Little over 1 million barrels were exported to India in February, 794,200 barrels were exported in March and none at all in January.
The BCCI is also mulling a couple of more windows in 2022 in case October-November is not feasible in India.
Instead of lowering the altitude, the pilot responded by saying that he was satisfied. When only 10 nautical miles were left till the airport, the plane was at an altitude of 7,000 feet instead of 3,000 feet, it said. The ATC issued a second warning to the pilot to lower the plane's altitude. However, the pilot responded again by stating that he was satisfied and would handle the situation, saying he was ready for landing, the report said.
Six Indians were killed and two Omanis seriously injured when two pickup trucks collided and one carrying six workers caught fire, local media quoted a policeman as saying.
British sailor and double Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ayton is carving out a new career as a coach in the ultra-competitive, male-dominated world of high-performance sailing - a kind of Formula One on water.
The airline, which bagged the second position after Jet Airways in terms of the number of passengers, got permission for launching international operations from the forthcoming summer schedule, which begins in April and continues till October-November.
A struggling India escaped with a 1-1 draw against lower-ranked Bangladesh in their FIFA World Cup second round qualifying match in Kolkata.
The cancellation of certain frequencies to the Gulf sector was done to rightsize the airline due to commercial and operational reasons.
State-run BHEL on Wednesday said it has commissioned a captive gas-based power station at a refinery in Oman.
World's only solar-powered aircraft will make a stop over in Ahmedabad.
Cleartrip acquired Saudi travel firm Flyin last July and it provides bilingual ground support service and itineraries for inbound tourists.
The scientists who have not been identified are working in crucial areas of nuclear, defence and space fields. The names of these scientists was mentioned by Sarfaraz Nawaz, who was deported from Muscat, during interrogation and which were further corroborated by T Nazir, LeT's pointsman in South India. Sources said on Sunday that following corroboration of the threats, a security review was carried out after which it was decided to enhance the security of the scientists.
A suspected bomber was arrested at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi when batteries and electrical circuits were found concealed in his shoes after a thorough check-up following a scanner alarm.The man identified as Faiz Mohammad, 30, was scheduled to board a Thai International Airlines flight for Muscat. Confirming the arrest, an airport security force official said Mohammed, who holds a diploma in civil engineering, was apprehended while he was being scanned.
Images and a round-up of all the World Cup qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
The Indian men's hockey team put up a clinical performance against Japan, demolishing the Asiad gold-medallists 9-0 for its third win in as many matches at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat.
The airline would leave Mumbai at 7.30 pm and arrive in Riyadh at 9.15 pm. The same plane would then leave Riyadh at 10.15 pm and arrive in Mumbai at 4.20 am.
Majan College, the largest private University College in Muscat, Oman, and an associate college of the University of Bedfordshire UK, has announced admissions to its programmes. The Degrees are issued by the University of Bedfordshire and are open
Among the Indian carriers, Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, and SpiceJet operate flights to Saudi Arabia while Saudi Arabian Airlines and Flynas are the two carriers operating in India.
Megha Gupta never planned on being an actress. However, fate had other plans for the lead actress of NDTV Imagine's Main Teri Parchhain Hoon.
Canadian model Raquel Bettencourt says she can never forget the late artiste.
A leading Indian business school has entered into a partnership with a recuitment and training firm in Oman for management development programmes. \n
The new service, Pravasi, will offer banking solutions for NRIs in India and Oman, with services ranging from basic remittance service, investments in international and Indian funds, wealth management solutions to demat accounts in India and Oman for trading in shares and retirement solutions, the bank said.
The cargo ship, owned by a Japanese company and managed by Fleet Marine Limited in Mumbai, was hijacked by the armed Somali pirates on September 15. The hijackers had demanded a ransom of $6 million for the release of the crew but later brought the amount down to $2.5 million.
India has discussed ways to give a boost to the defence ties with the Sultanate of Oman, a media report said.
An expected stormy run in Asia for the Beijing Olympic flame on Monday prompted Pakistan to promise security worthy of a head of state to the torch, as it made a last-minute change in the route for the relay marred by anti-China protests. The Olympic torch will arrive in Islamabad early on April 16 from Muscat, and it will be taken to New Delhi later the same day.
SpiceJet is offering fares on Mumbai-Dubai route as a discount.
Reader Ronnie Pereira met tennis ace Roger Federer at the Dubai Open.
Indian B-schools and corporates are fast catching up with the flow to bridge the gap between demand and supply of trained supply chain management managers in the industry.
For Air India and Jet Airways, airspace closure over Pakistan would mean flights to US and Europe will have to take a longer route.
Sarah Jane Dias is all set to represent India at the Miss World 2007pageant that will he held on December 1 in China.
Taking serious view of a 29-year old Kerala woman landing in a prostitution racket in Oman after being lured with a housemaid job, India has asked its mission in Muscat to take up the case with the Omanese Government and seek action against her sponsors. Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi on Monday said that stringent action would also be taken if any agent was involved in the racket.
Dempo paid for their profligacy with an own goal by their captain to go down 2-3 to Sur Club of Oman in the AFC Cup Group A thriller at Nizwa. The I-League champions, who beat Lebanese powerhouse Al Ansar in their opening pool match, wasted a couple of clear chances and conceded an own goal by star playmaker Climax Lawrence.
GAIL (India) Ltd and its partners on Wednesday signed the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with government of Oman for Block 56 in Muscat.
Jet will have 56 flights (around 9,400 seats a week) from four destinations from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi and Kozhikode to Bahrain and Doha (non-stop), Muscat and Kuwait, and cater to the middle and upper ends of the market.
A caller on Friday morning said that a bomb had been placed in the Muscat-Thiruvananthapuram Gulf Air flight.
The issue of the labour agreement came up during discussions between the Minister of State for External Affairs, E Ahamed and Oman's Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali Al Juma in Muscat on Wednesday. The draft MoU include various measures for the welfare of Indian workers so as to check many labour-related problems.
He praised the recent gesture of Oman in facilitating the smooth exit of thousands of Indian expatriates whose labour cards and visas had expired.
The reasons are manifold including personal, financial, family and work related.\n
India midfielder Manpreet Singh will take over the captaincy from PR Sreejesh in the Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat next month, marking the hockey team's first major tournament after the retirement of Sardar Singh.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 43-member contingent, comprising 21 men and 22 women athletes, for the Games.
