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Indian MP calls for Bahrain-India shipping serviceDubai - An Indian MP from Kerala has called for the resumption of a shipping service between Bahrain and India for the benefit of low-paid Indian workers in that Gulf country. Pannyan Ravindran of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has said that he will submit a petition signed by 20 MPs from Kerala to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking resumption of the services, according to a report in the Gulf Daily News newspaper. Ravindran, according to the report, has said that the shipping services were necessary as the present airfares between India and Bahrain are almost the same as those on the India-Europe sector, which the low-paid workers cannot afford. Though a passenger ferry service was launched between the Gulf and India in 2001 by a Bahraini firm, it had to be subsequently cancelled as the vessel could not get a sea-worthiness certificate from India's Mercantile and Marine Department. read more. A Desert Cow Boy in SharjahIn a land where your eyes feast on sand dunes and extensive desert sands, one cannot imagine the existence of a western cowboy. Yet the same is true in Sharjah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE. For the Sharjah residents he is a well know person. Come rain, mist, winter or merciless sunshine, the ever familiar figure of a man with military trousers, a heavy coat over a layer of a shirt and a sweater , a cap on his balding head and his little personal belongings in a discarded supermarket trolley is true of the DESERT COWBOY. He resembles Charlie Chaplin playing the Tramp. Nobody actually knows his real name. But to the residents, he is simply known as COWBOY. Given a first glance, one can brush him off as a rare vagabond in the UAE. But he has the distinction of assisting the Sharjah Police in directing traffic during peak hours, helps in as day-time security for selective buildings and also teaches little children Arabic. read more. Over 90 per cent got jobs under rural employment schemeNew Delhi: More than 90 per cent of job applicants have been given employment under the national rural employment guarantee act, the Rajya Sabha was informed today."Out of 7,328,551 persons who have demanded employment (under the NREGA), 6,886,729 have been provided, which is 93.97 per cent," Minister of State for Rural Development Suryakanta Patil said in a reply.The Minister, however, admitted that a range of factors, such as state elections and shortage of staff and training, did slow down the progress of the rural employment programme in certain areas initially.But progress considerably improved after separate funds came in provide training for the programme, she said."Besides, instructions have been issued by the Central government from time to time for effective implementation of the act by the states." Sanitation: The Delhi government has made no request to the Centre to be part of its total sanitation campaign (TSC), Minister of State for Rural Development A Narendra said in a reply.The campaign is, however, under implementation in 559 rural districts across the country, he said."All the remaining districts in the country will be covered during the eleventh plan." Jharkhand Roads: The Jharkhand government has spent Rs 64.78 crore out of Rs 170 crore of the Central allocation in 2005-06 under the Pradhan mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, the Rajya Sabha was informed.In 2004-05, it spent Rs 95.08 crore out of Rs 110 crore on rural road-laying under the scheme, Patil said. read more. Wright favours Ganguly's selectionDubai: Amid speculation of a comeback by Sourav Ganguly to the Indian team, former coach John Wright has said the record of the former captain made a case for his inclusion in the one-day side.The ex-New Zealand skipper, currently in the eye of a storm over his just-published book 'Indian Summers', has also emphasised that he enjoyed a "steady" relationship with the Bengal batsman and there were no differences between them.Asked in an interview, which appeared in 'Gulf News' today, if he felt Ganguly still had a chance to make a comeback to the national team, he said: "I believe he is a great cricketer with more than 15,000 international runs and one who has given Indian cricket a certain direction."It will be great if he can make it." On his relationship with Ganguly, Wright said, "See, we had worked for more than four-and-a-half years and I believe we had a steady relationship."We are in a position where if he (Sourav) comes to Christchurch, he can think of having dinner at my residence while I can think of the same when I am in Kolkata. read more. Alumco, $23.5m Burj dealAlumco has won a $23.5m contract from Arabtec-Besix to supply a total of 755,000 sqft of its aluminium facades to the 63 storey Burj Dubai Lake Hotel. Alumco's work on the project will commence in October and is expected to be completed by January 2008. . read more. It's AcademicThe dominant political culture on Australian university campuses brings to mind a scene from the classic movie Casablanca. A naïve young woman approaches the nightclub owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) to enquire about the character of the thoroughly dissolute French police captain played by Claude Raines. "HeÂ’s like any other man, only more so," quips the jaded Bogart in response. . read more. A Desert Cow Boy in SharjahIn a land where your eyes feast on sand dunes and extensive desert sands, one cannot imagine the existence of a western cowboy. Yet the same is true in Sharjah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE. For the Sharjah residents he is a well know person. Come rain, mist, winter or merciless sunshine, the ever familiar figure of a man with military trousers, a heavy coat over a layer of a shirt and a sweater , a cap on his balding head and his little personal belongings in a discarded supermarket trolley is true of the DESERT COWBOY. He resembles Charlie Chaplin playing the Tramp. Nobody actually knows his real name. But to the residents, he is simply known as COWBOY. Given a first glance, one can brush him off as a rare vagabond in the UAE. But he has the distinction of assisting the Sharjah Police in directing traffic during peak hours, helps in as day-time security for selective buildings and also teaches little children Arabic. read more.If top quality Jobs Dubai facts is what you are enthusiastic about, Ask Jeeves can detect it for you.
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