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25°C—35°C Today D Community Community The first The Indian Women of embassy in P6the Year P16 Qatar holds awards recognise and a function to mark the honour 12 individuals for country’s National their achievements and Unity Day (Rashtriya contributions. Ekta Diwas). Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Safar 12, 1439 AH DOHA 25°C—35°C TODAY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE 11 PUZZLES 12 & 13 News flash! COVER STORY State-of-the-art newsroom at NU-Q to serve as a lab for future READY, STEADY: The Newsroom at the Northwestern University in Qatar is up and running broadcast journalists. P4-5 Photo by Noushad Thekkayil 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, November 1, 2017 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.24am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.41am Zuhr (noon) 11.17am Asr (afternoon) 2.29pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.55pm Isha (night) 6.25pm USEFUL NUMBERS Brawl in Cell Block 99 to work as a drug courier. He soon fi nds himself in a gunfi ght DIRECTION: S Craig Zahler between police offi cers and his own ruthless allies. When CAST: Dan Amboyer, Jennifer Carpenter, Vince Vaughn the smoke clears, Bradley is badly hurt and thrown in prison, SYNOPSIS: A former boxer loses his job as an auto where his enemies force him to commit acts of violence that mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to expire. At this turn the place into a savage battleground. crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Akasha Mittayi Jayaram Subramaniam and Iniya in prominent roles. The cast DIRECTION: Samuthirakani also includes Kalabhavan Shajon. It is a family drama that has CAST: Jayaram, Iniya, Kalabhavan Shajon, Irshad, been directed by Samuthirakani. Nandana Varma, Anil Murali, Balachandran Chullikkad SYNOPSIS: Akasha Mittayi is a Malayalam movie starring THEATRES: Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q The Mall Cinema (1): Mersal Royal Plaza Cinema Palace We don’t see (Tamil) 2:30pm; Secret Superstar (2): Akasha Mittayi (Malayalam) things as they are, (Hindi) 5:30pm; Thor: Ragnarok 3:30pm; Happy Death Day (2D) (2D) 8:30pm; Mersal (Tamil) 11pm. 7pm; Thor: Ragnarok (2D) 9pm; we see them as we are. The Mall Cinema (2): The Little Landmark Cinema (2): Mersal Thor: Ragnarok (2D) 11:15pm. Vampire (2D) 3pm; Fantastic (Tamil) 3pm; The Little Vampire Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Journey To Oz (2D) 5pm; Jigsaw (2D) 6pm; Thor: Ragnarok (2D) Mersal (Tamil) 3:30pm; Brawl In — Anais Nin (2D) 7pm; Thor: Ragnarok (2D) 8:30pm; Mersal (Tamil) 11pm. Cell Block 99 (2D) 7pm; Geostorm 9pm; Thor: Ragnarok (2D) Landmark Cinema (3): The (2D) 9:30pm; 24 Hours To Live 11:15pm. Little Vampire (2D) 3pm; Fantastic (2D) 11:30pm. The Mall Cinema (3): Ramaleela Journey To Oz (2D) 5:30pm; Brawl Asian Town Cinema: Ramaleela (Malayalam) 3pm; Geostorm (2D) In Cell Block 99 (2D) 7pm; Thor: (Malayalam) 6:45pm; Golmaal 7pm; Secret Superstar (Hindi) Ragnarok (2D) 9:15pm; Thor: Again (Hindi) 6pm; Ramaleela 8:45pm; Thor: Ragnarok (2D) Ragnarok (2D) 11:30pm. (Malayalam) 9:45pm; Mersal Community Editor 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (Tamil) 9pm; Vunnadhi Okate Kamran Rehmat Landmark Cinema (1): Fantastic (1): Fantastic Journey To Oz (2D) (Telugu) 6pm; Ramaleela e-mail: [email protected] Journey To Oz (2D) 3pm; Akasha 3pm; The Little Vampire (2D) (Malayalam) 7:45pm; Parava Telephone: 44466405 Mittayi (Malayalam) 5pm; Thor: 5pm; Jigsaw (2D) 6:45pm; Thor: (Malayalam) 8:30pm; Ramaleela Ragnarok (2D) 8pm; Ramaleela Ragnarok (2D) 8:30pm; Mersal (Malayalam) 10:45pm; Ramaleela Fax: 44350474 (Malayalam) 11pm. (Tamil) 11pm. (Malayalam) 11:15pm. Wednesday, November 1, 2017 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS again will host the final round of the get involved in the birthday celebrations. WorldSBK, the Qatar Round. As previous To kick-off things off, Evolution Sports Kerela Day years, the event will be held at night recently launched their 10-year anniversary WHERE: Shalimar Restaurant under the floodlight system of the circuit logo. The emblem has been designed by WHEN: Today and the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Toyan Greaves, the man behind the original Mind Tune Echo Waves and Mind Tune Championship is sure to be an exciting and Evolution Sports logo and will be used on Toastmasters are jointly organising a unpredictable last round. This year the all documentation, both online and offline seminar today to coincide with the 61st- event will be from Thursday to Saturday. for the next 12 months. anniversary celebrations of the Formation of Kerala State (Kerala Day) at Shalimar Train like a superhero Restaurant in Najma. An interactive WHERE: Aspire Zone seminar and leadership session on “making WHEN: Ongoing a career” will be held along the meeting. Dr Kids Classes Now Open! Train like a C A Rassaq, an international mind tuner superhero at CrossFit Doha! CrossFit holds and happy life success coach, will lead the a variety of disciplines from weightlifting classes. Rassaq will also hold a full-day to calisthenics to gymnastics. This will workshop on Friday at Crowne Plaza Inn. help your kids excel in sports & retain the A special session for school children is also healthy & fit lifestyle! Support your kids’ planned for Saturday at Retaj Royal Hotel. natural urge for physical activities & train like a superhero, at CrossFit Doha’s in The Geology of Qatar for Non- demand Kids Classes today! CrossFit Doha Geologists ISC Skipping Rope Open is located at Aspire Zone Sports City. For WHEN: Today Championship more information, call 44138484. Where: Doha English Speaking School WHERE: Birla Public School TIME: 7pm WHEN: Nov 3 Breakdance Classes Have you laboured under the weight TIME: 4pm WHEN: Sun-Wed of perplexity caused by questions like, Indian Sports Centre under the patronage Breakdancing is part of the Hip Hop “Why do Qatar rocks have gas?” or “Why of the Embassy of India is organising culture that originated in New York did a hole appear in the road?” Have you Skipping Rope Open Championship. experimenting with new materials and and has since spread all over the world. suffered from sleep deprivation as a result The Speed Hop Competition and Speed techniques, the results are astonishing. Breakdancing is an athletic and acrobatic of not knowing why pristine piles of sea Endurance Competition has the following Lulu M wants to share her passion with the style of dancing, which can often appear shells can be found lazily lying on the dry categories: Adults (Men & Women), and world and take the viewers on a journey to defy the laws of physics. This extreme ground kilometres from the sea? Maybe Under-19 and Under-13 (boys and girls). of her vivid dreams through her art. With dance-sport uses tremendous upper- your burning questions are more mundane The competition is open to the Indian depth and dimension often present in her body strength for tricks and poses and a like, “What kinds of rocks can I find around community and registration is free. For work, she wants her viewers to look deeply great way to get into shape and have fun. Qatar?” and, for that matter, “What is a more information, WhatsApp on 5564- into her pieces and experience them. Register now by calling 33003839 or e-mail rock, exactly?” These questions and more 6693 or e-mail at indiansportscentre@ [email protected] will all be answered in this non-technical gmail.com Cultural Diversity Festival and informal presentation on the geology of WHEN: Until Nov 11 Reggae Beachfest Doha Qatar. More info on www.qnhg.org Kids Competition WHERE: Katara WHEN: Thursdays and Fridays WHERE: TCA Qatar TIME: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm WHERE: Oyster Beach Bar at St. Regis Third Edition of TEDxYouth WHEN: Nov 3 Cultural Village Foundation-Katara in Hotel WHERE: DPS-MIS TCA Qatar is back with another co-operation with UNESCO Office in Doha TIME: 8pm onwards WHEN: Tomorrow competition. It is open to all students and is hosting a Cultural Diversity Festival on In collaboration with Reggae Beachfest DPS-Modern Indian School is hosting will be held on the 3rd of November. The its premises until November 11. in Dubai, Qatar will witness the best rasta the third edition of TEDxYouth@ DPSMIS. competitions involve: Rubix Cube 3X3, nights around. The organisers say, “We’ve The first and second editions embraced Abacus, Handwriting (Calligraphy), Quick got the setup sorted to get you feeling the the unknown and invited the unseen. This Math, Drawing and Painting. For more Caribbean vibe. Along with our resident year, the event will be held tomorrow at the details, please call 6652-3871, 3132-6749, or band Earthkry all the way from Jamaica, school itself and will feature five speakers 4437-3259. we have so many big names in the Reggae from diverse backgrounds. From discoveries scene lined up at this huge beachfest!” in science to stories of business icons, the Imperial Threads: Motifs and Entrance fee is QR50 at the door. For more event hopes to inculcate in the youth, to Artisans information, please call 44460105. dream big. WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art WHEN: Until November 4 Dance & Fitness Classes This exhibition focuses on the exchange WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier, Villa 57, of artistic and material cultures between Bin Omran the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal WHEN: Ongoing Empires.
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