The Hindustan Times back issues from Wednesday, October 31:
Parliament may debate N-deal after all
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Parliament may be closer to debating the India-US civil nuclear deal, with most parties that had been opposing a discussion now appearing amenable to it. A free and frank exchange of views could take place in the upcoming winter session of parliament. In the ...
India's young guns happy with the Singapore experience
Oct 31, 2007 ... Singapore, Oct. 31 -- Growing Indian participation in Asian Tour events is now the norm. But even by those standards, the rush for the lucrative $4 million Barclay's Singapore Open has been incredible. While as many 11 Indians made it to the main draw, another 15-odd golfers went ...
Karat praises PM, but adamant on N-deal stance
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- After months of a bitter stand-off over the India-US civil nuclear deal, CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat has said he appreciates Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "unquestioned integrity" over the pact but there would be no going back on the Left's ...
Cisco establishes prize for tech biz ideas
Oct 31, 2007 ... Bangalore, Oct. 31 -- Cisco Systems Inc, a $35-billion networking equipment company, has instituted a prize for technology business ideas from innovators and entrepreneurs. "The Cisco I-Prize is an open competition to innovators and entrepreneurs worldwide who can identify new business ...
Rajasthan farmers now threaten stir for water
Oct 31, 2007 ... Jaipur, Oct. 31 -- Farmers in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan have threatened to launch an agitation if the state government does not solve their irrigation problems by Nov 4. Farmers in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts have been agitating for almost three years for the ...
Beijing Olympics ticket sales suspended
Oct 31, 2007 ... Beijing, Oct. 31 -- The sale of the second batch of Olympic tickets was suspended after the booking system collapsed under overwhelming demand Tuesday, the first day tickets became available, reports Xinhua. The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) said Tuesday ...
Philips launches kitchenware products
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Philips Electronics India Ltd launched what the company calls the country's first hands-free intelligent food processor, in an effort to further strengthen its position in the booming domestic appliances industry. "The small domestic appliances industry is estimated ...
Jeev ready to defend Volvo Masters title
Oct 31, 2007 ... Valderrama (Spain), Oct. 31 -- Jeev Milkha Singh, who won four titles in the sensational season that 2006 was for him, will defend a title for the first time this year. After sipping the Volvo China Open, which he had won in April last year, Jeev returns to the stage of his biggest ...
Now a road to Priyanka Vadra's house site
Oct 31, 2007 ... Shimla, Oct. 31 -- Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra's proposed countryside house near the Indian president's summer Retreat near here has now got a road. However, permission is awaited from the president to allow her to build a house in this high security zone near ...
Usha Martin's net profit rises 49 percent
Oct 31, 2007 ... Kolkata, Oct. 31 -- Steel maker Usha Martin Ltd has reported a 49 percent increase in net profit at Rs.459.5 million in the second quarter ended Sep 30, compared with Rs.308.9 million during the same period last year. The company is a leading producer of speciality steel and one of the ...
Paulose, Hamza win 1,500m golds for India at Macau
Oct 31, 2007 ... Macau, Oct. 31 -- Sinimol Paulose and Chatholi Hamza produced a golden double for India, winning the women's and men's metric mile at the second Asian Indoor Games at the Macau Asian Games dome Wednesday. The twin success took India's medals tally to five gold and two silver in the ...
For Sehwag, October has been a month of extreme emotions
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Virender Sehwag is going through extreme emotions these days - from becoming the father of a baby boy to losing his father, with the sudden tragedy Tuesday making him miss the limited over warm-up match against Pakistan here Friday. Some extremely contrasting and ...
Second win for India in Asian Indoor Games kabaddi
Oct 31, 2007 ... Macau, Oct. 31 -- Four-time Asian Games champions in kabaddi India continued their marauding ways in the Asian Indoor Games, too, as they won their first two matches convincingly Wednesday. There are seven teams in the round robin competition, with the top two clashing again for the ...
Soldiers and sports: a legacy that needs to be nurtured
Oct 31, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 31 -- Soon after hosting the fourth Military World Games at Hyderabad, Indian armed forces added another feather to their cap when two distance runners, both army men, R.S. Yadav and Deepchand, lean and hungry looking like most distance runners, took the top two places among ...
Zagallo optimistic about 2014 FIFA World Cup
Oct 31, 2007 ... Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 31 -- Brazilian football legend Mario Jorge Zagallo is optimistic about his country's ability to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, reports Xinhua. The 76-year-old Zagallo, who won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups as a player and the 1970 and 1994 title as coach, was ...
NBA results
Oct 31, 2007 ... Washington, Oct. 31 -- Following are the results of inaugural games of the 2007-08 National Basketball Association season Tuesday: San Antonio Spurs 106-97 Portland ...
CPI-Maoist takes responsibility for massacre of 18 people
Oct 31, 2007 ... Ranchi, Oct. 31 -- The outlawed Communist Party of IndiaMaoist (CPI-Maoist) has taken responsibility for the massacre of 18 people, including former chief minister Babulal Marandi's son, in Chilkhari village of Jharkhand's Giridih district. "Our main target was Nunulal Marandi, the ...
Lakra first Indian pugilist to book 2008 Olympic berth
Oct 31, 2007 ... Chicago, Oct. 31 -- Anthresh Lalit Lakra became the first Indian pugilist to confirm a place in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when he reached the featherweight (57 kg) quarter-finals in the World Boxing Championships here. The Indian was an easy 15-9 winner against Shahin Imranov of ...
Sex education is our basic right: youth group
Oct 31, 2007 ... Hyderabad, Oct. 31 -- Young people from across the Asia Pacific region, who are attending a health and sexuality conference here, Wednesday voiced their opposition to the ban on sex education in 12 Indian states and said that parliamentarians themselves could do with a lesson or two ....
Indian chess team relegated to silver in Classical format
Oct 31, 2007 ... Macau, Oct. 31 -- The Indian chess team suffered a major setback as they were relegated to the silver medal in Classical Chess at the second Asian Indoor Games here. The Indians, who had made a clean sweep of all three gold medals in Rapid chess last week, were also pushed out the race ...
PM asks BJP to give Karnataka governor 'reasonable time'
Oct 31, 2007 ... Bangalore/New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday told a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation that Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur be given "reasonable time" to decide on their claim to form government along with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S). "The prime ...
Ventureast to raise $150 million
Oct 31, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 31 -- Hyderabad-based venture capital firm Ventureast Funds said Wednesday it will raise funds worth $150 million by March 2008. "We plan to double the capital under management from $96 million to $150 million, investing in both early-stage companies building new ...
Workers building new airport terminal face health hazards
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- A brand new terminal may be coming up at the international airport in the Indian capital to decongest growing air traffic but workers at the construction site are complaining of poor sanitation, long duty hours and, above all, deadly mosquitoes. Delhi International ...
Bouquets, garlands for Pakistani cricket team
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Garlands, bouquets and plenty of warmth await the Pakistan team when it arrives here Thursday for the fourth cricket series with India in less than four years. On their second tour of India in two years, the Pakistanis will play five one-day internationals (ODIs) ...
Markets make good Tuesday's losses
Oct 31, 2007 ... Mumbai, Oct. 31 -- Indian stock markets opened strong Wednesday after Tuesday's beating on the back of good buying seen in telecom, power, capital goods and auto stocks. This was despite discouraging cues from Asian markets. The markets traded in range and ended in the green with ...
Haas hopes for Shanghai face Youzhny hurdle
Oct 31, 2007 ... Paris, Oct. 31 -- Mikhail Youzhny will face German Tommy Haas after handing a loss to a key contender for next month's season-ending Masters Cup as he defeated Fernando Gonzalez 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Paris Masters. Gonzalez, seeded seventh, will stay on provisional seventh in the chase to the ...
Big star Choi hopes for Korean support in Singapore
Oct 31, 2007 ... Sentosa (Singapore), Oct. 31 -- Asian golf superstar Choi Kyung-ju hopes to draw inspiration and support from the large Korean expatriate community and big galleries at the Sentosa Golf Club as he takes on an incredibly strong field in the $4 million Barclays Singapore Open starting ...
One million workers for Reliance Retail in four years
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Notwithstanding the unabated protests against its stores in some parts of the country, Reliance Retail is planning to increase its workforce to one million within the next four years. "We will be having a million people working for us within the next four years ....
Market regulator to launch new products
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The Indian markets watchdog will be introducing several new products and rewrite regulations for more clarity, said Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman M. Damodaran. "We are in the process of cleaning up bits and pieces alongside and introduce ...
Jammu migrants get relief package and free ration
Oct 31, 2007 ... Jammu, Oct. 31 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a relief package for people who fled to Jammu from the hills in the region in the 1990s because of militancy. The government Tuesday said that Rs.400 per person and free ration would be given to the migrants living at ...
Elephant electrocuted in north Bengal
Oct 31, 2007 ... Kolkata, Oct. 31 -- A tusker was electrocuted after it came in contact with a high-tension electric wire in Pathorjhora Tea Estate in north Bengal. The incident occurred Tuesday when the pachyderm came in contact with a high-tension wire from a damaged electric pole in Pathorjhora Tea ...
Bharti Airtel posts 73 percent profit
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Riding on a fast growing subscriber base, Bharti Airtel, India's leading mobile service operator, Wednesday announced net profit of Rs.16.14 billion in the second quarter of 2007-08, a leap of 73 percent over the same period last year. The company posted total ...
Spurs receive NBA championship rings
Oct 31, 2007 ... Los Angeles, Oct. 31 -- After receiving their shiny new championship rings and watching their fourth banner in the last nine years raised to the rafters at the AT&T Centre, the San Antonio Spurs rang in the new National Basketball Association (NBA) season by polishing off the Portland Trail ...
Google to release cell-phone next year
Oct 31, 2007 ... San Francisco, Oct. 31 -- Google is to release its own mobile platform next year in a bid to drastically shake up the cell-phone industry and provide mobile users with a host of new applications, the Wall Street Journal reported. The paper Tuesday said that Google planned to make a formal ...
Self-publish your book and save your time
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Gone are the days when the time gap between writing a book and actually seeing it on the stands could be a couple of months to years, depending on the publisher. Now many authors are simply cutting short the process and self-publishing their book. Debutant author ...
G-14 reveal potential new members ahead of summit
Oct 31, 2007 ... London, Oct. 31 -- The G-14 has confirmed the names of 40 football clubs that will gather next month to discuss the formation of a new grouping of elite European sides. The 18 current members of the G-14 will attend the meeting in Brussels Nov 13-14 along with 22 other teams who were ...
India's growing golfing strength on show again
Oct 31, 2007 ... Singapore, Oct. 31 -- A massive Indian brigade gets ready once again to prove that it is indeed the force to watch out for in world golf as the stage is set for Asia's biggest event, the $4 million Barclay's Singapore Open at the stunningly beautiful Serapong Golf Couse on Sentosa island ....
Many 1984 riot victims yet to get compensation: activist
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The Indian government is yet to implement in toto the compensation package Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, a leading lawyer said Wednesday. "Although 85 percent of the riot victims in Delhi have been paid the ...
World No. 6 Adam Scott looking forward to India visit
Oct 31, 2007 ... Singapore, Oct. 31 -- Twice Singapore Open winner Adam Scott of Australia, ranked sixth in the world and widely considered one of the most talented golfers under 30, is upbeat about coming to India early next year. "I believe the Johnnie Walker Classic is going to be in India and I am ...
Dissident PDP leaders mull third front options
Oct 31, 2007 ... Jammu, Oct. 31 -- Locked in a battle of nerves with the major ally Congress, Jammu and Kashmir's ruling coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing another problem as some of its dissident leaders are mulling to launch a third front. A senior leader of the party, Ghulam ...
Premier League footballer's brother kidnapped in Honduras
Oct 31, 2007 ... Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Oct. 31 -- A group of armed men kidnapped Eduin Palacios, brother of Birmingham City midfielder Wilson Palacios, in Honduras, local media reported. The 23-year-old Honduran international Wilson is currently on loan at English Premier League club Birmingham City ....
Kerala Police on tenterhooks for Patil's arrival
Oct 31, 2007 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 31 -- Anxious to avoid last year's security breach when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's pilot car took a wrong turn, police Wednesday said "everything was in place" to receive President Pratibha Patil, whose three-day Kerala visit begins Wednesday. About 1,500 ...
Victims of 1984 riots hold demonstration, seek justice
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Victims of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 staged a demonstration in the capital Wednesday seeking the arrest of those still at large despite committing heinous acts of crime against their community. A large number of victims and their family members, including women ...
Wimbledon doubles champion was approached to throw match
Oct 31, 2007 ... London, Oct. 31 -- Wimbledon doubles champion Michael Llodra is the latest player to reveal he had been approached about throwing an ATP Tour match. Frenchman Arnaud Clement, Llodra's partner at Wimbledon, had said Monday he had been approached, while Andy Murray has said "everyone ...
Pizzas and pasta for India-Pak ODI in Guwahati
Oct 31, 2007 ... Guwahati, Oct. 31 -- From pasta to pizzas, grilled chicken to rotis, cricketers from India and Pakistan for the Nov 5 one-day international (ODI) here will be treated to a wide array of cuisines. The two city hotels hosting the teams are busy putting together the menu given by the Board ...
CBI quizzes Ashok Todi and brothers, Snehasish Ganguly too
Oct 31, 2007 ... Kolkata, Oct. 31 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday interrogated industrialist Ashok Todi in connection with the mysterious death of his son-in-law Rizwanur Rahman. Cricketer Sourav Ganguly's brother Snehasish, who is a director in Todi's company Lux Cozi, was also ...
Prime Minister orders floodlights for hockey team
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday instructed India's top sports officials to "immediately install floodlights" at the venue where the hockey team will train for the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament. Singh gave the order when coach of the Indian hockey team ...
Sandeep Sejwal strikes silver in Asian Indoor Games swimming
Oct 31, 2007 ... Macau, Oct. 31 -- Sandeep Sejwal won India's first medal outside of chess, when he finished second in the men's 100 metres breaststroke final at the second Asian Indoor Games at the Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre. All of India's other medals, three golds and a silver, have come from ...
Germany to host 2011 women's FIFA World Cup
Oct 31, 2007 ... Zurich, Oct. 31 -- Winning the bid to host 2011 women's FIFA World Cup has sparked joy in the sports circles of Germany, and top figures voiced their delight after the world football governing body announced the result, reports Xinhua. "We're proud and grateful that FIFA have shown ...
New aviation policy by early 2008: minister
Oct 31, 2007 ... New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- India would have a new civil aviation policy by the first quarter of 2008, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Wednesday. The policy would facilitate setting up regional airports across the country. He also said the government is proposing to set up ...
Dishman Pharmaceuticals acquires Dutch chemicals firm
Oct 31, 2007 ... Ahmedabad, Oct. 31 -- Gujarat-based Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Ltd announced Wednesday a deal with Dutch company Solvay Pharmaceuticals to acquire its fine chemicals, vitamin D and vitamin D analogues businesses. Dishman, a Rs.28-billion company producing active pharmaceutical ...
Pakistan top court intervenes in Bhutto bombing probe
Oct 31, 2007 ... Islamabad, Oct. 31 -- Pakistan's top court Wednesday intervened in the probe into the suicide bombing of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally in Karachi after the authorities failed to achieve a breakthrough. "More than a week has passed since these bloody explosions occurred, however, ...
UN votes against US blockade on Cuba - again
Oct 31, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 31 -- The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to once again oppose Washington's economic embargo on Cuba - an annual, symbolic act, since votes on the issue in past years have failed to have any effect on the US. The 192-nation assembly voted 184 against four (the US, ...
China to develop heavy-duty rockets for space programme
Oct 31, 2007 ... Beijing, Oct. 31 -- China plans to develop a new range of heavy-duty carrier rockets for its busy space programme and commercial satellite launching, state media said Wednesday. The Long March-5 rockets are designed to carry payloads of up to 25 tonnes into near-Earth orbits, up from the current ...
SBI denies takeover report of South African bank
Oct 31, 2007 ... Johannesburg, Oct. 31 -- The State Bank of India (SBI) here has denied reports about its takeover bid of South Africa's Capitec Bank. The Economic Times in New Delhi had earlier published a story about the proposed takeover bid, sparking strong market speculation that saw Capitec's share ...
US-India business lobby seeks cooperation in energy security
Oct 31, 2007 ... Washington, Oct. 31 -- With the India-US civil nuclear deal stalled, a business lobby has suggested that the two countries focus on cooperation in other areas of energy security even as they work to put it back on track. "The nuclear deal represents a watershed event that would lead ...
Police say honk but don't crow, bark or roar
Oct 31, 2007 ... Phnom Penh, Oct. 31 -- Cambodian police have issued a warning to all motorists who have joined the country's craze for novelty animal horns to remove them or risk "re-education", media reports said Tuesday. The Khmer-language daily Kampuchea Thmey published the police directive, saying the horns ...
Physically active children healthier, more intelligent: study
Oct 31, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 31 -- Children who play vigorously for 20 to 40 minutes daily might be making their brains as well as their bodies stronger, shows a latest study that highlights why physical activities are essential for kids. Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia in the US ...
Home test kit for alcoholics to check liver function
Oct 31, 2007 ... London, Oct. 31 -- People who consume alcohol regularly and are worried about their health can now easily test the condition of their liver without going to a hospital. Medical experts in Britain have created a liver damage testing kit, which gives users an idea of whether they are ...
British government confirms Basra security handover for December
Oct 31, 2007 ... London, Oct. 31 -- The British government has confirmed that security for the Basra province in southern Iraq would be handed over to Iraqi forces, as planned, in December. A joint statement Tuesday by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and Defence Secretary Des Browne, who is currently visiting ...
Cisco partners Wipro for IT infrastructure solutions
Oct 31, 2007 ... Bangalore, Oct. 31 -- Global network equipment provider Cisco Systems Inc Wednesday announced a strategic alliance with Indian IT major Wipro Ltd to develop and deliver IT infrastructure solutions worldwide, said Cisco chief John Chambers. The alliance, expected to bring in business ...
Hillary backs Iran sanctions under fire from rivals
Oct 31, 2007 ... Washington, Oct. 31 -- Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, backed the Bush administration's sanctions against Iran but stressed that she opposes US military action against the Islamic republic. Clinton's comments late Tuesday during a debate among ...
Afghan troops capture 17 Taliban
Oct 31, 2007 ... Kabul, Oct. 31 -- Afghan troops backed by NATO forces launched an operation in the north-central Afghanistan Wednesday, capturing 17 Taliban insurgents and their commander, a statement of the Afghan defence ministry said here. "In the operation launched this (Wednesday) morning, 17 terrorists, ...
Magazine apologises to Affleck for misquoting him
Oct 31, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 31 -- American monthly magazine Details has had to apologise to actor Ben Affleck for misquoting him in an article. Dan Peres, the editor-in-chief of the monthly, in a letter apologised for quoting Affleck saying: " 'I've gone out and directed a movie ('Gone Baby Gone') ...
Indian American gets $1 mn to study plant stem cells
Oct 31, 2007 ... New York, Oct. 31 -- An Indian American scientist has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the US to study plant stem cells. G. Venugopala Reddy, an assistant professor of plant cell biology at the University of California in Riverside, will ...