India stayed on course to make it a hat-trick of men's junior Asia Cup hockey titles, defeating Malaysia 3-1 to enter the final.
Low cost air-carrier IndiGo has flagged off its maiden foray into the international market.
Ayush Badoni showed his wide repertoire of strokes as India cantered to a six-wicket victory over Oman
Amir Ali has been named captain, with Rohit as his deputy, in the 18-member junior hockey squad for the Sultan of Johor Cup that will mark the first assignment for head coach PR Sreejesh in Malaysia from October 19.
SRK's Temptation Reloaded 2011 Tour Concert in Muscat has been postponed to March.
Notably, the husband of Dipika Jogi on Monday claimed in Durg that she was held captive by her employer in Oman.
M T Stolt Valor, the cargo ship released by Somali pirates after two-month captivity in the Gulf of Aden, reached Muscat on Friday."We docked in Muscat at 10.30 am. All crew members are safe and healthy," Captain of the ship Prabhat Goel said.The hijacked merchant ship with 18 Indian sailors on board was freed on November 16 after a ransom amount between one to 2.5 million dollars was paid reportedly by the Japanese owners, following negotiations.
It has been 18 years since arch-rivals India and Pakistan have locked horns in a bilateral hockey Test series.
Reader Siddhesh Patil sends us a photograph.
As many as 19 flights have received bomb threats in three days and a Riyadh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Muscat due to the threat, according to officials.
The Life Insurance Corporation of India has opened a branch in Muscat to cater to over 300,000 non-resident Indians in Oman.
Oman's Bank Muscat, the Gulf Arab state's biggest, said on Saturday it had bought a 26 per cent stake in India's Centurion Bank.\n\n\n\n
Oman's largest bank BankMuscat, which recently picked up 43 per cent stake in the domestic brokerage house Mangal Keshav Group
It is understood that the Test squad will be leaving from Mumbai few days after the series and just like it happened during the last tour of South Africa, the BCCI could have a four-day game between India and India A, which people in the know of things feel will provide Rohit Sharma's men with quality match simulation.
At present, IndiGo operates over 17 flights between India and the Gulf
A Dubai-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai with 54 passengers and 7 crew onboard was on Thursday diverted to Oman capital Muscat following a bomb threat where it landed safely.
Get Ahead reader Kadir Shaikh from Muscat shares with us two pictures of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat.
Jet Airways launched its flights to Muscat and Doha. The daily flight service will operate from Mumbai and Kerala.
"Ravi Shastri told Gulf News: 'It was an unbelievable experience, I had goosebumps.' He was so impressed by the response from the crowd on either side of the route that he refused to board the bus after handing over the torch and continued walking and shook hands with people for another 400 metres," according to Sunil Vaidya, a Muscat-based senior journalist.
Shreyas Iyer would be aiming to revive his start-stop international career, while Ishan Kishan would aim to clear the popular perception about his allegedly 'misplaced priorities'.
Thirteen Indians are among the 16-member crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that went missing after it capsized off the coast of Oman, the country's maritime authority said.
India and Oman held discussions in Muscat aimed at enhancing defence cooperation between the two countries.
The airline has already commenced the sale of tickets for the new destination, which will be the ninth international sector to be served by carrier, SpiceJet said.
According to a source, Suhail Thanalot, a senior crew member of AIE and a native of Thillenkeri in Kannur district, was apprehended following intelligence and evidence compiled by the DRI regarding his involvement in the gold smuggling incident.
Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Preity Zinta perform at the Temptation Reloaded 2013 concert.
Brazil shocked and other big upsets at World Cup qualifiers played on Tuesday
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath will inaugurate the Second India-GCC Industrial Conference in Muscat on Friday and will hold discussions with leaders of the five Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
The annual report of home ministry for the year 2002 and 2003 said the ISI has established training centres in Dubai and Thailand too with the aim of reviving militancy in Punjab.
Simranjeet Singh and Rajni Etimarpu will lead the men's and women's sides respectively as Hockey India on Sunday named the Indian teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman.
A 30-year-old Bangladeshi national was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly sexually harassing a female flight attendant on board a Muscat-Dhaka flight travelling via Mumbai, a police official said on Friday.
While Nibin Maxwell, from Kollam in Kerala, was killed in the attack, two other Keralites -- Bush Joseph George and Paul Melvin -- were injured and are hospitalised.
The other goal-scorers for India were Akshata Dhekale (8th), Mariana Kujur (12th), Jyoti (23rd), Monika Dipi Toppo (27th), and Ajmina Kujur (30th).
Interrogation of Kerala based Jamat-i-yyathul Ansarul Musalimeen founder, Mohammad Sameer, has revealed that the 13/7 Mumbai blasts were planned in Dubai for which funding came to Kerala via Muscat, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
"I will be running as a sportsman," said Ravi Shastri, cricketer and former manager of the Indian team, while talking to rediff.com about his low-key participation in the Olympic torch relay ceremony in Muscat, Oman on April 14. He refused to speak on the controversial issue of the Chinese crackdown in Tibet and the protests that have marred the Olympic torch relay in London, Paris and San Francisco.
Yokohama beat Shandong to book Asian Champions League last 16 berth
Three men, originally from Tamil Nadu, arrested by the Mumbai Police started their boat journey from Kuwait on January 28 and claimed to have taken the Saudi Arabia-Dubai-Pakistan route before entering Indian shores illegally, as per the police remand note.
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