The Hindustan Times back issues from Sunday, December 17:
Orissa's Jagannath temple reopens after three days
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Keradagarh (Orissa), Dec 17 -- The Jagannath temple in Orissa's Keradagarh reopened today after three days following upper caste Hindus ordered its closure as a mark of protest against Dalits' entry to it in ...
NASA's data on atmosphere can be viewed via Google Earth from April
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- NASA's climatologists have now hit on a simple way to make statistical data on atmosphere accessible, a software that superimposes data on the global 3D maps provided by Google ...
Record solar outburst bombarded Earth on Dec 6
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- A solar outburst, which can play havoc with global positioning systems and cell phone reception, bombarded Earth, Dec. 6, 2006, with a record amount of radio noise, solar physicist Dale ...
Delhi traders to take out rally against sealing drive
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New Delhi, Dec 17 -- Traders in the national capital will hold a 'Virat Sangarsh Sankalp Rally' today at Karol Bagh's Ajmal Khan Park against the ongoing sealing drive of commercial establishments in some ...
New flight computer to improve interaction between plane's autopilot and pilot
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- A team of researchers from the University of Bath have developed a prototype flight computer which will improve the interaction between an aircraft's autopilot and the ...
Clooney thinks best buddy Pitt is the pits as a pilot!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- They might be the best of friends, but you will never see George Clooney sitting in a plane that has hunk Brad Pitt as the pilot, for he thinks his buddy is lousy at flying a ...
Jihadis more web savvy than US federal agencies!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- This may sound interesting. Though the US government developed the Internet, those very people it labels as terrorists, are the ones now utilising it in a much better manner, according to a ...
Deep Purple set to rock the 'Garden City'
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Bangalore, Dec 17 -- The world-famous English hard rock band Deep Purple is all set to rock Bangalore when it takes to the stage for a live concert later today. The group is on a promotional world ...
Humans move 1000 times more Earth than annual sediment loads of world's rivers
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- A new study by geologists has revealed that human changes to landscapes were now at par with the wasting power of weather and tectonic uplift. According to the study, the scale of ...
Paris and Britney at loggerheads!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- Paris Hilton and Britney Spears have been virtually inseparable ever since the singer split with hubby Kevin Federline. However, it seems that where family, friends and fans failed to drive a ...
Nitish urges state representatives to aware people about HIV/AIDS
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Patna, Dec 17 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has urged the elected representatives of the state to help raise the people's awareness about HIV/AIDS. "We have to tell people that this is nothing ...
China to launch six satellites by 2010
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New Delhi, Dec 17 -- China will be launching six satellites in the next five years in an effort to keep a closer watch on natural resources and disasters. Officials said, nearly half of them will be ...
Chennai born US researcher develops technology to control robots with brain signals
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- A University of Washington researcher has developed a technology that allows for the control of a movement of a humanoid robot with signals from a human brain. Chennai born Rajesh ...
TRUCKERS' STRIKE HITS PDS RICE SUPPLY IN NORTH LAKHIMPUR
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Dec 17 -- The indefinite strike by truck owners demanding increase of Rs 4 per quintal of goods carried from the railway station of North Lakhimpur to FCI's godowns at Japisajia entered 40 days recently ...
ULFA DETERMINED TO UPROOT ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) today alleged that the Government of India was not interested in a political resolution to the conflicts. The outfit also made its stand clear on the issue ...
ULFA URGED TO REVOKE BOYCOTT
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- The Assam Olympic Association (AOA) has urged the ULFA to revoke their call to boycott the National Games scheduled to be held here from February 9 next.The AOA vice president and local MLA Robin ...
MULTIPLE CRACKS IN RANGANADI POWER PLANT TUNNEL
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Dec 17 -- Threat of unprecedented natural calamity looms large in North Lakhimpur as there has been a report of multiple cracks inside the artificial tunnel of the 405-MW Ranganadi Hydro Electric Power ...
NEED TO TAP POTENTIAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS STRESSED
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- It is a study of the direct relationship of men with plants. Through 'Ethnobotany', not only information comes on medicinal plants and herbs, but it also ensures the enriching experience of human ...
LITTERATEUR SARBESWAR RAJGURU HONOURED POSTHUMOUSLY
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times NAGAON, Dec 17 -- Kalongporiya Alochana Chakra, a forty-five year old literary organisation of Nagaon conferred its newly-instituted literary award 'Kalongpariya Sahitya Bota' on Dr Sarbeswar Rajguru posthumously on ...
CM TO INAUGURATE KOKRAJHAR CIT TOMORROW
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times KOKRAJHAR, Dec 17 -- Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurate the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) at the Gauhati University campus here on December 19 and also lay the foundation stone of the composite checkgate at ...
KOKRAJHAR MUSLIM BODY WARNS OF SELF-IMMOLATION
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- The members of the Kokrajhar District Muslim Soronarthi Committee have threatened to go for a self-immolation drive, if their demands for rehabilitation of Muslim people in Kokrajhar area, go unheeded ...
MEGHALAYA TO HAVE NE'S THIRD EYE BANK
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times SHILLONG, Dec 17 -- The third eye bank of the North-east would be set up in the state latest by March next year. The two other eye banks are in Asom.The eye bank would be set up with the joint efforts of the government ...
TINSUKIA RLY UPSET NFR
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- Tinsukia Railway caused an upset in the Jugal Kishore Newatia memorial cricket tournament defeating the NF Railway team by a margin of four wickets to enter the last-four stage. Opting to bat first NF ...
BLINDNESS NOT A LIMITATION FOR FOLK SINGER BENUDHAR
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times MIRZA, Dec 17 -- Loss of eyesight at the age of 43 or 50 brought Milton the internationally acclaimed poet and scholar close to despair. But the great poet is believed to have experienced the intensification of his ...
CANDIDATES RANSACK VENUE
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- More than 100 agitated candidates appearing for the written examination conducted under the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Guwahati, for the post of assistant loco pilot (grade III) today ransacked ...
MASS RALLY
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times NALBARI, Dec 17 -- While the Central Government has been delaying the much awaited talk with the militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland, the All Boro Peace Forum is organising a mass rally at Barama in ...
2 IEDS RECOVERED IN KOKRAJHAR
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times KOKRAJHAR, Dec 17 -- The Red Horns Division of the Army recovered two powerful IEDs in the wee hours today from Ballamguri village under Gossaigaon police station in Kokrajhar district, Army sources informed. According ...
ASOM 117/4 VS MP RANJI TROPHY
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times DIBRUGARH, Dec 17 -- Asom scored 117 for four on the opening day of the Plate Group Ranji Trophy tie against Madhya Pradesh at Jalannagar Outdoor Stadium here.Opting to bat first after winning the toss, the home side ...
AIDEU HANDIQUE AWARD CONFERRED
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times DERGAON, Dec 17 -- The Aideu Handique Award 2006 has been conferred to noted film artiste Vidya Rao at a function held at Aideu Handique ME School ...
ARMY'S GOODWILL GESTURE TOWARDS PEOPLE OF TINGKHONG
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times TINGKHONG, Dec 17 -- A free training in tailoring for unemployed women was launched on Dec 7 by the 881 Light Regiment of Naharani camp on the premises of Rajgarh Higher Secondary School Auditorium. The project under ...
CABBIES RESENT POLICE ACTION
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times SHILLONG, Dec 17 -- Violate traffic norms and be forced to watch a melodramatic Bollywood flick.Traffic police in the city have restored to such penalisation in recent times. Donors' card pertaining to the Amitabh ...
ATPSF ULTIMATUM TO STATE GOVT
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- Assam Tea Plantation Security Force (ATPSF), still nursing its wounds after Thursday's showdown at Dispur Last Gate with Assam Police, has served an ultimatum to the government for unconditional ...
AGP DHARNA IN NEW DELHI TODAY
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will stage a dharna before Parliament House tomorrow highlighting various problems of the State, including the unprecedented drought affecting the farmers. A 25-member ...
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN RANGIYA SUBDIV IN BAD SHAPE
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GORESWAR, Dec 17 -- Electrification in the rural areas of State particularly under Rangiya subdivision Kamrup district (Rural) is in a very bad shape.It may be noted that around 20 years back, the necessary electrical ...
MINORITY BODY DEMANDS REVISION OF SC RULING
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- Minority Rights Protection Committee Assam wants revision of the Supreme Court ruling on the Assam Foreigners (Tribunal) Order.The committee reasserting its demand for review of the Apex Court's ...
RANGIYA ADMINISTRATION'S STEPS TO EASE KEROSENE SUPPLY
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times RANGIYA, Dec 17 -- With a view to bring about mobility and change in the Food and Civil Supplies department and in order to make fair price commodities accessible and easy for the public, the Rangiya Civil Administration ...
NALBARI ARTISTES MAKE LARGEST JAPI
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times NALBARI, Dec 17 -- A total of ten craftsmen of Sutarkuchi, Kardoitola, Tilana and Bala-Mugkuchi villages of Nalbari district which are well-known for traditional 'Japi' craft recently made a huge 'Japi' for display in ...
HC ASKS GOVT TO PAY DUES TO SUGAR MILL STAFF
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- The Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to work out a financial package to pay salaries and other dues to the employees and workers of the Cachar Sugar Mills after the employees' and ...
NEED FOR SUSPENSION OF NAGA PEACE TALKS: OSCAR
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times IMPHAL, Dec 17 -- Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes has stressed the need for suspending the ongoing peace talks between the Government of India and Naga rebel group NSCN-IM for some time to allow time for ...
SC REJECTS APPEAL BY SIKKIM CONGRESS
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GANGTOK, Dec 17 -- The Supreme Court in a significant ruling has dismissed the petition filed by the Sikkim Pradesh Congress challenging the rejection of nominations of Taraman Chettri (Melli), Amar Yonzon (Damthang) and ...
AIM TO FELICITATE ASSAMESE SCIENTIST
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- The Assam Institute of Management, will felicitate Dr Dhiraj Bora, an eminent scientist who hails from Guwahati, during its foundation lecture on December 21, stated a press release.Dr Bora has ...
PATIENTS WOES CONTINUE AT GMCH
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- While the State Government is going to enrich the Gauhati Medical College Hospital with a grand package of Rs 100 crore tomorrow, the patients' doldrums with the poor infrastructure facilities still ...
CONG FOR ALL-ROUND DEVP IN KARBI ANGLONG
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times HOWRAGHAT, Dec 17 -- Pledging to provide all-round development, facilities and peace for the people of Karbi Anglong, the Congress party started its election campaign. "The Congress party will never allow any political ...
NEW FLORIST OUTLET OPENED IN CITY
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- Guwahatians will no more have to lose sleep over their inability to express the correct feelings at the right moment. Flowers will do the trick for them where words fail. And that too, in style, ...
INTUC DEMANDS AMENDMENT IN BONUS ACT
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) has demanded amendment in the current Bonus Act through removal of the ceiling on eligibility criteria. Its president Dr G Sanjeeva Reddy, while expressing ...
PAMIR BAGS DOUBLE CROWN RANKING TENNIS
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- Pamir Gogoi of Tinsukia bagged double crown in the 15th All Assam Open Ranking Tennis Tournament which concluded at the North East Tennis Foundation (NETF) courts here today.Pamir won the girls' U-14 ...
ANUNDORAM BOROOAH AWARDS PRESENTED
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times GUWAHATI, Dec 17 -- IIT-Guwahati director Dr Gautam Baruah today stressed the need for developing proper orientation among students towards science and said that it was a must for reaping the benefits offered by the ...
Stella McCartney bans pheasant shoots on Madonna's country estate!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- Music icon Madonna's English country estate will no longer be available for hunters wanting to shoot some pheasant, for pal Stella McCartney just put an end to the bloody sport at ...
Bijnore's ex-servicemen return bravery medals over Afzal
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Bijnore (UP), Dec 17 -- Expressing solidarity with the families of the security personnel killed in the 2001 Parliament attack, the ex-servicemen in Bijnore have returned the bravery medals awarded to them ....
Paris Hilton sticking to her self imposed one-year sex ban!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- It's been six months since she went on her self-imposed sex ban in an attempt to "rediscover" herself, and Paris Hilton insists that she has stuck to her guns. The Hilton hotel ...
Jessica murder case: Delhi HC to pronounce verdict tomorrow
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New Delhi, Dec 17 -- The Delhi High Court will on Monday pronounce its verdict in the high-profile Jessica Lall murder case, which was re-opened earlier this year after acquittal of nine accused in the case, ...
Pak considering restricting movement of Indian diplomats
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Lahore, Dec 17 -- Pakistan is considering restricting the movement of Indian diplomats in response to India's decision not to lift constraints on Pakistani diplomats moving out of New Delhi. The Daily ...
Pamela Anderson would have married even a fisherman this summer!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- As it turns out, Pamela Anderson's extremely short-lived marriage to Kid Rock didn't take place because she was madly in love with the rocker, but because she came down with a case of summer ...
Major development challenges yet to be solved: PM
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times New Delhi, Dec 17 -- Spelling out challenges that will engage the country over the next decade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday underscored the need to prepare the country's financial system for ...
Pak in no danger of anarchy post-Musharraf: Study
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- General Pervez Musharraf's presence at the helm of affairs in Pakistan is considered important by the Bush administration and the UK, and fears have been expressed that if he were to be ...
Faulty nerves in the pancreas may be cause of type 1 diabetes
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- A new study on a mouse model by boffins at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto has found that type 1 diabetes may be triggered by faulty nerves in the pancreas. Scientists and ...
Paris and Britney at loggerheads!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- Paris Hilton and Britney Spears have been virtually inseparable ever since the singer split with hubby Kevin Federline. However, it seems that where family, friends and fans failed to drive a ...
Paris Hilton confirms wedding rumours
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- Rumours that Paris Hilton is getting set to say 'I Do' are true after all, and the confirmation has come straight from the heiress' mouth. The Hilton hotel heiress revealed to ...
Witherspoon and Tennant to travel the world for 80 Dates
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Melbourne, Dec 17 -- After the suceess of "Sweet Home Alabama" director Andy Tennant and actress Reese Witherspoon have teamed up again to give another blockbuster. The duo will soon work together on ...
No 'Spice' in Eddie's sex life sans Scary Spice!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- Eddie Murphy is probably going to end up regretting his decision to end his relationship with former Spice Girl Mel B, for the singer happens to be a pro in the bedroom - at least that's what ...
Prince William's girlfriend loves his "sexy" army uniform!
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times London, Dec 17 -- He may look dashing in a well-tailored suit, but its Prince William's army uniform that has girlfriend Kate Middleton swooning. Middleton made her first official appearance alongside ...
Nicolas Cage wanted to be a sailor not an actor
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- Acclaimed actor Nicolas Cage aimed to become a sailor when he was a kid. Cage was so fascinated by the life at sea, that he once also thought of giving up his acting ambitions to ...
How aspirin fights cancer revealed
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- Boffins have for long known that pain killers like aspirin halt the growth of cancer cells, but now they have finally been able to pinpoint how. In a study conducted by ...
Is Katie Holmes pregnant again?
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- She gave birth to daughter Suri barely nine months ago, but rumours are abuzz that the stork will once again be visiting Katie Holmes aka Mrs Tom Cruise, very soon. As to what ...
Harry Potter saved from library axe
Dec 17, 2006 ... Report from the Asian News International brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Dec 17 -- Harry Potter fans in the US state of Georgia can now breathe a sigh of relief, for a petition to ban the books from public libraries in the state has just been thrown out. Georgia ...