The Hindustan Times back issues from Monday, October 8:
Spears reunites with mother
Oct 08, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 8 -- Troubled pop singer Britney Spears found some comfort by reuniting with her mother Lynne. "Britney really needed her mom. So Lynne flew out and they met," people.com quoted an inside source as saying. Spears needs all the support she can get after she lost ...
Pritam at his musical best in 'Jab We Met'
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- "Jab We Met"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty and Sandesh Shandilya; Singers: Shaan, Labh Janjua; Shreya Ghoshal, Ustad Rashid Khan, Antara Mitra, Sonu Nigam, Ustad Sultan Khan, Mohit Chauhan; Ratings: *** Pritam has churned out yet another soundtrack that will click ...
Harman Baweja plays cricketer in 'Victory'
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- It's batting time for Harman Baweja. For a new film titled "Victory" that he has signed, Harman has been brushing up his cricketing skills from his college days. "Harman has always been a cricket buff. Lately he had no opportunity to hone his cricketing skills thanks ...
Bulls take breather after two-week rally
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- After rising by over 2,000 points in just two weeks and almost scaling the 18,000-point mark, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) took a breather during early trade Monday. By around 1 p.m., the key index was ruling at 17,563.73 points, to ...
Technopark firm renamed UST Global
Oct 08, 2007 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 8 -- US Technology International Pvt Ltd, a California-based IT firm that has its Indian headquarters in Technopark here, will now be known as UST Global. In a statement to the press issued here Monday by Dan Gupta, chairman and CEO of UST Global, the company ...
RIL establishes innovation leadership centre at Pune
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- India's most valuable firm, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has set up Reliance Innovation Leadership Centre at Pune, the company said Monday. Inaugurating the centre, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani said that it would drive the company's innovation agenda. "The ...
Moser Baer to become home video leader
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- One of India's leading developers and manufacturers of removable data storage media, Moser Baer, said here Monday that the it has acquired 800 leading Hindi film titles to emerge as the dominant player in the home video market. "With this acquisition, we own or have ...
'Munnabhai', 'Hera Pheri' brand war hots up
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- After the success of the "Munnabhai" and "Hera Pheri" sequels, the two brand titles have become the hottest sellers at the turnstiles and are now competing with each other for their upcoming sequels. Neither of the two producers - Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Feroz Nadiadwala ...
Overworked Neha collapses on film sets
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Actress Neha Dhupia seems to be working too hard. She says she collapsed on the sets of Saurabh Shukla's upcoming film "I'm 24" due to sheer exertion. "I was overworked. Even before I could realise anything, I collapsed on the sets. Saurabh was quite concerned and ...
Garner, Affleck to keep daughter away from acting
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are keen on keeping their daughter Violet away from acting. They are prepared to discourage her if she shows any inclination towards acting. The couple want ...
No vehicle delivery without registration: consumer forum
Oct 08, 2007 ... Ahmedabad, Oct. 8 -- The Consumer Redressal Forum of Ahmedabad city has held that delivery of a motor vehicle without a temporary registration number was improper and contravened provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. The forum's order related to purchase of a Maruti Wagon-R bought from ...
MMTC to set up JVs for gold refining and retail
Oct 08, 2007 ... Kolkata, Oct. 8 -- MMTC Ltd, India's largest international trading company, will float two joint ventures for a medallion and gold refinery unit and a jewellery retail chain. The company, a government of India enterprise, is also planning a special economic zone (SEZ) for jewellery ...
Mona Singh has birthday bash with 'Jhalak...' team
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Mona 'Jassi' Singh danced till her feet ached with the "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa" team at a party she hosted to ring in her 27th birthday. Mona, who is hosting Sony TV's celebrity dance show, turns 27 Monday. "I invited the entire 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa' team. Sandhya ...
BRAND ASSAM AND THE LOOK EAST POLICY
Oct 08, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- Creation and management of brand images for a place have become the mainstay of accelerated economic development of a number of countries. Such a positive image perception has been instrumental in ...
No more foreign equity in retail for now
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Commerce Minister Kamal Nath ruled out any immediate re-look at the current foreign investment policy on retail trade that restricts the entry for global chains in the country. "A study on retail is underway and the report is still awaited," Kamal Nath told reporters ...
DLF to replace Dr. Reddy's on Sensex
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Real estate developer DLF Ltd's stock would replace Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd's stock in the benchmark index, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) said in a statement here today. The replacement will be effective from Nov 19 in the BSE Sensex, the bourse ...
Fujitsu India announces expansion
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Fujitsu Consulting launched its fourth development centre at Noida, just outside the national capital, Monday at an investment of $10 million. It also announced plans to mirror this facility in 12 months. John T. Rose, president and chief executive officer of Fujitsu ...
KARNATAKA CRISIS
Oct 08, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- In politics there are neither permanent friends nor permanent enemies. The breakdown of the coalition between the Janata Dal (Secular) headed by the former Prime MinisterH.D. Deve Gowda and the BJP ...
REMEMBERING SITANATH BRAHMACHOUDHURY
Oct 08, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- Here is a man who can be termed as a 'multifaceted' personality in the true sense of the term. His calibre ranged from being a literature of class - more so a poet of repute, a socio-political ...
Vodafone will await court order on tax claim: Sarin
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Vodafone's Indian-born chief executive Arun Sarin said Monday his company would await the court verdict on the $1.7 billion claim by the tax department for buying Hutchison's stake in a joint venture with the Essars. "We will wait for the court's decision," Sarin ...
Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' voted best music video
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- Legendary rock band Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been voted Britain's best music video of all times in a poll. Thirty percent of those polled chose Queen's video as the best, Dailysnack.com reports. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" came in second and Justin Timberlake's ...
Stiles slams media for rewarding bad behaviour
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- "Bourne Supremacy" star Julia Stiles has criticised the media for rewarding bad behaviour of young stars like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton with more publicity. She believes that too much attention given to young celebs encourages them to ...
Aguilera, husband shop for baby items
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- Singer Christina Aguilera, who is reported to be pregnant, and her husband Jordan Bratman spent two hours buying baby accessories. "She looked beautiful. She had a little bump. She said she was so excited to have a baby," dailysnack.com quoted a store employee as ...
Kid Rock's dig at Penn on Iraq war
Oct 08, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 8 -- Rocker Kid Rock took an indirect dig at Oscar winning actor Sean Penn for his stance on the Iraq war. Pagesix.com reports Rock didn't mention Penn's name but said: "These kids (US soldiers) are very young and a lot of them think people who oppose the war are against ...
Chinese shares surge to new high
Oct 08, 2007 ... Beijing, Oct. 8 -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed at a new high of 5692.76 points Monday, the first trading day after the weeklong national holiday. The bullish performance, a rise of 2.53 percent, or 140.45 points, from the previous close, came on the heels of the ...
Debutant Gautam gung-ho about 'Go'
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Gautam Gupta is all excited about his debut film, Ram Gopal Verma's "Go", which he believes has changed his life. "I have high hopes for 'Go' as it's my debut film, but I know it will be a hit only if it interests people," Gautam told IANS. The actor calls ...
German firm to upgrade Nehru Stadium
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 --: German architecture firm Von Gerkhan, Marg und Partner (GMP) has been commissioned to upgrade the Nehru Stadium in New Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Germany embassy's journal here announced. German News, the German journal, noted that the firm is known ...
Raj TV to produce movies
Oct 08, 2007 ... Chennai, Oct. 8 -- South Indian television channel company Raj Television Network Ltd is chalking out plans to get into movie production. The Rs.385.64-million company will start its movie production work next April. According to M. Ravindran, director, programming and ...
Best of food and wine at international hospitality fair
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- An exotic biryani, aromatic nalli korma (mutton) and delectable chocolate mousse decorated one of the tables at the International Hospitality Fair 2007 in Pragati Maidan. All of this, mind you, was whipped up in an hour and a half sharp and was just one of the few culinary ...
Indian shares recover slightly after political jitters
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- India shares recovered some lost ground and pulled back from a record high hit in early trade as political uncertainty over the future of the government sent jitters through investors with the benchmark index falling 1.59 percent as index heavyweights dragged it down after a ...
GLOBALISATION AND LAW
Oct 08, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by the Hindustan Times Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- It is said that change is the only constant thing in the world. In the past one-and-a-half decade, globalisation has brought about sweeping changes in our country. The transformations have been felt ...
Redford bats for Cruise
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- Oscar winning actor-director Robert Redford says Tom Cruise was completely normal on the sets of their new movie "Lions For Lambs". Redford found Cruise completely different from his public image. He did not pay any attention to the press reports of Cruise's couch ...
Raj TV to start 24-hour Tamil news channel
Oct 08, 2007 ... Chennai, Oct. 8 -- Television broadcaster Raj Television Network Ltd has decided to start a 24-hour Tamil news channel from Nov 14. According to the company's filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange Monday, the news channel has got the approval from the ministry of information and ...
I'm not insecure sharing screen space with Abhishek: Saif
Oct 08, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Saif Ali Khan says he is not doing Karan Johar's next film due to genuine date problems and not because he is insecure about being in the same film as Abhishek Bachchan. "It is not because I'm insecure about being in the same picture as Abhishek for Christ's sake! As a ...
Kerala to get new minister by Friday
Oct 08, 2007 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 8 -- The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala Monday said it had given its ally Kerala Congress-Joseph an ultimatum to nominate a minister on or before Friday in place of T.U Kuruvilla who resigned in August. "We have asked the party to see that they ...
US, British scientists win 2007 medicine Nobel
Oct 08, 2007 ... Stockholm, Oct. 8 -- Two US scientists, Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, and Britain's Martin J. Evans won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine Monday. The trio were awarded for a series of "ground breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and DNA recombination in mammals", ...
Be better prepared when going to South Asia, Britons told
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- Britain has cautioned visitors to the Indian sub-continent to be better prepared to avoid incidents such as passports being stolen, arrests, health complications and even deaths. Latest research conducted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) reveals that 345 ...
Israel supports dividing Jerusalem: Olmert aide
Oct 08, 2007 ... Jerusalem, Oct. 8 -- A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday his government would support passing some of the Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem to Palestinian sovereignty. Along with Olmert's ruling Kadima party, both the coalition, left-of-centre Labour Party ...
Speedy trial for 36 Pakistani prisoners ordered
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- The Supreme Court Monday ordered expeditious trial of 36 Pakistani militants lodged in various prisons across the country but facing prosecution mostly in Jammu and Kashmir on charges of heinous crimes, including terrorist activities. While setting a nine-month ...
50 Pakistani troopers missing in tribal area
Oct 08, 2007 ... Islamabad, Oct. 8 -- Some 50 security force soldiers went missing in northwestern Pakistan's tribal area on Monday, local TV channel Dawn News reported. Military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad confirmed that the army had lost contact with those soldiers and was trying to find ...
Darfur town burned down by rebels
Oct 08, 2007 ... Nairobi, Oct. 8 -- The town of Haskanita in Sudan's western region of Darfur was burned to the ground a week after an attack there on an African Union base that killed 10 peacekeepers. The town under government control "was completely burned down, except for a few buildings", and the ...
Mild quake in Gujarat
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- A mild tremor measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale was registered Monday morning in western Gujarat, but there was no loss of lives. The earthquake, felt at 6.42 a.m., had its epicentre in the border district of Kutch, according to the India Meteorological Department ...
US police officer kills six in shooting rampage
Oct 08, 2007 ... Washington, Oct. 8 -- A 20-year-old old US police officer went on the rampage, killing six people, including his girlfriend, before being shot by a police sniper, media reported. The slayings occurred at around 3.00 a.m. Sunday at a house in Crandon in the state of Wisconsin. The ...
Blackwater shooting stirs anger, uproar
Oct 08, 2007 ... Washington, Oct. 8 -- The Sep 16 shooting incident involving the private security firm Blackwater USA has stirred anger in Iraq and an uproar in the US. According to a report by the Washington Post Friday, even US military reports indicated that Blackwater guards opened fire without ...
Jihad Council announces unilateral truce in Kashmir
Oct 08, 2007 ... Srinagar, Oct. 8 -- The United Jihad Council (UJC), based in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, has announced a three-day unilateral ceasefire coinciding with the holy Muslim festival of the Eid. UJC spokesman Sadaqat Hussain called the local newspapers and news agency here ...
Fire kills 23 illegal miners in South Africa
Oct 08, 2007 ... Johannesburg, Oct. 8 -- An underground fire has claimed the lives of 23 miners illegally working an unused shaft at a South African gold mine, police officials said. Their bodies were discovered Sunday and brought to the surface by colleagues who were arrested when the fire, which ...
Assam Rifles aspirants go on the rampage in Agra
Oct 08, 2007 ... Agra, Oct. 8 -- Thousands of young men who had come here with the hope of joining the Assam Rifles paramilitary force went on a rampage early Monday, pelting stones and damaging shops after the recruitment centre changed the time table without prior notice. "The boys were unprepared and ...
Court demands Blueline phase-out plan in four weeks
Oct 08, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- The Delhi High Court Monday took strong exception to the killing of innocent people by Blueline buses and asked the state government to prepare a detailed phase-out plan for the fleet that has claimed 94 lives this year, including seven on Sunday. "Earlier, the court ...
Tropical storm Krosa affects five mn people in China
Oct 08, 2007 ... Hangzhou, Oct. 8 -- Tropical storm Krosa has affected more than five million people in east China's Zhejiang province after it drenched the Chinese mainland's southeast coast. Krosa made landfall at the coast between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces Sunday afternoon as a typhoon, the 16th ...
South African Indian killed by falling trees
Oct 08, 2007 ... Johannesburg, Oct. 8 -- Tragedy struck a South African Indian family here when Hassen Wadee, 49, was killed in a freak accident after being caught between two huge falling trees while on his way to mosque for Ramadan prayers Saturday night, while his two sons later passed the scene in a car, ...
Germany to showcase world's oldest ivory figurine
Oct 08, 2007 ... Heidenheim(Germany), Oct. 8 -- World's oldest intact figurine is to go on public show for the first time at the end of this month, exhibition organizers in Germany said Monday. The four-centimetre tall depiction of a mammoth is the work of an unknown Stone Age carver 30,000 to 40,000 ...
US Red Flag drill a while away: IAF
Oct 08, 2007 ... Hindon (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 8 -- The Indian Air Force (IAF) hopes to participate in the prestigious Red Flag war games the US Air Force conducts but it could be a while before this happens, the IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said Monday. "It's very, very far away. We've ...
No political reconciliation in Bangladesh, says law advisor
Oct 08, 2007 ... Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Bangladesh's interim government is not planning any political reconciliation like in Pakistan, says Law and Information Advisor Mainul Hosein, blaming politics and politicians for anarchy and corruption. The government wanted to keep former prime ministers Begum Khaleda ...
Asia-Pacific nations on track to achieve development goals
Oct 08, 2007 ... Manila, Oct. 8 -- The Asia-Pacific region is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include reducing poverty by half by 2015, according to a progress report the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations released Monday. But the report noted that ...
India deports three Bangladeshi criminals
Oct 08, 2007 ... Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Indian police have handed over to Bangladesh three criminals after the completion of their jail terms in West Bengal, it was reported Monday. Habibur Rahman Taj, 29, Ibrahim, 31, and Selim alias Lambu Selim, 35, were Sunday handed over to the Bangladesh Criminal ...
Gordon Brown defends decision not to call for polls
Oct 08, 2007 ... London, Oct. 8 -- Shrugging off a miserable weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday made a stout defence of his decision not to call general elections this year, saying he needs more time to implement his political, social and economic vision for Britain. "Yes, I did consider ...
General elections in Pakistan likely on Dec 27 or 28
Oct 08, 2007 ... Lahore, Oct. 8 -- For the people of Pakistan, Dec 27 or 28 may well be the D-Day (D for democracy). General elections are being planned for these dates. The government is considering these dates, and whether to hold the elections to the national assembly and the four provincial ...
HRD ministry rejects extension for IIM-A director
Oct 08, 2007 ... Ahmedabad, Oct. 8 -- The human resource development (HRD) ministry has declined to give a three-month extension to Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), director Bakul H. Dholakia, whose tenure ends Wednesday. Dholakia Monday told reporters here that he had received a ...
Military chopper crashes in Pakistan, four killed
Oct 08, 2007 ... Islamabad, Oct. 8 -- Four soldiers were killed when an army helicopter crashed in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province Monday, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) ...
12 killed, 15 injured in fresh clash in Pakistan's tribal area
Oct 08, 2007 ... Islamabad, Oct. 8 -- As many as 12 people were killed and 15 injured in a clash between militants and security forces in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area, local TV channel Dawn News reported Monday. Details of the clash were not immediately available. The security forces ...
Worst floods in 20 years kill 64 in Vietnam
Oct 08, 2007 ... Hanoi, Oct. 8 -- Some of the worst floods to hit Vietnam in decades killed 64 people and submerged thousands of homes, officials said Monday. Entire villages were under several metres of water after heavy rains knocked out dykes and flood-control systems in many parts of northern and ...
Russian parliament defers arms moratorium debate
Oct 08, 2007 ... Moscow, Oct. 8 -- The lower house of Russia's parliament postponed until November hearings on a bill submitted by President Vladimir Putin on declaring a moratorium on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Lawmakers were set Tuesday to consider the future of the 30-member ...
Maoists propose new fight against Nepal king
Oct 08, 2007 ... Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- Realising that their battle on the floor of parliament Thursday to oust King Gyanendra is likely to fail, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas are now seeking a new weapon to vanquish the king: a referendum for the nation to choose between monarchy and a republic. The new plan ...
Menopausal women should watch their weight
Oct 08, 2007 ... Hamburg, Oct. 8 -- Women going through menopause should pay special attention to their weight to avoid respiratory problems. "After menopause, allergic and asthmatic complaints are almost double the level reported by women who are still menstruating," said Dieter Koehler of Germany's ...
Studies link erectile dysfunction to heart disease
Oct 08, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 8 -- People should immediately consult a doctor if they are suffering from erectile dysfunction or impotence because they may face the risk of developing heart diseases, studies indicate. Previous studies have already shown that people who have erectile dysfunction are, in ...