Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India) back issues from January 2009:
Court asks Gujarat boy to visit mom.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Abhishek Sharan Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- On Wednesday a local court in Hyderabad acquitted 17 people arrested in connection with the Mecca mosque blasts case in Hyderabad on May 18, 2007. With their acquittal, the conspiracy case framed by the Hyderabad police involving ...
Indian scholars in demand for Moharram.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kamal Siddiqi Jan. 1--KARACHI -- As the Muslim new year starts with the month of Moharram, all eyes are focused on the 9th and 10th of Moharram, when the mourning of Shia Muslims reaches its peak. Majlis gatherings are held as the Taziya procession on these two days ...
Mecca mosque blasts: 17 more acquitted, case falling apart.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Abhishek Sharan Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- On Wednesday a local court in Hyderabad acquitted 17 people arrested in connection with the Mecca mosque blasts case in Hyderabad on May 18, 2007. With their acquittal, the conspiracy case framed by the Hyderabad police involving ...
How Mumbai attack played out with common Pakistanis.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kamal Siddiqi Jan. 1--KARACHI -- Pakistan is a divided house. There's no single view on how Islamabad should respond to Indian demands for dismantling terrorist outfits using its territory in the wake of the November 26 terror strikes on Mumbai. Some believe the ...
BRIEF: Boy kidnapped to fund New Year holiday.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Peeyush Khandelwal Jan. 1--GHAZIABAD -- New Year celebrations went sour for eight men who kidnapped an eight-year-old from Sahibabad, to fund a holiday in Goa. Although they managed to extort Rs 5 lakh from the boy's family, the police caught them before they could make ...
BRIEF: Ministry told to reveal fate of kerosene marking system.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Satya Prakash Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- The Delhi High Court has asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to respond to a petition challenging the move to abolish the kerosene marker system introduced to check diversion of Public Distribution System (PDS) kerosene for ...
Opportunity from adversity.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rajesh Mahapatra and Arnab Mitra Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- "When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters -- one represents danger, and the other, opportunity." -- John F. Kennedy, Former US president As we step into 2009, India stands at the ...
Bajaj brothers end war.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Devraj Uchil Jan. 1--MUMBAI -- The six-year-old dispute among Bajaj brothers, Rahul and Shishir, came to an end on Wednesday with both sides withdrawing petitions from the Company Law Board. The petition was filed by the Shishir Bajaj group, which accused Rahul Bajaj ...
Price wars in skies just got bigger.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Samiran Saha Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- The price wars in the skies have just got bigger, with frills thrown in to woo travellers and rewards to "high-performing" agents. Jet Airways and its low cost arm JetLite on Wednesday announced a special advanced purchase ( apex) ...
Wanted in India, at large in Pakistan.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Amit Baruah Jan. 1--Mumbai 26/11 has changed the immediate goals of Indian foreign policy. Fixing the terror networks in Pakistan has assumed renewed importance after the audacious terrorist strikes in Mumbai. Getting hold of persons like the Jaish-e-Muhammad (army of ...
SP suspended, 3 police officers sacked.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rajesh Singh Jan. 1--LUCKNOW -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday suspended the former police superintendent of Aurraiya Ekramul Haq and sacked the SHO of Diyapur police station, Hoshiyar Singh, in connection with the murder of PWD engineer M.K. Gupta. Four ...
Exit polio: winning the vaccine way.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sanchita Sharma Jan. 1--On the face of it, India seems to be fighting a losing battle against polio. Most countries of the world, including our neighbours Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, have stamped out polio. India is among only 17 nations where polio cases were reported ...
Biotech crops solution to food shortage: expert.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lalita Panicker Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- In a world of unpredictable climatic changes, growing water stress and lifestyle diseases, the issue of food availability and quality has assumed much greater urgency than ever before. Just increasing yields is not enough, reducing ...
2009: Who'll be Kinng?
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Poonam Saxena Jan. 1--Who is going to be the biggest superstar of 2009? The same man who was the biggest superstar of 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 ...Shah Rukh Khan has held that position for over a decade and it's unlikely he's going to relinquish it ...
Will India become the World No 1 in cricket this year?
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Soumya Bhattacharya Jan. 1--In January 2008, after India decimated Australia twice within four days to win the triangular one-day tournament in Australia for the first time, India's captain MS Dhoni had said: "It doesn't get better than this." It did. India beat ...
Small is beautiful.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sumant Banerji Jan. 1--The economic downturn has hurt the sales and expansion plans of Indian automakers. But the good thing is that they are not as down-and-out as the auto giants in the US and elsewhere, who are seeking government help to stay afloat. In fact, the ...
Bullish on India: Lots of steam still left in the growth story.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rajesh Mahapatra Jan. 1--As the world ushers in a new year, we have a simple advice: ignore the doomsayers, especially the economic forecasters. They got it all wrong in 2008, and this year too, they will go off the mark.Already a dozen-odd countries -- ...
Out of power, PDP likely to push 'velvet separatism'.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Arun Joshi Jan. 1--JAMMU -- PDP leader Sayeed Mufti's residence Fairview, in the foothills of Zabarvan hills was the location for portions of the popular film Mission Kashmir. Now another 'mission' for Kashmir seems to be in the making, this time of a more real, ...
BRIEF: Red flag flying, thanks to Pandit votes.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Aurangzeb Naqshbandi Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- The lone legislator holding the Red flag in J&K would not have been elected to the state assembly this time but for the migrant Pandit voters. CPM state secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami was trailing behind his Peoples ...
Intelligence agencies will have to share terror information, says Chidambaram.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Nandini R Iyer Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- Pushed into action over intelligence sharing and co-ordination errors that emerged post Mumbai terror strike, the government on Wednesday told the multi-agency centre -- established under the Intelligence Bureau in 2001 -- that it ...
Of the young, by the young.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Varghese K George Jan. 1--In Chandigarh, one can easily spot young ministers like Manpreet Badal and Adesh Pratap -- they drive their own cars and can often be seen picking up pizzas from takeaways. It is Badal and young politicians like them who are slowly changing the ...
We will act tough against terrorists: Sheikh Hasina.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Anirban Choudhury Jan. 1--DHAKA -- Sheikh Hasina will not allow anti Indian terror activities on her country's soil once she takes charge as Prime minister. Looking resolute and stern, she said: "I want to make this point very clear, no one will be allowed to use this ...
Will she win over the Nobel jury?
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Indrajit Hazra Jan. 1--One of the prime functions of literature, fiction, call it what you will, is to move us, to stir feelings that either lie buried inside us or that we didn't know we had. Mahasweta Devi is the 'moving writer' of our generation, turning an objective ...
Warm winter but a cold yearend.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Avishek G Dastidar Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- Officially, this was one of the warmest Decembers ever, but on Wednesday it ended with one of the coldest New Year's Eves Delhi has had in recent years. The mercury stayed below 16 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, keeping the ...
No 1 ranking, 2800 rating targets for 2009, says Anand.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: B Shrikant Jan. 1--MUMBAI -- Comparing two successful years is not easy -- even for someone who has won one of the most coveted titles in an emphatic manner and in a format acknowledged as the best to establish a player's superiority in the world. Viswanathan Anand ...
Nikam named prosecutor for Kasab's trial.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sunil Shivdasani Jan. 1--MUMBAI -- The Maharashtra government has set into motion the process for prosecution of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist taken alive during the November 26 terror attacks in Mumbai, by appointing Ujjwal Nikam the special public ...
Maya in poll mode, announces sops.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: M. Hasan Jan. 1--LUCKNOW -- With an eye on the Lok Sabha polls, the BSP government on Wednesday provided financial relief to people in rural and urban areas. The decisions were taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday....
BRIEF: First things first.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- My first professional photo shoot ... for the Miss India contest, with Atul Kasbekar. It felt surreal. --Priyanka Chopra, actress My first time jumping out of a plane and seeing my daughter take her very first steps. --Sumeet Nair, head of the fashion foundation of ...
Delhi between the covers.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mayank Austen Soofi Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- There are thousands of books on Delhi. Are you feeling spoilt for choices? Don't worry. It's January 1st. Make a fresh start. Plan for some serious reading this year. HT City prepares a list that, thankfully, is not long. We are ...
The world is not enough.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Neha Sharma Jan. 1--NEW DELHI -- The countdown to PC Jewellers Miss India Worldwide India, an HT City initiative, has begun. Before the contest, slated for January 31, we catch up with last year's winner Shagun Sarabhai, who went on to win Miss India Worldwide in ...
BRIEF: Cheaper homes but taxes will stay high in 2009.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gigil Varghese Jan. 1--MUMBAI -- Real estate rates in Mumbai have been slipping since September 2008 and are expected to drop further in 2009, but the taxes you pay when you buy a house will remain high as ever. The reason? The state government's Ready Reckoner for ...
First day, first lines.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jan. 1--May I, Monsieur, offer my services without running the risk of intruding? The Fall, Albert Camus To make a start more swift than weighty, Hail Muse. The Golden Gate, Vikram Seth It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was ...
EDITORIAL: Hop on board, let's move ahead.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jan. 1--'Ring out the grief that saps the mind/For those that here we see no more/Ring out the feud of rich and poor/Ring in redress to all mankind." Alfred Tennyson's words strike a chord as the New Year begins following a year of great sorrow and equally great cheer. In a way, 2008 was ...
EDITORIAL: On second thoughts.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jan. 1--At the stroke of the midnight hour, you were undoubtedly warbling Auld Lang Syne and exchanging air kisses with those around you. Ah, but let's tell you that your timing was off, not way off, but not quite right either. An extra second was added on to 2008 so the new year ...
Can't stop the vibe.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rochelle Pinto Jan. 1--Rochelle Pinto zeroes in on the international chartbusters to come ... Chris Cornell -- Scream The former-Audioslave front man's 2009 album marks his first collaboration with star-maker Timbaland. The producer who sent Justin ...
Major breakthrough for SL army.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Sutirtho Patranobis Jan. 2--COLOMBO -- The Sri Lankan army (SLA) on Thursday claimed their first major success on the very first of 2009 with the capture of the town of Paranthan, located close to Tamil Tigers' political hub of Kilinochchi. The SLA has ...
Charge of the young brigade.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Arun Joshi Jan. 2--JAMMU -- Youth is slowly -- but steadily -- finding its feet in Kashmir. The just concluded assembly elections have thrown up 38-year-old Omar Abdullah --decks for him having been cleared by his 72-year-old father Farooq Abdullah. And the new assembly ...
'Kasab calm, composed; shows no fear or remorse'.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Kanchan Chaudhari Jan. 2--MUMBAI -- Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the 26/11 terror attacks, reportedly shows no remorse for his killing spree. Instead, the 21-year-old alleged Pakistani national has been telling Arthur Road Jail personnel ...
Singur to Singrauli.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Debobrat Ghose Jan. 2--SINGRAULI -- A Singur-like agitation in the coal-rich Singrauli district on eastern border of Madhya Pradesh with Uttar Pradesh has stalled the Essar Group's 1250 mw (first phase) thermal power project. Farmers of four villages are ...
BRIEF: Now, a university outsources its exams.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Pallavi Singh Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- Even as the Indian Institutes of Management debate contracting out their common admission test, a state university in Tamil Nadu has gone ahead and outsourced its examinations. A first for higher education India, the move ...
EDITORIAL: No more adding fuel to the fare.(Editorial)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Jan. 2--Airlines are flying into better weather in the New Year with jet fuel prices falling to well under a half of their August peak. The lower fares announced by Jet Airways and Air India at the fag end of 2008 portend more good news for fliers as the year progresses. Crude oil is ...
Pvt firms have to wait to enter N-power biz.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Anupama Airy Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- Leading private power producers like Tata Power, Reliance Infrastructure and GVK will have to wait for at least seven to eight years before they are allowed to enter the nuclear power generation business. These companies had ...
Heart ailments give heartache to insurers.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Falaknaaz Syed Jan. 2--MUMBAI -- The maximum health insurance payouts in the country are related to diseases of the circulatory system, according to a new study. The major expenses are for angioplasties, bypass surgeries and treatment of circulatory diseases of the brain ...
They're being the change. And you?
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Chitrangada Choudhury Jan. 2--MUMBAI -- Till a month ago, 27-year-old financial analyst Gundeep Singh typified the young urban Indian: chasing big bucks and a career on steroids at Kotak Mahindra Bank in Mumbai's financial heart, Nariman Point. Every now and ...
Confidence in the China canteen.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Reshma Patil Jan. 2--BEIJING -- The students asked me to name my favourite sport. "Cricket,'' I said, and no one replied. The conversation stalled. "What is cricket?'' asked Wang Zhao, a final-year computer science student and student union leader. ...
Those small bites.(Recipe)
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Deepali Mukherjee Jan. 2--Deepali Mukherjee starts off the year with some unusual appetisers ... It's that time of the year when you wake up thinking, "Where's the party tonight?" Some of these parties could well be in your own home. And as the hostess, it's ...
Realty fall is now an opportunity.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Sandeep Singh Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- The deadly combination of high interest rates and even higher property prices in 2008 virtually killed the householder's biggest aspiration: to live in his own house. But with the fall has come an opportunity. In 2009, interest rates ...
2009: Towards a sweet spot between fear and greed.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Gautam Chikermane Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- From high inflation and tanking markets to seesawing oil prices and growing layoffs, 2008 proved to be a year of great learning for most of us. Overnight, terms that only the financial suits used in boardrooms or over trading ...
Unusual meet? BCCI set to discuss losses too.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Subhash Rajta Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- The BCCI's finance committee, which meets in Mumbai on Friday, will do something quite unusual. For the first time in ages the discussion will centre more around losses than profits. The reason? The BCCI has lost revenue to ...
Will he deliver?
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Vinod Sharma Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- He has a certain chemistry going with Rahul Gandhi. But he got on merit the job he has in Jammu and Kashmir. He wants civil servants to serve the people--not his party. He has little use for political vendetta and is committed to ...
BRIEF: No Rave Party for Katrina Kaif; rejects Scarlett's role.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Jan. 2--Bollywood starlet Katrina Kaif has reportedly turned down the offer to play murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling in Prabhakar Shukla's film Rave Party. It has been widely claimed that Kat was 'keen' to do the film, but is not game to touch a controversial subject. ...
Singin' in the bargain at Fashion Street.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Sneha Mahale Jan. 2--Opposite Azad Maidan, and along the Cross Maidan, find the fashion quick-fix for Mumbai's low as well as the high-heeled. Such a fashion hub first thrived -- especially during the 1960s and '70s -- at Colaba, close to the Prince of Wales -- now the ...
BRIEF: Delhi to Dubai.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Itee Dewan Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- In an effort to counter the global melt-down by exploring new markets for Indian fashion, Delhi fashion week is looking towards the city of riches -- Dubai. 12 designers, handpicked from the Delhi Fashion week, will showcase their ...
Come dance with me.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Rachana Dubey Jan. 2--MUMBAI -- Apparently, you were getting cosy with cricketer Yuvraj Singh at a Jaipur party? Who? Who's that? I don't even know what that man looks and sounds like. How can I be at a party with him and get cosy too? I wasn't even in ...
Help us: Games village developer's SOS to DDA.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Moushumi Gupta Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- The prestigious Commonwealth Games village project coming up along NH-24, where 8,500 athletes and delegates will be accommodated, seems to be in trouble once again. Eighteen months to go for the 2010 Games that the Capital ...
Scent per scent.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Rochelle Pinto Jan. 2--MUMBAI -- Want to feel like seductive tonight? Just dab your wrists with the right perfume and transform yourself into a creature of fantasy. To make sure that heads are turning long after you're out of sight, choose a perfume that ...
BRIEF: Security enhanced at PM function venue.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: MR Venkatesh Jan. 2--CHENNAI -- Security at the venue in Chennai where Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the three-day 'Bharatiya Pravasi Divas', the major NRI meet, this year from Jan 7, was intensified today following a terror threat received by ...
IT push for education on cards.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Chetan Chauhan Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- To provide quality education to largest possible number of students, the Cabinet will on Friday take up two schemes -- free Internet access for college and university students, and a secondary school at every 5 km. Under ...
A little gem.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Sanchita Guha Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- Title: The Strange Case of Billy Biswas Authors: Arun Joshi Publisher: Orient Paperbacks Price: Rs 195 It is easy, in the publicity blitz of the so-called new Indo-Anglian writing talent, to ...
Reprieve for oil and gas majors?
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Anupama Airy Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- The government's policy on robbing Peter to pay Paul will shortly come to an end. Cash-rich upstream oil companies -- ONGC, OIL and GAIL -- will no longer have to share the deficit burden or what is popularly called as the ...
Green wave.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Chesta Wadhwani Jan. 2--MUMBAI -- Over to some happy food or healthy greens. Mustard greens, only available during the winter, are best disguised as sarson ka saag. Eaten with generous portions of butter in Punjab, Sindh and the rural areas of northern India, ...
'If voters improve, so will the politics'.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Jan. 2--Do you know the name of your electoral constituency? Or your ward officer? Have you ever voted? Do you know what must you do if you wish to? Did you answer all the above in the negative? Financial analyst Gundeep Singh (27) did. Till last month. ...
Oye lucky! Lucky oye!
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Raman Datta Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- Raman Datta on ways to make the coming year auspicious So, it's New Year day. Here are a few suggestions to make the year better and lucky. The most powerful way to bring in luck is to clean the clutter. Also, ...
'I like Priyanka's wicked sense of humour'.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Farhan Akhtar Jan. 2--NEW DELHI -- Hello and welcome to 2009! The number 2009 adds up to 11, which then adds up to 2, which means nothing whatsoever to me, but for those who believe in it -- congratulations! For the film industry, the New Year means a new set ...
I don't like watching Hayden: Dexter.
Jan 02, 2009 ... Byline: Nikhilesh Bhattacharya Jan. 2--KOLKATA -- Former England captain Edward Ralph 'Ted' Dexter last played cricket in 1972 but even at 73 remains a keen follower of the game. "I live in France but I have a Sky dish on my roof so I can follow all the cricket," ...