The Hindustan Times back issues from Monday, June 19:
Japan, Norway achieve pro-whaling breakthrough
Jun 19, 2006 ... Mexico City, June 19 -- Japan and Norway, leaders of pro-whaling nations, took a step toward restoring commercial whaling in a vote at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) - a move that has shocked anti-whaling wildlife conservationists. After falling short of a majority three ...
Sammir, Raima pairing again
Jun 19, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 19 -- Seeing the chemistry between Sammir Dattani and Raima Sen in a song in espionage thriller, "Mukhbir", producer Sudhish Rambhotla has decided to cast the pair in his next film. The comfort level of the two was palpable in the romantic song choreographed by Saroj Khan ...
Can car-pooling rid Mumbai of traffic chaos?
Jun 19, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 19 -- Mumbai's harrowing traffic tribulations could soon be eased if car-pooling becomes a popular mode of transport in the city, experts say. At least two organisations have initiated the process of bringing together people heading for a common destination in the same ...
New cinema portal launched
Jun 19, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 19 -- In a country where cinema is a religion and people worship stars, the thirst for news and information on the film industry is huge. And www.bollywoodcountry.com, a new portal on the Indian movie industry, promises to provide that and a lot more. The content-rich and ...
Nimbus to release Mahesh Bhatt's 'Killer'
Jun 19, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 19 -- After the box-office success of director Anurag Basu's "Gangster", Nimbus Communications is now set to release Mahesh Bhatt's "The Killer" July 21. Vivek Vaswani, group advisor, Nimbus Communications, says the release date has been carefully chosen keeping in mind the ...
Sahara promises laptops below Rs. 25,000
Jun 19, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 19 -- Sahara Computers and Electronics Ltd (SCEL), a joint venture between South Africa's Sahara Computers Ltd and the Sahara India Pariwar, could soon offer laptops for below Rs.25,000. "Laptops with a price tag of less than Rs.25,000 is not a remote possibility any ...
Windows Vista to be hardware friendly
Jun 19, 2006 ... Munich, June 19 -- Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, expected in 2007, is reportedly able to adapt itself to the hardware of any computer it is installed on. This means fairly basic minimum set-up requirements as an 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of working memory and a ...
He Ram! Mahatma Gandhi faces vandalism on Wikipedia
Jun 19, 2006 ... New York, June 19 -- Mahatma Gandhi is in the company of God, Michael Jackson, William Shakespeare and Tony Blair - as well as comfort women and sex - in Wikipedia's list of semi-protected topics that have been repeatedly targeted in "edit wars" or attacked by vandals on the popular online ...
Ruehl rewarded with perfume for role
Jun 19, 2006 ... London, June 19 -- Actress Mercedes Ruehl was happy when the mother of the slain transgender woman Gwen Araujo gave her a bottle of perfume for playing her in a harrowing new TV film. Ruehl had doubts that Araujo's mom Sylvia would not be happy with her role, contactmusic.com reported ....
Anderson to strip for animal rights
Jun 19, 2006 ... Los Angeles, June 19 -- Actress Pamela Anderson is set to pose naked in Stella McCartney's London store window as a stunt for animal group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). According to Hollywood.com, Anderson will bare all in an anti-fur message. A close ...
Jewel perfected live shows thanks to cattle
Jun 19, 2006 ... London, June 19 -- Pop star Jewel says she thinks of her fans as cattle while performing because cows taught her to not be bound by set lists. Jewel says she learned how to play to a crowd as a child when she listened to her father play the guitar in a field full of cows, ...
Yellow card could signal end of Zidane era
Jun 19, 2006 ... Leipzig, June 19 -- Zinedine Zidane, perhaps the greatest French player of all time, may have played his last game ever. The legendary midfielder was yellow carded by Mexican referee Benito Archundia in France's 1-1 draw with South Korea Sunday, meaning that he will miss France's last ...
Hawke's learning tricks
Jun 19, 2006 ... New York, June 19 -- Ethan Hawke, the Oscar nominated star of "Training Day", says he became an expert in learning dialogue because he wanted to impress women. Hawke says: "I did the memorisation to improve my memory. When I was 16, I memorised the first 15 pages of 'Catcher in the Rye", ...
Playing terrorist for a price
Jun 19, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 19 -- Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have been startled by revelations that a large number of people arrested on suspicion of being terrorists are not actually so, but are unemployed youths, orphans and petty criminals ready to carry out attacks for a ...
Hannah urges celebrities to lead simple life
Jun 19, 2006 ... London, June 19 -- Actress Daryl Hannah is upset that celebrities don't live a simple life and instead live in mansions. The "Kill Bill" actress thinks they are living beyond their means, according to contactmusic.com. Hannah left the Hollywood scene years ago because she hated attending ...
Vasundhara Raje to switch to Mercedes Benz
Jun 19, 2006 ... Jaipur, June 19 -- The Rajasthan government has placed an order for a new Mercedes Benz car worth Rs.4 million to be used exclusively by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, government sources said. The government had sought a quick delivery of the luxury car, sources in the General ...
South Koreans say they deserved their draw
Jun 19, 2006 ... Leipzig, June 19 -- At the last World Cup South Korea had finished an astonishing fourth place, but everybody said it had more to do with home support than their ability. After Sunday's 1-1 draw against France in a Group G match in Leipzig, many people will have to look at that ...
Long exposure to artificial light could be cancerous
Jun 19, 2006 ... New York, June 19 -- Long exposure to artificial light could be cancerous, says a study though scientists say it has yet to be confirmed. The study backs growing evidence that disruption of a person's body clock is associated with cancer in humans, and that interference with internal ...
'Pakistani Islamist group training, exporting youths for Al Qaeda'
Jun 19, 2006 ... Islamabad, June 19 -- An US-based security think tank has linked recent arrests in the US and one associated with the July 7, 2005, London bombings to the Pakistani branch of the Islamist militant group al-Muhajiroun. The group has evolved into one of many support networks connecting ...
South Korea shocks wasteful France 1-1 with late equaliser
Jun 19, 2006 ... Leipzig, June 19 -- Park Ji Sung's late equaliser gave never-say-die South Korea a 1-1 draw with wasteful France in a Group G match that could mark the end of Zinedine Zidane's stellar career. Thierry Henry put the French ahead on nine minutes with their first World Cup goal Sunday since ...
Aniston nearly quit acting
Jun 19, 2006 ... London, June 19 -- Jennifer Aniston says she would have left acting if she had not got a break to act in the hit show "Friends". Aniston was despondent and felt rejected and was even warned by others to give up, according to contactmusic.com. But she was saved from obscurity when she ...
Now, wedding guests on hire
Jun 19, 2006 ... Jodhpur, June 19 -- A club in this historic Rajasthan town provides "guests" on rent for weddings and other functions at Rs.300-700 per person. "We arrange guests for parties and functions in Jodhpur as per the requirements of our customers, who are mainly outsiders or foreigners holding ...
New Islamabad airport to be named Gandhara
Jun 19, 2006 ... Islamabad, June 19 -- Falling back on history and the glory of an ancient civilisation in the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan is likely to name its new airport in Islamabad the Gandhara International Airport. The idea, officials say, is to acquire "a soft image of Pakistan abroad", ...
Right to information stonewalled in Tamil Nadu
Jun 19, 2006 ... Chennai, June 19 -- It's been a year since the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into effect to supposedly empower citizens with a potent tool - but the people of Tamil Nadu still cannot obtain even basic information, NGOs here say. Applications to seek information from the Chennai ...
Achakzai new chief of Pakistan opposition front
Jun 19, 2006 ... Islamabad, June 19 -- Pakhtoon political leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai is the new chief of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM). He succeeds Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal, former Balochistan chief minister whose government was dismissed by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1973. It was then ...
Over two dozen children die of suspected encephalitis
Jun 19, 2006 ... Patna, June 19 -- More than 25 children have died of suspected encephalitis and many affected children have been battling for survival in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for the past few days. The district administration has sounded a high alert to check the spread of the killer disease ....
No screen tests for 'Pirates' sequel
Jun 19, 2006 ... New York, June 19 -- Disney has decided not to hold any research screenings of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" mainly because the ending cannot be changed even if the audiences do not like it. A Disney spokesperson said: "We didn't think we could gain anything by research ...
Charges framed against Salman, others in poaching case
Jun 19, 2006 ... Jodhpur, June 19 -- The poaching of endangered blackbucks came back to haunt the mightiest in Bollywood Monday with a court in this Rajasthan town reframing charges against Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre in the case. All the five stars were present when the ...
Maoist top guns killed in Andhra
Jun 19, 2006 ... Hyderabad, June 19 -- Three Maoist leaders have been gunned down in Andhra Pradesh in separate incidents, causing what police say is a major setback to the extremist movement in the state. In the first incident, a platoon commander of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was ...
'Pakistan outdoes most countries in gift diplomacy'
Jun 19, 2006 ... Islamabad, June 19 -- The era when Pakistan got some of the best Western writers to write in its favour, especially on the Kashmir issue, by showering titles and national honours, may be a thing of the past. But its penchant for "gift diplomacy" continues in the hope of receiving favours in ...
Brazil step up a gear to qualify but France struggle
Jun 19, 2006 ... Berlin, June 19 -- Reigning champions Brazil improved on their opening performance against Croatia to beat Australia 2-0 and become the seventh team to qualify for the World Cup's knock-out stage. In the other Japan vs Croatia match in Group F, Japan's Atsushi Yamagisawa produced an ...
Pakistani filmmakers move from Bangkok to Bollywood
Jun 19, 2006 ... Islamabad, June 19 -- A Bangkok laboratory has refused to do business with Pakistani producers, particularly those from Karachi, after they moved to Mumbai for postproduction work leaving behind unpaid bills and contractual disputes. Several filmmakers have opted for Mumbai's facilities ...
Indo-Fijian family awaits daughter's body
Jun 19, 2006 ... Suva (Fiji), June 19 -- The distraught family of a 19-year-old Indo-Fijian woman, suspected to have been murdered by her husband in Melbourne, Australia, is still waiting for her body nearly 10 days after her mysterious death. Reports here said that the family of Nileshni Singh has been ...
Kerala to probe housing scams in last 15 years
Jun 19, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- The Kerala government Monday ordered a probe into alleged housing scams that have occurred in the past 15 years, including one involving Rs.4.3 billion. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said a state assembly committee would focus on the affairs of the ...
New Delhi must help Sri Lankan Tamils: Vijayakanth
Jun 19, 2006 ... Chennai, June 19 -- Tamil actor and first-time legislator Vijayakanth has urged New Delhi to move Sri Lankan Tamils to safety in India on humanitarian grounds. "The Sri Lankan Tamils are orphans," Vijayakanth said in a statement, adding that his Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam would ...
Nepal top court orders re-opening of Sobhraj case
Jun 19, 2006 ... Kathmandu, June 19 -- Languishing in Nepal's most fortified prison cell with two courts upholding a life sentence, notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj has now been given fresh hopes as the country's top court has ordered his case to be re-opened next month. Supreme Court judges Ram ...
Two burnt, houses torched in Uttar Pradesh clashes
Jun 19, 2006 ... Lucknow, June 19 -- Two young girls were burnt alive and nearly 100 houses torched in an Uttar Pradesh district as rival Hindu and Muslim groups clashed over the murder of a youth. The violence in three villages of Pratapgarh district, about 150 km from here, took place Sunday evening ...
Kidman, Urban to wed in Australia
Jun 19, 2006 ... Sydney, June 19 -- Australian actress Nicole Kidman was back in her Sydney hometown Monday preparing for a weekend wedding to New Zealand-born country music star Keith Urban. Kidman and Urban, both 38, are expected to marry at a Catholic church in Sydney on Saturday. Oscar-winner ...
Kerala to probe housing scam
Jun 19, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- The Kerala government Monday ordered a probe into an alleged housing scam involving Rs.4.3 billion that occurred a decade ago. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said a state assembly committee would examine the affairs of the Mythiri Housing Scheme of the ...
Lip-smacking Beckhams, Ronaldinhos on Kolkata's platter
Jun 19, 2006 ... Kolkata, June 19 -- Want Beckham on a plate? Well if that sounds lip-smacking for female fans of the 31-year-old England striker, they should head straight to happening food joints in Kolkata with the World Cup mania on. And there you have a choice between David Beckham, Ronaldinho and ...
Grain banks to come up in Bihar
Jun 19, 2006 ... Patna, June 19 -- Thousands of landless poor, mostly Dalits, backward castes and Muslims in Bihar, would get food grains on credit during droughts and floods. Grain banks would be set up in the state under the village grain banks scheme introduced by the central government. "The ...
Vizhinjam Port awaiting central clearance
Jun 19, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- Kerala's long-standing project of developing a world class port at Vizhinjam near Kovalam is awaiting final clearance from the central government, Ports Minister M. Vijayakumar told the state assembly Monday. He was replying to questions raised in this ...
Six die in China after viewing World Cup matches
Jun 19, 2006 ... Hong Kong, June 19 -- At least six people have dropped dead of excitement or stress after watching late-night World Cup football matches in China, a news report said Monday. One 43-year-old woman with a history of high blood pressure reportedly dropped dead in Zhejiang after becoming ...
Fresh survey to identify BPL families in Kerala soon
Jun 19, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- The Kerala government Monday said it would soon conduct a fresh survey to identify the families who will be categorised as below poverty line (BPL). "As of now we have received several complaints in the present classification, hence we will soon conduct a ...
'Miracle child' survives abandonment, heart surgery
Jun 19, 2006 ... Chandigarh, June 19 -- She was abandoned by her biological parents a few hours after birth and left to drown in an irrigation canal in Punjab. But the little infant survived that and has even undergone a critical heart surgery. The infant, who is being described as a "miracle child" by ...
Border-Gavaskar scholarship winners in Australia
Jun 19, 2006 ... Brisbane, June 19 -- Three young Indian cricketers arrived here Monday to undergo an intense six-week coaching stint under the Border-Gavaskar Scholarship at the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence (CBCE). Mumbai's Kshemal Vaingankar, a right-arm pace bowler, Karnataka's Gaurav ...
Police announces reward in NRI murder case
Jun 19, 2006 ... Ahmedabad, June 19 -- The city police Monday announced a reward of Rs.100,000 for providing information on the murder of US-based non-resident Indian Pankaj Trivedi. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner K.R. Kaushik, in a statement, announced that police would award the amount to any one who ...
Father of Guantanamo 'suicide' prisoner says son had bruises
Jun 19, 2006 ... Dubai, June 19 -- The father of Yasser Al-Zahrani, one of the two Saudis who died earlier this month in Guantanamo Bay prison, dismissed Washington's claims that his son had committed suicide. He claimed there were bruises on his son's body, media reports said Monday. "There are marks on ...
US scientists obtain stem cells from liver
Jun 19, 2006 ... Washington, June 19 -- US scientists have obtained stem cells from the liver of a human foetus. The cells proved functional when tested on animals. They replaced damaged liver cell tissue in rodents thus alleviating fatal liver damage. The team, led by Nelson Fausto at the ...
Congress workers turn philanthropists on Rahul's birthday
Jun 19, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 19 -- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi celebrated a quiet 37th birthday Monday, and it was an occasion for several party workers across the country to indulge in some philanthropy following strict instructions that there should be no wasteful expenditure. The bachelor MP, who ...
Pro-democracy activists mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday
Jun 19, 2006 ... Bangkok, June 19 -- Pro-democracy activists Monday stepped up efforts to force Myanmar's military regime to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest on her 61st birthday, expected to be celebrated under house arrest. In Bangkok, Myanmar citizen Salai Tun Than, was ...
Paddy husk to give 300 MW power in Chhattisgarh
Jun 19, 2006 ... Raipur, June 19 -- The central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, known as the country's rice bowl, will generate 300 MW of power from paddy husk by the end of 2007, official sources said Monday. "The state currently produces 1,405 MW of power, including 1,280 MW of thermal and 125 MW of ...
All marriages in Kerala to be registered
Jun 19, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- The Kerala government will soon enact measures to ensure that all marriages in the state are registered, Local Self Government Minister Paloly Mohammed Kutty said here Monday. Kutty was ...
26 percent decline in tiger habitation
Jun 19, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 19 -- Increasing deforestation and encroachment on forestland in the past two years has meant a decline of 26 percent in tiger habitation in the country's 28 tiger reserves, the National Board for Wildlife (NBW) noted Monday. Members of the board, who met at Prime ...
IIFA musings... after the blast
Jun 19, 2006 ... Mumbai, June 19 -- Rishi Kapoor is humbled and embarrassed. Karan Johar has lost his voice. And Amitabh Bachchan is deeply satisfied. They're back in Mumbai after days of hectic merrymaking and dancing at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards function in Dubai last week ....
Man kills wife, himself in Himachal
Jun 19, 2006 ... Shimla, June 19 -- Suspecting his wife of infidelity, a man in a Himachal Pradesh village allegedly shot his sleeping wife and then himself to death. Police said the incident took place Sunday in a village near Solan, 55 km from here. Jeet Ram, 33, shot ...
Court stays Kurian's Rajya Sabha membership
Jun 19, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 -- Hours after Congress leader P.J. Kurian was declared elected as a Rajya Sabha member by the Kerala assembly secretary Monday evening, a court in Kochi stayed his election till Saturday over his alleged involvement in a sex scandal ten years ago. The ...
Top global firms will come to Haryana special zone: Ambani
Jun 19, 2006 ... Chandigarh, June 19 -- Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said the special economic zone (SEZ) announced in Haryana Monday will not only be the country's largest, but also attract at least 10 of the top 100 global companies. "Our focus is to ensure capital inflows from Fortune ...
IIM Ahmedabad ties up with US firm for corporate education
Jun 19, 2006 ... Ahmedabad, June 19 -- The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) here Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US-based Duke Corporate Education CE to offer customised corporate education programmes in India and the Middle East. "The programme will be a ...
Reliance to set up India's largest SEZ near Delhi
Jun 19, 2006 ... Chandigarh, June 19 -- India's largest special economic zone (SEZ), that will also have an entertainment centre and golf course, will be set up by Reliance Industries Ltd in a 25,000 acre area in Gurgaon in Haryana, about 35 km from the national capital. "The project will catapult India ...
Another Reliance group firm to be listed soon
Jun 19, 2006 ... Chandigarh, June 19 -- The Indian investor will soon have another firm from the Mukesh Ambani's $20 billion Reliance Industries stable to invest in. The group today said a new company, Reliance Haryana SEZ Limited, will be formed with the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure ...
Germany seek third victory in battle to decide Group A
Jun 19, 2006 ... Berlin, June 19 -- Germany want to keep their World Cup momentum going with a third successive victory when they meet Ecuador in Berlin on Tuesday. A win over the South Americans would secure first place in Group A for Juergen Klinsmann's side and avoid a possible encounter with England ...
EU, Asia urged to beef up Internet security
Jun 19, 2006 ... Singapore, June 19 -- The European Union (EU) and Southeast Asian countries were urged Monday to beef security and minimise abuse on the Internet as it becomes an important medium of trade, commerce and communications. "Criminal acts such as phishing, by which unsuspecting victims are ...
Tharoor meets Manmohan, discusses strategy for support
Jun 19, 2006 ... New Delhi, June 19 -- Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the post of UN secretary general, Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other political leaders as New Delhi maps a strategy to win widest possible support for pushing the diplomat-author's candidature for the world ...
Pakistani journalists protest colleague's death
Jun 19, 2006 ... Islamabad, June 19 -- Angry Pakistani journalists observed "black day" on Monday to protest the killing of a colleague last week in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region as the government announced a judicial probe into the incident. Demonstrating outside the parliament in ...