The Hindustan Times back issues from Tuesday, June 6:
NEED FOR CREATING VESTED ECONOMIC INTEREST OF LOCALS IN DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS UNDERLINED
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Tourism issued the following press release: Minister of Tourism and Culture, Smt. Ambika Soni has underlined that the strategies for a sustainable development of our rural areas can be successful only if we could create a ...
UPSC ISSUES CORRIGENDUM FOR CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2005
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued the following press release: The result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2005 was declared on May 8, 2006. A total of 425 candidates were declared successful. It has now come ...
OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER DIRECTS SUSPENSION OF PROTECTOR OF EMMIGRANTS OFFICIALS FOLLOWING CBI RAID
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs issued the following press release: Shri Vylar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs has taken a serious view of the CBI raids in the Protector of Emigrants Office (POE) at Thiruvananthapuram ....
COAL INDIA PLANS EMERGENCY COAL PRODUCTION
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Coal issued the following press release: The Coal India Ltd. (CIL) a public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Coal has identified 16 opencast projects/mines under "emergency coal production plan" to enhance ...
Diana gets ride of her life in Spain!
Jun 06, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 6 -- Actress Diana Hayden, who went to Barcelona to anchor the 2006 Laureus World Sports Awards, little imagined that she would get the "ride of her life" there. Diana zip zap zoomed at a speed she had never dreamt of. As it happened - Mika Hakkinen, a Formula 1 racing ...
RAILWAY TABLE TENNIS TEAM BAGS RUNNER UP POSITION IN WORLD RAILWAY GAMES
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Railways issued the following press release: The Indian Railway Table Tennis Team has bagged runner up position in the overall performance at the World Railway Games held at Liberec (Czech Republic) from May 29 to June 3, ...
Controversy over poisoning dogs at Bhopal's forest institute
Jun 06, 2006 ... Bhopal, June 6 -- The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) here is facing charges of poisoning stray dogs on its campus in violation of the law. But the institute holds civic authorities responsible for that. While the Bhopal district forest officer has sought an explanation from ...
Cannes: fashion show or film festival?
Jun 06, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 6 -- Indian media coverage from Cannes positioned the event as more of a fashion show than a film festival. So how important is India at Cannes? And what does the international community care about - the clothes or the cinema? In the two weeks of the festival, the Indian ...
Dhoni rules chewing tobacco market too!
Jun 06, 2006 ... Ranchi, June 6 -- Cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have slipped in the ICC ranking, but a gutkha (chewing tobacco) brand launched in his name has become an instant hit in his hometown. Dhoni Gutka, priced at Re. 1, was launched a fortnight ago in Jharkhand - the cricketer's home ...
'Charter of Democracy' becomes rallying point against Musharraf
Jun 06, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 6 -- Three weeks after it was signed in London by exiled former Pakistan prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, the "Charter of Democracy" is becoming a rallying point against President Pervez Musharraf. The positive initial reaction in Pakistan to the charter ...
'EMPOWERED GOM RESOLVES SEZ ISSUES'
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued the following press release: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGOM) on Special Economic Zones (SEZs), at its meeting held here today, has provided guidance to sort out some operational ...
MALAYSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER VISITS INDIA
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Defence issued the following press release: Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Hon'ble Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Tun Hj. Abdul Razak along with a high-powered delegation has arrived here today on an official ...
Rushdie prefers gardening to politics
Jun 06, 2006 ... London, June 6 -- Celebrated author Salman Rushdie says that he is increasingly losing interest in politics and would rather prefer gardening. Speaking at this year's Hay Festival, Rushdie dwelt on the influences behind his novels such as "Midnight's Children", "Shame" and "Shalimar the ...
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF HOME MINISTRY DISCUSSES PERSONAL SECURITY
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Home Affairs issued the following press release: A meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Home Ministry was held in Nainital, Uttaranchal today. The topic of the discussion was "Personal Security (Security ...
Playing myself wasn't easy: Bobby Deol
Jun 06, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 6 -- Thirty years after Dharmendra played himself in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Guddi", his son Bobby Deol does likewise in Samir Karnik's unusually titled film "Nanhe Jaisalmer". "It wasn't easy, I can tell you that. People think it's the easiest thing in the world to play ...
Controversy as India chase victory at St John's
Jun 06, 2006 ... St John's (Antigua), June 6 -- A 203-run third-wicket stand between Wasim Jaffer (212) and skipper Rahul Dravid (62), followed by a whirlwind 69 by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, gave India a chance to force victory against West Indies even as controversy erupted in the first Test at the Antigua ...
International meet on global navigation systems
Jun 06, 2006 ... Bangalore, June 6 -- Over 500 delegates, including from American space agency NASA and Britain's Royal Institute of Navigation, will take part in a conference on advances in global navigation systems. The second international conference of 'Location 2006', an Indian initiative on ...
Forced prostitution could rise during World Cup: US
Jun 06, 2006 ... Washington, June 6 -- A higher demand for prostitution during the World Cup in Germany this month could increase illegal human trafficking and forced sex labour, said the US government. "Due to the sheer size of the event, the potential for increased human trafficking surrounding the ...
'Fishy' medicine stirs controversy
Jun 06, 2006 ... Hyderabad, June 6 -- Even as asthma patients from different parts of India have begun arriving here to take the famed fish medicine, rationalists have stepped up their campaign against the 'unscientific' treatment. Jana Vignana Vedika, a group of rationalists, has again urged the Andhra ...
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy compose for Anil Ambani's firm
Jun 06, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 6 -- Musical trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have churned out the signature tune for the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, with Amitabh Bachchan featuring in the advertisement. Shankar Mahadevan has sung the song. This is not the first time the trio has composed a commercial ...
RELEVANCE OF VILLAGE GRAIN BANK SCHEME
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution the following press release: The Village Grain Bank Scheme was launched in 1996 by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for providing foodgrains in chronically ...
Jaffer's double hundred: A defining moment of the series
Jun 06, 2006 ... St John's (Antigua), June 6 -- In these days of hustle-bustle cricket, there is something very refreshingly languid about Wasim Jaffer. It was evident the way he calmly worked his way through the 190s to reach his double century in the first Test against West Indies. And even more so the way he ...
'Strings', Bollywood's first commercial travelogue
Jun 06, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 6 -- Director Sanjay Jha's latest venture "Strings", starring ramp model and veteran actor Kabir Bedi's son Adam Bedi, is an experiment at amalgamating the format of a travelogue with commercial cinema. The film is set to release this month and the director is confident ...
Ahmadinejad 'unwelcome' at World Cup: Jewish group
Jun 06, 2006 ... Washington, June 6 -- A prominent US-based Jewish human rights organisation has urged the German government to make clear that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "unwelcome" at the World Cup. Ahmadinejad has sparked international outrage since he took office last year by ...
EIGHT MILITANTS KILLED AS ARMY FOILS INFILTRATION BID IN MACHHAL SECTOR
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Defence issued the following press release: Army troops foiled a major infiltration bid on the Line of Control and killed eight hardcore terrorists in Machhal Sector in North Kashmir on June 6, 2006. In a ...
Rajasthan plans 128 technical institutes
Jun 06, 2006 ... Jaipur, June 6 -- Rajasthan plans to open as many as 128 industrial training institutes (ITIs) in an effort to promote technical education, especially in the interior areas of the state. Of these, 108 would be in the private sector and 20 will be government sponsored. All the proposed ...
Bibek Moitra ruined our family, says Pravin Mahajan
Jun 06, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 6 -- "This had to happen!" was the startling reaction of Pravin Mahajan, the jailed assassin of his brother and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, when he was told about the death of Bibek Moitra after a drinks-and-drug bout. "It is Bibek who is solely ...
Western meddling harming Middle East: Newsweek
Jun 06, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 6 -- From Lebanon to Iraq, Western interference is leading to failed states in the Middle East, says the latest issue of Newsweek. In a stinging indictment of American policies, Rami G. Khouri, the editor-at-large of "The Daily Star" in Beirut, has put the number of Iraqi ...
Indonesia quake survivors ill due to poor sanitary conditions
Jun 06, 2006 ... Yogyakarta (Indonesia), June 6 -- Many survivors of the earthquake in Indonesia's Yogyakarta and Central Java are suffering from various illnesses caused by poor sanitary conditions in their makeshift shelters. Mohamad Thamrin Hadna, director of PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Bantul, ...
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMERCE JAIRAM RAMESH CALLS FOR STREGTHENING ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN INDIA, ETHIOPIA
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued the following press release: Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Commerce has called for expanding the existing areas of trade and investment between India and Ethiopia and also to find ...
Only mainstream cinema for me, says Sushma Reddy
Jun 06, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 6 -- Model-turned-actress Sushma Reddy is set to make an onscreen splash as a village belle with Priydarshan's "Chup Chup Ke" and wants to work only in mainstream movies. "I am open to anything in mainstream films. With the arrival of new directors, scripts are changing ...
India placed on US Special Watch List against slavery
Jun 06, 2006 ... Washington, June 6 -- The US has placed a dozen countries, including India, on its Special Watch List against modern-day slavery for the third consecutive year due to their alleged failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking in persons. "The Government of India ...
MILITANT HIDE OUT BUSTED; LARGE RECOVERY OF ARMS MADE IN GUREZ VALLEY
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Defence issued the following press release: Close on the heels of the recent terrorist attacks in the valley and depleting snow levels on the ridges and passes, Army foiled a major attempt by terrorists to create bloodshed ...
Too much PC gaming makes children lonely and sick
Jun 06, 2006 ... Koblenz (Germany), June 6 -- No interest in hobbies, no time for buddies, no appetite for real food - concerned parents may discover that the culprit behind these symptoms in their children is computer games, not drugs. Computer games and television can lead to an addiction, with very ...
Indian artist headed for prestigious Basel fair
Jun 06, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 6 -- Installation and pop artist Subodh Gupta is excited about his participation at the upcoming Basel Art Fair in Switzerland, the world's premier modern and contemporary art fair. "My installation is part of my 'Airport' series. I have created a conveyor belt with 130 ...
SIGNIFICANCE OF OZONE LAYER PROTECTION
Jun 06, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, India, June 6 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Science and Technology issued the following press release: The discovery of the ozone 'hole' in 1985 shocked the world. It is regarded as one of this century's major environmental disasters. It took 11 years of ...
Kashmir cabinet reshuffle to target non-performance
Jun 06, 2006 ... Jammu, June 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir is likely to see a cabinet reshuffle by the month-end, with five ministers likely to face the axe because of non-performance, well informed sources say. Three cabinet ministers from the valley and two ministers of state from the Jammu region may have to ...
No India link seen as Canada terror plot suspects charged
Jun 06, 2006 ... Washington/Toronto, June 6 -- As 12 of the 17 suspects in Canada's foiled terror plot were charged as adults in a Toronto court, there was no tangible evidence to link any of them with India except the "Indian sounding" name of one and if you stretch the tenuous link a bit more, the ubiquitous ...
Shiney Ahuja now plays doctor
Jun 06, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 6 -- After playing a ruthless mobster in "Gangster - A Love Story", Shiney Ahuja will be seen as a reclusive and cynical doctor who falls in love with a musical genius, Sushmita Sen, in "Zindagi Rocks". "It's a pure coincidence that the two films are releasing within a gap ...
Six more Bhopal gas victims die, doctors face flak
Jun 06, 2006 ... Bhopal, June 6 -- With six more victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy dying, doctors at a hospital that was set up here to treat the affected people are being accused of negligence. "More than six people have died in the past two months due to the sheer negligence of the BMHRC ...
Trinidad family traces roots to Bihar
Jun 06, 2006 ... Patna, June 6 -- It will be happy homecoming for a family from the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad & Tobago when they visit Bihar, the land of their forefathers. Thanks to the efforts of the ministry of overseas Indian affairs (MOIA), the Muslim family's origins were traced to ...
TRANSPEK INDUSTRY BOARD RECOMMENDS DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Transpek Industry Ltd., has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on June 6, 2006, inter alia, has recommended ...
Kerala bank to open branch in Oman
Jun 06, 2006 ... Dubai, June 6 -- The State Bank of Travancore (SBT) is planning to open a branch in Oman, besides setting up representative offices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. A report in the Oman Tribune newspaper quoted Pradeep Shankar, chief general manager of SBT, as saying ...
SHRACHI SECURITIES BOARD TO RECOMMEND DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Shrachi Securities Ltd., has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on June 14, ...
Spain on top in World Cup team bonuses
Jun 06, 2006 ... Berlin, June 6 -- The members of the Spanish national team are the potential top earners in a tense competition for the World Cup's biggest bonus pay out, with each player promised a glittering 570,000 euros ($712,00) pay cheque, if Spain takes the championship. Even simple participation ...
GUJARAT AUTOMOTIVE BOARD RECOMMENDS DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Gujarat Automotive Gears Ltd., has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company ...
Scotland Yard cracks down on 'slave auctions'
Jun 06, 2006 ... London, June 6 -- International trafficking gangs have been holding "slave auctions" of women at British airports as soon as they land from various parts of the globe, including the Indian subcontinent, before they are led into prostitution in Britain. The problem has assumed such ...
Alba 'turns on' dolphins
Jun 06, 2006 ... London, June 6 -- Actress Jessica Alba says she is careful when she goes scuba diving because she does not like attracting dolphins. Alba says her presence excited "horny" cetacean mammals when she was a youngster shooting for the dolphin drama "Flipper", contactmusic.com reported ....
Two injured in blast near navy camp
Jun 06, 2006 ... Colombo, June 6 -- At least two civilians were injured when two claymore mines exploded early Tuesday near a navy installation close to the Sri Lankan capital, said a navy official. "The explosions hit the rear end of a bus at Welisara, 15 km north of Colombo, around 4:30 a.m." said navy ...
JJ EXPORTERS BOARD TO RECOMMEND DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: JJ Exporters Ltd., has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on June 14, 2006, to transact the following: 1. To ...
Superman scrutinised for being gay
Jun 06, 2006 ... New York, June 6 -- Comic book hero Superman has come under scrutiny from gay campaigners who claim he is homosexual. According to hollywood.com, the gay magazine Advocate is calling for Superman to reveal that he is gay in an issue titled "How gay is Superman?" The issue has ...
Seinfeld speaks of rough beginnings
Jun 06, 2006 ... New York, June 6 -- Comic actor Jerry Seinfeld revealed that he owes his success to a television failure. According to pagesix.com, the failure was in a three-episode stint on the show "Benson". Seinfeld played the governor's joke writer but the character was underdeveloped and ended up ...
Karunanidhi defines Tamil Nadu role in Sri Lanka
Jun 06, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 6 -- In one stroke of a sentence, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi has made it clear that he has no intention of whipping up passions over violence in Sri Lanka or the refugee flow from that country to his state. On May 25, Karunanidhi, freshly elected to ...
INDIAN RESORT BOARD TO RECOMMEND DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Indian Resort Hotels Ltd., has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on June 14, 2006, inter alia, to consider the ...
China to build ecological safe belt in Tibet
Jun 06, 2006 ... Lhasa, June 6 -- China plans to establish a series of eco-system protection zones and forest reserves in Tibet to curb environmental degradation in the region. The belt is part of China's efforts to strengthen eco-security, said Zhang Tianhua, deputy director of the regional ...
CIBA SPECIALTY BOARD TO RECOMMEND DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Ciba Specialty Chemicals India Ltd., has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on June 21, ...
100 hurt, 262 arrested in Chile student rioting
Jun 06, 2006 ... Santiago, June 6 -- At least 100 people were injured and 262 arrested here in rioting and demonstrations by school pupils, during which police deployed water cannon and tear gas, said media reports. The riots took place on the fringes of the largely peaceful protests by tens of thousands ...
WELCAST STEELS BOARD RECOMMENDS DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Welcast Steels Ltd., has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the ...
Intelligence in London raid was wrong
Jun 06, 2006 ... London, June 6 -- The intelligence that led to a high-profile raid in East London to uncover a suspected chemical device was most probably wrong, according to senior officials. Two days of meticulous search, virtually under the glare of 24-hour news channels, has led to nothing and ...
TYCHE INDUSTRIES BOARD TO DECLARE DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Tyche Industries Ltd., has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on June 14, ...
BENCHMARK AMC ANNOUNCES NAV OF LIQUIDBEES ON JUNE 5
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The National Stock Exchange Limited made the following corporate announcement: Benchmark Asset Management Company Private Limited has ...
Streep angry over missing costumes
Jun 06, 2006 ... London, June 6 -- Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep regrets not hoarding all the costumes she has worn in movies after realising her daughter has taken all her favourite gowns. According to contactmusic.com, Streep did not know that she could have had it written in her contract that all ...
AMARA RAJA BATTERIES BOARD TO RECOMMEND DIVIDEND
Jun 06, 2006 ... MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) made the following corporate announcement: Amara Raja Batteries Ltd., has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on June 22, 2006, inter alia, to consider the ...
Murphy slams eating disorder claims
Jun 06, 2006 ... London, June 6 -- Actress Brittany Murphy has dismissed reports that she has suffered from an eating disorder saying she has always been the same weight. According to contactmusic.com, Murphy, who came under scrutiny for her small build, says she appears slimmer because she has matured ....
Maoists issue warning before Koirala's India visit
Jun 06, 2006 ... Kathmandu, June 6 -- After partners of the coalition government in Nepal asked Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala not to sign any controversial pact during his India visit, the Maoist guerrillas too have issued a warning. Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who uses the nom de guerre ...