30 14:30

Nizwa Yanqul

Nizwa Al Araqi

Sur Sur

Daily Daily

Fahud Yibal

12:00 18:45

Daily Daily

Salalah Marmul Salalah Salalah

10:30 11:15

Daily Daily

20:00 20:30 23:30 07:40

Marmul

Dubai

16:50

Daily

Sohar Dubai Sohar Dubai Sohar Dubai

06:00 06:00

Nizwa Ruwi

08:40 11:00

Daily Daily

15:40 15:40

Nizwa Ruwi

17:55 20:20

Daily Daily

06:00 14:30

Ruwi Ruwi

10:45 19:00

Daily Daily

12:30 12:30

Fahud Ruwi

13:15 17:30

Daily Daily

07:00 10:00 10:00 19:00

Ruwi Marmul Ruwi Ruwi

19:50 13:15 22:30 07:30

06:00

Marmul

16:30

Daily

07:00

Daily

08:30 11:30 15:30 18:30 17:35 20:55

Daily Daily Wed,Thur Wed,Thur Daily Daily

15:00

Salalah

07:00

Daily

10:50 13:40 16:15 19:10 18:45 21:35

Daily Daily Thur-Fri Thur-Fri Daily Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 07:30 07:30 13:00 13:00 15:30 15:30

Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 07:00 07:00

16:00 16.00 16.00

Fujairah Sharjah Dubai

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Rudramadevi ( Telugu) (Act/Thrill) Cast : Anushka Shetty, Allu Arun & Rana Dagubati 3-30, 6-30 At Cinema Main & 9.45 Pm Cinema 3 Jamna Pyari (Mal) (Com/Rom) Cast: Kunchako Boban,Roja, Gayatri & Anu Moi 3-45 & 6-45 PM At Cinema 3/ Main 9-30 Pm Pulli (Tamil) (Act) Cast: Vijay & Shruthi Hassan 3-30, 6.30 & 9-30 Pm at Cinema-2 Kunji Ramayanam (Hindi) (Act/Com) Cast: Vineeth Srinivasan, Aju Verghese & Srinda 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 Pm At Cinema-4 From Friday: Rudramadevi (Telugu) (Act/Com) Cast: Anushka Shetty, Allu Arun & Rana Dagubati 3-00, 6-30 & 10-00 Pm At Cinema Main Next Change: Life of Josutty ( Mal) Programmes are subject to change

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TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201) 06:00 06:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 15:00

Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102) 15:00

10:25

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100) Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101) 06:00

Ruwi

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100) 07:00 10:00 10:00 19:00

07:00

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62) 06:30 06:30

08:55 Daily 11:40 Daily 20:20 Daily via Ibri 14:55 Daily 17:40 Daily 19:20 Daily 22:15 Daily

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STAR CINEMA

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

10:20 12:30

TO SUR (ROUTE 55) 07:30 14:30

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BURAIMI The Martian– 3D (Action) (PG) 6:45, 9:15, 11:45PM Pan – 3D (Adventure, Family, Fantasy) (PG) Cast: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett 4:45, 7:15PM Legend – 2D (Biography, Crime, Thriller) (12+) Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron 7:00, 11:30PM Jazbaa – 2D (Drama, Action & Adventure) (12+) 5:00, 9:15PM Jamna Pyari – 2D (Comedy) (PG) Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Roja, Gayathri, 9:30PM Singh is Bling– 2D (Action/Comedy) (PG) 4.30, 11:45PM

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54) 08:00 08:00

Sohar Ruwi Ruwi Sohar Ruwi Sohar Ruwi

SOHAR Black Mass - 2D (12+)Crime |Drama Cast : Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch 11:30 PM Singh is Bling - 2D (PG12) Action |Comedy 10:45 PM Talvar - 2D (PG12) Murder |Mystery |Thriller 4:30 PM Puli - 2D (T) (PG12)Action |Adventure Cast : Vijay, Sridevi, Shruti Haasan 5:00 PM The Martian - 3D (PG) Action, Adventure, Cast : Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen 2:00, 6:35, 9:10, 11:45 PM The Martian - 2D (PG) Action, Adventure, Cast : Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen 4:45 PM Pan - 3D (PG) Adventure, Family, Fantasy 2:45, 4:35, 7:30 PM Jazbaa - 2D (12+) Drama, Action & Adventure 2:15, 7:00, 9:30 PM Legend - 2D (12+) Biography| Crime | Thriller

Cast : Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron 2:30, 11:45 PM Jamna Pyari - 2D (M)(PG) Comedy Cast : Kunchacko Boban, Roja, Gayathri 9:15 PM Rudramadevi - 2D (Telugu)(TBC) Historical Cast: Anushka Shetty, Allu Arjun, Rana 7:45 PM

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52) 20:50

Black Mass ( Biography,/ Crime/ Drama) Cast: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson 5.45 pm CP No: 2645 (12+) Pan (Adventure/Family/Fantasy) Cast: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Jimmy Vee 3.45, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 pm CP No: 2759 ( PG ) The Stranger ( Drama/Horror/Mystery) Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levi, Cristobal Tappia Montt 2.00, 6.00, 10.00 & 11.55 pm CP No: 2758 (12+) Cooties (Action /Comedy/Horror) Cast: Elijah Wood, Allison Pill, Rain Wilson 2.00, 4.00 & 8.00 pm CP No : 2760 ( 15+)

The Martian (3D) (PG) (Action, Sci-Fi) 11:00AM, 3:45, 9:00, 11:45PM The Martian (2D) (PG) (Action/Sci-Fi) 12:45PM Pan (3D) (PG) (Adventure/Family/Fantasy) Cast: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett 10:00AM, 1:45, 2:10, 4:10PM The Stranger (2D) (12+) (Mystery/Horror) Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns 5:00PM Cooties (2D)(15) (Horror/Comedy) Cast: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill 3:15PM Jazbaa (2D)(12+) (Drama/Action/Adventure) Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, 12:00, 9:15PM Jamna Pyari (2D) (PG) (Mal)(Comedy) 9:35 PM Rudramadevi (2D) (PG12)( Telugu) (Action) 6:15PM Legend (2D) (12+) (Biography/Crime/Thriller) 6:30, 11:35PM Singh is Bling (2D) (PG12) (Action/Romance) 10:15AM, 11:50PM Puli (2D) (PG12) (Tamil) (Action/Adventure) Cast: Vijay, Sridevi, Shruti Haasan 6:45PM

WEATHER

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36) Daily Daily Daily

Timings : 2:00, 6:35, 9:10, 11:45 PM

Screen 3 Talvar (Mystery/Thriller) – PG12 Cast: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Tabu, 3.45, 6.45, 9.45 PM

RUWI Screen 1 Jazbaa (Action / Drama ) – 12+ Cast : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan 3.30, 9.30 PM Singh is Bling (Action / Comedy ) PG12 Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta 6.30 PM Screen 2 Singh is Bling (Action / Comedy ) – PG12 3.45, 9.45 PM Jawani Phir Nahi Aani (Comedy) – 12+ Cast: Humayun Saeed, Javed Sheikh 6.45 PM

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

THE MARTIAN - 3D (PG) (Action, Sci-Fi) Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig

Jazbaa (Action / Drama ) – 12+ Cast : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal Timing: 3.30, 9.30 PM

Legend : 2D (Biography| Crime | Thriller TBC Cast : Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Timing: 6:30 & 11:45PM

Singh is Bling : 2D (| Action |Comedy ) ( ) 2:00PM Etiquette for Mistresses : 2D (Tagalog) Cast: Kris Aquino, Claudine Barretto (TBC) 4:45PM

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)

16:30 18:00 19:30

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Pan (3D) (Adventure | Family | Fantasy) (PG) 4:30 PM Martin (3D) (Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi) (PG) 4:45, 6:30, 11:45 PM Jazbaa (Hindi) (Action | Drama) (12+) 7:15, 9:30 PM Singh is Bling (Hindi) (Action) (PG12) 11:15 PM Jamna Pyari (Mal) (Comedy (PG) Cast: Kunchako Boban, Roja, Gaythri 9:00 PM SALALAH

Pan (3D) (Adventure, Family, Fantasy) – PG Cast: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Jimmy Vee Timing: 2.30, 4.15, 7.00 PM

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Destination

11.59pm 3.20pm 5.51pm 7.01pm 4.47am

CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 3 YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CINEMA | BOX-OFFICE COUNTER OPENS 30-MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCREENING OF THE FIRST SHOW

CINEMA SCHEDULE

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Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fajr (Tomorrow)

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PHARMACIES Round the clock Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334

Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi Salalah Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya Muscat, A Seeb Market Muscat, Al Khuwair Muscat, Al Hail South Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah

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Hamriya 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Hamdan Hospital 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC 22004000 AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours) 24519456/24519223 Aeroflot 24704455 Air Arabia 24700828 Air France 24562153 Air India 24799801

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ASK DR. GERRY

Building Impossible Dreams Dear Dr. Gerry,

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE By Dr. Shamila, B.H.M.S

HOMOEOPATHY AND HAIR LOSS

air loss (Alopecia), once associated with only men in their 40s, is now a common problem with both men and women even in their 20s. While it is more prominent in men, women too have been its victims. We all lose a certain amount of hair each day. True, hair loss occurs when the hair we lose doesn’t grow back or when the amount of hair we lose each day exceeds the normal range.

Reasons for Hair Fall Stress can cause your hair to literally fall out. Usually the hair loss occurs 3 months after you gone through the stressful period. Stress can also trigger genetic hair loss. Hormonal imbalance – irregular

periods, polycystic ovarian disorder, thyroid dysfunction, etc. will end in hair fall. In males testosterone activity will lead to alopecia called androgenic alopecia. Testosterone is converted to dihydro testosterone with the aid of enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. DHT shrinks hair follicles causing the membrane in the scalp to thicken, become inelastic and restrict blood ﬂow. This causes hair follicle to atrophy. Male pattern of baldness is characterised by a receding hair line and baldness on the top of the head. Mechanical stressors on the hair – wearing pigtails, cornrows or tight rollers that end up pulling on the hair, can scar the scalp, resulting in hair loss. Some hair loss may be early warning sign of more serious disorders such as

H E A LT H

Menopause may turn good cholesterol into bad WHAT HAS previously been known as good cholesterol — high density lipoprotein (HDL) — may actually contribute to heart diseases in women while they are transitioning through menopause, new research has found. The researchers found that HDL, the “good cholesterol”, may not protect women against atherosclerosis, better known as hardening of the arteries that typically occurs as the result of high blood pressure, smoking and/or cholesterol. The ﬁndings suggest that women more vulnerable to artery hardening during menopause. While HDL has well-documented beneﬁts in protect-

ing against the hardening process, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes, the new study showed that these beneﬁts are diminished during the menopause transition probably due to hormonal alterations. The study included 225 women in their mid and late 40s who had up to ﬁve measures of plaque buildup over a maximum of nine years of follow-up. “What we found is that, as women transition through menopause, increases in good cholesterol were actually associated with greater plaque buildup,” said lead author for the study Samar El Khoudary, assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh. -IANS

lupus and diabetes. Anaemia will also lead to hair fall. Alopacia Areata – It is an autoimmune condition where patient experience patchy hair loss. Homoeopathic Solutions for Hair Loss Homoeopathy is an alternative system of medicine founded by Dr. Samual Hahnemann in Germany. Homoeopathic system of medicine has wonderful remedies for alopecia. According to homoeopathic way of thinking, a disease originates from the disturbance of the patients “Vital force”. This is the life force energy that sustains life. The latest of homoeopathic approach treats hair loss not on the scalp but from within, internally. For so many years and

even today, hair loss has been treated with local medication with a narrow understanding that it is a local disorder. Homoeopathy treats hair loss at the root level with the internal medicine. The treatment entails intake of oral, safe medicines, which enhance hair growth naturally. Homoeopaths evaluate not only a person’s physical symptoms but his or her emotions, mental states, lifestyle, nutrition and other aspects. Since homeopathic preparations are much diluted forms of natural substances, they are completely safe and without undesirable side effects. Dr. Shamila, B.H.M.S. Lama Polyclinic LLC CBD, Ruwi, +95095890, email: drshamila1@gmail.com

I want to get rid of a problem that has been making me feel down for many years and I have begun losing conﬁdence in myself. The problem is that I want to do many things and make big plans but I am never able to stick to them as, after some time, those plans look illogical to me. This has been happening to me since my school days. I need your advice to overcome this problem. Worried Youth Dear Worried Youth, Let’s look at your problem: big plans, failure to carry them out and then loss of conﬁdence. This is a problem I have seen in many young people, everybody has dreams but few are willing

to work hard to build them to reality. It’s beautiful to dream, but that’s what they are dreams. Sometimes it’s important to look at ourselves, our strengths and weakness, our limitations and our potentials and then dream. We all need a goal and ambition in our life but we also need the toughness and grit to fight for them. The growth in our human spirit is when we match our dreams with real sweat. That’s when we succeed and build even impossible dreams. So don’t lose confidence, build realistic dreams, and be willing to work on them. One brick at a time, one day at a time, with our heart focused on our dreams but our head buried in the reality of today. Don’t give up, resize them and fight. Good luck my friend. Dr. G

Dr Gerry D’Costa has an MD in psychiatry and a special interest in the areas of anxiety, depression, addiction, and children’s psychiatry. He has practiced as a specialised psychiatrist at Badr Al Samaa hospital in Ruwi for the last 9 years. Every week, Dr D’Costa offers his advice and professional insights to the readers of Times of Oman. Send your mental health questions to lifestyle@timesofoman.com

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LIFESTYLE

6 Remedies

Puffy Eyes

to get rid of

Puffy eyes or puffiness under the eyes is

often caused due to lack of sleep, allergies,

stress, improper diet, excess consumption of alcohol, and hormone changes. Eyes can

become puffy if the skin around the eyes

get irritated and itchy and shows signs of water retention. Here are some easy remedies to cure puffy eyes

Drink Plenty of Water

Apply Cold Spoons

Apply Tea Bags

Place Cucumber Slices

Apply Egg Whites

Use Potato Packs

One of the easiest ways to get rid of puffy eyes is to drink plenty of water. When the body is well hydrated, there is less chance of water retention under the eyes. Drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water each day.

This simple home remedy helps tighten up the skin around the eyes as well as relieve tiredness. Chill 4-5 metal spoons in a refrigerator, hold the rounded portion of one of the cold spoons against your eye for a few minutes until the spoon becomes warm. Then use another cold spoon.

Tea bags (green as well as black) soothe puffy and irritated eyes as they contain anti-irritant properties that help reduce swelling around your eyes as well as redness and inﬂammation. Soak 2 teabags in hot water, then cool them and place them over closed eyelids for 10 minutes.

Chilled cucumber slices make a good remedy for treating puffy eyes as well as for getting rid of dark circles and wrinkles. The enzymes and the astringent properties in cucumbers also help reduce inﬂammation. Chill thick slices and place them over closed eyelids for 10 minutes.

Egg whites have skin-tightening properties that can help banish eye bags. Whip upthe white of an egg until you get a stiff consistency. Add a few drops of witch hazel (a natural skin-tightening astringent), apply the mixture under the eye, and allow it to dry for 15 minutes. Rinse off and repeat daily.

The starch present in potatoes has anti-inﬂammatory properties which help reduce eye bags besides fading dark circles. Grate a potato, wrap the shavings in a clean cloth and place the pouch over your eyelids for several minutes. Repeat until the puffiness subsides.

H E A LT H N O T E

Antioxidants can Cause Cancer to Spread Faster ANTIOXIDANTS double the rate of metastasis, the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another, in malignant melanoma, the most perilous type of skin cancer, warns a new study. Found in many nutritional supplements, antioxidants are widely marketed as a means of preventing cancer. The results of this study suggest that people with cancer or an elevated risk of developing the disease should avoid nutritional supplements that contain antioxidants. “We have demonstrated that antioxidants promote the progression of cancer,” said one of the researchers Martin Bergo from Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Antioxidants protect healthy cells from free radicals that can turn them into malignancies but may also protect a tumour once it has developed, the findings showed. Researchers at Sahlgrenska

Academy demonstrated in January 2014 that antioxidants hastened and aggravated the progression of lung cancer. Mice that were given antioxidants developed additional and more aggressive tumours. Experiments on human lung cancer cells conﬁrmed the results. Given well-established evidence that free radicals can cause cancer, the research community had simply assumed that antioxidants, which destroy them, provide protection against the disease. But because the lung cancer

studies called the collective wisdom into question, they attracted a great deal of attention. The follow-up studies at Sahlgrenska Academy have now found that antioxidants double the rate of metastasis in malignant melanoma in mice. “The antioxidant boosted the ability of the tumour cells to metastasise, an even more serious problem because metastasis is the cause of death in the case of melanoma. The primary tumour is not dangerous per se and is usually removed,” Bergo noted. -IANS

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1000 sq mtrs industrial land in Ghala suitable for ware house, work shop etc. Contact : 24700120 / 92584715

One /two, B/R, Res / comm. flats near Bank Muscat Bausher from owner directly . Contact: 92158031 New deluxe villas at Madinat Qaboos & new 2 BHK flats in Wadi Kabir near Indian School. Contact: 99369081 3 BHK, 2 BHK and 1 BHK flats with split air conditioners are available for rent in new building in Al Qurum, near Rose Garden. Interested persons may contact: 99244577 2 BHK flats with split units in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99720021 A high quality apartment for rent with AC, 3 bedrooms at Wadi Kabir. Contact 99875677 Flat available for rent, 2 bedrooms, hall, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen and balcony with proper sun light & ventilator, location on Mabela North very close to Indian School Al Seeb. Contact: 99432496 First floor flat in new building and pent house, each 3 bedrooms servant room, laundry and 5 toilets very spacious halls and family lounges Al Khuwair 39. Contact: 99207840 / 24494243 New Building in Mutrah, 2 B/D Room Flat + Setting Room,3 Baths+ Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind Khimiji’s main office/opposite to Oman House Call 99419712 1,2,3 BHK Flats. Contact: 97799175

Workers’ campus, shops, workshops, stores in a building in Al Misfah, Wilayat Bausher. Contact 98918090

200 sqm basement available for rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco. Contact: 93782735 / 93329476

1BHK ﬂat with A/C Al Khuwair 250/- R.O. Contact: 99358589 / 95570288

We have 1BHK in Mabela 7 new buildings 175/- R.O. Contact: 93782735 / 93329476 Furnished room for rent at Al Khuwair R.O 225/- for family only. Contact: 99251975

We have 3BHK villa fully furnished in Ghubra 18th November street 650/- R.O. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476 2bed room villa in Sidab, 2 Bedroom villa in Wadi Kabeer. Contact : 95755953 / 95555162 Brand new residential ﬂats in Wadi Kabir near Muscat football club, have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets, Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O. Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 / 92383886 Villa for rent four spacious bath attached bed room private swimming pool gymnasium (common) with electrical equipment and free maintenance secured compound at Madinat Al Allam. Contact: 98027975 Office for rent in CBD. Contact : 92820734 / 95345909 2 bed, 1Majlis, 2 toilets, lobby small kitchen in Hamriya rent R.O 170/-. Contact: 99489548 Villa for rent in Wadi Kabeer. Contact: 95562646 / 99059333 Single room bathroom attached sharing kitchen available in Ghubra. Contact: 99071817 / 92258623

We have 2 BHK in Ghubra 18th November street 2 rooms, 3 bathrooms, large sitting, hall& Kitchen 325/- O.R. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 3BHK villa near Grand Mosque villa with 3 rooms, sitting hall, majlis & car parking 700/- O.R. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have shops for rent in Ghala & Ghubra. Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 2 BHK ﬂat in Al Khuwair new Rawasco brand new building 325/- O.R. # 93782735 / 93329476

We have 100 sqm for rent in Ghala new building 350/- R.O. Contact 93782735 / 93329476

We have small building for rent in Bousher, 4 studio & 1 shop building commercial & residence can be used for family, bachelors or store 750/O.R. contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 3BHK ﬂats in Ghala new building ﬂat with 3 rooms, 4 bathrooms, large sitting hall& kitchen 425/-. Contact: 93782735 / 93329476 1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-. Contact: 97799175 1BHK Commercial M.B.D R.O 280/-. Contact: 97799175 2BHK Wadi Kabir RO 300/Contact: 97799175

2 BHK Commercial Al Khuwair R.O 375/-. Contact : 97799175 1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-. Contact : 97799175

1BHK flat available in MBD near Khimji Supermarket with split AC & curtain R.O 230/-. Contact: 97748721 / 92393067 Furnished flat for rent, 3 rooms with attached bathroom, 1 dining room, 1 sitting room, 1 kitchen at Al Hail South. Contact 99835995 Studio flat at Al Khuwair. Contact: 99024730 For rent a full office building of 3100 sq mtrs opposite to Central Bank in CBD (Ruwi) for R.O 4 per Sq mtrs. Contact: 95330200 House for rent in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99379950 / 92925173

1& 2 BHK Darsait. Contact: 97799175

Two ﬂoor villa, 5 toilets, kitchen, and 2 sitting rooms in Mabela South. Contact: 99357404

2BHK Ghubra R.O 350/-. Contact: 97799175

1& 2 BHK Ghala with A/C new building. Contact 99024730

1& 2 BHK flats for rent at Wadi Kabir, Wadi Adai, Hamriya, Al Khoud and Mabela and shop at Al Khoud land line. Contact : 24834644 GSM 93994401/ 02/ 03, 3 lines New flats for rent At Darsait near to Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area the flats includes1 living room, 2 bedrooms, Kitchen, 3 toilets, every rooms with split A/C, high quality finishing, rent RO 340 /-. Contact: 00968 92225523 1 B.H.K Wadi Kabeer, RO 175/-. Contact : 95094028

1BHK Azaiba. Contact: 99024730

Recently refurbished ground ﬂoor apartment near Indian school Wadi Kabir, 2 Bedrooms and sitting, 2 baths, kitchen. Contact: 98011224

2 ﬂats with air-conditions in Al Bustan each ﬂat has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, family hall, kitchen, store laundry. Contact: 98919037

Villa at al Khuwair having six bedrooms, six bathrooms, sitting, dinning, hall, kitchen Etc. Contact24833972/24833974/99367448

Single BHK ﬂat available in Honda Road Ruwi. Contact 24833972/24833974/99367448

Flat for rent, 2 bedrooms, 1 sitting room, 3 toilets next to Al Hassan Company in W/K. Contact: 99210008

2BHK Qurum. Contact: 99024730 Newly built 3 bedroom villa available for rent near to Kuwaitee mosque, Wadi kabir. Contact 99725331, 91318111.

1 room, 2 rooms, 3 rooms with all supplements including water electricity and sewage. Also we provide the following services free 1plumber, electrician for any failed center for garbage on price call on Farahat 98020768 , Hilal 96541263

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FOR SALE An Amazing excellent residential land for sale in Barka at Al Muraysi attached to road open from 3 sides and surrounded by houses & shops. Ready for construction to build twin villa good investment in Barka 677 SQM, price RO 21000/-. Contact: 91010668 Excellent running building materials shop cum Showroom and store for sale in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 98871548 / 93412622 Homegym with cross trainer for sale. Contact 95367937

FOR RENT Fully furnished 2 BHK apartments available at Bareeq Al Shatti. Contact 92888063 1, 2 BHK in Azaiba. Contact: 99385835 / 99428143 2BHK flats & shops available for rent at Honda road in a brand new building (dish & split A/C provided in flats). Contact: 91165807 / 92976611 Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir near Indian Primary School 2B and 1k. Contact : 92222922 For rent : showroom / storage space available (area 290 SQM, 6M height) facing Al Mina street, Jibroo. Contact: 99360631 / 96760819 600 SQT commercial flat for rent opposite Oman flourmill Darsait more details.# 91214849/ 99364735 1BHK flats available for rent in CBD area. Contact: 98116480 Fully furnished luxury 2 bedroom flat for rent at Ghala for short or long term basis. # 99886386/ 99881653 Flats, shops for rent in Ruwi, MBD & Mumtaz area. Contact 97293708 3BHK flat Darsait Near I.D card Medical 450/- R.O. Contact: 99358589 / 95570288 1bedroom attached, toilet & kitchen in AL Khuwair R.O 140/-. Contact: 95154331 3BHK , 3bathrooms , 2balconys NRAL Hassan W/ Kabir R.O 320/-. Contact: 99384640 2 bed room flat at Al Khoudh Commercial Street Souq. Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Twin villa 6BR hall, kitchen at Al Ansab-2. Contact: 99747560 / 99444786 1 & 2 bedroom flats available for rent in wadi-kabir (opp: pencil bldg), ideal for company staff / families bulk corporate deal possible. Contact: 97677170

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5 Seater sofa with cushions Center table and 2 side tables in excellent condition for immediate sale. Contact: 96027403

Architect designed 5000 Square feet exquisite Villa in 16 cents of land at a scenic location on Aakkulam Road, Ulloor, Trivandrum for sale. Contact +968 95372011

Industrial land Wadi Kabeer 3470 sqr mtrs with warehouse + office + labor accommodation price 900,000 R.O . Contact : 99792181 / 99473751 Used furniture and steel racks at Daiso showroom in Ruwi for immediate sale. Contact 93411561 / 93991322 (Mr. Naveen) Ice Cream & juices shop Ruwi good location for sale suitable for beauty parlor also. Contact: 92150455 Sale or lease machining lathe milling workshop in Mabella Sanayya for sale/ Lease with four Employees Contact 92166887 Fast food style well furnished coffee shop for sale in new Salalah. Contact: 91121215 / 97484825 Ready coffee shop for sale or rent available in Al Khuwair near Rawasco Golden chance. Contact: 93782735 /93329476 Port cabin and Wooden pallets new, used and renovated porta cabin Wooden & steel sandwich panel Wooden pallets and packing for marble packing available. Contact no. + 968 99318152 Tel. +968 24458759 Email: ahastco@gmail.com Comm. & Res land in the heart of Ruwi 2400 sq mtr for sale. Contact : 91155779 Comm. & Res land in Darsait, opp. Pakistani School, 900 sq mtr for sale. Contact: 91155779 Comm. & res. land for investment for 25 years in Ghala heights. Contact: 91155779 Workshop for sale / lease fabrication / carpentry, (1800 sq m.), close to main road, at Barka Industrial area with or without labour & camp facilities for about 20 staff. Contact: 95120404 Email: elmechoman@gmail.com Comm. & Res land in Ghala heights 400 sq mtr for sale. Contact: 91155779

FOR SALE Shop for sale or rent at Ruwi City. Contact: 99103077 Restaurant for sale excellent location six visa opposite Mars Wadi Kabir. Contact: 93334685 Porta cabins for sale in good working condition, currently being used Porta Cabins are available for sale. Interested parties can come & inspect the Porta Cabins during working hours from 7.30 am to 5 pm. Submit quotation on or before 12.10.2015 in a sealed envelope to General Manager, Oman Mechanical Services Co Ltd LLC., P.O Box 1199, Ruwi , PC 112. Contact: 24502820 Extn. 14 Fish and shrimps sale retail and whole sale. Contact: 96725079 A well established medical clinic with new equipment for sale. Contact 91262334 / 99206610. E-mail. Mohamedsfarah@hotmail. com Villa in Barka Al Waha project 4 BHK plus Maids room with car park and compound. Contact: 99347089 Beauty Salon for sale in Azaiba prime location behind Al fardan building. With sponsor and 1 staff and 1 ready visa clearance. Contact: 95318629 Used Fabrication machinery for sale : Fabrication machinery and tools in excellent condition for immediate sale. Contact 94652485/ 99273774/ 99202278 For sale land in Amerat 3000 Sq.mt with petrol pump permission. Contact 99323957 / 92702891

10 cents of house plot at kallattumukku Trivandrum next to Oxford school 3km from railway station Contact +919495255111

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Land for sale with ample water, Adjacent to National Highway, 15 Km from Mangalore Port (Selected for Smart City) 6 Km from NITK, Suitable for warehouses, automobile service center, Highway Dhaba/Restaurant, hospital, Building Material showroom etc. Call 99468991-Oman 9902543956-India. Brand new 2 BHK furnished apartment (1225 sq feet) at Indiranagar (Kodihalli),Bangalore for sale. Please contact: 00968 95210474

For sale BMW 730 Li, 2008 model, 3000cc, maroon colour with beige interiors, 14500KMS, serviced at dealer, single Owner driven, R.O 5500. Contact: 95731861 /92265958

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38 cents land with 2BHK house by the river side in Thrissur Dist Irinjalakuda, Kerala. Contact: 99347089

ACC. AVAILABLE Independent rooms in Qurum / Al Hail. Contact 95529970 Room for Rent Alkhuwair - Behind Al Aktham Restaurant. 120 RO. With elec. and water.For executive bachelors only. Contact : 98803261 Flat for rent available in CBD near Costa Coffee. Mobile no.92820734 Furnished room available in Ruwi. Contact 92435784 Furnished Executive bachelor accommodation in Ghubra North villa. Contact 92595830 / 24495667

Party & Wedding equipment rentals. Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaﬁng Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound Systems and spectacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound & Light. ww.tunesoman.com, E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

WANTED Genuine Ayurvedic treatments & massage, Ayurvedic clinic at Al Khuwair. Contact: 24478618 / 97263637 / 93309131 FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know more about Islam, please call: 99425598, 99250777, 99353988, 99253818, 99341395, and 99379133. For ladies: 99415818, 99321360, 99730723 Orvisit:www.islamfact.com

Private room with toilet near Qurum park incl. W& E, monthly RO 220/-. Contact Hassan 99349990

Ayurvedic Treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steam bath, obesity, spondylitis , IDEAL CARE Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Azaiba Contact: 99639695 / 98342990

Accommodation available for indian executive bachelor’s (no kitchen).RO:125 including water and electricity Contact no. .. 98145825, 98949724

Ayurvedic treatment for backache, paralysis, arthritis etc & massage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam). Contact 24475280 / 95371664 / 92504980 www.siddhayur.com

Required land for purchase in location Muscat (1200 SQM). Contact: 96725682

FOR LADIES GOOD OFFER for ladies: (Golden facial Golden bleach, Haircut-10 RO. Only) this offer started from 10th October to 10th November. Contact 99619409, Hattat Modern Parlour

LOST Yadav AL Khanth has lost Indian Passport No. G 2550762. Finder please handover to ROP

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STAFF NURSE Sr. Accountant M.Com (ﬁnance) 15 years experience (2 years in Oman) with a reputed ﬁrm, NOC available. Contact: 92404608 Email: jin_75@rediffmail.com

MOH license OR Prometric ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƐƚĂī ŶƵƌƐĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĞƉƵƚĞĚ DĞĚŝĐĂů ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝŶ DƵƐĐĂƚ Send CV to :

Finance Manager, 15 yrs Gulf experience in trading & contracting companies in Oman looking for placement. Contact 96947652

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Finance Manager, 13 years experience B.Com, MBA, (MA (currently). Contact: 92243552

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Finance Manager 26 years experience (22 years Oman) with NOC. Contact: 91335205 / 91302906

An Omani construction co. located at Muscat looking for an expert Accountant with minimum ﬁve yrs. experience with wide knowledge of using tally and other software and GCC driving license. Send C.V to kwk585@gmail.com

Part time Accountant accounts ﬁnalization auditing. Contact: 98157999 CIMP qualiﬁed Accountant 5 yrs exp immediately joining with NOC. Contact: 95522109

Wanted Accountant. Contact: 94007259 Email: smylackal@gmail.com Omani Accountant with good communication & computer skills with 4-5 years experience required for immediate placement in a reputed Oil & Gas Engineering consultancy ﬁrm in Al Khuwair. Candidates should be sent to trejobs@tr-engineering.com, 24642100 Required ACCOUNTS OFFICER to ensure accurate processing of revenue data into ERP systems and invoicing module. Posting of invoices to customer SAP portal and delivery to customer offices and interface with Country Manager / Reporting to Regional CFO. Qualiﬁcations : BSc Accounting. Relevant experience and knowledge on Online Accounting Systems especially the customer SAP system. SUBMIT CV to : me-job@interwell.com

CATERING Chinese/ Arab/ Continental Cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

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A 10 yrs successful steel workshop with 25 staff members, looking for an experienced Manager who has to lead successfully, control overall expenditures & deliver more opportunities to the Workshop. Successful candidate will be paid as percentage of monthly workshop revenue. Contact: 97080700

We are looking for a Salesman with a minimum experience of three years with driving license. Please contact 98000266. Email info@marahland.com

DRIVER Urgently Require good English speaking Omani drivers. Contact: 92870992 Required Indian driver with Omani driving license and experience to work in house. Contact : 96255558 Wanted Heavy Duty Truck Driver (3 nos.) having 2 yrs experience at PDO. Contact 92891888 Urgently required heavy driver for trailer. Contact: 92131483 Driver required for personal, salary 250/- O.R .Contact: 96725079 Driver with Oman driving licence needed. Visa available. Contact 94288863

EDUCATION Post Graduate researcher required. Contact 99229700

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH Reputed electrical contracting company requires an Oman experienced, capable “Electrical Contracts Manager”. Ideal candidates should have relevant market experience & connections. Contact 94400671/ 91272871 Urgently required a Indian Diploma Civil Engineer with 1-2 years of experience and should valid G.C.C driving license. Email: smtcoman@gmail.com

MEDICAL Wanted Pharmacist with MOH license for Pharmacy in Seeb. Contact - 24423342

MANAGER/SUP Urgent required Supervisor for Interior decoration with Oman experience. Contact : 95766844

Required Pharmacist or Asst Pharmacist in a locum basis for one month period in capital area from 15th Oct 2015to 15th Nov 2015. Contact : 99372860 / 99008379 Immediate Opening for laboratory technician. Should have MOH license to work in medical centre in capital area. Excellent Package, Accomodation will be offered. Contact 99340135 Required Nurse for a clinic in Al Buraimi S.O. Oman. Contact: 00968 92737149 CV to drpkabbas@yahoo.co.in Physiatrist with 3+ years experience in rehabilitation medicine required for a reputed rehabilitation center in Dubai. Send CV to : hr2015.oman@gmail.com Medical care center, Multispecialty clinic, Seeb requires General Practitioner, medical lab technician & pharmacist. Mail CV to sarita_h23@yahoo.com or Call - 97884856 Wanted a female Nurse for a dental clinic in capital area. Contact:-99855050 Urgent placement B Pharm Pharmacist with OR without MOH Oman, 2 nos. Contact 92548672, 99516236 Urgently required for Medical Centre in Muscat and Salalah GP doctor (Male/ Female) Gynecology Nurses ( male / female) with or Without MOH license, salary negotiable. Please send your CV moc.hrd2015@gmail.com or Contact: 92681842 Looking for quality assurance / Supply Chain Lead. 25-35 years old with good communication skills, with experience related to food processing or food service minimum of 5 yrs. experience. Please send CV’s to: admin-dept@daud.om

SKILLED LABOUR Required 2 Tailors who can make readymade curtains. Contact 92891888

SEC/OFFICE Sir Lankan Secretary with experience in recruitment ﬁeld. Contact: 92809528

Indian male, 8 yrs experience in Oman looking for any suitable vacancy Accountant / Asst. Accountant/ Office Admin local release available. Contact 98492752 Email: atiquehazique@rediffmail.com

93613422, 95062514 EMAILvacancynshifamc@gmail.com

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Looking for an Mangalorean Konkani speaking Housemaid for Mangalorean family to look after baby at Wadi Kabir. Contact 96449951 / 95147107

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DOMESTIC HELP Urgently required a full time Indian Housemaid to work in Sharqiya - for an Omani family (local recruits preferred) please contact : 95164139, between 8 am – 5 pm

GENERAL PRACTITIONER RECEPTIONIST

Indian male 25 years MBA ﬁnance having 4 years experience in accounts looking for suitable placement presently on visit visa. Contact: 95291085 Email: atharali9849@gmail.com

A leading trading Group is looking for Outdoor Sales Coordinator with driving license & release / NOC. Email CV to alhajoil@omantel.net. om or fax: 24701683 SALES MANAGER : To build and manage a team of sales executives in GCC countries. Must have minimum 12 years’ experience in sales and minimum. 5 years in interiors and joinery Sales in GCC. Attractive remuneration package available for the right person. All CVs will be sent to this E-mail : career@gobdoman.com Wanted Sales man (experienced in transporting etc). Contact: 94007259 Email: smylackal@gmail.com Primedia International is looking for experienced Sales Executives having strong background of digital and print media. Send your Cv’s at SihamHalloubi@primedia-oman. com or contact on 97002356 A reputed rent a car requires Sales Executive. Apply to reservation@johnyinternational.com Contact: 94146486 Urgent required Sales Manager for Advertising company with Oman experience & driving license. Contact: 95766844 Accomplished Advertising Sales & Business Development Executives for leading Media Enterprise. Enthusiastic Fresher also welcome. jobs@interacoman.com Required experienced Sales & Marketing Executive for sports club. Preference will be given who has experience in Oman and valid driving license. Please send your CV to dasanthas1@gmail.com or saud7kh7@gmail.com Required experienced Sales / Marketing Executives having light license. Send your CV ocean@omantel.net.om

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Part time accountant, senior accountant, doing all type of accounting works, up to finalization. contact.95254864 Part time Accountant, up to finalization, looking for job after 5 pm (location prefer – MSQ to AL Hail). Contact: 95694737 ACCA finalist, Recent B.Com Graduate, Indian female, looking for full time employment in Accounting and Audit. +968 96964379, sangeethaumesh5@gmail.com

CA (Ind) & CPA (Aus) qualiﬁed Indian male with more than 20 years experience (12 years in Oman) in senior positions, currently on visit, seeks immediate and suitable position in a dynamic organization. Contact : 93910095 Email: reji.thomas07@gmail.com

Filipino, 29 yrs, male, BS Commerce, 5years experience Payables/Receivables/Payroll/Document Control. Excellent Communication/MS Office skills. Contact: 95057206 Email: patrick110486@yahoo.com ACCOUNTANT, Indian male 28 years, 6 plus years of GCC experience, presently working in Oman as an Accountant, seeking for a suitable job position, NOC available, Contact: 95089869 E-Mail: anuchunda@gmail.com CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, Indian male having 7 years experience as functional finance head, presently working in Muscat as Asst. Finance Manager seeking for a suitable position. NOC available, Contact 9178 9950 / Email: igneshmlazar@gmail.com Pakistani male 28 years old recently worked as Administration Manager MBA finance from Maju Karachi. Contact: 99685330 Email: hussain_ca87@yahoo.com Omani female exp in Accounts & Shipping & Secretary & PRO job knowledge in computer with Oman D/L. Content: 91161736 Accountant with 8 years experience in Oman with D/L & NOC , seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92994825. Email: sanuchithranjali@gmail.com Indian male, Graduate with 7 yrs experience in financial, logistics & Data reporting and analysis, experience working with international clients, site testing. Currently on visit visa seeking suitable placement in Oman. Contact: 92689823, Id: jiby.john28@gmail.com

Indian male MBA ﬁnance with 3 years experience in Accounts, Admin, HR, on visit visa. Contact: 91520930

10+ yrs UAE experience Fin. Controller looking for job change. Contact: 98006226

Indian male, 8 yrs experience in Oman looking for any suitable vacancy Accountant / Asst. Accountant / Office Admin local release available. Contact: 98492752 Email: atiquehazique@rediffmail.com

Indian female 28 years M.Com, Accountant having 6 years experience in Accounts, ﬁnalization, Tally currently on visit visa. Contact : 95595083 Email: merlinfernandes16@yahoo.in

25 years female looking for suitable opportunity, Qualification MBA (Banking & finance) near banking experience ready to work in accounts, HR & Admin and any other suitable fields, presently on family visa in Muscat. Contact: 00968- 96987078

Chief Accountant, 12 years Oman experience looking for suitable position. Contact: 99513082

Indian Female MBA, 3 years experience in Admin MIS, family Visa. Contact 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com Indian 17 yrs experience in Admin and have knowledge in Accounting seeks job. Have driving license and release. Contact : 99573353

ARCHITECT Senior Architect, Indian male 15yrs exp. having DL& NOC, Looking for suitable position. Contact: 97239313 Email: abdul_muq2000@yahoo.co.uk

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Finance Manager, 12 years experience in leading Construction and manufacturing companies (9 years in Oman) have strategic vision and proven leadership ability. B.Com, CPA- USA & modern accounting certificate from “AUC”. “NOC” in hand. Contact: 97220505 Indian male, 25, MBA Finance, with 3 years’ experience seeks suitable position. Contact - 99299471 / 96589605 Accounting up to finalization on periodic basis by CA. Contact also for Project Finance Report, taxation and internal audit. 91720465 Urgent: Accountant, Indian female on visit visa, B.Com exp Tally ERP- 9. 4 finalization of Accounts, Tax accounting, stock maintenance, pay roll etc. Contact: mk.jothipriya@gmail.com 20 yrs exp in non Banking finance co in Oman as Branch Manager, credit analyst, risk, Debt Collect, BR- operations, documentation, etc with valid D/L now on visit. Contact: 99055123 Indian male highly resulted oriented and self driven CA Inter qualified Accountant with over more than 14 years of experience in auditing, finance and accounts including industrial exposure in construction industry in Mumbai and Qatar available in Oman seeks placement. Contact: 93405047 Part time accounting works up to finalization on monthly basis. Contact: 96247295 Indian male 23 yrs BBM Graduate with computer knowledge having 2 yrs experience in accounts looking for accounts, admin, sales or stores currently on visit visa. Contact: 95356512 Young Indian, B. Com, Diploma in Accounting, 2 years experience as Assistant Accountant on visit seeks suitable placement: Contact: 94399509 Indian male 13 years Accounts & finance experience in Oman having Omani D/L looking for suitable position release available. Contact 95885092 Email: nitin_dhotre2@rediffmail.com

DRAUGHTSMAN Male 15 years exp FMCG in Oman with D/L and know all part of Oman looking for management post. Contact: 00968 96147152 Draftsman , Autocad , exp in Architecture, Interior drawings, Ph 93837973 Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree in Computer Application and CCNA certiﬁed, 2 years exp in Oman looking for suitable placement. Contact: 93295112 Email: syedsadathali.mca@gmail.com Indian male looking for job in AutoCAD and 3DMX Draughtsman 4 years with experience, 25, available for immediate placement. Contact: 98665963 / 92529312

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Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree in Computer Application and CCNA certiﬁed, 2 years exp in Oman looking for suitable placement. Contact: 93295112 Email: syedsadathali.mca@gmail.com Indian male B. Eng in IT CCNA, MCITP, RHCE 2 yrs + exp in IT support, Networking and Server Support seeking suitable placement in IT / Network / server support. Contact: 93311963 Email: sajal035@gmail.com Computer Engineer, Iraqi fresh graduate excellent grade - Caledonian college , experience in programming, networking, database and web designing. valid Omani driving license, residence in Oman – Contact 98763390 Network Engineer looking for job have CCNA and CCNP (suitable) driving license NOC and 4 years experience. Contact: +968 91703807 Email: ekrema.zia@gmail.com Oracle ADF Developer, Msc (IT), 2 yrs of Experience in Software Development (Oracle ADF, sql, pl/sql), Oracle OCA & SQL Expert, Currently on visit visa. Contact +968 93755858 / 92141644 Email : shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com CCNA MCITP Network support/ Network technician with 2 yrs experience Indian male having bachelors degree on visit visa. Contact 93080871, email :sean.f.peters@outlook.com

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FABRICATION & ERECTION-DUCT MAN Candidate seeking suitable opportunities & presently in Oman with NOC Mob:97239854, Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com 25yrs Indian Female with Bsc Nursing, MHA (master of hospital administration) Graduate looking for suitable placement. Contact:- 99513267 Email:-alinaelshaddai@gmail.com Indian male Accountant with 10 years experience in Oman available for immediate joining with Oman driving license NOC available. Contact : 99881355 / 99720602 HSE Advisor (Indian) 30 years Nebosh, 10SH & Diploma in ﬁre & Safety 9 years Gulf experience in construction, oil & gas. Contact 95568731 Email: sathishdream@gmail.com SR. Land Surveyor Indian 7 years GCC exp, 2 years IND. Exp, experienced in building construction (Oman driving license). Contact 97437307 HSE Officer (Indian) 26 years Nebosh, diploma in ﬁre & safety council, 3 years experience (including 1 years GCC) in construction. Contact 97058358 Email: arun.insane@gamil.com Indian male, 29 years B.Tech (E.C.E) and M.B.A with 1.2 years of experience in Oman as Electronic Engineer seeking for a suitable job currently on visit visa. Contact 92085082 Email: suhailece.61@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED 50 years Indian male 15yrs experience as Manager in Steel and paper Plant seeking suitable placement. Kindly contact me on +91 9840943638 Chartered Accountant, Indian male, 25, two years experience, on visit visa. Staying with parents. Also has B.com+computer Application. Contact: 24492638/98164467. shyamal008@gmail.com Diploma in Civil Engineer. I have 6 year experience in Oman seeking for suitable position Oman. #97415597, email: Nasir.muscat@gmail.com 8+ years experienced senior accountant looking for a better placement. Contact No. +968 92935684. Email - shabeerkkm@gmail.com. NOC available. Indian Male, 38 years, BE and MBA in Marketing from UK seeks suitable placement in the IT industry. Call 91200413. CCNP Network Professional with 6 years experience having Bachelors degree on visit visa looking for suitable job. GSM: 96760618 Email: varghese.manthara@gmail.com Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+ experience in Administration/HR, Customer Support, Office Coordinator with good Computer skill, now on Visit Visa ,looking for suitable position. Contact: 90196235 26, Male, Indian, BBA (Finance), MBA(HR), Looking for suitable placement in Finance/HR/Marketing. Contact immediately. # 98176105, nruknaddin@outlook.com 29 years Indian female (MBAFinance) with 4 yrs experience in Accounts, seeking suitable placement in Accounts/Admin/HR. NOC available. Contact:96141283 ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 having 4years experience in accounting & having well knowledge in tally. Contact:968 094535881, 0091 9037622048. Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com 31 year Indian male PG in HR , with 5 yrs Professional experience in HR in Construction Oil & Gas Oman seeking for a suitable placement. Contact me on 93488914, emailKaarthickshankar@gmail.com

INDIAN MALE , MBA. Having 10+ years experience as Automotives Sales Manager .Worked with M/s TALWAR AUTO GARAGES PVT LTD India’s Largest Selling Dealer for VOLVO EICHER commercial vehicles .Seeking for suitable Job in Oman. Contact no: 98045482 Email: dmstalwar@gmail.com ACCA finalist, Recent B.Com Graduate, Indian Female, looking for full time employment in Accounting and Audit. Contact +96896964379, sangeethaumesh5@gmail.com Admin, having 10+ years experience in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper, in reputed companies. Presently working in Muscat. Contact- 94369965 , mail - satya1528@gmail.com Indian male . 14 yrs experience in maintenance & Supervisor in hotel field ( Electrical . Ac Mechanical & Plumber ) N O C available mob : 95 25 36 40 . email = hareeshma24@yahoo.com ACCA Affiliate, Indian Male, Fresher, looking for full time employment in Tax and Audit.+968 91291520, shahidazeez5@gmail.com Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA,MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT support, networking and server support valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/ Server support. Contact 92607532 Indian Male, 24 years old recently completed M.Tech in Offshore Structures from NIT Calicut, looking for suitable position.#: +919833248568, Email: shihabpatel91@gmail.com Indian male with 18 years of Indian and Overseas experience in hospitality industry, with excellent cooking, operational, managerial and communication skills seeking a suitable job from reputed groups and organizations. On a visit visa. Contact: 95363751 Well experienced management finance specialist having 18 years experience available for placement. Contact.95602518 23, Male, ACCA Affiliate, OBU Bsc, 2.5 years of experience in audit and finance in Big 6 Firms, Looking for permanent placement in similar field. Release NOC available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

22, Male, Indian, BBA (Marketing), 1 year experience in India, Looking for suitable placement in Sales and Marketing. #91897046, azzamsiddique1@gmail.com Indian Male,27,ACCA Part Qualified,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in receivables and credit control in Oman looking for suitable placements. NOC available. Contact 9657 4343. Indian Female, Science Graduate, 3 years Experience in Teaching back home. Looking for a suitable job opportunity as a teacher, in Schools in Muscat Region. Contact : 96431456 / 95704814 Looking for a suitable job as Jr. Accountant/ Jr. Administration in a reputed company. NOC Available. GSM # 93004738. SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years experience ,Oman driving licence,Noc available. Seek Suitable opportunity. GSM- 98184170 ACCOUNTANT, Male, 8 years experience, presently working in Oman as a Senior Accountant with oman Driving license. NOC available, seek suitable opportunity. GSM: 97705854 Chemical Engineer Indian 2 years of experience in production field Contact: 91247222 Email:sahadpoonchola@gmail.com Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing. Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 91033395 Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having 4yrears of experience in MNC, hands of experiences in recruitment and administration, flexible for any suitable job placements currently in visting visa. Contact Tel : 98864639 Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail.com Indian Male, 25, Chartered Accountant, working with ICICI Bank India. On a Visit Visa in Oman. Staying with parents at Azaiba. Ph: 24492638. Email: shyamal008@gmail.com Indian Male, 26 Yrs, Business Management, 6 years in Oman. Knowledge of MS Office and Arabic Language. Seeks suitable position. Contact 93931935

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SIT.WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Business Development. experience in Electromechanical and Irrigation sectors. Contact no- +971558763220 email id-sangowri@outlook.com Indian male, with ﬁnance and Law degree, having more than 25 years of experience in Finance/ Accounts / Audit (5 years of Oman experience) seeks suitable placement. NOC available. Contact: 98421619. E-mail: talemadhamu@yahoo.com. Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics & procurement well versed with computer seeks suitable placement. Contact : 99514286

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Pakistan Male: 24 years,M.Com Finance having 2.5 year experience as a accountant & marketing executive looking for suitable placement. Contact: 97670816, E.mail: naeem.ahsan68@gmail.com Indian female with MBA in finance seeking immediate placement. Contact: 968-93316493 ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 having 4 years experience in accounting & having well knowledge in tally. Contact:968094535881, 0091 9037622048, Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com 31 year Indian male PG in HR ,with 5 yrs Professional experience in HR in Construction Oil & Gas Oman seeking for a suitable placement. Kindly contact me on 93488914, emailKaarthickshankar@gmail.com Sudanese/26/Bsc Computer Science /3 years exp/skills Excellent knowledge in operating systems and maintaining computers Java Programmer Web Developer Linux SMS solutions Android developer/ email khalid.omx@gmail.com/ contact no 944958080 and 99758186. Civil Autocad Draughtsman part time work for job mob :96023726 Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA, MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT support, networking and server support valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement in IT/Network/Server support. Contact 92607532 Indian B.E Computer Science graduate 2012 passout. 1 .5 yrs exp. in Accounting. Having good communication skills and mindset to work in a team. Having NIIT certificate in Diploma in Java Technology. # 97767894 Email: jinsonjacobjohn@gmail.com Indian male 24 YEARS, B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics), having 2 yrs. exp as Electrical Site Engineer. Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifications, seeking for suitable placement in any related industries. Contact 98045482, Email: mastanshaik1008@gmail.com Indian male, 24 years, HSE Engineer having 2 years of Indian experience. Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifications, seeking for suitable placement in any related industries. Contact 98045482 27, male, ACCA finalist, have professional experience up to finalization of Accounts, Statutory and internal audit, expertise in using tally and focus & Oracle Software, have 3.5 years experience in accounts till finalization, seeking for permanent replacement , GSM-97654769,email idabdullah.nooralam@yahoo.com Indian male 22yr BBA with LOGISTIC Diploma, exp in tally and data entry seeking in suitable placement. Contact; 90151739 email shakeeb.mp280gmail.com Mechanical Draftsman, Indian male 27, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering having 7 years of experience in Auto CAD looking for a suitable placement. Contact 97351786 / 96143708 mohammednazeer07@gmail.com ACCA Affiliate, OBU Degree, 2.5 years experience in audit and finance in Big6 firm, Looking for permanent placement. NOC release available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com MBA Finance with more than five years of experience in Finance & Accounts including GCC, looking for a suitable opening. Having UAE driving license. Contact no..91391802. MBA (F) B.COM Indian female having knowledge of accounts with Tally looking for full or part time job. Presently on family visit visa. Contact: - 96259171. Email: bhumicapandya@gmail.com

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Senior Accountant. 8 Years experience. NOC available. Oman driving license. Seek suitable opportunity. GSM- 98184170 B.E Mechanical Engineer with 2 years’ experience in HVAC ﬁeld on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 93442296 Email Id: sal201091@gmail.com. Indian Male, MBA, Talented management expert having 6 year experience at U.A.E, India and Oman in luxury goods and Retail. Seeking suitable openings in related or same ﬁeld. Contact:92700670 Email: jobcareer44@gmail.com

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Investors needed for well functioning company Engaged in manufacturing and supply of heating solutions. Contact: 98871548 / 93412622 We want ﬁnance for 3 (three) months or renewable every 3 months from Omani nationals or expatriates for trading business. Contact: 99462591 or 93525028

MBA Finance with more than ﬁve years of experience in Finance & Accounts including GCC, looking for a suitable opening. Having UAE driving license. Contact no..91391802

Looking for investor and Partner, well running company monthly proﬁt. 14,000 RO. Contact: 96725079

Indian 26M, B. Tech Computer Science graduate, 3 years exp in India, looking for suitable job in Muscat. Contact : 93125669, Email : amritrajGT18@gmail.com

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Indian Male Nurse with Moh licence & Noc seeking a job with Family Status gsm:95817579. E.mail:vasudevanv2005@gmail.com

Need suitable match for Indian, Canada Based Sunni Muslim boy Networking Engineer, 28 yrs, good looking educated Indian girl. Contact: 99635566

Part- Time Accountant, well experience senior accountant ,doing all type of accounting works, Finalization, Budgeting available. Contact 98803439

Malankara Catholic girl Alappuzha Dist BSc Nurse 28 yrs working with M.O.H in Buraimi 28 yrs seeks alliance from Keralite professionals Orthodox Marthoma. Contact: 93264638

Pakistani, Male, Pak, Exp 14 Years in IT Trainer / Computer Teacher, looking for a better position in Oman, already working in Prestigious Construction Company. # 95983711. Join.mtmali@gmail.com M. Tech VLSI design, B. tech Electronics and instrumentation, Indian female,3 years teaching experience for graduation level students, seeking suitable placements . Ph:00968 92904155. email-achusooraj@gmail.com

RC, Keralite male. 30yers. shop manager in Muscat looking for suitable alliance. GSM:98529885, 00919496155815 WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and management at rock bottom price. Contact: http//webviewoman

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NAIR GIRL, B.Tech (Civil) 23/163, Pooram from Alappuzha (district) working as a Civil Engineer with Kerala Govt: on adhoc basis looking suitable alliance from professionals. Contact :95230285

Indian male auto cad draughtsman (civil) 8 years experience seeking for part time job mobile no: 0096899070584, email: remluvp@gmail.com Indian Male (Diploma in electronics Engineering and CCNA.) having 9 years of experience in Networking, 5 years’ experience in Oman. Looking for a suitable Placement. NOC available. GSM- 93787098, Email –anishktr@gmail.com INDIAN MALE 24 YEARS,B. Tech (Electrical & Electronic).Having 2 years experience as Electrical Site Engineer in Constructions. Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certiﬁcations. Seeking for suitable placement in constructions or in any related industries. Contact no: 98045482, Email: shannu.hse@gmail.com

Pakistani male 34 years staying with parents in Oman for 27 yrs using hearing aid looking for suitable alliance. Contact: 99353096 / 95544612

RC Girl (Trissur) 28, 152 cm slim (middle class) MBA, working in Muscat seeking suitable alliance. Contact: 93867447 Leading manpower agency to hire Recruiter from India housemaids. Contact: 99226093, Email: fesalwardi48@gmail.com

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Split & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance. Contact: 96236476

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House shifting & packing. Contact: 99657644 /98518013

Water prooﬁng ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722

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