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HM issues Royal Decree on GCC grid

His Majesty exchanges greetings

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has issued the Royal Decree No. 25/2015 rati-fying the General Agreement for the Electrical Grid of the GCC Countries signed on November 20,2014.

Article One: Ratifi es the said agreement as per the at-tached text.

Article Two: The Decree shall be published in the offi cial ga-zette and come into force from its date of issue. -ONA

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has exchanged cables of greetings with the leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries on the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan.

In his cables, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere greetings and best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to the world lead-ers and their highnesses and wished people of their coun-tries further progress and pros-perity, praying to Allah the Al-mighty to shower more welfare, peace and stability on all Mus-lim countries. >A2

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Omani in Thai isolation as tests confirm MERS

Times News Service

MUSCAT/BANGKOK: An Om-ani citizen has tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syn-drome (MERS) in Thailand. So far six cases of MERS have been reported in the Sultanate. The last case was reported in May. It was of a 75-year-old man suff ering from severe pneumonia and high fever.

Meanwhile, The National on Thursday, citing Abu Dhabi Health Authority confi rmed the death of a 65-year-old expatriate from MERS. The patient, not an Emirati, was one of the two new confi rmed cases in the country.

Thailand authorities said on Friday that a 75-year-old busi-nessman from Oman, who had travelled to Bangkok for treatment

of a heart condition, had tested positive for MERS, according to a Reuters report from Bangkok. At a televised news conference the doctor from a private hospital in Thailand said: “The Omani pa-tient came to us tired, coughing ... there was no fever.”

“So we X-rayed his chest... we found that he could have two things, a heart condition or the MERS virus,” said the doctor.

On testing positive, the infect-ed man was moved to Bangkok’s Bamrasnaradura Infectious Dis-eases Institute (BIDI) on Thurs-day. Staff there were seen wearing

and giving out masks to visitors. Health warnings were posted in front of the building’s entrance. The hospital said 58 staff had been quarantined, but all other opera-tions were continuing as normal.

The Omani patient was “getting a bit better”, said Thailand’s Pub-lic Health Minister Rajata Rajata-navin at a press conference on the outskirts of Bangkok.

He said the two relatives of the Omani man infected with MERS, were being tested for the virus after one was found to have a cough and the other a fever. “We have taken their samples for

laboratory testing,” Rajata said. The infected man arrived in the

Thai capital on Monday for medi-cal treatment for a heart ailment. “It took about four days to diag-nose this case and two lab tests,” the minister said, adding all 106 people on board that fl ight had been located.

Meanwhile, the second patient in Abu Dhabi is being treated in hospital and is expected to recov-er, UAE’s state news agency Wam reported. The Authority is work-ing with the Ministry of Health and other institutions to investi-gate the cases and isolate any po-

tential spread of the disease, The National report said.

The Ministry of Health in Oman continues its eff orts to monitor and control the diseases by using an eff ective epidemiolog-ical surveillance system and the readiness of the referral hospitals to handle such cases.

It also calls upon all citizens and residents to adhere to advices and guidance that eff ectively con-tribute to overcome a lot of health problems and infections including respiratory diseases, foremost of which are; public hygiene, clean-ing hands and following proper health practices while coughing and sneezing.

MERS was fi rst identifi ed in hu-mans in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and a majority of the cases have been in the Middle East. Isolated cases have cropped up in Asia before South Korea’s outbreak began last month, and Thailand is the fourth Asian country to register a case.

The Thai case will compound fears in Asia of a repeat of a 2002-2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed 800 people globally.

In Thailand, authorities were screening passengers from coun-tries seen at risk of MERS and stepping up public information about the virus. The Middle East is an important source of tourists for Thailand with arrivals from the region up by nearly 50 percent in January, according to the tour-ism offi ce. -With inputs from Reuters/AFP

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PRECAUTION: A worker wearing a mask walks outside the isolation ward where the Omani man is

being treated for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases

Institute in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, on Friday. -Reuters

Right medication, diet vital for fasting diabetics: Experts

Rise in spending to boost retail growth

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Checking blood sugar levels frequently, taking the right medication and being careful about diet are keys to safe fasting for those suff ering from diabetes, say experts.

“While it is alright for those with diabetes to fast during Ram-adan, they do need to take certain precautions to safeguard their health,” says Dr V. C. P. Muhamed, a specialist in Internal Medicine at Atlas Hospital, Ruwi.

According to the International Diabetes Federation 1,220 adults aged between 20 and 79 died in Oman from diabetes in 2014, and the prevalence of the disease in adults was 8.2 per cent. Altogeth-er, there were 220,600 diabetics in Oman in 2014.

According to offi cial fi gures, there are 5,000 new cases in Oman every year.

‘Be cautious’Urging patients to be cautious Dr Mohammad Tarek Al Dairi, cardiologist at Al Hayat Hospital said, “Diabetics will have to fast for 15 hours this Ramadan, which will run them the risk of hypo-glycaemia. They must take insu-lin to counter-act the low blood sugar level.”

“If they eat too much during

Iftar, they will run the risk of hy-perglycaemia so they have to eat their meal in two parts to avoid the risk,” said Dr Al Dairi.

He asked diabetics to consult their doctors and assess the dos-age required.

Advising patients to maintain a balanced diet, doctors said, “Be-fore dawn, and before you start fasting, have a balanced meal. It is the key to avoiding hypoglycae-mia. Having a balanced meal will help to maintain blood glucose levels, especially if you are on medication.”

Long hours of fastThey advised slow-release car-bohydrates and not food such as white bread as this may result in the earlier onset of hypoglycaemia during the long hours of fasting.

He suggested that instead of making junk the main part of their food intake, people should concentrate on consuming foods which are good for health.

“While many people choose to follow Ramadan rituals and fast despite their medical condition, it is essential that they do not harm themselves while doing so,” said Dr El Hakim, senior advisor to Cinfa, a European pharmaceu-tical maker with a history of lead-ership in providing accessible care for diabetics. >A2

Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: While weaker growth and uncertainty have cast a shadow over Oman’s retail sec-tor during the past 18 months, activity is expected to pick up in the medium term on the back of a rapid rise in leased space, sup-ported by increased government spending, according to the Oxford Business Group.

Last year, the GDP in Oman rose 4.6 per cent, according to data is-sued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) in mid-April. However, the retail and wholesale segment expanded just 2 per cent year-on-year com-pared with the overall services sector notching up 13.1 per cent growth, almost three times the rate of the GDP.

Slower growth in retail is seen by some as a sign of caution among

consumers. Ratings agency Fitch warned in April that a continued downturn in oil prices could hit business and consumer confi -dence in some parts of the Gulf region, citing Oman as one of the states which was most at risk from the negative impact of lower en-ergy revenues.

The trend could reduce both government spending and capi-tal infl ows into Oman’s economy, added Fitch.

ImprovementThe government will be hoping that its 2015 budget, issued at the beginning of the year, will help the retail sector to improve its perfor-mance by boosting consumer con-fi dence. The budget sets out a 4.5 per cent increase in state spend-ing, including wage rises for public servants and higher investment in infrastructure. >A2

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Cashing in on tech to market Oman tourismTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Imagine how nice it would be if you could check the tourist attractions of the Sultanate in virtual reality before you actu-ally visit them.

This is what virtual reality and 3D printing technologies have to off er, it has been shown at a net-working event. The Information Technology Authority’s Sas Cen-tre for Virtual Reality (Sas. VR) held a networking event with insti-tutions in the Sultanate’s tourism sector, which included ministries, museums, and hotels, aiming to showcase and discuss the oppor-tunities and potential use of these technologies in the sector.

Many sectors can leverage these technologies to present their ser-vices, facilities, and the country’s attractions. Marketing is very im-portant for the Sultanate’s tour-ists attractions and using these new technologies adds value to the economy, it was said.

During the discussion, the in-vitees were introduced to the vari-ous uses of virtual reality in the tourism sector, including visuali-sation of ancient settlements, forts and other ancient infrastructures that have been demolished or de-stroyed earlier, using a VR Immer-sive Room.

Some examples also include

presenting some elements in Bait Al Baranda using these technolo-gies such as an audiovisual kiosk, or a holographic display to project animated images.

The centre conducted some pro-jects in the tourism sector, includ-ing the Nizwa Fort, in which an Icube off ered a unique opportunity to make a virtual tour of the fort and

experience the architectural inge-nuity of the Ya’rubi era, the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and Omani costumes, which is an interactive mirror that provides the visitors with a virtual experience of Omani traditional costumes and jewellery.

ProjectsSince its launch a year ago, the centre has worked on seven pro-jects for diff erent organisations in-cluding two for BP Oman in health, safety and the environment, and rig safety and operations, two pro-jects for Occidental Oman Compa-ny in Gas Turbine and Mechanical Vapour Compression System, and one project each for Bank Muscat, which is a 3D animation for an awareness campaign, and another on Augmented Reality for Midwan from KSA.

Recently, the eighth batch grad-uated after an intensive training that lasted for three months. The centre trains Omanis in multime-dia design and new technologies.

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

REGIONNo pact, but truce in Yemen possible: UN

2Yemen peace talks ended in Geneva on Friday with no concrete progress,

but the United Nations voiced optimism that a new round of talks could lead to a much-needed ceasefi re. “There was no agreement,” said the UN’s special envoy for Yemen. >A4

MARKETFitch upgrades Oman banks’ viability ratings

3Fitch Ratings has affi rmed six Omani banks’ Long-term Issuer

Default Ratings (IDRs) and upgraded two of the banks’ Viability Ratings. The outlooks on all six banks are stable, the rating agency said in a statement. >B1

OMANSumail mosque inaugurated

1 Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Sheikh Abdulmalik bin

Abdullah Al Khalili, Minister of Justice, presided over the opening of Sultan Qaboos Mosque in the Wilayat of Sumail. The mosque is located in Al Medra area. >A3

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A3A popular spot for shoppers in Wadi Kabir

TECHNOLOGY TO THE FORE: Creating a virtual reality of Oman’s

rich cultural heritage with the help of 3D technology. – Supplied photo

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OMANThe more I advance in the journey, the more the balloon takes shape

Gaspard Van Parys, Belgian baloonist

Hot air balloon lands with message of love

HASAN SHABAN

MUSCAT: A Belgian architect has successfully launched a hot air balloon made from tissue pa-per in the skies over India after six months of travelling across Euro-pean and Asian countries, includ-ing Oman.

During his visit to Muscat, Gas-

pard Van Parys, the young archi-tect expressed enthusiasm about his paper balloon project and how he had planned to travel from his country to France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria, in addition to

Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bul-garia, to collect handprints of peo-ple who would together help him complete his balloon. The other countries on his itinerary were Turkey, Iran, United Arab Emir-ates, Oman and India. “The more I advance in the journey, the more the balloon takes shape,” he said.

Gaspard said that the collection of handprints functioned as an ac-cumulation of energy, and the bal-loon, as a shelter, becomes a sort of “spiritual envelope”.

He invited people he met during his journey, including in Oman, to draw a print of their hands and write their names on it.

His project’s fi nal destination was Auroville, a small town in southern India. “This city which I have never been to was chosen mainly because to me, it consti-tutes a source of inspiration, and because it is located in a distant context and in a culture that is un-known to me,” he said.

Gaspard added that Auroville – City of Dawn – is a universal experimental city project that started in the 1960s. The city was a 20-kilometre vast desert plateau, and now it looks like a small town surrounded by a large forest. The project was conceived by Mira Alfassa, called ‘The Mother’ and inspired by the Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo.

The fi rst public message that was transmitted on the city was, “Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nation-alities. The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity.”

On May 30, Gaspard called all 60 participants of 20 diff erent nationalities via email to look for their handprints on his 5-metre tall paper balloon which - despite the presence of unexpected winds - fl ew over Auroville on May 18.

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Muscat, Gaspard Van

Parys expressed his

enthusiasm about his

paper balloon project

NEW HEIGHTS: The hot air ba-

loon is made of tissue paper

HM condoles demise of Saudi Arabian princess MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a ca-ble of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the death of Princess Madawi bint Misha’al bin Ab-dulaziz Al Saud. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to King Salman, pray-ing to Allah the Almighty to rest the bereaved’s soul in peace and grant her family patience.–ONA

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HM receives good wishes

In their greetings cables for His Majesty, the world leaders ex-pressed their sincere greetings and best wishes to His Majesty, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majesty and grant him a good health, happiness and a long life and the return of this occasion on His Majesty and the Omani people, the Arab and Is-lamic nations with further pro-gress, prosperity and welfare.

His Majesty the Sultan has exchanged greetings cables with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Ab-dulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the Unit-ed Arab Emirates, His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Mo-hamed VI of Morocco, President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia, President Abdelaziz Boutef-lika of Algeria, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, Presi-dent of Sudan, President Hassan Sheikh Mahmood of Somalia, President Dr. Fu’ad Masum of Iraq, Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine, and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Pal-estine Liberation Organisation, President Dr. Ikililou Dhoinine of Comoros, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of Egypt, President Mo-hamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mau-ritania, President Marshal Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of Yemen, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, King Abdul

Halim Mu’adzam, Shah of Ma-laysia, President Dr. lham Hey-dar Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Presi-dent Mohammad Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, President Dr. Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan, President Moham-med Abdul Hamid of Bangladesh, President Gurbanguly Berdimu-hamedow of Turkmenistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Ali Bongo of Gabon, President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Imam Ali Rakhmanov of Tajikistan, Presi-dent Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan, President Noor Sul-tan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Dr. Abdulla Yameen of Maldives, President Mahama-dou Issoufou of Niger, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali. – ONA

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Retail sector remains upbeat

A string of new projects earmarked for the sector in the coming years also bodes well for the industry’s longer-term prospects.

According to research conduct-ed by real estate consultancy JLL, the next fi ve years will see more than 760,000 square metres of gross leasable retail space added to existing shopping areas in Muscat on the back of major investment.

“We are seeing that purchas-ing power of consumers is grow-ing. It is boosting our confi dence. Our plan to come up with more shopping malls is an evidence for that,” Ananth AV, regional direc-tor of Lulu Oman, told the Times of Oman. “There is a huge poten-tial for the retail sector in Oman,” added Ananth.

Recently, LuLu opened the Oman Avenues Mall valued at $200 million. The group also has plans to open new malls in Sinaw, Rustaq and Bidiyah in addition to Suwaiq and Sohar.

However, while retail space is

set to increase in the capital city, other regions of the country re-main under-served, according to Andrew Williamson, JLL’s head of retail. Williamson said that shopping space development was in short supply outside the capi-tal, particularly high-quality sites. The city of Sohar is also attracting more interest from developers.

Lulu confi dentOne retailer who has given the Omani market a vote of confi dence is hypermarket chain is LuLu. The fi rm, which currently oper-ates 12 outlets in the Sultanate, announced plans in early May to increase its total number of stores to 17 over the next year and a half.

“We are committed to extend-ing our footprint, with plans to open fi ve new stores in the next 18 months,” said LuLu’s manag-ing director Yusuff Ali during the opening of a shopping centre at the Military Commercial Complex near Muscat.

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Diabetics urged to be cautious

Diabetics should consult a medi-cal practitioner before undergo-ing fasting, as the potential risk to health – both short-term and long-term – may be just too se-vere, said Dr El Hakim.

For those who do choose to fast, regular self-monitoring of blood sugar levels is strongly ad-vised, and diabetics should be prepared to stop fasting immedi-ately if there is any issue, before levels get out of control and medi-cal treatment is required.

While medical experts encour-age everyone to follow a healthy diet during Ramadan, for diabet-ics it is especially important to watch what they eat.

“The practice of eating large meals rich in fat and carbohy-drates when breaking your fast should be avoided, so that it does not raise your blood sugar alarm-ingly,” said Dr El Hakim.

‘Eating foods containing plenty of complex carbohydrates is bet-ter done at the pre-dawn meal, as

these will be slow to digest. It is also important to increase your fl uid intake during non-fasting times,” he said.

“Fasting is a very important personal choice, and one that millions of Muslim diabetics take every year extremely safely,” said Dr El Hakim, adding, “Simple but essential steps can ensure that risks are averted,” he added.

Dr Muhamed blamed the rising number of cases on a sedentary life style, food habits and lack of exercises that can lead to serious hypertension, diabetes and acute heart problems. “Genetic and fa-milial causes or medical diseases and related medication also con-stitute a group,” he said.

Dr Muhamed said that early diagnosis of the disease can pre-vent complications that would af-fect heart, eyes, kidney and other organs. “This is simply because not being able to control diabetes can result in various ailments,” he said.

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SULTAN QABOOS MOSQUE INAUGURATED IN SUMAIL; DEVOUTS OFFER RAMADAN’S FIRST JUMA FRAYERSAssigned by His Majesty

Sultan Qaboos bin Said,

Sheikh Abdulmalik bin

Abdullah Al Khalili, Minis-

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of Sultan Qaboos Mosque

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REGIONWe will not reopen the consulate as long as protection for our civil servants is not guaranteed. When that protection becomes available, we will rethink our options.

Taieb Baccouche, Foreign Minister, Tunisia

Jets bomb elite Yemen forces, Geneva truce talks break off

SANAA/GENEVA: Saudi Arabia-led warplanes bombed elite Repub-lican Guard forces allied with the dominant Houthi faction in Yem-en’s confl ict on Friday, residents said, and UN-sponsored ceasefi re talks broke off without a deal to end nearly three months of fi ghting.

More than 2,600 people have been killed since an Arab alliance led by Saudi Arabia launched air strikes to try to stop Houthis from completing a takeover of Yemen and to try to reinstate exiled Presi-dent Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi.

Air raidsResidents said they heard three air raids on the Al Sawad camp, in a southern suburb of the capital Sanaa where the command of the Republican Guards allied with for-mer president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis is based, early on Friday. Three air strikes were also reported in the Khawlan region, southeast of Sanaa, six on a camp that houses the Houthi-allied 115th Infantry Brigade in the Al Hazm district of Al Jouf province, and three more on Houthi posi-tions on the outskirts of the em-battled southern port city of Aden.

Residents gave no details on casualties, but the Houthis report-ed that nine civilians were killed in air strikes on the Razeh district of the northern province of Saada, the Houthis’ traditional strong-hold bordering on Saudi Arabia.

The Houthis swept out of Saada and seized Sanaa in September before advancing into central and south Yemen including Aden, forc-ing Hadi’s government into exile in Saudi Arabia.

In Geneva, Hadi’s foreign min-ister said the “proximity talks” involving factions who refuse to sit at the same table made no headway after fi ve days of UN

shuttle diplomacy among the sides, but promised more discus-sions in the future.

“We really came here with a big hope and still we are optimistic that we will go into a peaceful solu-tion for Yemen under the umbrella of the United Nations,” Reyad Yas-sin Abdulla told reporters.

“But unfortunately the Houthi delegation did not allow us to re-ally reach all progress as we ex-pected. This is not getting as much success as we hoped but it doesn’t mean that we have failed.”

But Adbulla later said that there was no date for a second round of talks overseen by UN Special En-

voy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who called a news conference.

The United Nations voiced op-timism that a new round of talks could lead to a much-needed ceasefi re. “There was no agree-ment,” said Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who added that if a new round of talks were held, an agree-ment on a ceasefi re could be achieved “pretty soon”.

No date has been set for new talks, he said.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed told report-ers in Geneva that just getting the two sides to come to the Swiss city was “a great achievement”.

And he said he had seen “certain

positive signs” in his discussions with the two sides. “We believe that if there is a further consulta-tion we can reach this possibil-ity of a ceasefi re accompanied by a withdrawal.”

No disagreement“There is in principle no disagree-ment on this basic element. We feel that it requires simply some further consultations and that we can achieve it pretty soon,” he said.

“I remain optimistic on this,” added Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who said he was heading to New York to brief the Security Council on the talks. The Geneva consultations are not the end in themselves, but the launch of a long and arduous path,” towards a “transitional po-litical phase.”

Ould Cheikh Ahmed shuttled between various Yemeni factions, including representatives of the Houthis, Saleh’s General People’s Congress party and Hadi’s allies, trying to coax them towards agree-able terms for a ceasefi re.

Hadi’s government has demand-ed that the Houthis quit cities seized since last September as a precondition for a ceasefi re.

Yahya Duwaid of Saleh’s Gener-al People’s Congress said: “We had reason to be hopeful and optimis-tic for the meetings today, and we listened to the UN proposals today, but unfortunately, what they were proposing was not of the standard that we were looking for.”

The United Nations launched a revised humanitarian appeal of $1.6 billion for Yemen this year.

“We have a humanitarian catas-trophe on our hands, we have 21 million people in desperate need of aid. We are talking about children going hungry,” UN spokesman Ahmed Fawzi said. — Agencies

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Tunisia shuts Libya consulate after abducted staff return homeTUNIS: Tunisia said on Friday it was shutting its consulate in confl ict-hit Libya as 10 staff ers abducted by an armed militia in Tripoli returned home after a week in captivity.

The staff were seized when gunmen burst into the consulate in the Libyan capital, in the latest attack targeting foreign citizens and diplomatic missions in the lawless nation.

Libya descended into chaos after a revolt unseated and killed long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. It now has rival governments and parliaments, as well as power-ful militias battling for infl uence and a share of its oil wealth, in-cluding the Fajr Libya militia alli-ance that controls Tripoli.

DecisionTunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche said the decision to shut the consulate was taken after the kidnapping.

“After this serious incident (kid-napping), we have decided to close the consulate in Tripoli,” Bac-couche told reporters.

“We will not reopen the consu-late as long as protection for our civil servants is not guaranteed,”

he said. “When that protection be-comes available, we will rethink” our options, said Baccouche, whose country has a consulate in Tripoli and another in the east.

He was speaking at the L’Aouina military airport in Tunis, where several of the ex-hostages arrived on Friday morning.

Ex-hostage Jamal Saibi related to reporters how a group of armed men had stormed the consulate last week, rounding him and his colleagues up. “They took us out of the building, put us in cars and drove us somewhere along the air-port road,” he said.

Baccouche had earlier an-nounced that the 10 staff ers had been released — three of them on Wednesday and the rest on Friday.

He said that now all 23 consu-lar workers who were in Libya are back home and safe.

DemandSaibi said the staff ers were abduct-ed because the gunmen wanted to press Tunisian authorities to re-lease a jailed Libyan militia chief, Walid Glib.

Tunisian offi cials and media re-ported that Glib, who was arrested last month in connection with

“terrorist” activity, was released on Friday. “He left prison on Friday at dawn,” director of prison facili-ties Ridah Zaghdoud told AFP.

Baccouche denied any deal was struck with the kidnappers in ex-change for the release of the con-sular workers. “We will not accept extorsion,” he said.

Last month, militiamen alleg-edly linked to Glib seized 245 Tu-nisians in Tripoli to press for his release. They subsequently freed them unharmed.

Frequent targetsForeign citizens and missions have been frequently targeted in Libya, including in Tripoli which was overrun last year by Fajr Lib-ya following fi erce clashes with rival militias.

The fi ghting sparked an exodus of foreigners, and many embassies were shut as Fajr Libya installed a government last year opposed to the internationally recognised ad-ministration.

The IS militant group has taken advantage of the chaos to gain sup-porters in Libya.

IS militant group claimed re-sponsibility for twin attacks in April, one on the South Korean

embassy that killed two Libyans and another on the Moroccan mis-sion that caused no casualties.

In January, the Libyan branch of the militant group claimed the killing of two Tunisian journalists

who had gone missing in eastern Libya eight months earlier.

And last year a Tunisian dip-lomat and an embassy employee were kidnapped by an armed group before being released.

Ambassador Christopher Ste-vens was among four Americans killed at the US consulate in Beng-hazi on September 11, 2012, in an attack blamed on Al Qaeda-linked militants. — AFP

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Palestinian shoots Israeli dead near occupied West BankOCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A Palestinian opened fi re on two Is-raeli men near a occupied West Bank settlement on Friday, killing one and wounding the other, au-thorities said, in what appeared to be yet another lone-wolf attack.

Army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said a “Pal-estinian approached a vehicle that was in the area and asked them to stop”. The Palestinian asked whether there was water in a near-by spring, “and then pulled a gun and shot the two from close range”, Lerner said.

Confi rmedA spokeswoman at Sheba Hospital near Tel Aviv confi rmed that one of the men had died and the other was lightly wounded.

The attacker fl ed, and a man-hunt is underway.

The incident occurred near the Dolev settlement, according to Is-rael’s emergency medical service Magen David Adom, which said the

victims were in their 20s. The army said the two men were in a car at the time of the shooting, which took place northwest of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

According to Lerner, the two were not settlers, but were hikers from the central Israeli city of Lod. Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-yahu said on Twitter that “the evi-dence on the ground indicates this was a terror attack, and we’re work-ing to fi nd the perpetrator”.

“We can’t let the relative quiet achieved thanks to many success-fully prevented attacks mislead us,” he said.

“The attempts to hurt us contin-ue all the time, and we’ll continue to fi ght them with all the means we have.”

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Pro-cess, Nickolay Mladenov, con-demned the shooting and called on “all sides to exercise the utmost restraint, to maintain calm and promptly bring the perpetrators

to justice”. Occupied West Bank settlements are considered illegal under international law, and Israe-lis have been attacked previously in and near them as well as in an-nexed east Jerusalem.

String of attacksA string of so-called lone-wolf at-tacks by Palestinians, which have rarely involved shootings, began in occupied Jerusalem in October but have spread to the occupied West Bank.

On May 20, two Israeli police-women were injured in annexed east Jerusalem when they were hit by a car driven by a Palestinian who was then shot dead.

And three Israeli teenagers were hurt by a Palestinian who hit them with his car near last month the Alon Shvut settlement in the occupied West Bank. In April, border police shot dead a Pales-tinian who stabbed an offi cer in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. — AFP

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‘Migrants fl ow from Libya to continue’

AUGUSTA (ITALY): People traffi ckers in Libya know they are untouchable and the fl ow of migrants across the Mediter-ranean is set to continue, the European Union’s (EU) border agency has told AFP.

The smugglers who pack thousands of people on unsea-worthy boats for Europe “are organising these departures without risk of being arrested, so for as long as the situa-tion in Libya remains what it is, these fl ows will continue”, Frontex spokeswoman Izabella Cooper said.

Cooper was speaking on Thursday aboard the Belgian navy ship Godetia, which was carrying out a patrol as part of the EU’s Triton border secu-rity operation that alongside the Italian coast guard, works to rescue migrants at sea.

The Godetia, one of six ships to take part in the operation along with four planes, two heli-copters and a dozen small patrol boats, has already picked up hundreds of migrants.

“Since the beginning of this year 54,000 migrants have ar-rived in Italy. We believe that be-cause of the ongoing war in Syr-ia, the diffi cult situation in Iraq, in Afghanistan, but also in Congo or South Sudan, these fl ows will continue,” Cooper said.

Touching on the risks of would-be extremists entering Europe by boat, she said that Frontex does “not have any evidence that terrorists may be hidden among the migrants”, but “of course this remains a risk and we are taking due pre-cautions.” — AFP

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BURNING FURY: A Palestinian protester throws tyres into a fi re during clashes with Israeli security

forces following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village

of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday– AFP

PARLEYS: The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, centre, leaves after

a meeting with the Yemeni government delegation during Yemen peace talks at the United Nations

offi ces in Geneva on Friday. – AFP

HOME COMING: A Tunisian diplomatic staff who was kidnapped along with other colleagues in Libya a

week ago, is greeted by his family members after arriving at the airport in Tunis on Friday. – Reuters

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Next 2-3 years very critical for reforms, says Jaitley

NEW YORK: Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the next 2-3 years will be “very critical” as the government plans to implement a series of re-forms that will help India reach its “destination targets” of growth higher than the current 7-7.5 per cent rates.

“(In) India today neither the government, the people or the industry are very excited about a 7-7.5 per cent growth rate because everybody realises, including me and the prime minister that probably our potential is a little higher than that,” Jaitley said here on Thursday.

Identifi ed problemDuring a discussion with presi-dent of investment fi rm Warburg Pincus and former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner or-ganised by the think tank Council on Foreign Relations, Jaitley said that his government has covered a “lot of distance” in the one year that it has been in power.

“Having covered this distance, the next two-three years are go-ing to be very critical because the series of reform steps, which are in the pipeline, are all to be im-plemented. We now have identi-fi ed all the problem areas and one by one as we go resolving most of them, hopefully we should reach what our destinations targets are,” he said.

Jaitley, who is on a 10-day trip to the US, said the macro-eco-nomic indicators and “bare statis-tics” look good but the aspirations are much higher. He said in the last few years, India’s credibility as an economy was being shaken.

“The last few years we lost the way once again. The reason why we lost way (is that) in terms of political administration and in terms of policy, we went wrong.

“In terms of political adminis-tration, within the government structure the prime ministers never had the last word, authori-

ties were outside the government structure — the kind that could happen in a communist state.

“Devoid of that political author-ity, decision making came to a standstill. The prime minister did not have the last word and there were serious apprehensions that decisions were being taken or not taken for the wrong reasons,” the fi nance minister said.

He said that on the policy front, where the country went wrong was that the government started concentrating not on increasing productivity or generating wealth but on just distributing what the country already had.

‘People getting restless’“It did not work. We were falling off the global radar but in India there was a huge change that had taken place between the 1970s and this generation where people were getting restless and they knew this is not our potential,” he said.

Jaitley said the results of the 2014 national elections showed that “charismas of dynasty,” which had a very important role to play, did not work.

“(Narendra) Modi’s personal acceptability was about 15-20 points higher than the party’s ac-ceptability. That means the leader was growing taller than the party because of his image of being deci-sive. Obviously the aspirations are going to be very high.

“We had a dual task of expand-ing businesses, encouraging eco-nomic activity to increase and at the same time being concerned because you have to blend it with prudent politics,” Jaitley said.

Underlining that people do not invest in “uncertain environ-ments,” he said as the new govern-ment came into power, it gradual-ly opened up the economy to boost growth. Taxation structures had to be rationalised and a major an-nouncement has been made that

the direct corporate tax rates will come down to 25 per cent over the course of four years.

“We could not aff ord to live with a much higher taxation regime be-cause that would distract invest-ment coming into India. It is a very diffi cult reform particularly because populist politics thinks that it is a big concession you are making to the industry but even-tually that is where jobs are going to be created,” he said.

On the Goods and Services Tax Bill, Jaitley said it has been passed by the Lok Sabha and is pending before the Rajya Sabha, which has sent it to a committee.

“Broadly the majority support in the committee seems to be for the bill,” he said even as he ac-knowledged that he is “running against time” on the GST reform.

He said the government in-tends to implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1, 2016.

“This reference to the commit-tee has actually shortened the window of time available to me. I now have to run faster to in order to catch up. If nothing unusual happens, hopefully I make it.

So I am conscious of the time constraint,” he said.

Foreign Direct InvestmentWhen asked if more sectors will be opened up for higher stakes of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), Jaitley said the government has reviewed FDI “in favour of open-ing out. If you would expect these sectoral caps to immediately go up in all sectors, may be not but gradually that is the movement in that direction.”

On land reforms, Jaitley said the 2013 land law has been “mis-represented” as a farmer friendly law. It is in fact the “most un-friendly law to the rural sector” as it prevents irrigation projects, rural roads, rural electrifi cation projects because it does not make land available for them. - PTI

Having covered this

distance, the next

two-three years are

going to be very

critical because

the series of reform

steps, which are in

the pipeline, are all to

be implemented, said

Finance Minister

Arun Jaitley

Where the country

went wrong was that

the government started

concentrating not on

increasing productivity or

generating wealth but on

just distributing what the

country already had

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India off ers Tanzania expertise in developing natural gas sectorNEW DELHI: India off ered its expertise to Tanzania on Friday in development of its potentially rich natural gas sector and de-cided to extend e-tourist visa to people of the African nation even as the two countries signed eight MoUs to expand engagements in diverse areas.

During extensive talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi had with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, both the coun-tries also decided to establish a Joint Working Group to strengthen cooperation in counter terrorism.

The MoUs signed included a loan agreement between Exim Bank and Tanzanian government on a line of credit for $268.35 million for extension of a pipe-line project and cooperation in the fi eld of hydrology, tourism and agriculture.

Terrorism“Terrorism in our respective regions is a concern for both countries. We have agreed to es-tablish a Joint Working Group to strengthen our cooperation in counter terrorism,” Modi said during a joint media interaction with Kikwete.

In the talks, Modi was assisted by a high-level delegation which included External Aff airs Minis-ter Sushma Swaraj.

The prime minister said he has conveyed to Kikwete that India will soon extend e-tourist visa scheme to Tanzanian tourists.

The Tanzania president thanked India for its continued assistance to his country and said both the nations have decided to take the relationship to the next level. Calling India a deserving nation for permanent member-ship of the UN Security Council, Kikwete said his country will continue to work with other Afri-can countries to back New Delhi’s candidature.

Kikwete is the fi rst Head of State from Africa on a State visit

here after the NDA government came to power.

The prime minister said ways to enhance cooperation in the maritime sector and ocean econo-my fi gured in the talks, noting that both the countries have a com-mon interest in maritime security in the Indian Ocean region.

“We are ready to expand coop-eration in counter-terrorism and maritime security,” he said.

Talking about trade ties, the prime minister said he off ered In-dia’s cooperation in the develop-ment of the potentially rich natu-ral gas sector in Tanzania.

Holding that there is huge

scope to expand trade coopera-tion, Modi urged the Tanzanian President to open up more sectors for investments, saying Indian in-vestors are ready to invest more in that country.

“Our trade of over $4 billion is heavily in India’s favour. I urged President Kikwete to open up more sectors for investments and exports,” he said.

Modi also mentioned about the upcoming India-Africa Forum summit to be held here in October and referred to Kikwete co-chair-ing the fi rst Summit in 2008.

The Tanzanian President sought more investment from India and assured full assistance and security to the investors.

India is the largest trading part-ner of Tanzania in Africa with bilateral trade in 2013-14 being more than $4 billion.

Apart from trade relations, In-dia is also the important destina-tion for Tanzanians seeking high-quality health care and education.

Indians form the largest expa-triate community in Tanzania and their positive contribution in the progress and development of their host country is well-recognized and appreciated. There are over 50,000 to 60,000 people of In-dian origin living and working in Tanzania, besides approximately 10,000 Indian expatriates. -PTI

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Mumbai illicit liquor tragedy toll rises to 41

MUMBAI: The toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a suburban bar in Mumbai shot up to 41 on Friday with 21 more people succumbing to the poisonous brew, a top police offi cer said here.

“The number of deaths is now 41. Another 25 victims are still un-dergoing treatment in various hos-pitals. Medical condition of at least 12 is critical,” police spokesperson Dhananjay Kulkarni said.

Police have cracked down on the law enforcers by suspending eight offi cials, including senior Police Inspector of Malwani police sta-tion Prakash S. Patil, three offi cers and four constables, Deputy Com-missioner of Police Kulkarni said.

Two people, identifi ed as Raju Langada and Shankar, have been arrested for the tragedy as they al-legedly transported illicit pouches of liquor from the Vasai-Virar re-gion in adjoining Thane.

Probe orderedMaharashtra Chief Minister De-vendra Fadnavis ordered an in-quiry into the incident and sought a report within two days, an offi cial spokesperson said here.

The victims, mostly living in Laxmi Nagar slums and employed as low-paying drivers, daily la-bourers etc., had consumed the cheap country liquor at a bar in Rathodi village here on Wednes-day night.

Since Thursday morning they started developing symptoms of poisoning, including vomiting, ab-dominal pains and burning sensa-tion in eyes and sudden collapse.

Their alarmed family members rushed them to local hospitals, but some of them died on way. Many of the victims hail from Gulbarga region of Karnataka. Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil said Mumbai Police Crime Branch has taken over the probe into the inci-dent. Teams have been formed to trace the origins of the spurious liquor, those involved in brewing, selling and transporting it and oth-er aspects, offi cials said. -IANS

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BOOSTING TIES: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tanzania

President Jakaya Kikwete at their joint statement after delegation

level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI

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RAIN DISRUPTS NORMAL LIFE IN MUMBAI, 2 DEADBoys have fun as a vehicle is stuck on a waterlogged road in Mumbai after a downpour on Friday. Two persons died of electro-

cution and normal life was brought to a grinding halt with thousands of commuters stranded after local train services were

cancelled following the rain. - PTI

Congress seeks scalp of Sushma, Vasundhara over Lalit Modi issue

NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi of having a “deep nexus” with Lalit Modi and bluntly told the government that there was no way out other than the resignation of Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje for “saving” the monsoon ses-sion of parliament.

“This is now an issue of deep nexus between a proclaimed of-fender and the Prime Minister, the External Aff airs Minister, the Rajasthan Chief Minister and the BJP President”, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told re-

porters seeking to link the PM and Amit Shah with the controversy.

Ramesh said that in 2009, Nar-endra Modi, who was then Gujarat CM, became Gujarat Cricket Asso-ciation’s President and industrial-ist Gautam Adani was made com-mercial promoter.

Noting that fi ve years later, the current BJP President was made GCA President while Adani con-tinued to be promoter, he said that this was “not my allegation, facts available in public domain”.

Besides, he claimed that the Lalit Modi-Gautam Adani “nexus”

has been clearly established by the documents now in public domain.

Alleging that the “silence” of the Prime Minister on the issue is “deafening” and is a “defi nite proof” that the BJP’s topmost leadership has “many things to hide”, he said the PM has not been speaking because the “unholy

nexus is now surfacing”.“The government has got caught

in a trap of its own making. The only way out for the prime minis-ter for the survival of his govern-ment and saving the monsoon ses-sion of Parliament is resignation of Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje”, he said.

Asked what action Congress was seeking against the PM and the BJP chief in view of the alleged nexus with Lalit Modi, Ramesh remarked that “as a fi rst step” the resignation of Swaraj and Raje.

A senior Congress leader, who declined to be identifi ed, said that the party would like a larger op-position coalition on the issue of Lalit Modi row like the one which had taken shape against the con-troversial land acquisition bill.

The monsoon session of parlia-ment generally starts in the third week of July.

Meanwhile, shedding its reti-cence, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday backed Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and ruled out her resignation or that of External Aff airs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the Lalit Modi row even as Congress threatened to disrupt the monsoon session of Parlia-ment if they do not quit.

The BJP’s defence came on a day Raje, who is facing a storm over her secret witness statement support-ing the former IPL boss’ immigra-tion plea in Britain, cancelled her

visit to Anandpur Sahib in Punjab where she would have met party president Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

The BJP had put up a muted defence of Swaraj when the con-troversy broke out on last Sunday over her help to tainted Lalit get British travel document saying she had acted on humanitarian con-siderations but off ered no defence of Raje in the last two days.

Today, the BJP fi elded its spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi at a press briefi ng in the party headquarters where he rejected the demands for resignation of the two top leaders. The party strategy may have been apparently devised after separate meetings between Home Minister Rajnath Singh with the Prime Minister and between Amit Shah and the Prime Minister late on Thursday night. - PTI

Alleging that the ‘silence’ of the Prime

Minister on the issue is ‘deafening’ and

is a ‘defi nite proof’ that the BJP’s topmost

leadership has ‘many things to hide’,

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said

EMBATTLED: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Aff airs

Minister Sushma Swaraj during the ceremonial reception of Tanza-

nia President Jakaya Kikwete at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi

on Friday. - PTI

Yoga to be performed mid-air on select SpiceJet

fl ights on International Yoga Day on Sunday

NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet has teamed up with Isha Foundation of Sadhguru to con-duct mid-air yoga sessions on some of its Boeing fl ights on Sunday.

SpiceJet crew and the Isha Foundation instructors will perform Upa Yoga at a height of 35,000 feet on June 21, the Inter-national Yoga Day.

According to the airline, ap-proximately 50 dedicated Isha instructors and SpiceJet crew members, who have been special-ly trained to perform Upa Yoga, will undertake a 10-minute ses-sion onboard select Boeing fl ights across the SpiceJet network.

Passengers onboard the fl ights will be encouraged to participate in the yoga exercises while seated, SpiceJet said in a release.

Upa is a simple yet powerful style of yoga that activates the joints, muscles and energy system and incorporates pranayams.

Initiative“SpiceJet is pleased to be the fi rst airline in the world to demon-strate yoga onboard. We are happy to be associated with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi)’s ini-tiative in promoting yoga in India.We are pleased to join hands with Isha Foundation for this initiative aimed at our customers who are on the move,” SpiceJet’s chair-man and managing director Ajay Singh said.

In addition to the in-fl ight ac-

tivities, several hundred Isha Foundation volunteers will per-form a simple form of yoga, ‘nam-askar mudra’, at SpiceJet check-in counters and boarding gates at se-lect airports, the airline said.

“The signifi cance of yoga is that once you learn the practices, you do not need anyone’s help, a spe-cial place or any equipment. It can be done wherever you are,” Sadh-guru said.

The programme has been exclu-sively sketched for Boeing fl ights bound for destinations exceeding 110 minutes, SpiceJet said, add-ing, it intends to carry out such initiatives in the future as well.

Meanwhile, thirty companies of security personnel will guard

Rajpath and surrounding ar-eas on International Yoga Day as elaborate security arrangements have been made for the June 21 celebration.

Around 5,000 armed security personnel including Delhi police-men will be deployed to secure the yoga venue and area around it as thousands of yoga practitioners including Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi will attend the early morning programme.

Following an alert issued by in-telligence agencies, Delhi Police has banned fl ying of kites, bal-loons, glider, micro light objects during the programme to ward off any aerial threat.

Also, fl ying drones for aeri-

al photography has also been banned. Delhi Police Commis-sioner BS Bassi said, “there were complete security arrangements for International Yoga Day pro-gramme at Rajpath. Eighteen DCPs and 30 Companies will be on duty on the occasion.”

Elaborate security The 35-minute Yoga programme organised by AYUSH Ministry is scheduled to begin at 7.30am on International Yoga Day.

Bassi said that local police is keeping an eye on the security ar-rangements and the area is being screened with the help of sniper dogs and bomb disposal squads.

Eighteen DCP-level offi cers will also be on duty to monitor the security arrangements that will be at par with the Republic Day Parade arrangements, said a sen-ior police offi cer.

The Yoga day programme is ex-pected to be attended by close to 40,000 people.

The number of VIPs including minister and MPs, who will at-tend the function could be about 500, he said. Also, thousands of offi cials and about 5,000 children will be performing yoga in the pro-gramme, he added.

Traffi c restrictions were put in place from June 14. Rajpath has been closed for traffi c from Vijay Chowk to India Gate and round the clock vigil of the area includ-ing the lawns was on. - PTI

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13 killed in hotel blaze in Uttar Pradesh

PRATAPGARH: Thirteen per-sons, including two doctors and a journalist, were killed on Fri-day and 10 injured when a fi re broke out in a hotel in Babaganj area of north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh here.

The incident occurred at about 4.30am in Goyal Residency Ho-tel. Fire engulfed the four-storey building killing 10 persons on the spot. Thirteen persons were in-jured in the blaze, Superintendent of Police (SP) Balikaran Yadav said.

The injured were rushed to hos-pital. Three of them succumbed to injures during treatment at a hos-pital in nearby Allahabad district.

Short circuitPrima facie the cause of fi re ap-peared to be short circuit, he said.

Pratapgarh is about 170 km from state capital Lucknow.

Those killed were identifi ed as Basant Narain (35), Om Prakash (35), both doctors, Manoj Shar-ma (30), who is a journalist with a Hindi Daily, Satyavrat (40), Brijesh Kumar (32), Dileep (22) and Priyanka (24) and Khalik Kirmani (50).The hotel was badly damaged in the fi re. - PTI

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REHEARSAL: More than 700 students participate in a rehearsal

for Yoga Day in Ahmedabad on Friday. - PTI

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BALANCED DIET IS NEEDED DURING FASTINGA volunteer carries food trays for others before breaking fast on the fi rst Friday of the Holy Month of Ramadan at Memon

Mosque in Karachi. If Nasa reports are to be believed, this will be one of the hottest, driest months of Ramadan the country has

ever seen. This means you need to be well hydrated, and eat a balanced nutritious Sehri and Iftar so that your energy levels do

not sink and make you dysfunctional during your fast. A well rounded diet is needed. - Reuters

Zardari, Altaf push for unity in the country

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Amid rising tensions between the mili-tary and the Pakistan Peoples Par-ty (PPP), the party’s co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari, and Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hus-sain pushed for unity in Pakistan during a phone conversation on Thursday.

Zardari has been facing wide-spread criticism after his recent outburst against the security es-tablishment. The PPP leader had accused the establishment of tar-nishing his and his party’s image, threatening to bring the country to a standstill if the “character assas-sination” did not stop.

In reaction to the outburst, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had cancelled a scheduled meeting with the PPP leadership.

According to a press statement issued on Thursday, Zardari and Altaf discussed the country’s cur-rent political scenario, deciding that Pakistan “needs harmony and unity now more than ever”.

However, nowhere did the state-ment mention if Altaf endorsed Zardari’s speech against the mili-tary. Former government allies, the two leaders emphasised that the people of urban and rural areas should live in harmony.

“Those who live and die in Sindh — both the people of the rural and the urban areas — should set aside their diff erences and live like brothers.”

In what appears to be a damage control exercise, Zardari has invit-ed the leadership of other political parties to an Iftar dinner on Friday. According to sources, the PPP’s allies during the party’s 2008-13 tenure — the MQM, the Awami National Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid – have confi rmed that they would attend the dinner.

Dismal performancePolitical observers see this step as an eff ort on the part of the PPP to demonstrate that it is not isolated and is still relevant, despite the party’s performance in the recent Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative As-

sembly polls, in which the PPP was routed after fi ve years in power.

The party also did not show any positive results in the local govern-ment elections in Khyber-Pakh-tunkhwa or any of the by-polls held after its dismal performance in the 2013 general elections.

Qamar Zaman Kaira, the PPP’s information secretary, told a news conference on Thursday that his party had always stood by the army.

“The PPP has never blamed the army as an institution. Rath-er, it has always stood by the armed forces.

“The party never levelled any allegations against the army even when its founding chairman (Zulfi kar Ali Bhutto) was hanged by the regime of the then military dictator Gen Ziaul Haq, who had come to power when he toppled

the PPP’s fi rst government.”Zardari’s remarks have drawn

a lot of criticism, and the PPP has been trying to placate everyone by saying that all the party co-chair-man meant was that every institu-tion must work within its consti-tutional limits.

Kaira reiterated the same, while Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur also took a similar stance in a meet-ing with the offi ce-bearers of the PPP’s youth wing.

The party’s information secre-tary claimed that the political par-ties had misinterpreted the former president’s remarks. “They should not be taken out of context.”

He said Zardari had always lauded the army’s role in trying to eliminate terrorism.“Why, then, would you think we would say something that is considered anti-establishment?” - Express Tribune

According to a press

statement issued on

Thursday, Zardari

and Altaf discussed

the country’s

current political

scenario, deciding

that Pakistan ‘needs

harmony and unity

now more than ever’

DAMAGE CONTROL EXERCISE: Former government allies, Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali

Zardari and Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain emphasised that the people of urban and

rural areas should live in harmony. - Express Tribune

Pakistan claims arrest of suspects of Imran Farooq murder in LondonQUETTA: Pakistani offi cials said on Friday they have arrested two suspects in connection with the 2010 murder of a politician in London, including one wanted by Scotland Yard.

The government paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) said they had detained Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali on Thursday over the killing of Imran Farooq.

Farooq, 50, a founding member of the Muttahida Qaumi Move-ment (MQM) party, the most powerful political force in Paki-stan’s biggest city Karachi, was stabbed and beaten to death in Edgware, northwest London in September 2010.

British detectives said last May they want to question Ali and an-other man, Muhammad Kashif Khan Kamran, about the attack. Both were in Britain in the period leading up to it and left hours af-terwards.

An FC spokesman said on Fri-day that Ali and Shamim were detained at a border crossing in southwestern Balochistan prov-ince as they entered the country from Afghanistan.

“Both Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali belonged to MQM, and as per our preliminary inves-tigations, they are the main char-acters in Imran Farooq murder case,” the spokesman said.

Akbar Hussain Durrani, Ba-lochistan home secretary, con-fi rmed the arrest and said that both of the men have been handed over to Pakistan’s Federal Investi-gation Agency for questioning.

The FC spokesman said law enforcement agencies were ex-pecting a “major breakthrough” to come from the questioning.

Critics of the MQM have claimed that the killing of Farooq was linked to an internal dispute in the party, which has been run from London by exiled leader Al-taf Hussain for over two decades.

The MQM has strongly denied the claims and late on Thursday

also denied that Ali and Shamim were party members.

Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan an-nounced the arrest of a suspect in the case in April, but did not reveal their identity.

Farooq claimed asylum in Brit-ain in 1999.

He was wanted in Pakistan over scores of charges including torture and murder related to the MQM’s activities, but always claimed the accusations were po-litically motivated.

He had twice been elected an MP in Pakistan, but went into hiding in 1992 when the govern-ment ordered a military crack-down against party activists in Karachi. The MQM’s leader Al-talf Hussain has run the party from exile in London for over two decades. - AFP

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20 militants killed in Khyber air strikesISLAMABAD: Pakistani air-strikes on Friday killed 20 mili-tants in the country’s lawless tribal area bordering Afghani-stan, the military said, part of a massive ongoing operation against the Taliban.

The strikes took place in Khy-ber tribal district where the mili-tary began its latest off ensive in October 2014 carrying out air-strikes and using artillery, mor-tars and ground troops.

“Twenty terrorists including some of their important com-manders were killed in precise aerial strikes in remote areas of Khyber today,” the military said in a statement.

It added there were reports of about 18 militants injured in the strikes. The area is remote and off -limits to journalists, making it diffi cult to verify the army’s claims— and the number and identity of those killed.

Pakistan has been battling a homegrown insurgency for over a decade following the late 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.

The army began a major cam-paign against Taliban and other militant strongholds in the North Waziristan tribal area in June last year.

Authorities have since vowed to intensify operations, using air strikes, artillery and mortars to take back territory both in the border regions and other parts of the country. - AFP

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2001 US-led invasion

of Afghanistan

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Farooq, a founding member of

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ment party, the most powerful

political force in Karachi, was

stabbed and beaten to death in

Edgware, northwest London in

September 2010. - AFP fi le photo

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Now that the US offi cially has a Bush as well as a Clinton in the presidential race -- can-didates who might ultimately square off against each other -- the question arises whether dynastic government would

be fi tting for the world’s most powerful democra-cy. The experience of other democratic countries isn’t encouraging. In those with strong political dynasties, the current generation has been do-ing worse than previous ones. Political dynasties as such aren’t always bad. Consider, for example, the Philippines, probably the most dynasty-based of all democracies, with 70 per cent of legislators coming from old political clans. In a 2012 paper on the Philippine political system, Ronald Mendoza and his colleagues described the upside: “Political dynasties aff ord reformists extended time hori-zons that enable the planning and implementation of policies with long-term goals. Politicians with shorter tenures often yield to populist demands and shun diffi cult but necessary reforms that pay-off in the future but are critical to sustained, robust and inclusive growth.

“It is also possible that dynastic politicians may possess legacy-related motivations that are strong-ly linked with the overall outcomes in their respec-tive jurisdictions. Thus, the longer their tenure the more they tend to care about long-term outcomes. Alternatively, rent- seeking dynastic politicians, upon recognising the pecuniary benefi ts of adopt-ing growth-oriented policies and strategies, might also be motivated towards enacting reforms that would result in considerable and sustainable eco-nomic growth in their own jurisdictions.”

In other words, politicians who are part of a dy-nasty strategise for the long term because they’re mindful of the family name and the clan’s political future. Even if they enrich their families in the pro-cess, as they often do, they may take better care of their constituents as well.

The results of dynastic government in the Phil-ippines, however, are hardly stellar. Clans tend to rule in areas that are relatively poor and suff er from greater inequality.

It may be easier for established political ma-chines to win in such places, and clan rule may also contribute to slower development.

In many other countries where dynasties are powerful, the current leaders aren’t bringing their families much glory. Last year in India, for exam-ple, Rahul Gandhi -- the great-grandson of India’s fi rst prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru -- ran a lackluster campaign and was handily defeated by Narendra Modi, who wants to end the power of the

Nehru-Gandhi clan.Lee Hsien Loong, son of Lee Kuan Yew, Singa-

pore’s revered fi rst prime minister, has held power for 11 years, but in the last election, in 2011, his par-ty’s performance was the worst in its history: The opposition won six of the 81 parliamentary seats -- two more than they ever held under his father. Many Singaporeans see the younger Lee as a pale shadow of his father.

In Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak, son and nephew of previous prime ministers, barely managed to hold on to power in 2013 after his elec-toral bloc lost the popular vote. Only the peculiari-ties of the Malaysian election system enabled him to form a government.

In Argentina, the erratic presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner -- widow of previous Presi-dent Nestor Kirchner -- is likely to be remembered for its many scandals, but not much else.

In short, successful predecessors’ shoes have of-ten turned out to be a little loose for dynastic poli-ticians. In the US, dynastic power has been on the wane for decades. While from 1789 to 1858, about 11 per cent of American legislators had previous relatives in Congress, the share dropped below 7 per cent after 1966, as a 2009 paper by political economist Ernesto Dal Bo shows.

Nevertheless, the longer a politician serves in Congress, the greater is the probability that his or her relatives will end up there, too -- especially if politics in the state aren’t very competitive. “One possible explanation,” Dal Bo wrote, “is that when a party safely controls a state, those in control of a party can aff ord to favour candidates to whom they are connected by family or social ties, suggesting that the dynastic transmission of political power may be more related to superior contacts with party machines -- for example -- than to features valued by voters, such as higher human capital.”

The emergence of dynasties may to some ex-tent be explained by the inspiring example of their founders, the traditions of public service and per-haps even by agendas that transcend generations. And, as Dal Bo pointed out, dynasties may have increased female political representation in the US: Being part of a clan has helped women break through glass ceilings. Perhaps it will help Hillary Clinton through the ultimate one, a good outcome in itself even if she doesn’t achieve much else. The darker side of dynastic politics probably outweighs the positives, though. Wherever there are dynas-ties, there’s less competition for votes. There’s nothing wrong with members of prominent po-litical families wanting to serve the country. But there’s nothing wrong, either, with voters rejecting self- perpetuating government. — Bloomberg View

Need not support political dynasties

Political dynasties as such aren’t always bad. Consider, for example, the Philippines, probably the most dynasty-based of all democracies, with 70 per cent of legislators coming from old political clans

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Five senior offi cials of the Lines Area Redevelopment Authority (LARP) have been arrested by NAB, including two deputy di-rectors and three additional directors.

Five senior offi cials of the Lines Area Redevelopment Authority (LARP) have been arrested by NAB, including two deputy directors and three additional directors.

Terrorism has many facets, and comes not only with bombs, bullets and guns. It is not only to be fought militarily but also by agencies that are perhaps, rarely thought of as being in the counter-terror business, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) being one such.

NAB has been busy in Karachi in recent weeks chipping away at the hitherto untouchable land-grabbers and their ilk, many of whom work in government departments themselves and have built corrupt empires within. Five senior offi cials of the Lines Area Redevelopment Authority (LARP) have been arrested by NAB, including two deputy directors and three additional directors. NAB had already raided the LARP offi ce three months ago after receiving a string of complaints from people in the Lines Area, and took away data.

The arrests appear to have been made on the basis of what was discovered when the data was analysed. The arrested are alleged to have been involved with a complex scam known as ‘china cutting’ that has netted them billions of rupees over 15 years.

They bypassed the mandatory auction of land, split it into smaller plots and sold the plots at defl ated prices, and then later aggregated the plots again and resold them to a developer for a far higher price making huge profi ts by so doing.

NAB was also busy a fortnight earlier and had arrested the secretary of the excise and taxation department as well as, somewhat ironically, the director of the anti-corruption department. — Express Tribune

Nabbing the crooks

Russia has reacted angrily to reports that the United States is planning to position tanks and other heavy equipment in Po-land and on the territory of other eastern European allies. That

response is unfortunate but unsurprising. Regardless of Russia’s ten-der feelings on the point, the move is necessary.

Needlessly provoking Russia is unwise. Yet so is deferring to Rus-sia’s sensitivities, and today that’s the greater danger. The plans that the US is suggesting are needed to show both Russian President Vladimir Putin and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s eastern-most members that the alliance is determined to defend itself.

The deployment of tanks and other equipment under considera-tion would be small. The idea is to put equipment for a potential US fi ghting force of 150 troops in each of the three Baltic states, and up to 5,000 across the region.

In its own right, this is not a meaningful defensive force, much less an off ensive one — Russia has 770,000 active-duty troops. It’s a “trip-wire” to ensure that any attack launched on NATO’s eastern members would kill Americans, and so dictate full-scale US involvement. Rus-sia’s leaders understand this perfectly, and their statements to the contrary are disingenuous.

Even a small tripwire force had until now been avoided out of defer-ence to the agreement NATO signed with Russia in 1997. The alliance said it would avoid the “permanent stationing of substantial combat forces” on the territory of its new ex-Soviet-bloc members. Those were diff erent times, when the two sides talked of building a common security architecture and promised not to invade their neighbours. Still, the US appears to be trying to stick to the letter of that agree-ment, and rightly so.

A full-scale, permanent troop deployment would infl ame, and even go some way toward justifying, Russian fears about the threat it faces from NATO. Pumping US weapons into Ukraine for use against (un-declared) Russian troops would be a mistake for the same reason.

In one vital respect, though, they aren’t enough. A judicious com-mitment of US power is a necessary response to Russia’s eff orts to intimidate, but so is a greater commitment — any commitment — of European eff ort in the cause of Europe’s own defence.

Offi cials in Moscow must have been delighted to read a new poll that found that in only two of the NATO states surveyed — the US and Canada — would most citizens back a military response to a Russian attack on a fellow alliance member.

This lackluster resolve isn’t just talk: Europe matches it with lack-luster military spending. — Bloomberg view

NATO should not be deterred by Putin reaction to its plans

NATO and US bent on infuriating RussiaThis refers to the bellicose rhetoric being employed by Russia and NATO-US over the imbroglio in eastern Europe after the fall of Viktor Yanuko-vych’s democratically elected government in Ukraine due to West’s interference. Since then, there have been a series of esca-lations by both sides, however, I believe it is the Western military alliance and its sponsor, US, who are responsible for these needless tensions. Russia is only acting as would any superpower. Just like China, the Kremlin views any provocative action in its sphere of infl uence as a direct attack. However, the West opts to create instability.Caroline HodgkinsAl Khuwair

West’s imperialism continues to existsThis refers to reports regarding the training of Syrian rebels by the US. It seems Washington is trying to partition that coun-try just like the British and the French split the Ottoman Empire after the pre-planned World War I confl ict from 1914 to 1918. The divide and rule policy of the West-ern imperial powers continues to this day. How can the Western leaders and academicians con-tend that all forms of imperialism came to an end after World War II? The Cold War and the current confl icts in the MENA are wit-ness to this fact. I wonder what would happen if one day they themselves are dismembered and their societies devastated. Nasreen HimayatullahIbra

Tycoons must be forced to fi nance educationThis refers to the international cooperation award received by Wikipedia. In my view the website’s contribution to edu-cational material is immense. However, there still remains an immediate need to create free web portals where in-depth knowledge is freely available. I cannot understand why provid-ing education is a business. It should be for all and sundry. For such a noble cause the United Nations and leading philanthro-pists should team up. At the same time industrialists and tycoons from across globe must be forced to fi nance schools, col-leges and universities to advance this cause. Chuu Lai MinMuscat

Nawaz Sharif has led democracy to a dead end This refers to the Pakistan Peoples’ Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s condemnation of Pakistani military’s interfer-ence in governance. The former president is totally correct. In my opinion, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has become a lame duck executive with the actual powers being with army General Raheel Sharif. Democracy is at a dead end. Zardari has admitted supporting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ’s protest would have been better than supporting the Nawaz government . However, sadly even that would have been useless as it is a common pre-sumption that PTI leader Imran Khan backs the establishment. Farah KhurasaniDuqm

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MERS outbreak on wane in South Korea after killing 24

SEOUL: South Korea said on Fri-day that the MERS outbreak that has killed 24 people appears to have begun subsiding, as it report-ed one new case — the lowest rate of new infections in two weeks.

This brought to 166 the total number of confi rmed cases of the disease in the country since the fi rst was confi rmed on May 20, the health ministry said.

The number of people in quar-antine had fallen 12 per cent from Thursday to 5,930, a day after.

The government of President Park Geun-Hye has come under attack for its inadequate initial response but World Health Or-ganization (WHO) chief Mar-garet Chan expressed guarded optimism Thursday over South

Korea’s ability to contain the out-break. She said Seoul was now “on a very good footing” after an ini-tially slow response.

A rural village, which had been sealed off for quarantine, was opened up on Friday, allowing its population of 102 people to re-sume normal activities.

“Apparently, the outbreak has

started subsiding,” a health minis-try offi cial in Seoul said.

“But we have to wait and see whether more cases occur” in hospitals exposed to the virus, he added.

The latest case involved a 62-year-old man who contracted the virus while giving nursing care to an infected family mem-

ber at Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul, the largest epicentre of the outbreak linked to about half of all confi rmed cases.

The hospital suspended ser-vices to non-MERS suff erers on Sunday, with other patients being moved to diff erent medical fa-cilities, and would remain closed for other treatment at least until

Wednesday next week.Currently, 112 patients are in

hospital, while 30 recovered peo-ple have been released.

Jangdeok Village in Sunchang County south of Seoul was back to normal after road blocks were lifted on Friday, two weeks after a 72-year-old resident there was diagnosed with the virus.

“This is good. I felt like I had been a prisoner for a long time”, Park Yoo-Hyun, a 72-year-old farmer, was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency.

A second village under quar-antine is expected to follow suit on Monday, barring any new cases there.

On Tuesday a senior health offi -cial expressed cautious optimism that the worst of the outbreak was over, only for eight new cases to emerge the following day when the WHO warned that South Ko-rea was facing a “wake-up call” and urged more vigilance.

But WHO chief Chan said on Thursday that the outbreak would be brought under con-trol “although it may take a little longer than everyone would like to see”. The good news was that scientists had not detected any genetic change in the virus, she added. — AFP

The number of

people in quarantine

had fallen 12 per cent

from Thursday to

5,930, a day after

Hong Kong leader extends economic olive branchHONG KONG/CHINA: Hong Kong’s leader extended an olive branch of economic stimulus to the city a day after lawmakers ve-toed a Beijing-backed electoral re-form package, a move economists warned could undermine business in the Asian fi nancial hub.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said he would bring a series of economic initiatives to lawmakers next week, and called for their sup-port. Democratic lawmakers had been fi libustering all budget items during the city’s pro-democracy protests, holding up funding for a variety of slated projects.

Leung said that a continuation of such actions would hurt the community. “It’s time for all of us to move on,” Leung told reporters. “We should try to forge consensus on various economic and liveli-hood issues.”

Lawmakers on Thursday ended a long-running debate on political reform in the city with a veto, a rare instance of the former British colony voting against a proposal endorsed by China’s central leg-islature. Economists at ANZ had warned that such a move could cause political instability and hurt business as foreign investors might put their China headquar-ters in Shanghai or Shenzhen in-stead of Hong Kong.

Leung said his economic pro-

posals would include better pay for civil servants, more homes for the elderly and additional funding for recycling and small and me-dium businesses.

CriticisedEven as Leung began shifting the debate to economics, China’s For-eign Ministry and Chinese state media lashed out at Hong Kong’s opposition pro-democracy law-makers. “Certain people, whose aim was to hobble the develop-ment of democracy in Hong Kong, voted against the bill in the legis-

lature,” Foreign Ministry spokes-man Hong Lei told reporters. “They will bear the responsibility of history for this.”

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition calls Beijing’s propos-al a “fake” democratic model.

“All those who voted against the blueprint might be cocky to-day, but they will face the judg-ment of history and shoulder the responsibility eventually,” infl u-ential tabloid The Global Times, published by the People’s Daily, said in an editorial in its English-language edition. — Reuters

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Nepal farmers need $20m in aid to avert hunger threat

LONDON: Farmers in earth-quake-hit Nepal urgently need $20 million in emergency aid to plant crops in the summer and winter cropping seasons, protect their livestock and avert the threat of hunger facing a million people, the United Nations said on Friday.

In the six districts hit hardest by the earthquakes that struck Nepal on April 25 and May 12, half of all farming households lost most of their stored crops of rice, maize, wheat and millet, said the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Farmers need seeds and fertiliser for the summer cropping season, while irrigation systems must be repaired to facilitate planting ahead of the winter season, the UN agency said. The FAO said only $3 million of the required $23.4 million for emergency agricultural aid - 13 per cent - had been funded to date as part of the UN appeal for Nepal.

“Agriculture is a critical prior-ity because two-thirds of Nepalis depend on farming for their liveli-hoods,” said Nepal’s FAO repre-sentative Somsak Pipoppinyo. A million people are at risk of hun-ger, and this number could grow if farmers do’nt receive support to re-build livelihoods and become more resilient, Pipoppinyo said. — Reuters

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SAFETY MEASURES: South Korean policemen wearing face masks walk on a street in downtown

Seoul on Friday. – AFP

REJECTED: Lawmakers display a yellow umbrella and a banner

stating “Reopen political reform to protect Hong Kong, never give

up to fi ght for true universal suff rage” after 28 lawmakers voted

against the election reforms proposals at the Legislative Council

in Hong Kong, on Thursday. – AP/PTI

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White suspect charged with murder in US church attack

CHARLESTON: A 21-year-old white man has been charged with nine counts of murder for an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, local police said on Friday, with media reporting that he had hoped his actions would incite a race war in the United States.

The charges come a day after arrest of Dylann Roof in North Carolina, 220 miles (354 km) north of the nearly 200-year-old Emanuel African Methodist Epis-copal Church where he shot dead nine black worshippers.

US offi cials are investigat-ing Roof’s attack, in which four ministers were killed includ-ing a Democratic state senator, as a hate crime. It came in a year of turmoil in the United States, where police killings of several unarmed black men has provoked angry national debates about race relations, policing and the crimi-nal justice system.

Roof confessed to the attack

and said he intended to set off new racial confrontations with his at-tack, CNN reported, citing a law enforcement source.

Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis declined to com-ment on the reports of a confes-sion. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley told NBC’s “Today” show on Friday that she would pre-fer to see Roof tried on state charg-es and believed state prosecutors should pursue a death sentence. “This is an absolute hate crime,” said Haley, a Republican. “We’ve

been talking with the investigators because we’ve been going through the interviews, they said they looked pure evil in the eye.”

South Carolina is one of just fi ve US states that does not have a hate crime law, which typically impos-es additional penalties on crimes committed because of a victim’s race, gender or orientation.

President Barack Obama said on Thursday the attack stirred up “a dark part” of US history and illustrated the continuing dangers of the nation’s liberal

gun laws, which gun-rights sup-porters say are protected by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. “After a tragedy we all get to sing and hold hands, but the elephant in the room is guns. South Carolina and the country have gone gun-crazy,” said state Representative Wendell Gil-liard, a Democrat who represents Charleston. “How many times do we need to come together? How many times do we need to unite?”

The church, known as “Mother Emanuel,” was founded in the ear-

ly 19th century by black worship-pers who were limited in how they could practice their faith at white-dominated churches. Burned to the ground in the late 1820s when one of its founders drafted plans for a slave revolt, the church was later rebuilt. Compounding an-ger over the incident, the South Carolina capital continues to fl y the Confederate battle fl ag, that was the symbol of the pro-slavery South during the US Civil War.

In addition to the church’s lead-er and Democratic state Senator Clementa Pinckney, other victims included three pastors - DePayne Middleton Doctor, 49; Sharonda Coleman Singleton, 45; and Rev-erend Daniel Simmons, 74.

Also killed were Cynthia Hurd, 54, a public library employee; Su-sie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Tywanza Sanders, 26; and Myra Thompson 59, an associate pas-tor at the church, according to the county coroner.

Area residents, including a group of nuns, fi led past the his-toric church early Friday that was the site of Wednesday’s shooting. Many tearfully off ered prayers and left fl owers near the line of yellow police tape, behind which law enforcement agents contin-ued to gather evidence.

Social worker Jermaine Jen-kins, 25, stopped to pay his re-spects and said he believed the outpouring of public grief and support showed that Roof had failed in his goal of sparking fresh racial unrest.

“I don’t think he will succeed in creating a race war,” said Jenkins, who is black. — Reuters

Dylann Roof

confessed to the

attack and said he

wanted to set off new

racial confrontations

with his attack,

CNN reported

Terror attacks, fatalities surge sharply in 2014WASHINGTON: Terrorist at-tacks worldwide surged by more than a third and fatalities soared by 81 per cent in 2014, a year that also saw IS militant group eclipse Al Qaeda as the leading militant group, the US State Department said on Friday.

In its annual report on terror-ism, the department also charts an unprecedented fl ow of foreign fi ghters to Syria, often lured by IS’s use of social media and drawn from diverse social backgrounds.

Taken together, the trends point to a sobering challenge from militant groups worldwide to the United States and its allies de-spite severe blows infl icted on Al Qaeda, author of the September 11, 2001 attacks in Washington and New York.

Al Qaeda’s leaders “appeared to lose momentum as the self-styled leader of a global movement in the face of ISIL’s rapid expansion and proclamation of a Caliphate,” the report said, using an alternate ac-ronym for IS.

ResponseLast June, IS attacked from its base in Syria and seized vast swaths of Iraq, much of which it still controls.

US President Barack Obama responded with air strikes in Iraq and Syria, and a programme to train Iraqi security forces. He has also continued air strikes against militant suspects worldwide, in-

cluded one this week that killed Al Qaeda’s deputy chief.

The State Department report, which covers calendar year 2014, said there were 13,463 terrorist

attacks, a 35 percent jump from 2013, resulting in more than 32,700 deaths, an 81 per cent rise. More than 9,400 people were kid-napped or taken hostage by mili-

tants, triple the rate of the previ-ous year, it said.

There was some good news: Militant activity decreased in some countries, including Paki-

stan, the Philippines, Nepal and Russia. The report said the global increase in terrorist attacks was mostly due to events in three countries: Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria. IS was particularly lethal. A June 2014 attack on a prison in Mosul, Iraq, in which the group killed 670 prisoners “was the deadliest attack worldwide since September 11, 2001”, it said.

Foreign terroristAs of late December, more than 16,000 foreign terrorist fi ghters had travelled to Syria, exceeding the rate of those who travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen or Somalia “at any point in the last 20 years”, the report said.

Last month, a senior State De-partment offi cial said the army of foreign fi ghters who travelled to Syria had grown further, to 22,000. “Individuals drawn to the confl ict in Syria and Iraq were diverse in their socioeconomic and geographic background,” the report said, highlighting the com-plex challenge in curbing the fl ow.

In a June 8 news conference, Obama acknowledged the im-portance of stemming the fl ow of fi ghters, even as the United States says its air strikes have killed thousands of IS fi ghters.

“We’re taking a lot of them off the battlefi eld, but if they’re being replenished, then it doesn’t solve the problem over the long term,” he said. — Reuters

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World’s largest cruise ship takes to water off France coastSAINT-NAZAIRE (FRANCE): The hulking shell of the world’s largest cruise ship slid into the waters off western France on Fri-day, with workers aiming to have it ready for a 2016 inaugural trip.

The huge vessel, named Har-mony of the Seas, has been un-der construction since Septem-ber 2013 in the shipyards in Saint-Nazaire.

LongerWhen fi nished it will weigh some 227,000 tonnes and measure 362 metres (1,187 feet) in length, 50 metres longer than the height of the Eiff el Tower.

Harmony is also a metre wider than the current twin ocean-going monsters of the pleasure cruise world, which are also 362 metres long.

Allure of the Seas and Oasis of

the Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ships in current service, are 65 me-tres wide and come in at 225,000 tonnes a piece.

All three crusie ships belong to Royal Caribbean International cruise lines.

Some 2,500 people are at work building Harmony, which will require 90,000 square metres (968,700 square feet) of carpet and 500,000 litres (132,000 gal-lons) of paint.

Test runsThe test runs of the boat are pres-ently set for mid-February 2016 and its fi rst voyage is planned for May next year, a trip from South-ampton in Britain to the Spanish city of Barcelona.

The ship will have room for some 6,360 passengers and 2,100 staff members. — AFP

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Cars threaten world’s most endangered feline species

MAZARAMBROZ (SPAIN): The world’s most endangered feline species, the Iberian lynx, is mak-ing a comeback in Spain after being pushed to the brink of extinction.

But the costly eff orts to reintro-duce the spotted cat into the wild face an unexpected enemy -- cars.

The number of lynx killed by collisions with vehicles has soared since Spain’s economic crisis be-gan in 2008.

Last year a record 22 lynxes died after being hit by cars, up from just two in 2008.

Cars are “the greatest threat for the future of the lynx”, according to the WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Revolting“It’s revolting because it’s a prob-lem that could easily be fi xed,” said Ramon Perez de Ayala, spe-cies programme director at the WWF in Spain.

He estimates it would cost around $6.5 million (six million euros) to make roads safer for lynxes by clearing roadsides of brush, putting up barriers and set-ting up passages that allow the fe-lines to safely cross roads.

“With the excuse of the econom-ic crisis, we have not even carried out the most basic road mainte-nance works,” said Perez de Ayala.

The public works ministry said it “cooperates in the fi ght” against road accidents involving lynxes and has carried out needed road works. The rise in lynx road deaths comes as eff orts to boost lynx numbers through breeding programmes are starting to pay off . — AFP

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Body found on London roof ‘fell from plane’

LONDON: British police were investigating newspaper reports on Friday that a body found on the roof of a building in southwest London was that of a stowaway who had fallen from the undercar-riage of a plane as it came in to land from South Africa.

The man’s body was discovered on an offi ce roof in Richmond on Thursday morning. Shortly before, another man had been found un-conscious in the undercarriage of a British Airways jet that had just ar-rived at nearby Heathrow airport from Johannesburg. He was taken to hospital in critical condition. “At this time there is no evidence to link the death to the discovery of a stowaway in the undercarriage of a plane at Heathrow Airport,” police said in a statement.

“However this is one line of enquiry into identifying the de-ceased and the circumstances of his death.”

Police said the surviving man had been found about an hour earlier. “At around 08:30hrs on 18 June police at Heathrow Airport were called to reports of a sus-pected stowaway on a fl ight from Johannesburg to Heathrow,” they said. “The man, believed aged 24, was found in the undercarriage of the plane and was taken to hospi-tal. His condition is now described as critical.” — Reuters

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DESTROYED: A forensic expert inspects the wreckage of a car after fi ve simultaneous bombings

targeting mosques and offi ces hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa. In its annual report on terrorism, the

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Pakistan in trouble after Kaushal Silva’s century

GALLE: Sri Lanka’s bowlers ripped through Pakistan’s top or-der in dramatic fashion to leave the tourists struggling on the scheduled third day of the fi rst Test in Galle on Friday.

After opener Kaushal Silva hit 125 to lift Sri Lanka to 300 in the fi rst innings, Pakistan collapsed to 35-3 in reply before a partial recov-ery saw them to 118-5 by stumps.

Asad Shafi q was unbeaten on 14 and Sarfraz Ahmed was on 15 when rain forced play to end early with the tourists trailing by 182 runs with fi ve wickets in hand.

Seamer Dhammika Prasad re-moved both openers by the third over, paving the way for the bowl-ers to take control of the innings on what remained an easy-paced pitch at the Galle International stadium.

Prasad had Mohammed Hafeez caught at third slip off his sixth delivery and then trapped Ahmed Shehzad leg-before in his next over to reduce Pakistan to 11 for two.

It became 35-3 when seasoned left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, brought in to the attack in the sixth

over, had Azhar Ali leg-before in his third over.

Veterans Younis Khan (47) and skipper Misbah-ul Haq (20) at-tempted to rebuild with a 51-run stand for the fourth wicket before

both were dismissed in the space of 10 runs in the last session.

Younis was bowled as he stepped out to drive off -spinner Dilruwan Perera, and Misbah fell to a bril-liant one-handed diving catch at

fi rst slip by 37-year-old Kumar Sangakkara off Nuwan Pradeep.

Solid defenceSri Lanka’s innings were built around Silva’s painstaking eff ort that was marked by solid defence even as wickets tumbled regularly at the other end.

The diminutive right-hander lit up the rain-hit Test with a stub-born 125, his second Test century after making 139 against Bangla-desh in Dhaka in January last year.

Silva, however, failed to car-ry his bat through the innings when he was ninth out from the 300th delivery he faced, caught behind off left-arm spinner Zulfi qar Babar.

Silva, who began the day on 80, had reached his century 30 min-utes before lunch when he drove Babar through the covers for his 15th boundary.

Bad weather had washed out the entire fi rst day’s play on Wednesday and just 64 overs were bowled on the second day due to a wet outfi eld.

Sri Lanka added 11 runs to their overnight score of 178-3 when they lost the wicket of skipper Angelo Mathews, who was bowled by left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz for 19.

Dinesh Chandimal contributed 23 in a fi fth-wicket stand of 37 with Silva before being bowled by Babar, who was surprisingly hand-ed the second new ball which was claimed after 80 overs.

Kithuruwan Vithanage was the third batsman to be dismissed in the morning session when, on 18, he gave Hafeez an easy return catch. Babar removed Prasad and Silva in successive overs before Yasir Shah held a skier off his own bowling to dismiss last man Nu-wan Pradeep.

Wahab and Babar fi nished with three wickets each, while Hafeez

and Shah took two each.The three-Test series will be

followed by fi ve one-day inter-nationals and two Twenty20 matches. — AFP

Sri Lanka’s innings

were built around

Kaushal Silva’s

painstaking eff ort

that was marked by

solid defence even

as wickets tumbled

regularly at other end

Sri Lanka 1st innings:D. Karunaratne c Sarfraz b Wahab 21K. Silva c Sarfraz b Babar 125K. Sangakkara c Younis b Wahab 50L. Thirimanne c Babar b Hafeez 8A. Mathews b Wahab 19D. Chandimal b Babar 23K. Vithanage c and b Hafeez 18D. Perera c Sarfraz b Yasir 15D. Prasad b Babar 0R. Herath not out 6N. Pradeep c and b Yasir 4Extras: (lb-5, nb-4, w-2) 11Total (all out, 109.3 overs) 300Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Karunaratne), 2-142 (Sangakkara), 3-154 (Thirimanne), 4-189 (Mathews), 5-226 (Chandimal), 6-261 (Vithanage), 7-277 (Perera), 8-288 (Prasad), 9-291 (Silva), 10-300 (Pradeep).Bowling: Junaid 16-5-38-0 (w1), Wahab 26-3-74-3 (nb4, w1), Babar 27-8-64-3, Yasir 30.3-6-79-2, Hafeez 10-0-40-2Pakistan 1st innings:Mohd Hafeez c Karunaratne b Prasad 2Ahmed Shehzad lbw b Prasad 9Azhar Ali lbw b Herath 8Younis Khan b Perera 47Misbah-ul Haq c Sangakkara b Pradeep 20Asad Shafi q not out 14Sarfraz Ahmed not out 15Extras: (nb-3) 3Total (for fi ve wickets, 41.4 overs) 118Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Hafeez), 2-11 (Shehzad), 3-35 (Azhar), 4-86 (Younis), 5-96 (Misbah).Bowling: Prasad 9-2-24-2, Pradeep 9-1-36-1 (nb2), Herath 12.4-3-33-1, Perera 9-2-23-1, Mathews 2-1-2-0 (nb1)Toss: PakistanUmpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Paul Reiff el (AUS)TV umpire: Chris Gaff aney (NZL)Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)

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STUBBORN TON: Sri Lankan cricketer Kaushal Silva gestures after

scoring a century during the third day of the opening Test match

against Pakistan at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. – AFP

Black Caps coach Hesson set for ‘fantastic’ England fi naleNOTTINGHAM: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson believes Sat-urday’s deciding One-day Interna-tional against England in Durham will provide a “fantastic fi nale” to an enthralling series.

England ensured a winner-takes-all clash at Chester-le-Street after levelling the fi ve-match cam-paign at 2-2 with a stunning sev-en-wicket win at Trent Bridge on Wednesday. New Zealand — who thrashed England by eight wickets in Wellington in February en route to the World Cup fi nal — appeared to be well-placed after making 349 for seven.

But England romped to victory with six overs to spare following a third-wicket stand of 198 between Joe Root (106 not out) and skipper Eoin Morgan (113).

Runs have fl owed from the bats of both teams this series and Hes-son said: “It’s been a very enter-taining four matches.

“Obviously, getting down to Dur-ham should be a fantastic fi nale.”

There is no doubt that, aware of the class of their opponents, a re-vamped England have raised their white-ball game so far this series.

Not that Hesson took any pride in England’s revival.

“We’ll feel much prouder if we win the series,” he said.

“We play the game in the right spirit and we think we play an en-tertaining brand, but it’s all about winning games of cricket.”

New Zealand, without injured left-arm paceman Trent Boult, saw their attack take a pound-ing on Wednesday, Nottingham-shire opener Alex Hales leading the way with a quickfi re 67 on his home ground. England lost Hales and fellow opener Jason Roy in

quick succession but the tourists couldn’t stem the tide of runs.

“At 111 for two, the game was sort of in the balance,” said Hes-son. “The way Hales took the game away at the start, we do that to many sides ourselves, so we know that it makes a big chase look a lot smaller.

“Then Joe and Eoin played ex-ceptionally well. We struggled to create any pressure at all, pretty

much going at eight (runs) an over the whole time.”

A shower briefl y halted Eng-land’s surge to victory and Hesson said the a damp outfi eld, allied to an absence of swing, hampered his side.

“The key thing is that the ball hasn’t swung over here (in Eng-land), at all. Then, with the ball get-ting wet, it skidded on beautifully so it takes out a lot of your options

and we were punished for that,” said Hesson.

‘Good lesson’However, the coach was adamant his side should have made a bet-ter job of defending a “good” target of 350. “You’ve got to take wickets or create pressure — or ultimately you do both. We struggled to cre-ate a succession of dot balls. We struggled to create a succession

of overs that didn’t go for bounda-ries,” Hesson said. “We were both full and short, it wasn’t just one. It’s quite a young bowling attack in many ways and it was a good les-son for us.”

Wednesday’s match featured another big stand from Kane Wil-liamson and Ross Taylor, who put on 101 at Trent Bridge following a partnership of 206 during New Zealand’s three-wicket win in Southampton on Sunday, where they both made hundreds.

Williamson almost scored back-to-back tons, his 90 in Nottingham coming after his superb 118 at the Rose Bowl. “It was selfl ess from Kane, he knew we needed impe-tus, so he wasn’t trying to get a hundred. He played for the team,” Hesson said. The International Cricket Council is on the verge of implementing changes to one-day regulations, notably by increasing to fi ve the number of fi elders al-lowed outside the 30 metre circle in the fi nal 10 overs.

“I think fi ve out in the last 10 overs would be a good decision,” said Hesson. “But not every series is like this. “We’ve played in many series where the same rules have applied and it’s been 200 plays 201.

“This has been a surreal sort of a series,” Hesson added. _ AFP

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PLAYING FOOTBALL: England’s Eoin Morgan kicks a ball during nets as his team mates look on. – Reuters

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Strong start for The Wave, Muscat and Oman Air in Act 4 at Cardiff

MUSCAT: Oman Sail’s crew on-board Oman Air’s Extreme Sailing boat had a stunning opening day in Cardiff , the United Kingdom, nipping at the heels of stable mate The Wave, Muscat right from the start and showing consistent per-formance throughout the day with one outright win and four seconds.

The Wave, Muscat was taken out of contention for fi ve races after some boat on boat action during Race 3 with SAP Extreme Sailing Team forced them ashore for repairs. The tried and tested two-time Extreme champions kept their heads, fi xed their steer-ing system and got back on the wa-

ter to win two more races, putting them fi rst overall after 10 rounds with Oman Air in second.

Commenting on the rear-ender by SAP Extreme Sailing Team, Leigh McMillan, skipper of The Wave Muscat said: “We were in second or third place at the time, rounding the mark and SAP came in from behind with a bit more speed. The tiller arm was ripped off so we had to replace the stock and tiller bar system and it all took a bit of time. It was a great job by every-

one and knowing we were getting average points it was important we put in a good performance in the last few races of the day.”

Chatting about their ability to bounce back McMillan concluded: “It is always diffi cult to get into the groove again after something like that but the experience we have had over the years with similar sit-uations has given us the ability to make the best of it when things like that happen. The key is to remain focussed and just get on with it.”

With a total of three wins and average points awarded for redress The Wave, Muscat now lead Act 4 by 11 points over team mates on Oman Air skippered by Stevie Mor-rison. The crowds who gathered to watch the high speed Extreme 40 action in the grandstand setting of Cardiff could not have wished for anything more spectacular today – sunshine and a consistent 18-20 knots and some of the best racing of the season was on off er.

Oman Air enjoyed the fresher conditions and sailed impressive-ly. “I think the simple factor is that there was more wind today and we were able to execute a plan and it worked well. I think we learned lessons from the last Act in Chi-na, and all our hard work seemed to pay off . A couple of areas we have worked on are communica-tion and starting, so we are hop-

ing to continue with the improve-ments tomorrow.”

Ali Al Balushi – bowman – was unfazed by the intensity of to-day’s 10 races. In winds that never dropped below 15kts, it was action packed particularly at the pointy end. “I enjoy light wind, I enjoy lots of wind and I am really enjoying the racing on the Extreme Sail-ing Series and the Oman Air team is getting stronger and stronger - we get on with it regardless of the weather. We had good starts today and they were tactically good races for us, so we are hoping for more of the same in the coming days.”

The weather looks set to continue in a similar pattern, which bodes well for the event where crowds more specta-tors are expected to gather to watch the action unfold over the next three days.

Two-time Extreme champions The Wave,

Muscat, kept their heads, fi xed their steering

system and got back on the water to win

two more races, putting them fi rst overall

after 10 rounds with Oman Air in second

GOOD DAY: Oman Air crew enjoyed a satisfactory day at Cardiff . – Supplied photo NO STOPPING: The Wave survived a rip off before bouncing back to take the lead. – Supplied photo

OFA honours Mazda Oman MUSCAT: Mazda Oman, Offi cial Automotive partner of the Oman Football Association (OFA) and the owner of the prestigious Mazda Professional Cup was honoured by the national football body for their remarkable initia-tives to support the game of foot-ball in the country.

Riyadh Ali Sultan, Director of Towell Auto Centre (TAC) re-ceived the award of appreciation from Sheikh Rashad Al Hinai, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Sports Aff airs at an award cer-emony held recently.

At the event, Riyadh also fe-licitated Mazda Professional Cup Champion – Fanja and its best player Mohammed Al Hinai.

Mazda Oman has been the of-fi cial sponsor of the OFA since 2014 and has extended huge support to the national teams, the league and the community football activity undertaken by the Association. Mazda Oman strengthened their link to foot-ball by becoming the title sponsor of the Cup competition played by the top 14 OPL clubs in Oman. This created the Mazda Profes-sional Cup which will again take place on September 1 this year.

Riyadh Ali Sultan commented: “Our relationship with OFA has

grown from strength to strength. It goes without saying that foot-ball is a national passion and we are committed to promote this game at all levels. I want to thank OFA for this honour and we look forward to a lasting long-term re-lationship with the Association and the sport”.

Mazda Oman has been support-ing OFA and the clubs by provid-ing vehicles so that the teams can travel in comfort and their invest-ment in the Association and in the sport has been noteworthy. They add excitement and thrill to the game by organizing exciting con-tests and venue displays where fans get an opportunity to win prizes. Mazda Oman also gives exclusive privileges to Mazda cus-tomers such as free parking pass-es, VIP & general tickets and some exclusive privileges to its Zoom-Zoom club members to encourage their partnership in the sport.

“Mazda is committed to the game right from grassroots clubs to the national team to keep the game alive and kicking. There is no doubt the game is already great, but by extending support, Mazda aims to assist in making it even more spirited, insightful and enjoyable for all those asso-ciated with it”, Mr. Riyadh added.

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Dhoni fi ned for shoving incident in MirpurMIRPUR: India captain Mahen-dra Singh Dhoni was fi ned 75 per cent of his match fees on Friday for allegedly shoving young Bang-ladesh pacer Mustafi zur Rahman during the fi rst ODI of the three-match cricket series, here.

Dhoni was charged with Level 2 off ence under ICC Code of Con-duct ON Thursday for elbowing the debutant pacer while chasing an imposing 308-run target set by Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.

The incident happened during India’s chase when Mustafi zur came in Dhoni’s way while com-

pleting his follow through as India captain was running for a single.

Replays showed Dhoni shoved him while trying to reach the crease. Match referee Andy Py-croft summoned Team India man-ager Biswarup Dey on Thursday night to intimate him about the hearing. According to reliable sources, a collective decision was taken by the team management that the skipper would not plead guilty in this case as he never tried to hurt the bowler intentionally.

Accordingly the administrative manager fi lled the form where In-dia decided to contest the charge.

In the morning at the team ho-tel Friday, on fi eld umpires Rod Tucker and Enamul Haque Moni were called by Pycroft after which the trio of Dhoni, Dey and Team India Director Ravi Shastri were summoned. It was learnt that the team’s defence was that Dhoni never raised his elbow and the of-fi cials said that he just wanted to complete the run.

Their bone of contention was according to replay there was no gap between shoulder and armpit which justifi es that he did not try to elbow the bowler. However, it was learnt that any sort of body contact

can’t be termed as Level 1 off ence and match referee Pycroft had to press Level 2 charges which is fi ne between 50 to 100 hundred per cent match fees or two match ban.

Once the Indian trio completed their hearing, Mustafi zur was called along with team manager Khaled Mahmud Sujon.

Interestingly, Mustafi zur had told Bengali daily Prathom Aalo that “I made a mistake coming in the way”. Mustafi zur had earlier repeated the off ence when Rohit Sharma was batting and hence was docked 50 per cent of his match fees. - PTI

P E N A L I S E D

LONDON: South Africa’s Kevin Anderson powered into the Queen’s Club semifi nals with a 7-6 (9/7), 7-5 victory against Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Fri-day. Anderson was appearing in the quarterfi nals of the Wimble-don warm-up event for the third time in four years and the world number 17 fi nally made it to the semifi nals after bludgeoning Gar-cia-Lopez into submission.

The big-serving 29-year-old slammed down 18 aces and is now within one win of his second ATP Tour fi nal of the year, following his runners-up fi nish in Memphis in February, as he looks to add to his two career tour-level titles.

“It was defi nitely dominated by serves today, so step one was take care of my own and try and create opportunities on his serve. Fortu-nately, I was able to get one right before the end,” Anderson said.

“Queen’s is a pretty big tourna-ment. I’ve been in the quarters a

few times and it feels great going one round further.

“I’ve been in the semis of ATP 500 events before. Now I’m look-ing at getting to the fi nal and having a shot at winning the tournament.”

Anderson had saved a match point before defeating four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt in the fi rst round and claimed the scalp of French Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the second round.

And the 29-year-old, who lives in the United States and expects to be granted U.S citizenship later this year, proved rock solid

on the key points again as he ru-ined the fi rst Queen’s last eight appearance for world number 34 Garcia-Lopez.

In Saturday’s semi-fi nals, An-derson will face French seventh seed Gilles Simon, who fought back from a set down to defeat world number eight Milos Raonic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Simon had lost all three of his previous meetings with Raonic, but the 30-year-old booked his fi rst appearance in the Queen’s last four on his fi fth match point against the Canadian third seed, who was play-ing his fi rst tournament for fi ve

weeks after foot surgery. The world number 13 will aim to reach his second fi nal of the year — he won the Marseille Open in February — when he meets Anderson.

Record 45 aces at HalleCroatian Ivo Karlovic hit a record 45 aces en route to beating third seed Tomas Berdych and reach the Halle Open semifi nals on Friday.

The big-serving Croatian, standing at 2.11 metres tall, im-proved the record for a three-set ATP tour match by one ace, win-ning 7-5, 6-7(8), 6-3.

“Berdych returns quite well re-ally,” Karlovic, the world number 27, told reporters. “That’s why lots of aces are so important.”

He will next face either top seed Roger Federer or Germany’s Flo-rian Mayer.

World number fi ve Kei Nishikori was also made to work hard, need-ing three sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to tame Jerzy Janowicz — Agencies

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Fitch affi rms six major Omani banks’ ‘issuer default ratings’

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Fitch Ratings has af-fi rmed six Omani banks’ Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) and upgraded two of the banks’ Viability Ratings. The out-looks on all six banks are stable, the rating agency said in a state-ment.

Five of the banks have their IDRs based on support from the Omani sovereign. They are Bank Muscat’s at ‘A-’ and National

Bank of Oman (NBO), Bank Dho-far, Bank Sohar and Ahli Bank at ‘BBB+’. The IDR for the remaining bank HSBC Bank Oman’s has been affi rmed at ‘A+,’ based on support from its ultimate parent, HSBC Holdings PLC.

At the same time, Fitch has

upgraded Bank Sohar’s Viabil-ity Rating (VR) to ‘bb+’ from ‘bb,’ and HSBC Bank Oman’s VR to ‘bbb-’ from ‘bb+’. Fitch has af-fi rmed BM’s VR at ‘bbb’, NBO’s and ABO’s VR at ‘bbb-’ and Bank Dhofar’s VR at ‘bb+’.

HSBC Bank Oman’s VR has

been upgraded mainly because Fitch expects reduced risks with the bank’s asset quality and signs of improving profi tability. Bank Sohar’s VR has been upgraded as a result of strengthened capitali-sation, leaving the bank’s capitali-sation in line with similarly rated

peers, and no longer constraining the Viability Rating .

Key rating driversSupport Ratings (SRs) and Sup-port Rating Floors (SRFs) of fi ve Omani banks refl ect Fitch’s ex-pectation of an extremely high

probability of support from the Omani authorities in case of need. “Oman’s strong ability to provide support to the banking system, combined with our belief that there would be a strong willing-ness to do so, underpins Fitch’s assessment,” the statement added.

Omani banks’ VRs benefi t from a stable operating environment, supported by the government’s capital investment programme that drives solid gross domestic product growth and creates lend-ing opportunities for domestic banks. “However, the economy is still heavily dependent on oil and vulnerable to continued low oil prices,” noted the Fitch statement.

Rating sensitivitiesRatings of Omani banks are sen-sitive to a change in Fitch’s as-sumptions around the Omani authorities’ propensity or ability to provide timely support to the banking sector.

“The most likely change would arise as a result of a weakening of the sovereign’s ability to support domestic banks. Oman depends heavily on oil revenues and is one of the most vulnerable in the Gulf Cooperation Council, along with Bahrain, to low oil prices, despite some diversifi cation over the past decade,” added the statement.

Outlooks on all six

banks are stable, the

rating agency said

in a statement. Bank

Muscat’s at ‘A-’ and

National Bank of

Oman, Bank Dhofar,

Bank Sohar and Ahli

Bank at ‘BBB+’

STABLE OUTLOOK: Support Ratings and Support Rating Floors of fi ve Omani banks refl ect Fitch’s expectation of an extremely high prob-

ability of support from the Omani authorities in case of need. — Times fi le picture

Greece hopeful of last-ditch debt dealATHENS: Greece on Friday in-sisted a last-ditch deal on its debt was possible and dismissed “terror scenarios” of a default that is look-ing increasingly likely, as emer-gency European meetings contin-ue in a bid to break the deadlock.

“Those who invest in crisis and terror scenarios will be proven wrong,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s offi ce said, amid reports that Greeks banks are struggling to cope with a rush of deposit with-drawals, fuelled by the ill-tem-pered talks with Greece’s EU-IMF creditors.

The European Central Bank held an emergency session on Fri-day to discuss additional liquidity following a request from Greece’s central bank, a European source said, as the Greek government insisted the nation’s banks were “stable.” “The governor of the Bank of Greece has confi rmed the stabil-ity of the banking system, which is fully safeguarded by the joint ac-tions of the Bank of Greece and the European Central Bank,” a govern-ment source said.

A billion euros were withdrawn

from Greek banks on Thursday, following another 1.6 billion euros over the two previous days, fi nan-cial website euro2day reported.

EU President Donald Tusk has called an emergency summit of the leaders of the 19 eurozone coun-tries in Brussels on Monday after fi nance ministers failed Thursday to break the fi ve-month deadlock between the anti-austerity gov-ernment in Athens and its interna-tional creditors.

French President Francois Hol-

lande insisted Friday that “every-thing” must be done to seal a com-promise on the Greek debt crisis.

We must “do everything to re-launch negotiations, so the talks can achieve a compromise, but one in line with European rules,” said Hollande, following talks in Brati-slava with his Slovak counterpart before speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel later in the day.

Monday summit ‘crucial’ Hollande said Monday’s emer-gency eurozone summit would be “crucial”.”I don’t want us to meet only to come to the conclusion that we have failed,” he said.

The Athens stock exchange on Friday was alternating between small gains and losses.

In a move that seemed calcu-lated to irk other European lead-ers amid tensions with Russia over Ukraine, Tsipras was visiting Saint Petersburg as the star guest at President Vladimir Putin’s in-vestment drive forum.

The Greek and Russian lead-ers were due to hold talks Friday,

as Moscow and Athens signed a preliminary agreement to set up a joint venture to extend the Turk-Stream pipeline through Greece, a long-term project which the Greek government hopes will translate into an upfront payment of some sort. Greece has until June 30 to agree a reform deal in order to se-cure the remaining portion of its multi-billion-euro bailout, which it needs to avoid defaulting on a debt payment of around 1.5 billion euros to the International Mon-etary Fund.

Analysts have long warned that a default may set off a chain of events leading to a ‘Grexit’ -- Greece leaving the eurozone.

Tsipras warned in an interview with an Austrian newspaper on Friday that a Greek exit would be “the beginning of the end” of the euro.

“The famous Grexit cannot be an option either for the Greeks or the European Union.

This would be an irreversible step, it would be the beginning of the end of the eurozone,” Tspiras told the Kurier daily. — AFP

E C O N O M Y

UAE’s Mubadala starts

production in Thailand

Times News Service

ABU DHABI: Mubadala Petro-leum announces that production at its Nong Yao oil fi eld, located in the southern Gulf of Thailand, commenced on 17 June. Produc-tion is expected to reach a peak rate of approximately 10,000bpd as more production wells are completed. Oil from Nong Yao will be sold for local use to meet Thailand’s growing energy needs.

Nong Yao is Mubadala Petrole-um’s third operated fi eld in Thai-land. The fi eld is located within the G11/48 concession, approxi-mately 165 kilometres off shore in a water depth of about 75 metres. The project has been delivered with a strong emphasis on safety and, together with our partners KrisEnergy and Palang Sophon Limited, we will have invested approximately $320 million in the development.

Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Chief Executive Offi cer, Mubadala Pe-troleum: “This is another great

milestone for Mubadala Petro-leum, as the start of production from Nong Yao has been brought on effi ciently, on time and most importantly safely. Nong Yao fol-lows on the heels of the Manora fi eld which started production in November 2014 and is currently producing at its peak rate of ap-proximately 15,000bpd.

“With three fi elds producing in Thailand, Jasmine, Manora and now Nong Yao, our gross production in Thailand will reach around 40,000bpd during the second half of 2015. This is more than double the rate from a year ago and will make us Thai-land’s second largest producer of black oil.”

Nong Yao is the second de-velopment in Thailand, after Manora, that Mubadala Petro-leum has taken from discovery and appraisal through to develop-ment and now production. The fi eld was originally discovered in 2009 and further appraised by fi ve wells.

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Google warned to expect large fi nes in antitrust investigationBRUSSELS: The European Union threatened to levy fi nes on Google that would be large enough to act as a deterrent after accusing the US search-engine giant of squeezing out rivals in the comparison-shopping market.

The EU’s competition watch-dog told Google it could face a fi ne based on its AdWords rev-enue stemming from European users, according to a version of the statement of objections re-leased to complainants and seen by Bloomberg. The EU also said it may tell Google to make chang-es to how its shopping services are displayed.

The European Commission “intends to set the fi ne at a level which will be suffi cient to ensure deterrence,” the EU regulator said in the document. The regula-tor “considers that, based on the facts described in this statement of objections, Google committed the infringement intentionally or, at the very least, negligently.”

The EU’s patience with Google ran out after three settlement

bids failed to satisfy critics, who said the owner of the world’s most-used search engine was wielding its power over search re-sults to unfairly promote its own services and paid ads. The EU has been probing allegations since 2010 that Google’s search page isn’t fair when people seek ser-vices online. Microsoft, Expedia, publishers and others asked the EU to examine complaints that Google favours its own services over competitors and hinders specialised search engines that compete with it.

The commission sent the full version of the document to Goog-

le in April, accusing the company of abusing its dominance of the search-engine market by unfairly favouring its comparison shop-ping service above rivals since 2008. Sending antitrust objec-tions, which lay out where the EU thinks Google is breaking the law, pushed the investigation into new territory.

Fines could be based on factors including revenue from Google’s AdWords services relating to clicks from European users; rev-enue from its price-comparison website; and revenue from prod-uct queries on its search engine, the commission said in the com-plaint. The commission said it has reached the “preliminary conclusion that Google’s prac-tice of positioning and displaying more favourably, in its general search result pages, its own com-parison shopping service com-pared to competing comparison shipping services constitutes an abuse by Google in the relevant markets for general search ser-vices.” — Bloomberg News

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Bank of Japan holds fi re on more stimulus

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) held fi re on more stimulus on Friday as it pointed to a pick-up in the economy, despite fl at-lining infl ation that has defi ed a two-year-old monetary easing programme.

In a widely expected decision, the central bank said it would stand pat on a record 80 trillion yen ($650 billion) annual asset-buying scheme that is aimed at jacking up prices and kick-start-ing growth.

Improve its communicationThe bank also said it would move to improve its communication by issuing more frequent and de-tailed reports on its outlook for the economy and prices, while cutting the number of policy meetings to eight from the current 14 a year.

Traders are now waiting for a regular news briefi ng from BoJ chief Haruhiko Kuroda, whose comments last week about the weakness of the yen sparked a short-lived surge in the currency.

He later backtracked on those comments.

While the yen’s sharp decline has been good news for Japanese exporters, it has pushed up the cost of imports and eroded con-sumers’ purchasing power.

In Friday forex trading, the dollar bought 122.99 yen, little changed from before Friday’s statement and slightly stronger than 122.93 yen in New York.

‘Recover moderately’“Japan’s economy has continued to recover moderately,” the BoJ said on Friday following its two-day meeting.

Policymakers pointed to an improvement in exports, factory output and capital spending, as Tokyo pushes companies to hike

wages in a bid to stimulate con-sumer spending, after a sales tax rise last year pushed Japan into a brief recession.

Steady improvement“Against the background of steady improvement in the employment and income situation, private consumption has been resilient and housing investment has start-ed to pick up,” the bank said.

Economists expect a further loosening of monetary policy, likely later this year, to bring Ja-pan closer to its two-per cent in-fl ation target, which is a corner-stone of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to conquer years of defl ation.

The country’s near-zero infl a-tion rate is far below the BoJ’s target.

Earlier this week, Japan report-ed a sharp drop in its May trade defi cit, but still-lacklustre ship-ments overseas failed to off set a fall in energy imports.

In the fi rst quarter of 2015, Ja-pan’s economy grew 1.0 per cent, or 3.9 per cent on an annualised basis.

But there was still concern about the health of the economy, particularly that weak demand overseas could drag on factory output as manufacturers try to cut an inventory build-up that boosted growth in the fi rst three months of the year. - AFP

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India plans gold bonds issue to curb trade defi citNEW DELHI: India plans to issue gold bonds to curb imports by the world’s second-largest consumer of the metal, whose trade defi cit in the past has hurt the rupee.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would issue the bonds on behalf of the government to Indian resi-dents, with purchases capped at 500 grams per person each year, the administration said in a draft proposal posted on Thursday on its website. The bonds would be linked to gold prices and have a nominal interest rate.

‘Reduce demand’“The main idea is to reduce the demand for physical gold,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gov-ernment said in the plan, adding it wants to shift some of the estimat-ed 300 tonnes of gold bought an-nually for investment to the bonds. India was the world’s biggest gold buyer before falling behind China in 2013. The government says about 20,000 metric tonnes of gold resides in temples or hide in draw-ers, twice the offi cial holdings of the US. Imports stoked a record trade shortfall in 2013, sending the rupee to an all-time low and forc-

ing the nation to curb inward ship-ments of the metal.

Some of those restrictions have been eased, putting India on course to become the world’s top consumer this year.

The bonds could save $2 billion on gold imports at current prices if fully subscribed in the fi rst year, according to Nomura Holdings. They off er a “good” alternative for gold investors as they are backed by the sovereign and pay interest, Nomura analysts Sonal Varma and Neha Saraf wrote in a note.

The amount of notes issued may not exceed the equivalent of 50 tonnes of gold in the fi rst year, and the lower limit for the nominal in-terest rate may be two per cent, the government said.

Imports of the metal climbed 10.5 per cent in May from a year earlier to $2.42 billion. The rupee, down about one per cent this year, weakened 0.1 per cent to 63.8187 a dollar as of 1:34pm in Mumbai. The record low in 2013 was 68.845.

Modi is also trying to mobilise idle gold to curb imports under a plan that will allow citizens to de-posit the metal with banks to earn interest. — Bloomberg News

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Europe’s banks head to Asia for capitalSINGAPORE: European banks are heading to Asia for capital as new rules at home demand they sell more than $1 trillion of equity and subordinated debt to increase loss buff ers.

French and German lend-ers have sold the equivalent of $1.8 billion in notes that act as a cushion in case of insolvency this year, in denominations from the Chinese yuan to the Japa-nese yen. Before this year, they’d issued none. Dutch and Italian banks that began issuing in the region in 2012 have also stepped up activity.

Financial institutions are turn-ing to Asia, where there’s ample cash to buy large amounts of se-curities and pricing is attractive, after money managers in Europe gorged on about $266 billion of subordinated debt in either dol-lars or euros since 2008. The move East is poised to accelerate as banks still need to issue about four times that amount.

“In anticipation of higher capital issuance requirements it makes sense to diversify funding sources,” Alexandra MacMahon, the head of Europe, Middle East and Africa fi nancial institutions debt capital markets at Citigroup Global Markets in London, said by phone June 12.

There’s much more of a focus on expanding the investor base, “something we hadn’t seen so strongly in a number of years,” she further said.

German plansEuropean banks have $447.2 bil-lion of subordinated notes that will stop counting toward their capital buff ers in coming years, according to Bloomberg-com-piled data. Those securities may have to be replaced by new ones that comply with Basel III rules, which, in addition to other re-quirements under discussion, could bring the total amount to be issued to $1 trillion, Singapore-based Ivan Vatchkov, the chief investment offi cer at Algebris Investments, a hedge fund that focuses on bank capital, said in a June 17 interview.

“You don’t want to inundate your home market,” Kazuhide Tanaka, the head of long-term funding for Rabobank in Tokyo,

said. “So you look at diversifying your pool of investors and that means going to Asian currencies.”

Rabobank had a capital ratio of 21.3 per cent at the end of 2014, more than double the minimum required by regulators. The lender is the biggest issuer in Japan’s Samurai market and in December sold 50.8 billion yen ($413 mil-lion) of subordinated bonds that count toward what’s known as Tier 2 capital, the fi rst such issue by a foreign bank.

Yield premiumThe Dutch lender may become the second from its continent to issue Tier 2 notes denominated in Aus-tralian dollars, according to an e-mailed statement from National Australia Bank. In May, Societe

Generale sold the equivalent of $97.5 million of such debt in the so-called Kangaroo market.

The French bank’s cost to issue capital in dollars is on the rise. It paid a yield premium of 255 ba-sis points more than Treasuries for a 10-year 4.25 per cent US currency note in April. That’s 30 basis points more than the 225 basis-point spread Societe Gen-erale paid for a similar tenor note in January 2014. That bond pays a coupon of fi ve per cent, more than double the 2.195 per cent on one of the lender’s Samurai subordi-nated securities sold in June.

‘Extremely healthy’“You get attractive pricing” in Asian currencies, Andrew Ste-phen, the head of Asia private placements and local currency debt at Deutsche Bank in Singa-pore, said. “And Asia has sophis-ticated investors who understand bank capital.” In April, Deutsche Bank became the third European lender to sell subordinated notes in the off shore yuan market, trail-ing France’s BNP Paribas and BPCE. The latter has raised a to-tal of $643.4 million selling Tier 2 bonds in yen, yuan and Singa-pore dollars. “Most issuers are increasingly aware of the Asian market and that liquidity here is extremely healthy,” Cliff ord Lee, head of fi xed income at DBS Bank, said. “The Singapore market has proven to accommodate size and tenor.” — Bloomberg News

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STRATEGIC MOVE: Reserve Bank of India would issue gold bonds

on behalf of the government to Indian residents, with purchases

capped at 500 grammes per person each year. — Bloomberg fi le picture

MAKING A POINT: Traders are now waiting for a regular news briefi ng from BoJ chief Haruhiko

Kuroda, whose comments last week about the weakness of the yen sparked a short-lived surge in the

currency. — Bloomberg fi le picture

EXPLORING NEW AREAS: Rabobank had a capital ratio of 21.3 per

cent at the end of 2014, more than double the minimum required

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Video game titans get back in stride at Los Angeles expoLOS ANGELES: The world’s leading video game show ended on Thursday with the industry feel-ing renewed vigour after years of worry that play on mobile devices was leading to decline.

More than 52,000 people from 109 countries attended the Elec-tronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade gathering in Los Angeles where blockbuster console games were stars and virtual reality gear got ready in the wings.

“I’ve been impressed by the quality of the presentations and strong line-ups of content,” Sony Computer Entertainment chief Andrew House told AFP at E3.

“I like to think the industry has got a spring back in its step.”

300 exhibitorsThe E3 show fl oor spanned the Los Angeles Convention Centre, with some 300 exhibitors show-ing off more games, accessories and related off erings, according to the Entertainment Software Association, which organises the annual event.

“E3 demonstrated both the re-

markable transformation of enter-tainment taking place on all video game platforms-virtual reality, augmented reality, hardware, mo-bile and handheld-and awesome games,” said association president Michael Gallagher.

E3 buzz on social media

trumped anything seen in the past, with 6.3 million tweets on Twit-ter tagged to the gathering and 7.5 million ‘likes’ racked up by E3 re-lated posts at Instagram, the ESA boasted. “I love that there is a lot to attract new people to the indus-try,” said Yves Guillemot, chief of

French video game powerhouse Ubisoft. “It is a really mature in-dustry with a lot of creativity.

It shows that the potential to grow is really high.”

Twitch vs YouTube Video game broadcasting platform

Twitch reported that, at times, a half million viewers watched E3 press conferences. More than a million E3-related videos were posted to YouTube.

YouTube waded confi dently into turf dominated by Amazon-owned Twitch, with a service tailored for the hot trend of video games as spectator sport.

The globally popular online video-sharing service provided industry insiders an early look at YouTube Gaming at E3.

“Having a destination where you can get all the gaming content you care about is really important,” YouTube head of gaming partner-ships Ryan Wyatt told AFP as he demonstrated the soon-to-be-launched venue for live or on-de-mand video focused on gaming.

“That is why we created this.”The online arena for video game

channels incorporates the search smarts of Google, which owns YouTube, to present fresh or must-see content from streaming live play and comic commentary.

YouTube Gaming will debut in Britain and the United States in

the coming months, featuring on-demand video as well as live broad-casting of games being played.

Virtual future Trailers and live-play from hotly-anticipated console games set for release in the coming year played out on giant overhead screens on the show fl oor, grabbing atten-tion from throngs of people below. Glimpses of the future could be spotted throughout the show fl oor in the form of games and gear de-signed to immerse players in virtual worlds.

Facebook-owned virtual-reality company Oculus showed off games being crafted by independent de-velopers, along with ‘Touch’ con-trollers it is creating to give people virtual hands they can use in fan-tasy worlds. Sony likewise enticed E3 attendees with its Project Mor-pheus virtual reality head gear.

“Virtual reality is coming around,” Guillemot told AFP.

“Next year, people will be sur-prised by what is at E3; there could be experiences that stay in peo-ple’s minds for quite a while.” -AFP

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Sony and Panasonic cling on to televisions

TOKYO: Japan’s once-mighty electronics makers have lost bil-lions of dollars from TVs but Sony Corp and Panasonic won’t quit, saying retreating from the world’s living rooms would close the door to more promising businesses.

Consumer electronics account for a shrinking portion of income after restructuring focused Sony on gaming and image sensors and Panasonic on electric car batter-ies. But TVs remain among their best-known products.

Strong correlationStaying in the TV market — par-ticularly at the premium end — keeps the pair relevant and en-sures their brands and quality are at the forefront when consumers shop for other electronics, they said. Sony, for example, said it saw a strong correlation between sales trends for its TVs and audio systems.

That makes it worth persever-ing in a TV market dominated by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and cheaper Asian rivals, with Sony and Panasonic content to hold modest shares by focusing on high-margin, high-defi nition “4K” models.

“TVs are the soul of Sony and

we don’t want to be without them,” Ichiro Takagi, head of Sony’s home entertainment and sound business, told Reuters in an interview.

Investors have long speculated about Sony and Panasonic gradu-ally exiting televisions, refl ect-ing Japan’s declining position in the tech sector. If they quit TVs, there’s a chance that the Sony brand will be diminished,” said Junya Ayada at Daiwa Securities.

Sony holds seven per cent of an industry it once revolutionised with its Trinitron technology, while Panasonic has four per cent.

South Korean leaders Samsung and LG Electronics together hold about 40 per cent.

“There was a time when we were going after volume, and we totally lost that race,” said Takagi.” Even in the days of the Trinitron, we only had a share of around 10 per cent. I think 10 per cent is ap-propriate now.”

Under Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai, Sony has shed thousands of jobs and sold off its personal com-puter (PC) unit after several years of losses.

Hirai has not ruled out dispens-ing with the TV arm as well if it

fails to stay profi table.But Takagi said an exit was now

less than likely after cost cutting helped the unit book a small op-erating profi t in the last business year, its fi rst in over a decade.

Moreover, Sony — with inter-ests ranging from its Hollywood studio to PlayStation videogames — aims to recapture its cachet as an entertainment-to-electronics group through increased collabo-ration across the company, Takagi said. TVs encapsulated the sound and picture technology developed by the various businesses, he said.

High-end audioSony is also aiming for a high-end comeback in audio, earlier this year introducing a portable mu-sic player that costs over $1000. “Historically, TVs have been at the centre,” Takagi said.”When sales rose, sales in audio and home the-atre rose as well.

As the TV operations recover... we’ll see a rise in audio sales.”

Last year, Sony quadrupled its share of TV sales at Best Buy, the largest US

consumer electronics chain, to 12 per cent by concentrating on large, high-end models, Takagi

said.

TV manufacturersAnalyst Hisakazu Torii at Dis-playSearch said Japanese TV manufacturers had little choice but to focus on high-end models, particularly when faced with a rival like Samsung whose smart-phone success has given it over-whelming resources.

But 4K TVs already account for nearly 40 per cent of sets with screens larger than 50 inches, meaning they were starting to lose exclusivity, he said.

Analysts say consumers, par-ticularly in the United States, are increasingly opting for larger sets for their living rooms to watch movies and live events, while opt-ing for PCs and smartphones in-stead of small bedroom TVs.

“Once 4K penetration goes beyond 70 per cent, that means commoditisation and price com-petition,” Torii said. — Reuters

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Cisco pledges $10b China investmentHONG KONG: Cisco Systems will invest more than $10 billion in China during the next few years, a costly tactic to get back in the government’s good graces and stay competitive with Huawei Tech-nologies.

Cisco’s investment agreement, sealed with China’s state economy planner, comes as the govern-ment promotes local fi rms at the expense of US companies such as Qualcomm and Microsoft. China said it was concerned with the security of US technology since Edward Snowden revealed details of spying by the National Security Agency.

Market shareCisco is losing market share in the networking business to Huawei and ZTE, both based in Shenzhen, and has said it’s open to forming partnerships in China. Chief Exec-utive Offi cer John Chambers said he is optimistic Cisco will benefi t from improved relations between the US and China, yet the com-pany’s $10 billion may not lead to signifi cantly more business there.

“They probably had to do something dramatic,” said James McGregor, chairman of the Great-er China business for consultancy APCO Worldwide. “They’re trying to fi nd a way to continue to have a signifi cant piece of this market.”

Cisco’s agreement was with the National Development and Re-form Commission, the same or-ganisation that extracted a $975 million fi ne from Qualcomm after starting an antitrust investigation.

Microsoft, HPThe $10 billion investment will create jobs, fund research and de-velopment, spur innovation and equity investment, Cisco said on Wednesday in a statement. Cisco also signed agreements to help 100 colleges advance training.

Chambers and Chuck Robbins, his successor, made the announce-ment after meeting with Vice Pre-mier Wang Yang and other govern-ment leaders in Beijing. Revenue from China plunged 20 percent in the quarter ending April from a year earlier.

The networking company also is increasing its investment in In-dia. Cisco will spend $40 million to increase the size of its 4 mil-lion-square-foot factory in India, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Cisco will spend

$20 million to train an additional 120,000 Indian students at the Cisco Networking Academy by the end of 2020. The company has al-ready taught about 100,000 Indian students how to design, build and maintain computer networks.

Chinese competitionCisco is the latest technology company to spend billions trying to gain a share of China’s market — the world’s biggest — even as the government promotes home-grown competitors.

China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies by 2020, people familiar with the ef-fort said in December. Foreign suppliers may be able to avoid re-placement if they share core tech-nology or allow Chinese authori-ties to access it, the people said.

Microsoft pledged billions of dollars in investments during the past decade and urged the govern-ment to tackle piracy, and in Sep-tember started selling the Xbox One video-game console there.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) this year sold a controlling stake in its local networking and server business to a Chinese rival, hoping to boost its contract win rate.

“Where this all leads to, nobody knows,” McGregor said. “People are adapting the best they can because the market matters so much.” — Bloomberg News

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RAPT ATTENTION: Attendees play ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ at the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in

Los Angeles, California, on Thursday. - AFP

PROMISING BUSINESS: People walk past the brand logos of Japanese fi rms Sony, Panasonic and

Sharp outside an electronic store in Tokyo on June 10, 2015. Japan’s once-mighty electronics mak-

ers have lost billions of dollars from TVs but Sony and Panasonic won’t quit, saying retreating from

the world’s living rooms would close the door to more promising businesses. — Reuters

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For a few weeks, I’ve been wonder-ing whether I’d get a letter from the federal Offi ce of Personnel Management telling me my data had been hacked. I passed the

foreign service exam almost 15 years ago and went through an amazingly thorough background check. Now, I can’t say I’m par-ticularly worried if hackers did get my data, since I’ve probably already publicly written about any minor sins that might be discov-ered from my application. (Except maybe the overdue electric bill that I had missed when I moved from Chicago to New York. Do your worst, hackers!) Still, even without ever working for the government, I could be at risk. It may well be the worst cyber-breach the US has ever experienced.

And yet, neither the government nor the public seems to be taking it all that seriously. It’s been getting considerably less play than the Snowden aff air did, or the administra-tion’s other massively public IT failure: the meltdown of the Obamacare exchanges. For that matter, Google News returns more hits on a papal encyclical about climate change that will have no obvious impact on any-thing than it does for a major security breach in the US government. The administration certainly doesn’t seem that concerned. On

Thursday, the White House told Reuters that President Obama “continues to have confi dence in Offi ce of Personnel Manage-ment Director Katherine Archuleta.”

I’m tempted to suggest that the confi -dence our president expresses in people who preside over these cyber-disasters, and the remarkable string of said cyber-dis-asters that have occurred under his presi-dency, might actually be connected.

So tempted that I actually am suggest-ing it. President Obama’s administration has been marked by titanic serial IT disas-ters, and no one seems to feel any particu-lar urgency about preventing the next one. By now, that’s hardly surprising. Kathleen Sebelius was eased out months after the Department of Health and Human Services botched the one absolutely crucial element of the Obamacare rollout.

The NSA director’s off er to resign over the Snowden leak was politely declined. And now, apparently, Obama has full faith and confi dence in the folks at OPM. Why shouldn’t he? Voters have never held Obama responsible for his administration’s appall-ing IT record, so why should he demand ac-countability from those below him?

Yes, yes, I know. You can’t say this is all Obama’s fault. Government IT is almost

doomed to be terrible; the public sector can’t pay salaries that are competitive with the private sector, they’re hampered by govern-ment contracting rules, and their bureau-cratic procedures make it hard to build good systems. And that’s all true. Yet note this: When the exchanges crashed on their maid-en fl ight, the government managed to build a crudely functioning website in, basically, a month, a task they’d been systematically failing at for the previous three years. What was the diff erence? Urgency. When Obama understood that his presidency was on the line, he made sure it got done.

The serial IT disasters we have seen over the past seven years do not need a blue-rib-bon commission or a really stern memo to fi x them. If we want these holes fi xed before they become catastrophic, we need leaders with a scorched-earth determination to have adequate IT. The only way that determina-tion happens is if these failures become an existential threat to the careers of the politi-cians in charge.

Does the government need more money for IT? It couldn’t hurt, though my personal experience as an IT consultant was that a) everyone always wants more money and b) shortage of money was the main problem only in a minority of cases. Does Congress

need to give agencies a freer hand in devel-oping good systems? I’m all for it. Should Congressional Republicans commit to sup-port the president in hardening our govern-ment against cyber-attacks and other dis-asters, rather than simply holding political show hearings? Heck yes. But these things won’t happen unless the president makes fi xing government IT a bigger priority — and starts enforcing accountability for every disaster that happens on his watch. And I doubt that that will happen unless the public demands it. Not just demands it, but threatens to replace Obama with a Republi-can unless he delivers.

That is, of course, a pipe dream. The pub-lic is far more interested in hearing how our political candidates can make the economy grow four per cent a year or make every-thing important practically free while only taxing a few multinational corporations or hedge fund managers. That these things are not possible is irrelevant, because they sound so nice. And thus things that the pres-ident actually could do, if he really wanted to, like delivering a decent government ITinfrastructure that would be reasonably secure against cyber-intrusion, fall by the wayside. We should blame Obama. And our-selves. — MEGAN MCARDLE / Bloomberg View

CYBER NIGHTMARESPresident Obama’s administration has been marked by titanic serial IT disasters, and no one seems

to feel any particular urgency about preventing the next one. By now, that’s hardly surprising

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N ot only was the 16-year-old boy 60 pounds overweight, but a blood test showed he might have fatty liver disease. At last, his mother took him to a paediatric

weight management clinic in New Haven. But she did not at all like the dietician’s advice.

“I can’t believe you’re telling me I can’t buy Chips Ahoy! cookies,” said the mother, herself a nurse.

This was hardly the fi rst time that Mary Sa-voye, the exasperated dietician who recalled this exchange, had counselled parents who seem unable to acknowledge the harsh truth about their child’s weight.

“Often they don’t want to accept it because change means a lot of work for everyone, includ-ing themselves,” Savoye said.

Despite widespread publicity about the obesity epidemic, parents increasingly seem to be turn-ing a blind eye as their children put on pounds. In a recent study in Childhood Obesity more than three-quarters of parents of preschool-age obese sons and nearly 70 per cent of parents of obese daughters described their children as “about the right weight.”

The researchers also compared these 2012 survey results with those from a similar survey in 1994. Not only were the children in the recent survey signifi cantly heavier, but the likelihood that parents could identify their child’s weight accurately had declined about 30 per cent.

Dr David L. Katz, the director of Yale’s Preven-tion Research Centre, has coined a word for the problem: “oblivobesity.”

“Parents cannot ignore the threat of obesity to our children and still hope to fi x it,” he wrote in an editorial accompanying the new study.

One reason parents may have diffi culty per-ceiving their child’s weight is because of the “new normal”: Throughout the developed world and even in some developing countries, children are generally becoming heavier.

But in an interview, Katz also cited parents for “wilful, genuine denial.”

Once a parent acknowledges the child has a problem, he said, “you have to deal with it.”

“‘Do I become the food police? Do I have to change my diet and walk the walk?’” he added. “So, often, it’s easier to pretend the problem’s not there.”

Other experts counter that the problem can be complicated and subtle, the result of family dynamics. Perhaps the parents are resigned to being overweight. Perhaps there are slender siblings, and the parents cannot fi gure out a diet that fi ts all.

“Denial can be a coping mechanism,” said Arnaldo Perez, a doctoral candidate at the Uni-versity of Alberta who researches what moti-vates families to seek help for their overweight children. Before judging them outright, provid-ers should explore parents’ possible feelings of guilt and failure, he said.

Denial may also be a form of wishful thinking.It is “natural for a parent to want to think op-

timistically about their child,” Dr Thomas N. Robinson, a professor of paediatrics and direc-tor of the Centre for Healthy Weight at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, wrote in an e-mail.

“I have parents tell me that they waited to ad-dress it because they thought their child would ‘grow out’ of their extra weight,” he added.

A child’s weight problem may escape notice for any number of reasons. Many clothing styles obscure shape, for instance, particularly for boys.

“When they take their loose fi tting shirts and pants off in the exam room, you see just how a tremendous amount of body fat can be hidden,” Robinson said.

And when parents believe their children are active, they are more likely to consider their child’s weight to be normal, studies have shown. But parents often overestimate their children’s physical activity.

Other confounding factors include immi-grant status and socioeconomic standing.

Dr Francine R. Kaufman, a paediatrics profes-sor at the Keck School of Medicine at the Univer-sity of Southern California said that among new immigrants from countries where starvation is a reality, “Even the 3-, 5- and 7-year-old can’t be heavy enough for abuela. Nourishing and nurtur-ing children is often the same.”

Other researchers blame the rise in “oblivobesity” on imperfect communication be-tween parents and paediatricians.

A 2011 study in Paediatrics found that parents preferred that physicians use terms like “weight problem” and “unhealthy weight,” rather than “fat,” “obese,” and “extremely obese.” Doctors may feel awkward about using blunt language, for fear of pushing away patients and losing the op-portunity to discuss behavioural change.

Parents and physicians may have confl ict-ing ideas about appropriate weight. Research shows that low-income mothers distrust growth and weight charts.

Of course, a body mass index score or a number on a scale is one factor among many that indicate a child’s overall health. “But weight is the canary in the coal mine of chronic disease,” Katz said.

Katz and others said that a fi rst step in helping parents help their children was to set aside the shame that might be their biggest impediment.

“It has to be about love,” he said. “Families have to approach this together. This is not just about the child.” — Jan Hoff man/The New York Times News Service

DESPITE WIDESPREAD PUBLICITY ABOUT THE

OBESITY EPIDEMIC, PARENTS INCREASINGLY

SEEM TO BE TURNING A BLIND EYE AS THEIR

CHILDREN PUT ON POUNDS

ENTERTAINMENTB6 S AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 0, 2 0 1 5

LOUIS Nizer, a noted trial lawyer who died in 1994, said, “I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds.”

At the bridge table, you hope not to face overwhelming odds against making your contract. (If you do, presumably partner overbid!) But it helps to know some common odds. If you are missing fi ve trumps, the a priori odds of a 3-2 split are 67.8 per cent, and 28.3 per cent for 4-1. It is nice to fi nd a line of play that will accommodate a 4-1 split, but if while trying to do

that, you go down when the trumps are 3-2 all along, you will look pretty silly.

In this deal, should South, in four spades, worry about 4-1 trumps? West starts off with two high hearts.

The original declarer ruff ed the second trick, played a spade to dummy’s king, and returned a spade to his jack.

However, West won with the queen and led another heart, forcing South to ruff with his penultimate trump. Declarer crossed to the dummy with a diamond and ran the club 10, but

West won that trick and led his heart 10 to kill the contract.

South would have been making the winning play if East had queen-fourth of trumps, but declarer went down although trumps were 3-2. South should have led a diamond to the king at trick three, then taken the club fi nesse. West would have won and played a third high heart, but declarer could have ruff ed, drawn two rounds of trumps, and played on clubs to get home.

When the defenders threaten to make you ruff a lot, establish your side suit fi rst.

Is it safety fi rst or a favourable lie?

B I G N A T E

B O R N L O S E R

M A R M A D U K E

A C E S O N B R I D G E

C I N E M A S C H E D U L E

K I D S P O T H E A L T H C A P S U L EC R O S S W O R D

Answer to previous puzzle

WITH LOVE

Send us a colour photograph of the child (below 16 years) whose birthday you are

celebrating, along with his/her full name, date of birth, address, telephone number

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

or through e-mail to extra@timesofoman.com

UNDRU VIKRANTHJune 19, 2013

AADHAV SRIDHARJune 19, 2010

SHREEYA SURESH PILLAIJune 18, 2012

AUGUSTINO BINOYJune 17, 2012

NAVANITIKA AJAY KUMARJune 17, 2009

ACROSS

1 Chopped down 5 Filmed a movie 9 Pecs neighbour12 Turkish title13 French Legion headgear14 — — few rounds15 Thug, slangily16 Wild tale17 And, in Aachen18 Cleaned, with force21 Mongkut portrayer22 That ship23 Brash songster26 NFC gridder28 Enjoys32 Pub orders

34 Fish without scales36 Throng37 Cookie sheet contents39 Help-wanted abbr.41 Itch42 Battery size44 Earth, in combos46 Flips (2 wds.)51 Find fault52 Carpe —!53 Hole up55 Annex56 Bowling alley57 Type of eagle58 England’s Isle of —59 Finales60 Caboose’s place

DOWN

1 Beldam 2 Self-images 3 Rider’s shout 4 Long-term babysitter 5 Azure (hyph.) 6 Knit, as bones 7 Winfrey of talk shows 8 Glittery strips 9 Feverish chill10 Agent 00711 Down in the dumps19 Copy a cassette20 Decorate the tree23 Poke24 Pie — — mode

25 Up till now27 So-so grade29 Boastful knight30 WNW opposite31 FICA number33 “Lion King” villain35 Cover crops38 Deal with40 Above, to poets43 Confucius, e.g.45 Last box to check46 Willowy47 Hostile, as a crowd48 Keep an eye on49 Trevi Fountain coins50 Ms. Ferber51 Before marriage54 Constantly, to Poe

C I N E M A S C H E D U L E

BAHJA CINEMA

STARS CINEMA

Film Information - 24540856 / Advance Booking - 24540855Website: www.albahjacinemaoman.com

For More Information 24789032, 24786776 Website: www.isurf.co.om

Film information 24791641 / 24786776

Jurassic World (Action / Adventure)Cast: Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simkins9.30 pmCP No: 1495 (PG12)

Dead 2 India (Horror )Cast: Joseph Milson, Meenu Mishra, Anand Krishna Goyal11.45 pm CP No: 1512 (18+)

The Homesman (Drama) Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary swank, Grace Gummer11.45 pmCP No: 1513 (12+)

Hamara Adhuri Kahani (Romance) Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajkumar Rao9:30 pmCP No: 1497 (PG)

Premam (Mal) (Com)

Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama

Parameshwaran & Sai Pallavi

10:00 pm at Cinema Main

Eli (Tamil) (Act/Com)

Cast: Vadivelu & Sadha

9:30 & 9:45 pm Cinema -2 & 4

Kakka Muttai ( Tamil ) (Drama/Com)

Cast: Ramesh & Silam Barasan

9:45 pm at Cinema-3

(Programmes are subject to change)

Dead 2 India (Horror) (18+)Cast: Joseph Millson, Meenu Mishra, Anand Krishna Goyal 11:30 pmJurassic World (Action, Adventure) (3D) (PG12)Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins 9:00 /11:15 pmSpy (Action, Comedy) (18+)Cast: Jude Law, Raad Rawi, Melissa McCarthy9:15 pmHe Who Dares Downing Street Siege (Action) (12+)Cast: Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips, Russell Kilmister11:45 pmABCD 2 (Dance, Musical) (PG)Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva, Raghav, Dharmesh9:00 pm

Spy (2D) (Action/Comedy) (18+)Cast: Jude Law, Raad Rawi, Melissa McCarthy11:15 pm He Who Dares Downing Street Siege (2D) (Action) (12+)Cast: Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips, Russell Kilmister11:30 pm ABCD 2 (2D) (Dance/Romance) Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva,Raghav, Dharmesh9:00 pm The Homesman (2D) (Drama) (12+)Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer11:45 pm

Jurassic World (3D) (Action/Adventure) (PG12)Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15 pmGold Class: 9:00 pm

SCREEN 1

ABCD 2 (Dance/Musical ) – PGCast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudeva, Raghav and Dharmesh9.45 pm

SCREEN 2

Hamari Adhori Kahani (Rom/Drama) – PGCast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan and Rajkummar Rao9.45 pm

Jurassic World - 3D (PG12) Action |Adventure | Sci-Fi Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15, 11:45 pm Premam - 2D (M) (PG) Comedy | RomanceCast : Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pm He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege - 2D (12+) Action Cast : Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips, Russell Kilmister11:45 pm ABCD 2 - 2D (TBC) Dance | MusicalCast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva,Raghav, Dharmesh 9:00 pm Kaaka Muttai - 2D (T) (PG) Comedy, DramaCast : Ramesh, Vignesh, Iyshwarya, Babu Antony, Silambarasan, Dhanush9:15 pm Eli - 2D (T) (PG12) ComedyCast: Vadivelu, Sadha, Pradeep Rawat, Kitty 11:15 pm

Jurassic World - 3D (Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi) (PG12)Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15 pmHe Who Dares: Downing Street Siege – 2D (Action) (12+)Cast: Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips, Russell Kilmister11:30 pmPremam – 2D (Comedy, Romance) (PG)Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pmManglehorn – 2D (Comedy, Romance) (12+)Cast: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine11:55 pmKaaka Muttai- 2D (Comedy, Drama) (PG)Cast: Ramesh, Vignesh, Iyshwarya, Babu Antony, Silambarasan, Dhanush9:30 pmJurassic World - 2D (Action) (PG12)11:30PM

Jurassic World (3D) (Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi) (PG12) Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:05, 11:15 pm

He Who Dares Downing Street Siege

Jurassic World (3D) (PG12) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi ) Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15 pmKaaka Muttai (2D) (PG) (Comedy, Drama) Cast: Ramesh, Vignesh, Iyshwarya, Babu Antony, Silambarasan, Dhanush|11:30 pmABCD 2 (2D) (PG) (Dance, Musical) Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva,Raghav, Dharmesh9:00 pmThe Dead 2: India (2D) (18+) (Horror) Cast: Joseph Millson, Meenu Mishra, Anand Krishna Goyal11:45 pmPremam (2D) (PG) (Romance, Comedy) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pmHe Who Dares: Downing Street Siege (2D) (12+) (Action ) Cast: Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips, Russell Kilmister11:55 pm

(Action ) (12+) Cast: Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips, Russell Kilmister.11:55 pm

Premam (Mal) (Comedy | Romance) (TBC) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pm

SCREEN 3

Dil Dhadakne Do (Romance/Drama/Comedy ) – PG12Cast: Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Shefali Shetty, Anushka Sharma Priyanka Chopra 9.45 pm

The Dead 2: India - 2D (18+) HorrorCast: Joseph Millson, Meenu Mishra, Anand Krishna Goyal11:55 pm

FIND-IT-ALL

PHARMACIESRound the clockAl Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715Muscat RegionApollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 4537080Dhofar RegionMuscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635

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

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

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

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

Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199Oman Dive Centre: 24824240Park Inn: 24507888Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443Ruwi Hotel: 24704244Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666The Chedi Muscat: 24524400The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570Sifawy Hotel +968 24749111Juweira Hotel +968 23239600

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

Airlines: 24791233, Shaheen Air: 24816565, SriLankan Airlines: 24784545, Swiss International Airlines: 24796692, Thai Airways: 24705934, Turkish Airlines: 24703033

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

Dhuhr 12.13pm

Asr 3.31pm

Maghrib 7.01pm

Isha 8.24pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 3.53am

Sunset 6:56pm

Sunrise (Tomorrow) 5.21am

High tide 11:02pm 12:31pm

Low tide 5.58pm 5.39am

PRAYER TIMINGS

B7S AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 0, 2 0 1 5

W E A T H E R

OMAN

Max 42Min 29

Max 38Min 31

Max 36Min 31

Max 43Min 28

Max 36Min 28Max 45

Min 28

Max 43Min 28

Max 33 Min 28

Partly cloudy skies along the coastal areas of Governorate of Dhofar and adjoining mountains with chance of intermittent drizzle and clear to partly cloudy skies along the coastal areas of the Arabian Sea. Mainly clear skies

over the rest of the Sultanate with chances of rising dust over the desert and open areas. Chance of clouds development over al-Hajar mountains and adjoining areas may give isolated rain during afternoon and chance of late night to early morning low level cloud or fog patches along most of the coastal areas of the Sultanate.EXPECTED WINDS: Easterly to northeasterly light to moderate along the coastal areas of Oman Sea, and along the coastal areas of Arabian Sea wind will be southwesterly moderate occasionally fresh, while it will be northwesterly light to moderate over the rest of the Sultanate.

SEA STATE: Rough along southeastern coast with maximum wave height of 4.0 metres and slight to moderates along rest of Oman’s coast with maximum wave height of 1.5 metres.HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during fog formation.THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Partly cloudy skies along the coastal areas of the Governorate of Dhofar and adjoining mountains with chance of intermittent drizzle. Chances of convective clouds developments and thundershower over a Al Hajar mountains and adjoining areas during afternoon to evening. Chances of late night to early morning low level clouds or shallow fog over most of the coastal areas.

Max Min

GULFAbu Dhabi 38 29Doha 42 32Dubai 40 29Kuwait 47 31Manama 39 33Riyadh 43 29

WORLDAthens 28 22Baghdad 43 28Beijing 31 29Berlin 20 9Boston 22 16Cairo 33 21Colombo 29 25Frankfurt 19 11Hong Kong 32 27Istanbul 25 18Johannesburg 18 3Kuala Lumpur 33 28Lisbon 32 21Paris 24 19Perth 20 13Singapore 32 27Tokyo 28 19Toronto 19 17

WORLD

Max 23Min 20

Max 39Min 31

Max 22Min 13

Max 41Min 31

Max 28Min 17

Max 14Min 8

Max 26Min 18

Max 31Min 25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62)06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62)12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100)07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100)07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily

SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102)15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (Route 102)15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

LISTINGS

Source: www.met.gov.om

SATURDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA WY406 CAIRO  0005WY648 KUWAIT  0005WY672 MEDINA  0005WY424 BEIRUT  0005WY676 JEDDAH  0005WY682 RIYADH  0010WY914 SALALAH  0020WY916 SALALAH  0120TK774 ISTANBUL  01354H583 DACCA  0200PK225 KARACHI  0215GF560 BAHRAIN  0325QR1132 DOHA  0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA  0350EK866 DUBAI  0350EY384 ABU DHABI  0400MS930 CAIRO  0410FZ041 DUBAI  0415WY114 FRANKFURT  0515WY658 BAHRAIN  0635WY638 ABU DHABI  0640WY902 SALALAH  0645WY644 KUWAIT  0650WY154 ZURICH  0700WY144 MALPENSA  0705WY668 DOHA  0715WY692 DAMMAM  0715WY132 PARIS  0735WY674 JEDDAH  0735WY102 LONDON HEATHROW  0740FZ043 DUBAI  0800WY602 DUBAI  0805WY432 TEHRAN  0805WY346 ISLAM ABBAD  0815WY202 BOMBAY  0835WY236 HYDERABAD  0900G9114 SHARJAH  0905WY282 BANGALORE  0910PK191 TURBAT  0930EK862 DUBAI  0930WY210 GOA  0935WY242 DELHI  0935WY252 MADRAS  0955IX549 TRIVANDRUM  0955QR1128 DOHA  1000EY382 ABU DHABI  1010IX443 COCHIN  1020WY844 MANILA  1020WY652 BAHRAIN  10409W530 TRIVANDRUM  1045WY604 DUBAI  1115WY918 KHASAB  1115GF562 BAHRAIN  1130FZ037 DUBAI  1140IX337 CALICUT  1155WY384 MALE  1210PA450 LAHORE  1215WY705 DARESSLAM-ZANZIBAR  1215WY822 KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE  1215WY818 BANGKOK  1220WY634 ABU DHABI  1220WY904 SALALAH  1230BG023 DACCA  1230PK291 ISLAM ABBAD  1235WY670 DOHA  1250WY324 KARACHI  1300NL771 PESHAWAR  1300WY332 KATHMANDU  1305WY606 DUBAI  1340WY3302 MUKHAIZNA  1350WY906 SALALAH  1440WY920 KHASAB  1445FZ045 DUBAI  1535SV532 JEDDAH  1550WY344 LAHORE  1605WY656 BAHRAIN  1615QR1126 DOHA  1650WY204 BOMBAY  1655WY632 ABU DHABI  1710WY292 CALICUT  1710WY216 TRIVANDRUM  1745EK864 DUBAI  1745WY232 HYDERABAD  1750WY246 DELHI  1750WY694 DAMMAM  1805WY664 DOHA  1805GF564 BAHRAIN  1810G9116 SHARJAH  1905WY274 JAIPUR  1910WY374 COLOMBO  1915WY386 MALE  1935FZ047 DUBAI  1940WY908 SALALAH  2000PK259 PESHAWAR  2000RG125 ABU DHABI  2005WY646 KUWAIT  2010WY224 COCHIN  2025WY614 DUBAI  2025WY338 KATHMANDU  2040FZ049 DUBAI  2100WY124 MUNICH  2105KL441 AMSTERDAM-DOHA  21059W534 COCHIN  2115AI973 DELHI  21256.00E+81 BOMBAY  2130BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI  2140WY624 DUBAI  2150WY254 MADRAS  2150UL205 COLOMBO  2155WY684 RIYADH  2200AI907 MADRAS  2200WY264 LUCKNOW  2200WY312 CHITTAGONG  2210LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI  2225QR1134 DOHA  2225GF566 BAHRAIN  2240LH616 FRANKFURT-DOHA  2245WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM  2250WY328 KARACHI  2250EY388 ABU DHABI  23009W540 BOMBAY  2315AI985 BOMBAY  2325WY662 DOHA  2335WY654 BAHRAIN  2340WY636 ABU DHABI  2340WY928 SALALAH  2345WY816 BANGKOK  2350WY696 DAMMAM  2355WY612 DUBAI  2355

SUNDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA

WY406 CAIRO  0005WY648 KUWAIT  0005WY676 JEDDAH  0005WY672 MEDINA  0005WY682 RIYADH  0010WY914 SALALAH  0020WY916 SALALAH  0120WY910 SALALAH  0130TK774 ISTANBUL  01354H585 DACCA  0200NL669 SIALKOT  0200PK225 KARACHI  0210GF560 BAHRAIN  0325QR1132 DOHA  0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA  0350EK866 DUBAI  0350EY384 ABU DHABI  0400FZ041 DUBAI  0415WY114 FRANKFURT  05154H586 DOHA  0600CV732 LUXORE  0635WY658 BAHRAIN  0635WY638 ABU DHABI  0640WY902 SALALAH  0645WY326 KARACHI  0650WY644 KUWAIT  0650G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA  0655WY686 RIYADH  0655WY154 ZURICH  0700WY144 MALPENSA  0705WY692 DAMMAM  0715WY668 DOHA  0715WY674 JEDDAH  0735WY132 PARIS  0735WY102 LONDON HEATHROW  0740FZ043 DUBAI  0800WY602 DUBAI  0805NL768 LAHORE  0830WY272 JAIPUR  0830WY202 BOMBAY  0835WY3932 SOHAR  0840WY236 HYDERABAD  0900G9114 SHARJAH  0905WY282 BANGALORE  0910WY226 COCHIN  0920EK862 DUBAI  0930WY210 GOA  0935WY242 DELHI  0935WY212 TRIVANDRUM  0950WY252 MADRAS  0955IX549 TRIVANDRUM  0955QR1128 DOHA  1000IX817 MANGALORE  1010EY382 ABU DHABI  1010IX443 COCHIN  10209W530 TRIVANDRUM  1045WY3922 DUQUM OMAN  1045WY3302 MUKHAIZNA  1110WY604 DUBAI  1110WY918 KHASAB  1115GF562 BAHRAIN  1130FZ037 DUBAI  1140IX337 CALICUT  1155WY384 MALE  1210WY822 KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE  1215WY818 BANGKOK  1220WY634 ABU DHABI  1220WY904 SALALAH  1230WY670 DOHA  1250WY324 KARACHI  1300WY332 KATHMANDU  1305WY652 BAHRAIN  1330WY606 DUBAI  1340KU677 KUWAIT  1405WY906 SALALAH  1440WY920 KHASAB  1445WY348 ISLAM ABBAD  1515FZ045 DUBAI  1535WY3304 MUKHAIZNA  1550WY344 LAHORE  1605QR1126 DOHA  1650WY204 BOMBAY  1655WY632 ABU DHABI  1710WY292 CALICUT  1710WY264 LUCKNOW  1740WY664 DOHA  1745EK864 DUBAI  1745WY246 DELHI  1750WY232 HYDERABAD  1750WY610 DUBAI  1800GF564 BAHRAIN  1810WY656 BAHRAIN  1820TG507 BANGKOK-KARACHI  1900G9116 SHARJAH  1905WY374 COLOMBO  1915WY646 KUWAIT  1920FZ047 DUBAI  1940WY908 SALALAH  2000WY614 DUBAI  2025WY848 JAKARTA  2035WY338 KATHMANDU  2040WY386 MALE  2045WY434 TEHRAN  2055FZ049 DUBAI  2100WY124 MUNICH  21059W534 COCHIN  2115AI973 DELHI  21256.00E+81 BOMBAY  2130WY254 MADRAS  2135BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI  2140WY624 DUBAI  2150UL205 COLOMBO  2155AI907 MADRAS  2200WY312 CHITTAGONG  2210QR1134 DOHA  2225LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI  2225GF566 BAHRAIN  2240LH616 FRANKFURT-DOHA  2245EY388 ABU DHABI  2300WY414 AMMAN  2300WY910 SALALAH  23109W540 BOMBAY  2315AI985 BOMBAY  2325WY662 DOHA  2335WY654 BAHRAIN  2340WY636 ABU DHABI  2340WY928 SALALAH  2345WY816 BANGKOK  2350WY696 DAMMAM  2355WY612 DUBAI  2355

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD 9W539 BOMBAY  0020AI986 BOMBAY  0020SG062 AHMEDABAD  0030WY657 BAHRAIN  0055WY637 ABU DHABI  0105WY281 BANGALORE  0110WY235 HYDERABAD  0110WY201 BOMBAY  0115WY251 MADRAS  0120WY643 KUWAIT  0120WY345 ISLAM ABBAD  0125WY601 DUBAI  0145WY431 TEHRAN  0155WY123 MUNICH  0200WY901 SALALAH  0215WY241 DELHI  0215WY667 DOHA  0225WY691 DAMMAM  0225TK775 ISTANBUL  0230WY383 MALE  0230WY209 GOA  02554H584 DACCA  0300PK230 LAHORE  0315WY331 KATHMANDU  0350ET625 ADDIS ABABA  0450EK867 DUBAI  0450EY385 ABU DHABI  0500MS931 CAIRO  0510FZ042 DUBAI  0510QR1133 DOHA  0515WY651 BAHRAIN  0645GF561 BAHRAIN  0715WY903 SALALAH  0750WY603 DUBAI  0750WY917 KHASAB  0815WY669 DOHA  0835WY323 KARACHI  0835FZ044 DUBAI  0845WY373 COLOMBO  0900WY633 ABU DHABI  0900WY215 TRIVANDRUM  0900WY815 BANGKOK  0905WY343 LAHORE  0915WY291 CALICUT  0915WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM  0940WY821 SINGAPORE-KUALA LUMPUR  0945WY385 MALE  0945G9115 SHARJAH  0955WY3301 MUKHAIZNA  1000WY231 HYDERABAD  1000PK192 TURBAT-GWADUR  1015WY905 SALALAH  1020WY605 DUBAI  1020WY203 BOMBAY  1025WY245 DELHI  1040EK863 DUBAI  1045IX554 TRIVANDRUM  1045WY337 KATHMANDU  1050QR1129 DOHA  1100EY383 ABU DHABI  1105IX442 COCHIN  1120WY311 CHITTAGONG  1140WY919 KHASAB  11459W533 COCHIN  1145GF563 BAHRAIN  1215WY223 COCHIN  1215WY655 BAHRAIN  1220WY273 JAIPUR  1220FZ038 DUBAI  1225IX350 CALICUT  1255WY253 MADRAS  1310PA451 LAHORE  1315WY113 FRANKFURT  1320WY693 DAMMAM  1330PK292 ISLAM ABBAD  1335WY631 ABU DHABI  1345WY131 PARIS  1345WY663 DOHA  1350WY143 MALPENSA  1350WY263 LUCKNOW  1400BG024 CHITTAGONG-DACCA  1400WY101 LONDON HEATHROW  1400WY153 ZURICH  1420WY927 SALALAH  1430NL668 SIALKOT  1430WY405 CAIRO  1440WY645 KUWAIT  1440WY907 SALALAH  1540WY675 JEDDAH  1615FZ046 DUBAI  1620WY683 RIYADH  1620SV533 RIYADH-JEDDAH  1650WY671 MEDINA  1705WY613 DUBAI  1710QR1127 DOHA  1750WY327 KARACHI  1810WY681 RIYADH  1840WY623 DUBAI  1840WY647 KUWAIT  1845GF565 BAHRAIN  1855EK865 DUBAI  1910WY695 DAMMAM  1915WY661 DOHA  1920WY653 BAHRAIN  1920G9117 SHARJAH  1955WY913 SALALAH  2000WY635 ABU DHABI  2015FZ048 DUBAI  2025WY611 DUBAI  2035RG126 ABU DHABI  2045PK226 KARACHI  2100WY915 SALALAH  2100WY909 SALALAH  2110FZ050 DUBAI  2145KL442 DOHA-AMSTERDAM  2220WY817 BANGKOK  22259W529 TRIVANDRUM  22306.00E+82 BOMBAY  2245AI908 MADRAS  2300UL206 COLOMBO  2305AI974 DELHI  2310LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH  2325GF567 BAHRAIN  2325QR1135 DOHA  2330BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW  2330WY673 JEDDAH  2350EY381 ABU DHABI  2355LH617 DOHA-FRANKFURT  2355

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD AI986 BOMBAY  00209W539 BOMBAY  0020WY657 BAHRAIN  0055WY225 COCHIN  0105WY637 ABU DHABI  0105WY235 HYDERABAD  0110WY281 BANGALORE  0110WY211 TRIVANDRUM  0110WY685 RIYADH  0115WY201 BOMBAY  0115WY643 KUWAIT  0120WY251 MADRAS  0120WY271 JAIPUR  0135WY601 DUBAI  0145WY123 MUNICH  0200WY325 KARACHI  0210WY847 JAKARTA  0215WY241 DELHI  0215WY901 SALALAH  0215WY691 DAMMAM  0225WY667 DOHA  0225WY383 MALE  0230TK775 ISTANBUL  0230WY209 GOA  02554H585 DOHA  0300PK260 PESHAWAR  0310NL772 PESHAWAR  0330WY331 KATHMANDU  0350ET625 ADDIS ABABA  0450EK867 DUBAI  0450EY385 ABU DHABI  0500FZ042 DUBAI  0510QR1133 DOHA  0515WY3931 SOHAR  06354H586 DACCA  0700GF561 BAHRAIN  0715WY3921 DUQUM OMAN  0745G9842 RAS AL KHAIMA  0745WY903 SALALAH  0750WY603 DUBAI  0750WY3301 MUKHAIZNA  0800CV732 HONG KONG  0800WY917 KHASAB  0815WY347 ISLAM ABBAD  0830WY669 DOHA  0835WY323 KARACHI  0835FZ044 DUBAI  0845WY373 COLOMBO  0900WY815 BANGKOK  0905WY291 CALICUT  0915WY343 LAHORE  0915NL769 LAHORE  0930WY651 BAHRAIN  0935WY263 LUCKNOW  0940WY821 SINGAPORE-KUALA LUMPUR  0945WY843 MANILA  0955G9115 SHARJAH  0955WY231 HYDERABAD  1000WY605 DUBAI  1020WY905 SALALAH  1020WY203 BOMBAY  1025WY385 MALE  1040WY245 DELHI  1040EK863 DUBAI  1045IX554 TRIVANDRUM  1045WY337 KATHMANDU  1050QR1129 DOHA  1100IX818 MANGALORE  1100EY383 ABU DHABI  1105IX442 COCHIN  1120WY311 CHITTAGONG  11409W533 COCHIN  1145WY919 KHASAB  1145GF563 BAHRAIN  1215FZ038 DUBAI  1225WY3303 MUKHAIZNA  1230WY253 MADRAS  1255IX350 CALICUT  1255WY633 ABU DHABI  1300WY113 FRANKFURT  1320WY663 DOHA  1330WY631 ABU DHABI  1345WY143 MALPENSA  1350WY645 KUWAIT  1350WY655 BAHRAIN  1400WY101 LONDON HEATHROW  1400WY153 ZURICH  1420WY927 SALALAH  1430WY405 CAIRO  1440WY413 AMMAN  1440WY433 TEHRAN  1445WY609 DUBAI  1445KU678 ABU DHABI-KUWAIT  1505WY907 SALALAH  1540WY675 JEDDAH  1615FZ046 DUBAI  1620WY671 MEDINA  1705WY613 DUBAI  1710QR1127 DOHA  1750WY623 DUBAI  1840WY681 RIYADH  1840WY647 KUWAIT  1845WY909 SALALAH  1850GF565 BAHRAIN  1855EK865 DUBAI  1910WY695 DAMMAM  1915WY653 BAHRAIN  1920WY661 DOHA  1920G9117 SHARJAH  1955WY913 SALALAH  2000TG508 KARACHI-BANGKOK  2005WY635 ABU DHABI  2015FZ048 DUBAI  2025WY611 DUBAI  2035WY915 SALALAH  2100FZ050 DUBAI  2145WY421 BEIRUT  2215WY817 BANGKOK  22259W529 TRIVANDRUM  22306.00E+82 BOMBAY  2245AI908 MADRAS  2300UL206 COLOMBO  2305AI974 DELHI  2310WY705 DARESSLAM-ZANZIBAR  2310GF567 BAHRAIN  2325LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH  2325QR1135 DOHA  2330BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW  2330WY673 JEDDAH  2350EY381 ABU DHABI  2355LH617 DOHA-FRANKFURT  2355

A I R L I N E S

BORN today, you are able to keep things in perspective even when it seems that those around you are completely unable to do the same, or when the world at large seems to be falling apart. How are you able to remain so calm, cool and collected? The truth is simply that you are a rather cool customer, able to control your passions at all times. You are not at the mercy of those primal, instinctive surges that tend to weaken others as they break forth. There are some who claim you are rather cold and aloof — indeed, you can be both of these when circumstances require it. But you can also engage your feelings in a healthy, balanced fashion when you want to; you are never a slave to your emotions.

What this allows you to do is to use your emotional currents to your advantage in all manner of situations — both personal and professional. Indeed, you are likely to be a master of personal expression, one who knows just what to say and how to say it, while maintaining the emotional truth at the core of the message.

Also born on this date are: Nicole Kidman, actress; Lionel Richie, singer-songwriter; John Goodman, actor; Brian Wilson, singer; Grace Potter, singer; Audie Murphy, actor; Anne Murray, singer; Danny Aiello, actor; Errol Flynn, actor; Martin Landau, actor; Robert Rodriguez, fi lmmaker; Josh Lucas, actor; John Mahoney, actor; Olympia Dukakis, actress; Stephen Frears, fi lmmaker.

Putting yourself in another’s shoes can broaden your own awareness, bringing you and a friend much closer.

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22]

LIBRA [SEPT. 23-OCT. 22] LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL[S[[[S[S[S[[S[SS[SSSS[S[[[[SSSSSSSSSS

SCORPIO [OCT. 23-NOV. 21] S[

SAGITTARIUS [NOV. 22-DEC. 21] S[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18]

You should be able to minimise any ill eff ects from a decision that was, to say the least, hasty. Soon you can undo them altogether.

You’ll have the opportunity to share yourself in a new way. Don’t shy away! You’ll discover some potential you never knew you had!

It’s important that you please yourself, surely, but you’ll be compelled to reach out to another and please him or her fi rst.

You can surely gain a great deal by doing exactly what you are told to do; there’s no need to assert your own autonomy just now.

You are more interested in testing the system than acting in blind support of it. Truly, there is something to be gained.

You have a great deal of personal style, and the substance to match it. You can fi nd ways to combine them quite eff ectively.

You may be dancing around a certain issue, avoiding it in some creative ways, but you are doing yourself and others a disservice.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]

You may fi nd yourself attracted to a certain endeavour that challenges you in a profound way. There are very real dangers to be avoided.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20]

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22]

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22]

CAPRICORN [DEC. 22-JAN 19]

Y O U R B I R T H D A Y

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19]

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20]

You must be sure that what you are getting is indeed what you want; if it’s not, you have only a little time to make things right.

You will benefi t from an unusual personal insight. What you see when you look in the mirror goes far beyond mere appearance.

You’ve planned for a little more excitement than usual, but can a friend or loved one handle what you have in store? Be sure!

B8

EXTRAS AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 0, 2 0 1 5

Kareena-Salman groove to ‘Tu chahiye’ beats

THE SONG Tu chahiye from Kabir Khan’s directorial Ba-jrangi Bhaijaan has been released. Atif Aslam has sung the romantic number, and this is the fi rst time he has crooned for Salman. The song revolves around the chemistry between the lead pair — Salman and Kareena Kapoor Khan. The Dabangg actor took to micro-blogging website to share the link of his new song from the fi lm, and posted: “Teaser. Gaana. Trailer. Ab ek aur gaana. Filled with Romance. Aapke liye http://bit.ly/BB-TuChahiye.” The fi lm, which also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, is likely to release on July 18, on the occasion of Eid.

Light over love: SRK on shooting for ‘Dilwale’

IT SEEMS the weather in Bulgaria led to a short halt in the shoot for Rohit Shet-ty’s Dilwale in Bulgaria. Su-perstar Shah Rukh Khan, while praising the weather, said that in a shoot “one needs light more than love”. The 49-year-old ac-tor shared a photograph of the shooting spot on micro-blogging website Twitter on Thursday and wrote: “As much as I understand Rain…Romance….Love….during a shoot one needs

Light more than Love.” Dilwale also features an amazing en-semble of actors like Kajol, Varun Dhawan, one-fi lm-old ac-tress Kriti Sanon, Vinod Khanna, Boman Irani, Kabir Bedi, Sanjay Mishra and Varun Sharma, among others. The fi lm is slated to release on December 18.

Want to take father’s legacy

forward: Govinda’s daughter

VETERAN actor Govin-da’s daughter Tina Ahuja, who is looking forward to her debut fi lm Second Hand Husband, says she has the “huge responsibil-ity” of taking her father’s legacy forward. “I am hav-ing mixed reactions. I am excited and nervous about my project as it’s a huge responsibility and I want to take my father’s legacy forward. It’s a mixed expe-rience and feeling that I am going through,” Tina said. Directed by Smeep Kang, Second Hand Husband also features Dharmendra and Gippy Grewal. Asked why it took long for her to make her fi lm debut, Tina said: “People wrote about me when I was not prepared to enter the fi lm in-dustry. Yes, I was about to be launched in 2013 but that fi lm didn’t happen because of technical reasons.” She is now ex-cited about her movie. “We had a great team and I had a great time shooting for this fi lm. We had quite a professional envi-ronment. I had a huge responsibility, so things were very pro-fessional,” she added. - IANS

Varun Dhawan is a ‘special performer’, says Arjun KapoorACTOR Arjun Kapoor, who saw Remo D’Souza’s ABCD2, is smitten by Varun Dhawan’s dance moves in the fi lm. The 2 States actor took to micro-blogging web-site and shared a series of tweets praising the fi lm and Varun Dhawan, calling him a “special performer”. “2D ho ya 3D VD is a special performer and yet again he doesn’t let u down @Varun_dvn the artist within him continues to emerge,” the 29-year-old tweeted. ABCD 2, released on Friday, also features Shraddha Kapoor. - IANS

BR I E FS Tiny houses still have room for what matters

For most people, the choice to live in a small space is all about location, the chance to live on a

busy city block in the centre of the action. But for others, it’s about the freedom of living light.

Nobody understands the ethos of small-space living better than proponents of the tiny-house movement, who opt to live in homes that average around 200 square feet. Their choices, much like those who live in a studio apartment, are often framed as sacrifi ces. But Vina Lustado, an interior designer in Ojai, Califor-nia, who lives in a 140-square-foot home that she designed two years ago, says that thinking is all wrong.

“There’s a whole emotional side to ‘stuff ,’ “ she says. “But liv-ing with less is not about what you lose. It’s about what you gain.”

Lustado adapted her philoso-phy about small-space living from Marie Kondo, a Japanese organi-sation expert who has written four books about doing more with less. But what makes Kondo’s approach diff erent from the scores of other decluttering coaches is its posi-tive framing. Lustado explains, “Rather than saying, ‘throw this out, throw that out,’ she teaches you to fi nd joy in what you own. If it doesn’t bring you joy, maybe you don’t need it.”

The obvious perk is her low cost of living. Lustado’s home cost $40,000 to build, including solar panels and interior furnishings, and the acre of land it sits on is an additional $400 a month (the average home in Ojai costs about $550,000). But she doesn’t fi nd it stifl ing. She entertains frequently

and said that, for a designer, deco-rating the space was the most fun she’s ever had. “This movement, ultimately, is all about smart de-sign: light, materials, strategic lay-outs,” she says. “It’s the exact same principles, and it’s way more chal-lenging to do it sustainably, aff ord-ably and beautifully.”

Of course, there are hurdles. Paring down her wardrobe took months and she’s become a very resourceful cook. And, more than a year into living in her home, she still returns a lot of things she buys. It’s worth it, she says, be-cause of the peace of mind she has found.

After speaking with Lustado, I looked around my tiny apartment and wondered whether there were items I was hanging on to for no reason: candles I’ll never light, old laptops that don’t turn on, leaky rainboots that certainly don’t bring me joy and take up precious closet space. Kondo’s voice crept into my mind, urging me to weigh quality over quantity.

Inspired, I did a gentle sweep and set aside two full bags for donation and lugged them to a nearby drop-off centre. It’s noth-ing compared with Lustado’s Ojai minimalism, but after a few days, I realised I didn’t miss any of the items I parted with. In fact, I was glad to have cut the cord. “Maybe she’s onto something,” I thought. This Lustado already knows.

“I’m building a tiny offi ce as we speak,” she says. It’s 16 square feet, solar and on wheels, and will be the new headquarters of her fi rm, Sol Haus Design. “I’m not looking back.”

If downsizing is on your agenda, here are a few of our favourite multifunctional furniture pieces

from our past articles on small-space living that off er a lot of bang for their buck. A room divider that doubles as a bookcase? That brings us joy.

Garden seats“They’re the opposite of frivo-lous,” says Jonathan Yaraghi, the creative director of Safavieh, a furniture store headquartered in New York. The retailer’s most popular garden stool is shaped like a gold, glazed elephant ($195, www.safaviehhome.com). “They can be used almost anywhere as a table or extra seat, and they’re a high-impact design piece. They’re a little piece that packs a lot of style.”

SectionalsThe biggest misconception about sectionals? That they’re big. “Whatever your hesitations are, get over them,” says Liz Levin, a designer based in Bethesda, Mar-yland. “Especially if you’re in a small space, it’s probably exactly the solution you’re looking for.” Levin recommends an eight- or nine-foot sofa with a 60- to 72-inch chaise, which should allow you room for a practical coff ee ta-ble. CB2’s Lotus sectional ($499-$799 per piece, www.cb2.com) is sleek but still comfortable.

Room dividersRental contracts don’t often per-mit custom woodwork to add privacy to a space, so invest in a room screen or tall shelving unit instead. Most pieces measure be-tween fi ve and six feet tall, allow-ing some space between the top of the unit and the ceiling, which lets light through. Your safest bet is a

modular-style bookcase that looks like open square boxes stacked on top of one another, such as Ikea’s Kallax Shelving Unit ($139, www.ikea.com), which comes in white, black and birch fi nishes and has 16 cubes.

Accent chairs“If a room were an outfi t, the ac-cent chairs would be the jewel-lery,” said Alexandria,Virginia, de-signer Betsy Stires. “It’s the spark. It pops from the rest of the palette but also ties it all together.” Look for chairs that fall between 25 to 32 inches wide and have a seat depth of 20 to 22 inches. Room and Board’s Celeste Swivel Chair ($749, www.roomandboard.com) measures 31 inches wide and is low to the ground, so it can visu-ally open or close a seating area depending on which direction it faces. Ikea’s ($69-$149, www.ikea.com) is aff ordable, comfortable and lightweight.

Mirrors“Decorating small spaces is 75 per cent visual manipulation,” designer Coleman Riddell says, “and mirrors are hands-down the best way to trick the eye. They can make it seem like you’ve got way more square feet, height and light than you paid for.”

A pro tip: Go big. “The smaller the space, the bigger the mirror,” says Rockville, Maryland, de-signer Kristin Peake. “With mir-rors, you can never, ever, go too big.” Pottery Barn’s 3-by-6.5-foot Berke Oversized Leaning Floor Mirror ($799, www.potterybarn.com) would be an elegant addition to any room. — Megan Buerger/The Wash-

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Labour Camp for Rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99792181

2 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair. Contact

99792181

4 BHK single villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 97616158

4 & 5 BHK villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

We have small building commercial

for staff accommodation in Bowsher.

There are 4 fl ats & 1 shop can be

used for store or staff accommoda-

tion. Contact 93782735 / 99208033

5BHK villa available for rent, near

Hamriya roundabout.

Contact-99366191

We have 1 BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK fl ats

in Ghala very nice building on main

road outside the building lot of park-

ing available. Contact: 93782735 /

99208033

For rent brand new villa 4BD.

Contact: 91963034

Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th.

Contact: 97147240

Two bed room fl at with attached

bathroom near Omani Boys School

Ruwi . Contact: 91214537

Spacious room with bathroom

(separate) available for small family

or couples near Oman Boys School

Ruwi. Contact : 91214537

Ruwi near Police Station: Flats with

4 Rooms, 1 Kitchen & 2 Bathrooms.

Contact 93387962

Seeb Souq opposite HSBC: Flat with

3 Rooms, 1 Kitchen & 2 Bathrooms

and Studio at Terrace.

Contact 93387962

Shops at Muttrah opposite Port

Service Building on Main Road.

Contact 93387962

5 BHK Villa with parking & backyard

garden in Al Khuwair (House No.

1110 & Way No. 3914 ), near Radis-

son hotel, is available for rent @ RO.

1000/- p.m. Contact : 99024087 /

92620773

2BHK at Al Khodh commercial area

2 rooms, 1 hall, 2 bathrooms.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

Offi ce / shop near Oman house

Muttrah. Contact: 99233116

C2 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 1 5

We have 5 BHK villa in Al Khuwair

33, 5 rooms, 6 bathrooms, sitting

hall, Majlis & large kitchen suit-

able for offi ce or families. Contact:

93782735 / 99208033

3 Bedroom fl at with 3 attached toi-

lets, split A/C, brand new available,

behind Kims Hospital.

Contact 95225662

1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in Mis-

fah Industrial area near to Khanco.

OMR 1,500 Monthly. It has Electricity

and boundary wall. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

Tent for wedding Iftar party for rent.

Contact: 97380496/ 96242910/

94029752

3BHK special apartment at

Al Khuwair with wardrobe and A/C.

Contact : 94232344

Villa for rent (family residence) :

New 4 bedroom villa with majlis,

family hall and outside kitchen. With

split AC in Al Khoudh phase 7 close

to Seeb polyclinic. Call 99332525

(owner).

Apartments near Indian School

Ghubra (2 BHK with 5 split AC units).

Contact 94652485 / 99273774 /

99202278

Apartments near Al Nahdha Tow-

ers/ Vachas Hypermarket Azaiba –

Ghala (1 & 2 BHK with split AC units).

Contact 94652485 / 99273774 /

99202278

Printing press and stamp making

for sale/leasing, with full machiner-

ies at Salalah. ready position. Visa

available. Contact 99749440 /

93986530.

3BHK fl at for rent in Al Khuwair.

Villa type building with only 2 fl ats,

separate entrance, fully renovated.

Way No. 3922, building No 1839,

behind Al Aktham Restaurant.

Contact: 99462980

2BHK at Azaiba 2 room, 1hall, din-

ing, 3 bathrooms. Contact: 99224748

/ 99425665

2BHK fl ats in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 97616158

Flat for rent in CBD Ruwi.

Contact : 92820734

New fl ats for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact : 92130703 / 96045478

Flat for rent in Al Khuwair.

Contact : 98151674

1BHK R.O 190/- & 2BHK R.O 250/- &

Store 140 sqm R.O 250/-

near Medical Darsait.

Contact: 98748925

2 bedroom fl at at Hamriya, main

road with A/C. Contact 99331448

Flat in South Al Hail, 2 bedrooms,

Majlis, 2 bathrooms, kitchen RO

250/-. Contact 93221474

Flat in Ruwi Mumtaz 2 BHK RO 300

or 1 BHK 250 RO. Contact 98588240

Flats for rent behind Indian School.

Contact 99777122

2 BHK apartments AL Khuwair with

Balcony 350/- & 4 BHK villa

Al Khuwair with Garden 800/-.

Contact: 95178930

1BHK fl ats at Muttrah near Oman

House. Contact: 93231403

Shop/Offi ce 68 SQM, Wadi kabeer,

Opposite Al-Hassan. Contact

99441193, 93004802

2 BHK, 2 baths, Split A/C, Wadi ka-

beer, Near Indian Elementary School.

Contact 99441193, 93004802

Shop/Offi ce, 56 SQM, Wadikabeer,

Opposite Al-Hassan.

Contact 99441193, 93004802

3 rooms with attached bath room,

hall Brand new in Mabelah near

Sharahe Noor. Contact 99663905/

99415119

Flat in Amerat, Phase 5, 4 rooms,

3 bathrooms, kitchen with A/C.

Contact : 95522405

Luxury 3 BHK fl at in Al Wattaya

with split A/C & private parking.

RO.500/- Contact – 93191111

Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111

2 BHK fl at in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.250/- Contact – 93191111

Villa for rent - Al Seeb/Al Mawelah

- Block 5 - 4 bedrooms with attached

bathrooms, Majlis, 2 halls, kitchen

and storeroom. split Ac and carpark.

Contact 99564616

Bath attached room for rent

Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569

3BHK 8 Nos fl ats in Ghobrah.

Contact: 97616158

Flats for rent Al Ansab (Ghala) 2

bedrooms, 2 toilets, 1sitting room &

kitchen. Contact: 94229023

3 bedroom at Al Khuwair 33. House

No. 866, Way No. 4712. Contact

Mohamed : 99580484, Ahmed :

99486805, Awadh 95525509

Commercial 3 BHK fl at in Al Ghobra

18 Nov Street. RO 700/-

Contact 93191111

2 BHK fl at in Al Azaiba near sea,

with split A/C. RO.340/-

Contact – 93191111

Brand new 6 BHK villa in Al Azaiba

with split A/C & lift. RO.1200/-

Contact – 93191111

4 Ware house at Barka Falaij.

Contact: 99337857

1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact 92144045

For rent 3 industrial land.

Contact 92702891/ 95490842

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-.

Contact: 97799175

Apartment in Al Khuwair 33/1,

4 bedroom 550/-R.O. Contact :

99340055 / 97557555

Flats, shops and basement for rent

in Khuwair, behind RAWASCO.

Contact: 99441122 , 95893518

3000 sq mtrs Industrial landß,

in Barka Sanaiya, with electricity

400KW, shed, staff accommodation

and offi ce. Ready to start any kind

of factory. Contact 99384255.

Flat at Darsait. Contact 99326879

FOR SALE

Clinic for sale in al amerat.

Contact:93753655

Used & refurbished Porta cabins,

Toilets unit available for sales.

Contact: 99215560 Email:

omegaunitedoman@gmail.com

A/C 2 ton, window type for sale,

3 years old, Samsung, RO 45/-.

Contact 98564647

Building material shop for sale at

al Ghubrah with two clearances.

Contact: 91295985

2,560 sq mtrs industrial land in

Wadi Kabir main road, First line on

way to Al Bustan hotel. Possible to

make petrol station or hotel. OMR

990 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

3BHK & 2BHK in Darsait.

Contact 94268564

Flats shops and store for rent in

Ruwi, MBD Honda road.

Contact 97293708 / 92433127

Labor camp available with all facili-

ties at Sohar Falaij (Near Sohar Sea

port) - Contact – 92982172

Flats for rent in Muttrah near Oman

house 2 BHK. Contact: 97009734 /

92629232

For rent in Darsait new fl ats.

Contact: 99777351

For rent in Darsait, new fl ats.

Contact: 99311525

Flats/villas owned by ROP pen-

sion fund available for rent in

Muscat. Contact 99349526

Villa for rent : 4 bedroom villa

with kitchen available in Azai-

ba. Sharing / Family. Contact :

98048207/99261773

2BHK Darsait R.O 325/-, 300/-.

Contact: 92144045

Deluxe 1, 2 BHK fl ats in Darsait,

AL Khuwair 1deal for offi ce &

residence. Contact 99369081

/99142314

1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK new fl at avail-

able at Mabela in front of Modern

English School Contact: 96239126

Furnished fl ats for rent in

Al Buraimi, daily, weekly, monthly.

Contact 97819981 / 93593336

2BHK fl at + store room in CBD, Ruwi

with Split A/c’s, secured access,

car parking. Rent 400/. Contact

99603696

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 C3

ACC. WANTEDAVAILABLE

FOR SALE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting,

Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crock-

ery, Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes, Ice

Sculptures, to Large Sound Systems

and spectacular lighting. Call Andrea

9606 2222 for Catering and Croyden

9623 5555 for Sound & Light.

www.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

Required a room or studio fl at in

Darsait / WadiKabir /Ruwi area.

Contact : 95405033

60,000 Sq Mtrs Agriculture Land in

Misfah, can be changed to Industrial

Land. OMR 29 Per Square Meter.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

5 Flats of 1 bedroom for Sale in

Boushar: OMR 35 Thousand each.

Monthly income OMR 270

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

3 fl oor commercial building in

Muttrah behind Police. Generating

income of OMR 18 Thousand annu-

ally. Neat and well maintained. Built

on 197 sq mtrs land. 2 tailor shops

on ground fl oor and 6 fl ats. OMR

207 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

23,886 Sq Mtrs Agriculture land

with water well in Al Salwa, Barka.

OMR 260 Thousand. Tel: 99333479

or 95215360

Ice cream & juices shop in Ruwi,

good location for sale, 1.5 mt fi sh

display machine for sale.

Contact: 92150455

Beauty parlor for sale near Muscat

Palace monthly rent 350/- OMR

serious buyers. Contact: 91902154

Training center with license.

Contact: 91121277

Commercial land for sale 3000 m

in quriyat road main high way can

use as a petrol station license avail-

able asking price 350,000

For more information please call on

99070701 with out name

Super market in (Hairoon Hairithi)

Thamrith road. Contact: 98189810 /

99675190

Shop for sale in Ibra and Bid Bid.

Contact: 95304693

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

Doctor driven Yaris, manual 2006

model 125000 K.M expected price

R.O 2000/-. Contact : 99747481

Yaris 2008, 1.3, 229 kkm full option

2100 expected. Contact: 93289652

Tata bus - 66 seater model -2008

KM, 85, 673, dealer service. Contact:

99444341 & 99352790

2 Prime Movers Man 2008 with 40

ton petrol tank each working at the

moment in Al Maha. Price OMR 35

Thousand each. Contact 97000155

or 92688692

TATA bus make model 2012 &

Peugeot boxer van make model 2013.

Contact: 93895941

Ford Explorer 4WD, 2010 XLT, au-

tomatic km 72000, 4 yrs old, under

warranty. Agent serviced. Owned by

one owner (expat) white colour,

very good condition.

Contact 92824047

Peugeot 206-2007 Model, expat

driven. Contact 99209285

Land Cruiser 2012.

Contact 99336093

Hyundai Accent 2004, fully auto-

matic. Contact: 99045803

Expatriate driven Yaris 2008 model

100,000 kms & land rover 2005

model 93000 Kms, excellent condi-

tions. Contact : 97094797

Excellent big room, with A/C

kitchen available near Ontc bussta-

tion (Ruwi). Conatct 95569740

Semi furnished room with at-

tached bathroom for Executive

bachelors at CBD area behind

chamber of commerce. Contact:

96389375/93554942

CHANGE OF NAME

MATRIMONIAL

LOST

RC girl (28 yrs) hailing from

kanjirappally dioces working in

Royal Hospital looks for suitable alli-

ances. # 92801093 / 97498373

Hindu Ezhava family, settled in

Muscat looking for suitable groom

working within Oman for their

daughter 25 yrs (MBA) working

with a reputed company in Muscat.

Contact : 98689663

ACC. AVAILABLE

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Al Hail. Contact 95529970

Acc. opp. OK Center for non cook-

ing bachelor. Contact 95126452

between 2 pm & 4 pm only.

Contact 95126452

One room separate bathroom for

Indian Executive bachelor near

Al Khuwair R/A.

Contact: 99659513

Furnished single / sharing room for

EXE bachelor at Rex Road with

WIFI available.

Contact 92873832

Furnished attached bathroom at

Mumtaz area. Contact: 93103337 /

95212017

Spacious bedroom, toilet & kitchen

in Wadi Kabir.

Contact : 96098443

Furnished single rooms available

for Executive bachelors at Ruwi.

Contact: 98049288

Sharing fl at in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99335057

Semi furnished single room for

Executive bachelors behind Kamat

Restaurant Al Khuwair.

Contact 94271085

Furnished room attached bath for

lady in Wadikabir

(Mars Hypermarket) –Contact

95941515

TRANSPORTATION

Pick & drop any time. Contact:

98522914 / 99512270

Required 40 feet open trailers to

UAE, on trip basis for transporting

our goods. Contact: 99352790 /

98037854

Transportation. Contact: 98178135

Transportation. Contact: 98505294

Transportation. Contact: 98244078

Transportation. Contact: 95190627

Pick & Drop anytime Contact:

91653903

Pick & Drop any time. Contact:

97014786

Pick & drop with car & driver

available any time. Contact:

9615828/ 96502406/92218001Kerala Nair girl, B.Com, 22 yrs, 5.2”

very fair, slim, (Star Uthrattathi)

Presently working in infosis, Chen-

nai. Financially sound, from parents

of nair boys from Trissur, Palakkad

and Eranakulam & Calicut dist. .

Contact :0091 8301865688

email: raveendrandr@yahoo.com

NRI

Ready / under construction apart-

ments / villas. Near guruvayur.

Contact: 00919846877773

Available Duplex flat 1900 sqmt

with 3 bedroom and complete POP

made at Manipal (Indrali) also fi t-

tings and accessories are branded

from Gulf. #96440811 / 93804434

BUSINESS

General Investors. Contact

99674870

We, Kerala Ramakrishna Iyer Duraisamy Sankarasubramanian (name of

father as per the passport holder of Indian passport No. F 8007576 and Neela

Sankarasubramanian (name of the mother, holder of Indian passport No. G

8659528) having permanent address in 1/184 –A , Krishna Kumar Apart-

ments, Flat F2, Vembuli Amman Koil St., Madipakkam, Chennai 600091, Ta-

mil Nadu presently residing at the following address in Muacat , P.B No. 3168,

P.C No. 112, Sultanate of Oman, hereby solemnly affi rm and declare to change

the name of our child Master Mohit Shankar (name as per present passport),

holder of Indian passport No. J 3401979 date of issue 07.12.2010 issued at

Pune. The name of our child will be henceforth known as Sai Charan (given

name) Sankarasubramanian (new name for all purposes). Any objection

towards change of name of our minor child may please be communicated to

Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, PB No. 1727, PC

112, Ruwi , Sultanate of Oman.

I Mohammad Sonu (holder of Indian passport No. H 6344561) son of San-

aulla Khan having permanent residence in MOH Teliyan, V-PO- PS Shahpur,

Dist Muzaff ar Nagar U.P. (complete postal address in India ) and presently

residing in Muttrah, Jetdan Street, Muscat, Oman (complete postal address

in Oman) intend to change my name from Mohammad Sonu (old name) to

Mohammad Mazhar (new name) for all practical purpose. Any objection

towards my name change may please be communicated to Embassy of India,

Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P.Box No. 1727, Postal Code 112,

Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.

Suresh Prabhakaran has lost Indian

Passport No. H 2937113. Finder

please handover to ROP

DAILY GUIDEC4 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 1 5

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifi eds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

CATERING

DOMESTIC HELPER

HOSPITALITY

ADMIN

ENGINEER

EDUCATION

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

ADMIN

Cook required for an Omani family

having experience in preparing

all kinds of Omani & Arabic food.

Minimum 5 years experience. Send

CV to abfarsi@omtel.net.om or fax to

24706990, Tel. 24786072

Housemaid wanted for an Indian

family in Al Hail. Must be able to

cook and take care of baby. Full-time

position. 96532872

Required looking for full time House-maid for Omani family at Mabela, visa

available. Contact 92454170

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Required Offi ce Assistant

160+25+Acc, Contact 99454425

ACCOUNTANT

DRIVER

MISCELLANEOUS

A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food

supply, store keeper with English

and invoicing experience. Email:

yesterdaysun@hotmail.com

Mason, C.C.T.V, Technician, Electri-cian cum Plumber.# 99383044

Indian Female M.C.A 4 years of

experience looking for suitable posi-

tion as as programmer/lecturer/Web

Designer/Admin.

Contact No: 99486374.

Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR.

joing immediatly. release available.

Contact :93671437

MBA (international business) from

London, 4 years of UK experience in

operations with D/L, looking for suit-

able position. Contact 91710075

Indian Female 25 MBA in HR look-

ing for a suitable opening in Admin/

Hr. Contact 97013375

Indian female 29 MBA (HR) BSc,

4 yrs exp in HR& Admin looking suit-

able placement. Contact : 95619537

Indian female MBA – HR 1 and half

years experience seeking suitable

job. Contact : 99257214

Over 14 years of gulf experience

in Admin /HR /Logistics, fl uent in

Arabic & English with D/L looking

for suitable position.

Contact 95824598

Indian female with 10 yrs of experi-

ence in HR/Banking/Operations

seeks a suitable placement.

Can be contacted on 98919015 or

sherianne.coelho@gmail.com

Teachers required: Teachers for KG,

Grade I to IV class in English, Maths,

Science, Computer & Art. Qualifi ca-

tion: Degree in relevant subjects & B

Ed; IELTS or TOFEL plus two years

experience preferred. Please apply

to: burj@alhakkim.com

Required professional Teachers

for teaching Science, Mathematics,

Accountancy, Business Studies &

English IELTS/ TOFEL in schools &

Universities.

Contact 99674870

Male 24, B.Com /PGD having 2

years experience in accounts and

inventory fi eld looking for suitable

job on visit visa. Contact: 94129550

Indian male, well experienced in

Accounts & Admin looking for a suit-

able vacancy. NOC available.

Contact 98717938

Accounts part time, up to fi naliza-

tion of monthly accounts. Handled

by a CA. contact 96293120

Indian male, with B.Com 1 year expe-

rience in Accounts or Sales, on visit

visa, Cont... 98295101

Indian male M.Com 6 yrs experience

in accounts up to fi nalization in Oman

co having Oman D/L, available to join

immediately with NOC. #98363897

Email: prince9496@hotmail.com

Senior Document Controller MCA

Indian male 9+ year’s total experience

5+ years experience in Gulf in oil &

gas sector and construction fi eld on

visit visa in Oman. Contact: 95388197

Email: rojanchristopher@gmail.com

Indian male, B.Com, well experienced

in Accounts & Admin, knowledge

of Tally ERP 9 experience in Oman

with valid Oman driving license. NOC

available, looking for suitable job in

Oman, join immediately.

Contact 94245039

Accounts & fi nance Indian male

B.com M.B.A (F) Tally ERP9, 35 years,

8 years experience 1.5 years Oman

family visa N.O.C available.

Contact: 93257426

Email: sibigeorp@gmail.com

Senior Accountant 13 years experi-

ence FMCG & retail Noc available.

Contact: 93473942

MBA Indian male looking for suitable

position having 2 years working expe-

rience as an accountant now in Oman

a visiting visa. Contact: 99424803

Sudanese Accountant seeking job

in Nizwa state experience 10 years 3

years in Saudi Arabia, 7 yrs in Sudan.

Contact : 97796394 / 94003247

Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Graduate

1 year exp in Accounts, currently on

visit visa. Looking for suitable job.

Contact 94341848 /

Email – mohdhaji7272@gmail.com

B.com graduate with NOC more than

4 years of experience in Oman with

valid Oman driving license for a suit-

able job ready to join immediately.

Contact: 98976252

MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in

fi nance/accounts/ auditing. Special-

ized in accounts payable dept, Oracle

app user, profi cient in Sap (fi co) end

user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma

certifi ed trainer on visit visa.

Contact – 91967213 / 99064780

Accounts part time works up to

fi nalization on monthly basis. Profi t

& loss A/C and fi nancial statements,

MS Reports Etc. Contact: 96247295

ACCA affi liate , BSc Honors in applied

Accountancy advance diploma in Ac-

counting and Business, CAT Affi liate

1 year hand on working experience

of Oman, with Oman driving license

looking for a suitable placement in

Audit fi rm. Having NOC can join im-

mediately. Contact : 98989970

Indian male, B.Com, 1 year Exp in

Accounts/ Sales, on Visit Visa,..

Contact – 98295101

Urgently required baker (tandoori

bread maker) for a restaurant.

Contact 92764880

Chinese / Arab / Continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Family in Muscat seeking to hire an experienced butler. Hotel experi-

ence is preferred. Candidate must

hold a valid driver’s license. Please

send CV’s on

vacancyinmuscat@gmail.com

Required Accountant with 3 yrs. exp.

in construction company.

Email : wadcocareers@gmail.com

A leading excellent grade company

at Muscat looking for Junior Accountant with min.1 year Gulf

experience. Please send CV to

pmjino@gmail.com

Urgently required Junior Accountant. Please send CV: hr.azatllc@gmail.com

MEDICAL

SKILLED

Wanted urgently General practi-tioner, Gynecologist, Dentist, Staff Nurse and Lab Technician. Contact : 92603863 Email us to:

ruwistar@hotmail.com

Required Gynecology, General Phy-sician, Dentist, Staff Nurses, Lab technicians, Pharmacists,X Ray technicians. Contact : 95133572 / 96064925

Email: kunoozghala@gmail.com

Wanted Staff Nurse for a polyclinic

in Sohar. Contact :93457270

Urgently required G.P doctor with

or without MOH license for one

month from 01/07/2015.

Contact: 93824902

Indian driver required for light ve-

hicle with construction experience.

Contact: 92888337

DRIVER

Indian male offi ce driver with 15

years of experience in Oman with

NOC / Release seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 98381826

Light driver. Contact: 99035942

Light driver looking for job, 4 yrs

exp in Oman. Contact: 94241385

Driver looking for job. Contact

94195818

Light driver. Contact: 96313100

Driver looking for job.

Contact: 99507039

Paksitani Driver with 6 yrs experi-

ence looking for job.

Contact: 93985087

Driver with car 3 years experience

looking for job. Contact: 92041902

Driver available with car and with-

out car. Contact 96771598

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

with 2 yrs exp looking for job.

Contact : 96342684

2 years experience driver looking

for job in companies or residence,

release available.

Contact: 98051400

Pakistani, male light vehicle driver

looking for job. Contact 97943750

Driver light with 5 yrs experience,

knowing English, Arabic, Hindi,

education B.A. Contact 98522914

Light driver valid GCC license look-

ing for job. Contact 99531802

Indian male, 3 yrs exp. as Driver in

Oman looking for job.

Contact 98238043

Required Counter Salesman for

building materials in Salalah.

Contact 99496142

Urgently required Sales & Marketing Executive for Electri-

cal & lighting products with Oman

driving license. Send CV at Email :

albasilinternational@gmail.com

Required Sales man - 1 Person

Qualifi cation. Gulf Experienced

- Minimum 5 Years with Oman

Driving Licence Language - English

Education:- Any Degree Further

Contact :Mr. Abdul Hameed Na-

shabat - Mobile No: 97414307 and

-92807399 amn@yaqeeneng.com

Sales Coordinator : Mechanical

Diploma holder with 3-4 yrs exp.

in sales department preferably in

Metal fabrication Company. Omani

D/L is must. Contact: 99102383

hr@khancogroup.com

Looking for Outdoor Salesman for

heavy equipment spare parts.

Contact - 93292015,

Email: mail.om@gulfcenter.co

Required male or female candidate with 5 years experience in renting of

properties. Interested candidates may

please mail to alqurumprop@gmail.com

Urgently required Sales and Market-ing Executive for Graphic designing

company. Contact: 96727631

mail: smartgraphic518@gmail.com

Urgently required Advertising & Me-dia Sales Executives with Oman D/L.

Trainee positions available for Fresh-

ers. Email: jobs@interacoman.com

Marketing Executive for digi-

tal printing company. Contact:

94356769 / 96936564

Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and

release letter or NOC. Contact:

93280288 or send CV to

albayanstamps@gmail.com

Chef for Yacht. International cuisine.

Minimum 15 years chef experience.

alibadawy@gmail.com

Required Site Supervisor with 5

yrs. exp. in construction company,

electronic technician with 3 yrs

experience in gate motors systems.

Email : wadcocareers@gmail.com

Leading Construction company requires HSE Offi cer with minimum

4 to 5 years experience in building

construction line. Send your CV :

hseoman2015@gmail.com

(NOC require).

Mechanical / Civil Site Supervi-sor; diploma / ITI fi tter; 3-4 year’s

exp in supervision of Erection work

of sheds, customer coordination,

and project execution. Omani D/L is

must. Contact: hr@khancogroup.com

/ 99102383

Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires following candi-

dates: BE Civil Engineer, minimum

3-5 years gulf experience & Civil site foreman, minimum 5 years gulf

experience, diploma not required.

Email: applyforoman@gmail.com

Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires the following:

B.Sc Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5 yrs Gulf experience.

Civil Site Foreman, minimum 5 yrs

experience with operating knowl-

edge of Tally. Please Email CV ;

applyforoman@gmail.com

Required swimming pool Engi-neer/ civil /M& P / Draughtsman with D/L, Preferred gulf experience.

Email: jvacancy05@gmail.com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

An Indian lady Chartered Account-

ant with fi ve years experience

(including article ship) on family

visa in Oman looking for a suitable

job. Contact 9621 0347 /

9943 5346,

shincycrajan@gmail.com

Beautician exp Gulf, looking job

from India. Contact 99531802

BEAUTICIAN

Required Large format printer operator – for HP. Graphic Designer. Send CV to hr.oman@yahoo.com

DESIGNER

Vacancy for Omani PRO for Customs duties in Sohar. Email:

arabianseabridge@gmail.com,

Mob: 97990844

Motivated and energetic male 25

having 4 years of experience in

fi nance with Master’s degree in Eco-

nomics and CAT Certifi ed seeking

opportunity in Accounts/fi nance/

audit in a reputable organization.

Cell no: 00968-94626209 E-Mail:

omerjawedshah@gmail.com

Finance Manager, CPA, with more

than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC.

Fully knowledgeable in Finance,

General & Management Accounting

. NOC available. Contact 96209331

Indian male, 32 years, M. Com.

7 out of 9 years experience in Oman

in Accounts/fi nance. Having NOC and

valid Oman D/L. Contact 98277143,

Email: anzarks@gmail.com

M.Com, CA (Article ship), 15 years

Gulf experience looking for suitable

position in fi nance & accounts on

visit visa valid up to 10/7/2015.

Contact: 97767828, knowledge of

quickbooks,

Tally 9, Focus V.5 Email:

altabhossain2008@hotmail.com

ENGINEER

Urgently required for a fi rst grade construction company Graduate Civil Engineer (5 years experi-

enced) shuttering carpenter mason

(Block, Plaster, Tile Fixing)

Civil Foreman building work.

Contact: 24700373/ 99427674

Fax: 24701368

Email: rajma@omantel.net.om

Urgently required: (1) female dermatologist with minimum 3 years

experience (2) female Omani recep-tion coordinator for a medical center

in Qurum. Contact: 96062933

MISCELLANEOUS

Real estate company looking for

experience leasing agent /property consultant. male and female . with

driving license. Must be graduate in

sales and marketing .apply with NOC.

Clearance is available .

property@landmarkmuscat.com

Wanted Sales man with Oman driv-

ing license in advertising company

visa ready. Contact: 96440587 /

94055643

A leading trading company is look-

ing for Sales Executives & outdoor sales coordinators with driving

license & release /NOC. Email CV:

alhajoil@omantel.net.om or

fax: 24701683

Urgently required outdoor Sales Ex-ecutive for furnishing company with

valid Oman D/L and minimum 3 years

experience. Contact 93231403 /

rainbowfurnishing156@gmail.com

Indian male with total 5 year

experience (2 years experience in

Accountant cum sales co ordinator

in a FMCG Company in Oman) in

accounts fi eld and NOC available.

Looking for suitable job Contact

92130188

Indian male 25 yrs B.com having

experience in accounts for 3 yrs

currently on visit looking to job.

Contact: 97937868 Email:

rehman.naseer999@gmail.com

Indian Accountant: Male, M com,

7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to

fi nalization, having knowledge

of ERP, Tally,

seeks suitable placment.

Contact 93950138 Email:

lijinrajan123@gmail.com

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 1 5 C5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

DESIGNER

DRAUGHTSMAN

LOGISTICS

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

Quantity Surveyor with 5 Years ex-

perience (one year in Oman) looking

for job. Contact 91090036

Mechanical Engineer, Indian, 24

years with Piping Engineering,

Autocad, Ansys NX- Cad, pro-e,

Catia & PDMS now on visiting visa

seek suitable placement. Contact:

99168054 / 96684345

Email: : mbkishore@hotmail.com

BE ,Electrical Engineer with 5 Years

Gulf Experience in Underground

cable & Overhead line in HT and LT,

Distribution Substation, MEP. Oman

D/L available. NOC available. Con-

tact:95054644, 00918807888109,

speninsam@gmail.com

Indian male B.Tech (ECE), MBA (HR)

2 years of experience in CCNA, CCNP

and hands on practice in Linux and

MCSE, looking for suitable job.

Contact: 93487225

Quantity Surveyor or Site Engineer

in civil, 5 years experience in Oman

have valid Oman driving license

looking for suitable posts, NOC avail-

able. Contact: 96394948/ 98294919.

Email: asvinsha@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Expatriate Female, 3

yrs experience, on visit visa seeking

suitable placement.

Contact: 99195433

Iraqi Engineer specialized in

telecommunication net working &

PC experience in nuking network

and security systems. Contact:

92898329 / 99249124

Electronics & communications

Indian male, 2 years experience

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 99456725 / 94678625

D.A.E Civil 4 years exp in land

surveyor and building work worked

on AutoCAD, T.S and G.P.S 1 year

exp in Oman looking for placement.

Contact: 92140890 / 98780156

Email: engrsafi ullah91@gmail.com

Indian male 24 yrs B. Tech (Mech.

Eng) on visit 1 yr experience in

production fi eld looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 98925685

Indian male, 28 yrs, Electronics &

Instrumentation Engineer with 4 yrs

experience in Industrial Automa-

tion (SCADA) seeking suitable job.

Contact 93154156 / 98416190

Indian male 23 yrs B.Tech Civil hav-

ing 2 years exp, currently on visit

visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 98031034

Email: musheer786.mm@gmail.com

B.Tech in Electronics Engineering, Indian male 26 years with around 5

years of experience (Including work

experience in Japan) looking for a

job in any fi eld & can join imme-

diately. Contact: 91902646 Email:

ajumalmajeed@gmail.com

Indian male Diploma in Mechani-

cal Engineer with 14 years Gulf

experience in heavy equipments and

vehicles valid Oman driving license.

NOC available looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 91985028 /

95463430

Electrical Engineer Pakistani male

4 years B. Tech & 3 years’ diploma

seeking a suitable placement.

Contact: 96752080

Email: ilyasoader97@gmail.com

Structural Engineer 4 years experi-

ence Indian, will handle projects

independently, able to get

Municipality approvals easily.

Contact: 91668044

Indian male 29 years Civil Engineer

diploma 4 years Oman experience,

2 years road construction looking

placement. Contact: 93298395

N.O.C available

MEDICAL

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian female Dentist MOH Oman

passed seeking a suitable placement

in capital region. Contact– 91377681

hashimsarawat@gmail.com

Indian male Nurse, 31 years

Oman prometric passed 6 yrs ICU

experience. Contact : 94195150 /

92758895

Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf ex-

perience) looking for a suitable job

(NOC available) Contact-93344378

Indian female looking for suitable

position 2nd rank in MSC microbiol-

ogy, fresher now on visiting visa.

Contact : 91633089

Email: mansytk4@gmail.com

DRIVER

IT

HOSPITALITY

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian male, B.E ( computer science

engineer), MBA (fi nance), OCA certi-

fi ed, having 5 years of experience in

oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks

a suitable position in the fi eld of IT.

Contact: 96212062

email: zubairkhan11@gmail.com

MBBS lady Doctor experienced in

Medical insurance, direct billing,

preauthorization’s life rating, claims

registration, client query handling &

hospital insurance queries seeking

suitable placement.

Contact : 97763918

Email: minmaths@yahoo.com

Well experienced MOH Licensed

Indian GP Doctor looking for locum /

permanent position in the

Capital area. Contact 98140024

email:drgpoman@yahoo.com

MCA, BCA with 2 yrs relevant expe-

rience seeking suitable opportunity.

Contact: 96377039

Ware house In charge or store

keeper 27 yrs Gulf experience 4 yrs

in Oman NOC available.

Contact: 97657823 Email:

rusaikmzm_2009@yahoo.com

Indian Female with over 9 yrs ex-

perience with good communication

skills seeks jobs in customer service

or sales fi eld. Contact : 96108289,

shijipaul84@gmail.com

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant ,doing all type

of accounting works, Finalization,

Budgeting available. # 98803439

10 yrs exp in Oman in logistics-

have Oman D/L-looking for suitable

placement-contact 96410767 .

Contact email: harishkts@yahoo.com

Architect designer experience in

Architecture design in 2D, 3D visit-

ing to site : 2 years experience (in

Oman), fl uent Hindi & English. Email:

zhussain9950@gmail.com

Contact: 94253074

Architect and Interior Designer 8

years experience design and execution

working with 3D max, AutoCAD, photo

shop, BOQ, NOV available looking for

suitable placement. #95273166

Graphics Designer/ prepress C.T.P

Pagination 3 yrs exp. in Muscat

Photoshop Illustrator, Indesign,

CorelDraw autocad premier preps

appoge Indian male now on visit

visa. Contact 97436606

Indian female 23 yrs, Autocad Civil

Draftsman with 3ds max & rivet, 3

yrs exp. looking for suitable vacancy

in Muscat now on visit visa.

Contact: 95601266.

20years exp CAD Drafts man

looking for suitable post.

Contact: 94027838 / 99020636

Indian male 47 years DM Civil,

PG PGDMM, I& M, having 25 years

of experience Manager in Civil,

Stores Purchase, Inventory, cargo,

transports, Admin , looking for best

job in Muscat. Currently on visit

visa. Contact: 91170749 / 97672647

Email: gdp4767@gmail.com

Indian Male, IT Support Engineer,

2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experi-

ence. Contact 97311847

Indian male, B.Tech Mechanical

having 4 years experience with QA/

QC / CSWIP looking for a suitable

position. Contact: 99447106

Email: dhanubhasi87@gmail.com

Btech computer science graduate

2015 passout.. Android application

marketing.. Having good communi-

cation skills and mindset to work in

a team. Contact 91024385

Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need

suitable job of construction 12 yrs exp.

Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com

Engineer with 3 yrs experience in

Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical

maintained fi eld on visit visa looking

for suitable job.

Contact 99191535

Email: fareed029@gmail.com

Indian female, B.Tech biotechnology with strong computer

skills and 2 years experience as

associate research analyst (Media

Monitoring) in Nasdaq Oman seek-

ing growth oriented jobs. Contact

92044603 /918056169148 or

angeline.babithac@gmail.com.

B.Com Diploma in Material manage-

ment having 12 years experience in

local / overseas prelease, logistics,

ware house. NOC available.

Contact: 96477638

TOURS & TRAVELS

Project / Construction Manager-

Electrical 15++in OMAN and UAE,45

yrs, married,D/L Oman, Qatar &

UAE),Manage with Arabic, Good

Knowledge in Metro Viaduct, UG &

OG stations, Live airport projects,

multi cuisine hospital project (Cleve-

land clinic Abu Dhabi,). Holding of

FEWA, ADCC and OMAN electri-

cal license. Contact Venkatesh on

+97477394707/

geetvenkat2002@gmail.com

Indian male, with 8 yrs exp. in

Oman (BA- Graduate) working as

a project Sales Coordinator, with

Oman D/L, looking for suitable job,

ready to join immediately with NOC.

Contact 95245057

DOMESTIC HELPER

Looking for job for House maid.

Contact : 93599302

Laundry Housekeeping profession-

al looking for a opening in Oman

with 18 years experience.

Contact : 91957861

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Indian Male, M.B.A. (U.K) 10 Yrs of

Experience, looking for suitable posi-

tion in Sales/Marketing/Retail/ H.R/

Admin. Contact No: 99271903.

Indian male MBA 7 years experience

in Hospitality industry, operation,

sales & marketing looking for suitable

vacancy. Contact 92115860

Email vibin.py@gmail.com

Procurement Manager with 17

years experience looking suitable

position. (Electrical Diploma Holder

with Oman D/L) Contact: 95979029.

pavithranmv@gmail.com

Indian worked MNC 15 years Oman

experience as Marketing FMCG /

TRAD Purchasing with visa license.

Contact: 98796982

MBA Graduate with D/L looking for

sales or marketing jobs.

Contact 94143154

Email: rinojnathen008@gmail.com

Male BA with D/L having 6 years

exp Oman wanted suitable job in

sales, inventory, procure.

Contact : 92191026

Indian female MSc, MPHIL (Chem-

istry) 3 years Teaching experience

currently on visit visa seeking suit-

able position. Contact : 96916534 /

91969756

Omani female exp in PRO with

Oman D/L. Contact: 91161736

Looking for good job 2 years

experience Oman sales marketing

valid driving license Indian Kerala.

Contact : 98626682

Indian male, MBA with 5 yrs of

experience as a Lecturer in Depart-

ment of Marketing & Business

Management, looking for suitable

position. Contact 93126770

Sales & marketing professional

having 5 yrs exp with D/L.

Contact 92262680

Outdoor salesman with car looking

for job. Contact 91615715

Indian male, 34 yrs, 10 yrs exp. in

UAE in sales & merchandise with

valid GCC license, looking for suitable

position. #93438747 / 93033252

Sales man looking for a opening in

Oman with 18 years Gulf experience.

Contact: 91957861

8 years store experience Indian

male looking for placement. N.O.C

available. Contact: 98456535

8 years purchase experienced

Indian male looking for job. N.O.C.

available. Contact: 98161323

Indian male, B.Sc (Mathematics)

PGDBM (Marketing). 9 yrs of Oman

experience in sales in midlevel

management, NOC available.

Valid Oman D/L. Contact: 95278838

Email: anup2p4p@yahoo.com

Indian Male, B.Com Graduate, 23,

with experience in Sales looking for

suitable placements. # 98371144

Pakistani Female Bachelor of

Information Technology with 8

years’ experience in Banking, Sales,

business development, retail & cus-

tomer service seeking for a suitable

placement. Having valid D/L& NOC

available. Contact 94699970

shehla.chohan@gmail.com

SKILLED/UNSKILLED

Experience skilled candidate with driver license seeks position in

sales in Salalah. Contact: 98579382

Mason, sh/carpenter, steel fi tter, looking job. Contact 95175192

Electrician, Plumber, Welder , exp

gulf and india looking job.

Contact 99531802

Helper /cleaner looking for job.

Contact 95175192

SECRETARIAL/OFFICE

Indian female completed computer

literacy program (patiently funda-

mental, MS Offi ce, word processing)

and off set printing, seeking suitable

job in Muscat. Contact : 97236545

Email: sun2giri@gmail.com

25 Indian female B.S.C. Fashion

Technology. 5 years experience in

textile industry as a merchandiser

and good in fashion marketing.

Currently available on visit visa,

seeking for a suitable job.

Contact 96990368.

Email: simmy.missy@gmail.com

Indian male Diploma, civil engineer

4.3 year experience at building

construction and consulting com-

pany with Oman driving licence

and N.O.C available seeking suitable

placement contact 95989500 email

cv.shihabedappal@gmail.com

Omani Citizen searching a job in

the fi eld of computer especially in

data base professional in operating

Oracle SQL, PL/ SQL, form6i, Report

6i. Contact 96977368

Email: talaloml@yahoo.com

B.E Computer Science, Indian lady,

with 2 years experience in Oman

looking for suitable job in Muscat

having valid GCC driving license.

Contact: 97738624

Indian male, completed diploma in

Computer technology fresher, seek-

ing suitable position, currently on

visit visa. Contact : 93596096

M.Sc 3+ years exp from France &

India in IT Support Engineer / Hard-

ware & Networking / Server support

/ scientifi c system support looking

for suitable position. Indian, male

on visit visa, contact 98898781/

anoopys@gmail.com

Computer Networking/Facility

Mgmt 5 Yrs of Exp Holds B.E(ECE),

CCNA Looking for Good Opportunity,

Indian - Visit Visa. Contact 91911792/

arafakdnl@gmail.com

IT Desktop Support Engineer 2 years Oman 3 years in Indian Exp.

Contact 91937060

Network system Engineer B.E / ECE

+ CCNA & Ms certifi ed with 4+ yrs exp

looking for a job. Currently in Oman

on visit visa. Contact: 92589502

Email: careersjegan@gmail.com

Male 26 completed MBA and

have 1.5 years experience, good

knowledge of computer, software’s,

looking for job in procurement

/ warehousing. On visit visa till

5th Sep /2015. Contact: 00968

91795092

Email: jameel6345@gmail.com

IT & Media Sales specialist looking

for job opportunities also decent

exposure to H.R & customer rela-

tions currently in Muscat on visit

visa kindly.

Contact: 96238199 or 99874205

Email Id: m_cadri@rediff mail.com

Indian male, 39 yrs having 15 yrs

Gulf experience (UAE, Qatar, Oman)

in sales & marketing looking for a

suitable position with NOC.

Contact 94054730

Indian male 45+ yrs , 20 yrs exp as

sales supervisor in India looking for

indoor sales /stores /cashier or any

suitable placement can speak Hindi

, English, Malayalam, Tamil, kannada

can join immediately on visit visa.

Contact 93086105/33016546

Pakistani male 34 yrs Intermedi-

ate 2 yrs exp in sales & marketing

in Oman. Looking for suitable job.

Contact - 92146864

MISCELLANEOUS

Tunisian women looking for a job,

khnows english,frensh, italian and

arabic. Contact: 91171838

Content Executive, freshers with

good communication skills and will-

ingness to learn may apply on

job@socioholics.com

Experienced, competent, English

teacher for high school and college.

Contact: 91954541

English Teacher female (M. A. B. Ed)

Having 14 years experience with

11 years experience in Oman with

reputed institute and school.

Contact: 92289080 / 99318276

Email: babujosev@yahoo.com

Indian female MCA, Three years

experience in teaching fi eld, seeks

placement currently on visit visa.

Contact: 93431567

Email: fi vona.mel@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Light duty driver looking for job.

Contact: 94040926

Driver with car. Contact:

97705694/98988208

Looking for job driving Bangladeshi.

Contact: 97418036

Light driver for job. Contact:

95779594

Driver light. Contact: 91020999

Pakistani driving available.

Contact : 96913836

Light Driver needs Job.

Contact: 93284327

Indian Lady 24 yrs with 5 years

experience as cabin crew in National

& International airlines seeking suit-

able job vacancy in good position.

Contact: 97623267

MISCELLANEOUS

13 Years UAE experienced in MNC &

reputed fi rms logistics distribution

looking for a suitable placement, on

visit visa contact 99838743,

gani.dawood@gmail.com

Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer sci-

ence) (diploma computer engineer-

ing) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle pl-

sql, MS sql-server ,ms visual studio

vba, network. Contact :91415886

Indian male with 8 yrs experience

in FMCG in Oman as Sales Supervi-

sor looking for suitable placement.

NOC available. Gsm: 96495206

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial fi eld

available in muscat on vist visa

seeking suitable job .

Contact: 95868922, Email:

almouthanaosman@yahoo.com

IT system and Printer engineer ME,

5Years bank IT Management exp in

India looking for full time job visit

visa contact 94462150

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

lokeshkaluri@gmail.com

MCA IT Professional Indian Female

seek placement in Teaching/ Non

Teaching fi eld. Presently on visit

visa. 9588 7051,

ashwininakod@gmail.com

ACCA Affi liate, Indian, 2.5Years

experience in Audit/ Finance in Big

6 Audit Firm and Oil Accounting in

PDO, For Permanent Placement for

Finance or Accounts or Audit. Re-

lease NOC Available on hand.

Contact #95140445,

a.saran891@gmail.com

Finance ACCA Affi liate, Worked as

an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience

in reputed fi rm, Handled independ-

ent audit/fi nance assignments,

Looking for permanent placement,

NOC available. #95140445.

a.saran891@gmail.com

Piping Design Engineer, Indian

male 27, looking for suitable place-

ment in Piping Design & Engineer-

ing. Having 7 years of experience in

AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS

(11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact :

97351786 / 96143708, E-mail :

mohammednazeer07@gmail.com

Indian Male, Graduate, 11 years

Sales experience in Lighting /

Industrial products, ready to join

immediately. GSM: 9710 5356

Indian heavy duty driver with 8

years experience in oman available

with NOC. GSM : 93601943

GSM : 94496457

Over 15 years experience in Gulf.

Interior Architect, Lebanese Nation-

ality, on visit visa seeking a suitable

Placement. 96268005.

Indian male, 28 yrs MBA (HR/M) 2

years experience in Indian Oman in

HR & admin seeks suitable place-

ments. NOC available.

Contact 97484159

Email: rameshkapa86@gmail.com

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial fi eld

available in Muscat on visit visa

seeking suitable job .

Contact: 95868922, Email:

almouthanaosman@yahoo.com

Indian Male MBA with two year

experience in H.R as a H.R As-

sistant, Now in India, Seeking

for an urgent suitable position.

Contact:-98620260 / 93895992 ,

Email:-deepakmb4@gmail.com

8 years successful experience.

Senior Accountant, Indian male,

29 years, presently working in oman

as a senior accountant with oman

driving license. NOC available.

seek suitable opportunity.

gsm: 97705854

Diploma in Electrical Engineer exp

5 years any type of industrial main-

tenance and installation, building

wiring system.

Contact: 94544663 Email:

motiurrahaman1989@gmail.com

BSc Civil Engineer, 6 months

working experience in UAE as a Site

Engineer currently in Oman on visit

visa and looking for a job.

Contact : 98157833

Email: waqas.pasha22@gmail.com

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

C6 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 0 , 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

Specialist available for explosive

growth in term of restructuring

all modules of businesses with

over 30 years of experience across

continents with a decade in Oman.

Contact 96733578

Email : profi toman@gmail.com

Split & window A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089 /

95323517

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Carpet & sofa cleaning, house clean-

ing. Contact 99542979 / 98855815

Split & window A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 96236476

Carpet, curtain, sofa, fl oor,

cleaning, shampooing, marble &

mosaic tiles grinding, polishing

and painting. Contact : 93630133 /

95821193

House shifting packing.

99657644 / 98518013

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-ter-

mite treatment, general cleaning

painting, Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir

Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

# 24810137, 99450130

Ramadhan Gifts with company

name printable advertisement

on t-shirt, clock.

Contact: 98796982

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance.

Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217

/24788722

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gence (BI) creation and man-

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TAX/ CONSULTINGCONTACT: 24 567 251 / 95 498 033

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet

& sofa shampooing, Contact

99314807/24792998

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

House shifting. Contact

99708138

Learn Cup cakes, exotic cakes, Icing

decorations, handicrafts.

Contact 95941515

SITUATION WANT-MANPOWER

Available for longer period : Mig

Welder 5 nos, General worker with

PDO pass 10 nos, Helper 10 nos,

Mason 8 nos. Contact 99610703

Window & split unit A.C servicing

& repairing. Contact 99557080

Split & window A.C servic-

ing & maintenance. Contact

93769089/95323517

Air condition maintenance split

and window services AC specialist

ducted and package type unites.

Contact: 98667326

M.Sc 3+ years exp from France &

India in IT Support Engineer / Hard-

ware & Networking / Server support

/ scientifi c system support looking

for suitable positions. Indian, male

on visit visa, contact 98898781/

anoopys@gmail.com

Indian male, 34years having 10

years of experience in Sales, Sales

Coordination and Administration.

Experienced in SAP and

MS Offi ce. NOC available.

Contact # 94686594

British Beauty Therapist looking

for suitable position. please contact

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