A computer-generated view of the world’s largest chandelier, now being installed in an iconic property scheduled to be opened on the Doha Corniche in April 2010.

The Indian embassy yesterday started functioning from its new premises, near Gulf Times office, in the Al Hilal area.

The first hip-hop and R&B open air festival in Doha is to take place tonight, with some of Germany’s top artistes performing at the Aspire Zone.

The Traffic Department is planning to introduce a point-to-point radar system on highways to catch erring drivers, a senior official of the Department said yesterday.

Doha will host the 10th GCC Dermatology and Venereology Conference (GCC Derma) from December 17 to 19.

A popular outlet in Doha selling chocolates faced a temporary closure by the Doha Municipality for violating health regulations.

Throughout last weekend’s holy season of Eid Al Adha, representatives of Vodafone Qatar could be seen all over the city, distributing sweets and prizes for children and adults alike in over 2,000 giveaway boxes.

Fed up with the way it is being treated by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), German construction major Bilfinger Berger is planning to pull out of Qatar. The company, which is involved in some key projects in the country, announced yesterday it was seriously considering the pull out due to disagreement with Ashghal.

The population of Qatar till Monday is 1,580,050, according to statistics released by Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) yesterday. These data represent the number of individuals of all ages (Qataris and non-Qataris) within the state on Monday, excluding Qataris and residents who were outside the borders of the State at the time of the statement monitoring. The total number of males according to these data, is 1, 225,487 compared to 354,563 females.

I saw this in The Peninsula last Thursday: