The Hindustan Times back issues from Monday, September 25:
No uranium sale to India till it signs NPT: Australia
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Sydney, Sept 25 -- Australia has said it will not sell uranium to India till it signs the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile has said that Australia would not ...
Saif's king sized squabble with Rani in the Big Apple!
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New York, Sept 25 -- Bollywood hunk Saif Ali Khan stirred up trouble in New York city by reportedly squabbling with his co-star Rani Mukherjee and also vexing the owner of Madame X lounge. Saif who is ...
"Wo hamari eent se eent baja dey gain" was what Musharraf was told about US threat
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 25 -- Did former Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage really utter the words President General Pervez Musharraf said, was used to solicit unconditional Pakistani support to the US war ...
"To hell and back" McCartney back to partying!
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Sept 25 -- It seems that Sir Paul McCartney is finally ready to move on in life, after splitting with Heather Mills. The former Beatles legend went out partying for the first time since his ...
Lindsay Lohan orders break-up rumours to be 'killed'
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 25 -- Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has denied reports that she has been dumped by boyfriend Harry Morton, insisting the rumours are "not true." Tabloid rumours had suggested that ...
Jack Nicholson is back to his villainous best
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 25 -- Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson, who after the 9/11 tragedy had pledged to play comic roles to take film fans minds off the atrocities, will soon again be seen in a villainous role ....
Cash's famous 'prison album' along with unissued tracks set for release
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 25 -- Johnny Cash's famous1969 prison concert album recorded at San Quentin is to be re-released along with some unissued tracks as part of a new three-disc collection. The new edition ...
Sean Connery voted 'best Bond of all time'
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Sept 25 -- Sir Sean Connery has been voted the 'best Bond of all time' in a poll conducted by SFX magazine. The veteran actor beat off Pierce Brosnan to second position in the competition, who ...
Coup rumours send Musharraf's biography's price crashing on Amazon
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New York, Sept 25 -- Internet book seller Amazon has slashed the price of President General Pervez Musharraf's upcoming biography 'In the line of fire' from 28 dollars to 16 dollars following rumours that ...
Traders chalk out strategies ahead of Supreme Court's hearing on sealing
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Traders running commercial establishments in Delhi's residential areas, who will be most affected by Monday's crucial Supreme Court hearing on the sealing issue, have met and chalked out ...
Forest Whitaker scared Ugandans as Amin
Sep 25, 2006 ... London, Sept 25 -- Actor Forest Whitaker was so convincing as the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin that locals got scared that he had come back from the grave to lead again. According to contactmusic.com, Whitaker even learned Swahili and got the accent down so that he could be the perfect ...
Anil Ambani group - new entrants to the FM zone
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group's (ADAG) Adlabs Films Limited Monday launched a nationwide FM (frequency modulation) radio channel where leading television celebrities will play the role of RJ (radio-jockey) for some of its programmes. While Shweta Tiwari (Prerna of ...
Moss and Doherty may wed within weeks
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Sept 25 -- Super model Kate Moss may reportedly wed troubled singer Pete Doherty within weeks. The supermodel said yes to Doherty after he proposed to her during a stroll in the grounds of the ...
Kairali TV to set up Rs.300 mn headquarters
Sep 25, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 25 -- Kairali TV, which is backed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist, is setting up an eight-storey building here to house its headquarters and a state-of-the-art studio. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, a shareholder in Kairali TV, is likely to lay the ...
Kairali TV to set up Rs.300 mn headquarters
Sep 25, 2006 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 25 -- Kairali TV, which is backed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist, is planning an eight-storey building here to house its headquarters. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who is a shareholder in Kairali TV, is likely to lay the foundation stone for the ...
Paddy procurement starts early in Punjab
Sep 25, 2006 ... Khanna (Punjab), Sept 25 -- Paddy procurement by central and state government agencies began in various grain markets across Punjab Monday - ahead of the scheduled date Oct 1 every year. Procurement was advanced this year as farmers started bringing their stocks to grain markets earlier ...
70 LTTE rebels killed in Trincomalee sea battle: Lankan Navy
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Colombo, Sept 25 -- The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday said that about 70 LTTE rebels had been killed in a fierce sea battle 80 km north of the Trincolmalee harbour. The Lankan Navy attacked a fleet of LTTE ...
Veteran actress Padmini passes away
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Yesteryears noted actress Padmini died of a cardiac arrest in Chennai Sunday night. She was 74. The actress, who was also a well-known Bharatanatyam dancer, died in Apollo Hospital. She has more than 250 films to her credit. She has worked in Tamil, ...
Fasting month of Ramadan begins
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Hyderabad, Sept 25 -- The Islamic fasting month of Ramadan has begun. During this time, practicing Muslims abstain from food, drink and cohabitation from dawn to dusk, a discipline practiced with the ...
Hyundai launches sedan Verna
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) Monday launched its sixth generation sedan Verna for the mid-size Indian car segment. "The mid-size car segment in India is very exciting and is having immense potential," Hyundai Motor India managing director Hueng Soo Lheem told a ...
Thorton not poking fun at Jolie's love of adoption
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 25 -- Their marriage may have fallen apart, but Hollywood actor Billy Bob Thorton has said that he still respects his ex wife Angelina Jolie, insisting that his new film 'School for ...
Adlabs joins the FM race
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Adding yet another feather to the cap, Reliance's Adlabs Films Limited Monday started its nationwide FM channel - BIG 92.7 which claims to be India's biggest FM network. The channel will be rolled out in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and ...
'Rang De Basanti' India's entry for Oscar
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra's blockbuster "Rang De Basanti" has been selected as India's official entry for the best foreign film category for Oscar Awards 2007. The film starring Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and Alice Patten ...
Gabrielle Union urges women to trust their instinct
Sep 25, 2006 ... London, Sept 25 -- Actress Gabrielle Union, who was raped at the age of 19, is encouraging women to use their instincts to avoid potentially dangerous situations. According to contactmusic.com, Union believes that if she had used hers she would not have been a rape victim. She was raped ...
Mergers and acquisitions to increase in Asia-Pacific
Sep 25, 2006 ... Singapore, Sept 25 -- Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is poised to rise in the Asia-Pacific region during the next few years, but companies are not paying enough attention to human-resource issues, according to a study reported Monday. Leadership assessment and cultural fit are ...
Obese diabetics at three-fold risk of dying young
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 25 -- A study conducted by US scientist has shown that obese individuals suffering from diabetes are three times more at risk of developing critical illness and dying young, as compared to ...
Indian Army accuses Naga rebels of regrouping during ceasefire
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Kohima, Sept 25 -- The Indian Army has accused Naga rebels of using the existing cease-fire to regroup. "During this period of cease-fire both factions are concentrating on recruitment, acquiring ...
UK Hindus want to be called `British Hindus' or `British Indians'
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Sept 25 -- Government-sponsored research in Britain has revealed that Hindus in the UK prefer to be called "British Hindus" or "British Indians" rather than "British Asians". As a result of ...
Daltrey saved my career, says Townshend
Sep 25, 2006 ... London, Sept 25 -- Rock legend Pete Townshend of The Who believes that his band mate Roger Daltrey saved his career when he was being investigated for child pornography charges. According to contactmusic.com, Townshend was so taken aback by the investigation that he could not speak out ...
UNDP to help India promote biomass projects
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- UNDP Global Environment Fund (UNDPGEF), an arm of UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Germany's KFW, have pledged to help India with implementing $39.15 million worth of biomass projects. In an agreement signed Monday with the ministry of non-conventional energy ...
Waziristan deal tantamount to accepting Taliban rule in Pak territory
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Sept 25 -- Reports that the peace deal between the federal government and the pro-Taliban tribal militants in North Waziristan in Pakistan's remote FATA region had the endorsement of Taliban leader ...
Bihar's Bhagalpur District paralysed by floods
Sep 25, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Bhagalpur (Bihar), Sept 25 -- Normal life in Bihar's Bhagalpur District of Bihar remained paralysed in the wake of floods caused by heavy rains. Heavy rainfall over the past four days has inundated the ...
No showdown with Rani, says Saif
Sep 25, 2006 ... Mumbai, Sept 25 -- Dismissing rift rumours, actor Saif Ali Khan clarifies that neither girlfriend Rosa nor co-star Rani Mukerji are at loggerheads with him. "What's this about a showdown with Rani? Am I mad to have a showdown with her? I mean, come on! Rani and I have shared a cordial ...
No farmland for special economic zones: Kamal Nath
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- With charges of land-grabbing in the special economic zones (SEZs) being set up in the country, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath Monday said no farmland will be given for such projects, echoing his Congress party's stand. "The Board of Approval on SEZs has made it ...
Mehta jubilant at Oscar selection for 'Water'
Sep 25, 2006 ... Mumbai, Sept 25 -- Noted Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is on cloud nine with her "Water", a Hindi language film on the widows of Varanasi, being chosen as Canada's official entry in the foreign language category at the Oscars. "I can't believe the irony of it. A film about the ...
Indonesia records 51st bird flu fatality
Sep 25, 2006 ... Jakarta, Sept 25 -- A nine-year-old Indonesian boy who died shortly after being admitted to a Jakarta hospital tested positive for bird flu, bringing the country's human toll from the H5N1 virus to 51, health officials said Monday. The boy, from Pondok Pinang suburb in southern Jakarta, ...
Badly Drawn Boy says he is the best
Sep 25, 2006 ... London, Sept 25 -- British singer Badly Drawn Boy claims he is the best singer and songwriter in Britain. According to contactmusic.com, the singer, whose real name is Damon Gough, claims that none of the current batch of singers can match him in talent or achievement. He doesn't seem to ...
China leads next generation Internet development
Sep 25, 2006 ... Beijing, Sept 25 -- China successfully built the core network of its next generation Internet, leading the world in developing a larger, faster and safer Internet that is to dominate the future. The network, namely CNGI-CERNET2/6IX, passed the examination of an expert team organised by ...
Sri Lankan navy sinks 11 Tiger boats
Sep 25, 2006 ... Colombo, Sept 25 -- The Sri Lankan Navy sank 11 boats belonging to the Tamil Tigers during a five-hour sea battle overnight to Monday, killing more than 70 rebels and injuring 30, said the military. The fighting broke out off Mullaitivu, 360 km northeast of the capital, after the navy ...
Pacino's embarrassing moment with Oscar
Sep 25, 2006 ... New York, Sept 25 -- Actor Al Pacino shared an interesting but embarrassing story about his 1992 Oscar on the show "Inside the Actors Studio". According to pagesix.com, Pacino was talking about his Oscar win for "Scent Of A Woman" in 1992. He said: "I get in the elevator and I'm going ...
Be good ambassadors, Chatterjee tells Indians in Bahrain
Sep 25, 2006 ... Dubai, Sept 25 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee urged Indians in Bahrain to treat the country as their first love. Chatterjee, who was at the Bahrain International Airport for an hour on Sunday on his way to Athens, Greece, said: "I want all Indians to be true ambassadors of their ...
Labour trouble saves hotelier from Nepal chopper mishap
Sep 25, 2006 ... Kathmandu, Sept 25 -- While Nepal's hoteliers live in dread of labour problems erupting, one of the kingdom's best-known entrepreneurs has a reason to thank them. If union trouble had not detained Karna Shakya, owner of the Kathmandu Guest House, one of the top Nepal hotels, he would ...
Weaver slams age-obsessed Hollywood
Sep 25, 2006 ... London, Sept 25 -- Actress Sigourney Weaver claims she is getting more beautiful with age, because people are more attractive with wrinkles. According to contactmusic.com, Weaver will turn 57 next month and she has no desire to preserve her looks because she believes she looks more ...
Thailand's former first family free to travel
Sep 25, 2006 ... Bangkok, Sept 25 -- Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife are free to travel wherever they want, a spokesman of the country's ruling military junta said Monday. Lieutenant General Paragkul Klaharn, spokesman for the junta that seized power last Tuesday and now ...
Australia again rejects India's request for uranium
Sep 25, 2006 ... Sydney, Sept 25 -- Australia has once again rejected India's request for uranium to boost its nuclear power programme. Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said that nothing has happened to alter the debate on the issue, according to reports. "I don't think there's anything ...
It was a threat, certainly: Musharraf
Sep 25, 2006 ... Washington, Sept 25 -- Notwithstanding American denials, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf considers what a senior US official conveyed to Islamabad in the wake of Sep 11, 2001 attack on World Trade Center was certainly "a threat". After 9/11, Pakistan's director of intelligence told ...
Victor Banerjee game for 'all kinds of films'
Sep 25, 2006 ... Mumbai, Sept 25 -- Anxious to drop the "selective" tag, Bengali actor Victor Banerjee says he "wants to all kinds of films". "I want to stop being known as an actor who works selectively. I want to do all kinds of films," said the actor, who has just finished shooting for Anil Sharma's ...
Most Indians favour better ties with US
Sep 25, 2006 ... Washington, Sept 25 -- Seventy percent of Indians believe relations between their country and the US have improved in recent years and those who think so overwhelmingly consider this a good thing. On the other hand, four-in-ten (43 percent) Pakistanis say US-India relations have become ...
Clinton defends his record on Al Qaeda
Sep 25, 2006 ... Washington, Sept 25 -- Former US president Bill Clinton defended his efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden, in reaction to criticism that he did too little against the leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist network. In an interview on US broadcaster Fox News Sunday, Clinton said that his ...
Malayali nurses - lifeline of Keralites abroad
Sep 25, 2006 ... Frankfurt, Sept 25 -- Malayali nurses, known for their enterprise and dedication, have led their families to far away Europe and most today are the sole bread earners with their men content to play house-husband. One could just twist the adage 'Behind every successful man, there is a ...
Smokers could face greater HIV risk
Sep 25, 2006 ... London, Sept 25 -- Smokers may be at a greater risk of HIV infection, a new study suggests. Andrew Furber and colleagues at the South East Sheffield Primary Care Trust reviewed about 3,500 studies and said smokers were 60-300 percent more likely to acquire HIV as compared to non-smokers ....
Sri Lanka sinks 11 Tiger boats in sea battle
Sep 25, 2006 ... Colombo, Sept 25 -- The Sri Lankan Navy sunk 11 ships belonging to the Tamil Tigers during a five-hour sea battle overnight to Monday, killing more than 70 rebels and injuring 30, said the military. The fighting broke out off Mullaitivu, 360 km northeast of the capital, after the navy ...
Remembering Thillana Padmini's versatility
Sep 25, 2006 ... Chennai, Sept 25 -- It is in the period-piece frames of Tamil hit "Thillana Mohananambal" that the quintessential Padmini is preserved for the contemporary audience and the coming generations of film-lovers. Padmini, who died of a cardiac arrest in Chennai Sunday night at age 74, played ...
Australia may sell uranium to India
Sep 25, 2006 ... Sydney, Sept 25 -- Australia may sell uranium to India despite New Delhi's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), according to Prime Minister John Howard. "Certainly our policy to date has been to prohibit sales to countries which are not signatories to the nuclear ...
Six killed in China coalmine collapse
Sep 25, 2006 ... Harbin (China), Sept 25 -- Six people were killed in a coalmine collapse in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, officials said Monday. A pit in Taoshan coalmine in Qitaihe city collapsed at 10.50 p.m. Sunday, said ...
Tamil film industry honours Karunanidhi
Sep 25, 2006 ... Chennai, Sept 25 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, a former scriptwriter, held centrestage at a star-studded fete of the Tamil film fraternity. Karunanidhi, who took to politics after his long stint in filmdom, sat through the function at the sprawling Nehru Stadium here and ...
India awaits completion of nuclear deal: Mukherjee
Sep 25, 2006 ... New York, Sept 25 -- India is looking forward to the completion of the legislative and other processes relating to its "emblematic" civil nuclear deal with the United States to get it going, said visiting Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee here. "The India-US civil nuclear agreement is ...
India offers help to find missing Nepal chopper
Sep 25, 2006 ... Kathmandu, Sept 25 -- India has offered help to look for a helicopter that went missing in Nepal's mountains with 24 people including a minister and senior foreign officials. Indian ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee rang up Nepal Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula Sunday evening and ...
Australia may sell uranium to India
Sep 25, 2006 ... Sydney, Sept 25 -- Australia could sell uranium to India despite New Delhi's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Prime Minister John Howard said. "Certainly our policy to date has been to prohibit sales to countries which are not signatories to the nuclear ...
Jahnu Barua to send film directly for Oscars
Sep 25, 2006 ... New Delhi, Sept 25 -- Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jahnu Barua is visibly upset over the process adopted for nominating Indian films for the Oscars and says he has decided to send his movie "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara" directly to the Academy. "I had a talk with Anupam Kher (the ...
Children at risk in Europe's modern slave trade
Sep 25, 2006 ... Riga, Sept 25 -- Children across Europe are at risk from the continent's modern slave trade, according to international experts. "What we're seeing is a lot of young persons trafficked within the region and sold into begging, prostitution and forced labour," said Lars Loof, head of the ...
ASEAN seeks permanent UN observer status
Sep 25, 2006 ... Manila, Sept 25 -- The 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has sought permanent observer status in the UN, the Philippines' top envoy to the UN said Monday. Philippine Ambassador to UN Lauro Baja said ASEAN foreign ministers endorsed the application of the regional ...
Pakistan closes cinemas during Ramadan
Sep 25, 2006 ... Islamabad, Sept 25 -- The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan has decided to shut down cinema houses during the holy month of Ramadan. According to an official release, Senior NWFP Minister Sirajul Haq convened a meeting of cinema owners Monday and informed them about the ...
47 dead in Ecuador school bus accident
Sep 25, 2006 ... Quito, Sept 25 -- At least 47 people, including several children, were killed when a school bus turned over in a valley east of Quito. The accident took place Sunday between the towns of Pifo and Papallacta, around 60 km from the country's capital. Rescuers recovered 44 bodies at ...
A Q Khan sold tons of nuclear secrets, admits Musharraf
Sep 25, 2006 ... Washington, Sept 25 -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed that A. Q. Khan, considered the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, sold nuclear centrifuge designs, 18 tons of centrifuge parts and even 2000 complete units to North Korea, Libya and Iran. But he pardoned him because ...