The Hindustan Times back issues from Thursday, November 29:
VIOLENCE AND MEDIA
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Nov. 29 -- While the media is a potent tool for effecting development and moulding public opinion, in recent times some unhealthy trends have set into this powerful medium of mass communication. One such ...
PRIVATISATION OF WATER IN ASSAM
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Nov. 29 -- With the publication of the State Water Policy of Assam: A Draft Prepared by Government of Assam (2007) the move towards privatisation of water in the State has got a concrete shape. The provisions on ...
SHARIFF HOME COMING
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Nov. 29 -- Nawaz Shariff, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, returned to Pakistan after seven years of exile in Saudi Arabia, last Sunday, to a frenzied welcome by his supporters. His earlier attempt in ...
POWER THEFT AND DIGITAL ELECTRONIC METER
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Nov. 29 -- There have been massive resistance to installation of digital meters by ASEB and the power distribution companies of Assam. Several political parties, social and youth organisations and local groups of ...
Uttar Pradesh police too media savvy, fumes governor
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lucknow, Nov. 29 -- The Uttar Pradesh police are getting to be "extra media savvy" and "developed a passion" for getting their photographs published in newspapers and appearing on TV, said Governor T.V. Rajeshwar in a ...
Brad Pitt says 'NO' to nude scenes
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt has pledged never to do nude scene in his films because he doesn't want his kids to see him naked onscreen. The actor said he doesn't want to be embarrassed in front ...
No witness against Tytler in 1984 riots case: CBI
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Congress leader Jagdish Tytler Thursday got a reprieve in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) saying it was unable to find any witness to support the ...
Malaria study may pave way for faster treatments
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have found new parasitic states of malaria parasites, which might help open the door to the development of new malaria treatments that ameliorate ...
Working women 'feel they have to work harder' than men
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- A new study has found that women feel they have to work harder than men in a workplace. Sociologists Elizabeth Gorman of the University of Virginia and Julie Kmec of Washington State ...
AIIMS doctors call off strike, Venugopal moves apex court
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), protesting against the passage of a bill which paves the way for Director P. Venugopal's exit, Thursday called off their strike ...
Gujarat keeping people under stress: Jaiswal
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, Nov. 29 -- Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal Thursday said Gujarat lagged behind other states because the Narendra Modi government was keeping people under stress by constantly talking about ...
Thiruvananthapuram collector to be booked in ISRO land case
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 29 -- A court here Thursday directed the police to register a case against the Thiruvananthapuram district collector and three others in an alleged land scam, involving the Indian Space ...
Richie, Madden "can't agree on a baby name"
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Nicole Richie is just about a month away from giving birth to her first child, but she and beau Joel Madden are still having trouble deciding on a name. 26-year-old Richie plans to think ...
Protect Malaysia's ethnic Indians: MPs
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- A forceful plea for protecting the interests of ethnic Indians in Malaysia was made in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, with members cutting across party lines to demand that the government take concrete ...
Now, Britney's new driver quits
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Troubled star Britney Spears' newly appointed chauffeur has quit his job because the singer is too much of a 'liability' to drive around.According to sources, the driver resigned just ...
Scientists see breast cancer gene activity from outside the body
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Using PET imaging technology, researchers have, for the first time, seen hyperactive cancer genes' activity inside breast tumours from outside the body in laboratory animals. Researchers ...
Body of kidnapped boy found in bihar
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, Nov. 29 -- Fear of abduction continues to haunt Bihar with separate incidents of kidnapping reported all over the state and the recovery of the body of a kidnapped young schoolboy from Munger. Kumar ...
Now, spice-up your car journeys with the Rabbit Travel Vibe!
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Now you can spice-up those long boring car journeys by getting vibrating ecstasies from a novel sex aid. The cigarette-lighter sockets in the cars can now be used to experience thrilling ...
Meditation is Pete Doherty's mantra to kick drug addiction
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is using meditation to fight his drug addiction and to make himself concentrate on the upcoming band's UK tour. The 28-year-old singer's bandmate, ...
Wedding bells for 007 Daniel Craig soon?
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Actor Daniel Craig has fuelled the reports of his engagement to girlfriend/film producer Satsuki Mitchell after she was spotted sporting a ring on her wedding finger. Mitchell was seen ...
Sonia kicks off meet on global literacy
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- India is committed to universalising primary education by 2010, said Congress president and the ruling UPA coalition chief Sonia Gandhi here Thursday while inaugurating a two-day meet on global ...
Now, Britney strips off in porn shop - and steals a wig!
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Pop star Britney Spears reportedly stripped off in a porn store full of customers. According to the reports, the Toxic singer stunned the browsers and the staff of a Hustler store in ...
Acne is the secret of Dustin Hoffman's youthful looks!
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman has revealed the secret of his youthful looks. The septuagenarian actor says that the skin condition acne, which occurs due to oily skin, that has helped ...
Lennon assassination film premieres in Liverpool
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- A movie about Sir John Lennon's assassination premiered in Liverpool on Tuesday. Andrew Piddington, the writer and director of 'The Killing Of John Lennon', admits that it was a difficult to ...
ICL is `Netaji's baby, not Goel's!
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- It sound bizarre, but the recently created Indian Cricket League (ICL) is the brainchild of Subash Chandra Bose, a media mogul whose two billion dollar Essel Group includes India's biggest ...
Maharashtra scraps urban land ceiling law
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Nagpur/Mumbai, Nov. 29 -- The Maharashtra government Thursday scrapped a law that regulates holding of urban land, a move that is likely to free large tracts of prime land in India's financial capital Mumbai and other ...
International bravery award for poor Muslim girl
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, Nov. 29 -- A teenage girl in Bihar received $2,000 and a letter of appreciation from an international association for saving the lives of five people from drowning during recent floods in the ...
Sophie Monk to star in 'Scary Movie 5'?
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Nov. 29 -- Actress Sophie Monk is reportedly starring opposite Anna Faris in 'Scary Movie 5.' The Australian actress will play the role of Cindy Campbell's (Anna Faris) evil twin sister in the ...
Musharraf's political future lies in Benazir, Sharif's hands: Analysts
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, Nov. 29 -- Political analysts in Pakistan feel that the political future Pervez Musharraf, who took oath as a civilian President on Thursday after stepping down as the chief of the army yesterday, lies in the ...
Jharkhand Disham Party calls for 12-hr shutdown in West Bengal on Friday
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- The Jharkhand Disham Party (JDP) has called for a 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal on Friday in protest against atrocities on Adivasis in Guwahati. This was announced by West Bengal State ...
Daily dose of fish oil may keep schizophrenia at bay
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Nov. 29 -- A landmark study has found that the vulnerability of young people towards developing schizophrenia is highly reduced if they resort to a daily dose of fish oil. It was found that omega-3 ...
ICL's Panchkula stadium is an overnight wonder
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Panchkula (Haryana), Nov. 29 -- If the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex cricket stadium were a stock, it would have risen sharply in a handful of sessions. The stadium has undergone a complete makeover in a matter to about ...
Arafat replaces Gul as Pakistan battle injuries
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- Pace bowing all-rounder Yasir Arafat is coming to replace injured speedster Umar Gul as the injury-hit Pakistan team struggles to raise 11 fit men for the second Test against India, starting here ...
10 policemen killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, Nov. 29 -- At least 10 policemen were killed Thursday in a powerful landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Dantewada district of the state, a senior police officer said. The rebels set off a landmine ...
Michael Lee to helm comedy 'Soul Men'
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Michael Lee has been roped in to direct Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac in the comedy 'Soul Men'. Jackson and Mac are set to play bickering backup soul singers in the Dimension Films' ...
Marisa Tomei's nude act tops 'Movie Nude Scene of 2007' poll
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Marisa Tomei's sizzling nude act in 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' has been named the top 'Movie Nude Scene of 2007.' British actress Keeley Hazell's film 'Cashback' came second in the ...
Pakistan beset by injuries for must-win second Test
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- Pakistan, battling with injuries to several players including captain Shoaib Malik, are in a must-win situation to keep the series alive on the eve of the second Test against India beginning Friday ...
Di saw Dodi dying: French policeman
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Princess Diana saw her lover Dodi Al Fayed dying after their Mercedes crashed in a Paris road tunnel, the inquest into their deaths has heard. French policeman Sebastien Dorzee, the first ...
Broadway reopens for business
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Broadway has reopened for business after stagehands and theatre producers reached a tentative agreement, ending a crippling strike that halted more than two dozen shows for 19 days. The ...
Madge's daughter Lourdes not to star in next Harry Potter movie
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Harry Potter producers have denied rumours that music icon Madonna's daughter Lourdes will be starring in the next flick in the series. A source had earlier revealed that the studio has ...
AIIMS doctors on strike against an amendment Bill
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- The resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) went on strike on Thursday to protest against the passage of the AIIMS (Amendment) Bill, 2007 by Rajya Sabha ....
Samsung boost for India's Olympic preparation
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Indian athletes' preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics received a major boost Thursday as Samsung India inked a deal with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to support seven ...
China, 120 countries targetting UK's computers
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Government and military computer systems are coming under sustained attack from China and other countries, a significant study has said. The annual Virtual Criminology Report, which draws ...
Sanjay Dutt to release from Pune's Yerwada Jail today
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Nov. 29 -- Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will release from Pune's Yerwada Jail today. Dutt, who has been lodged in the Yerwada Jail since October 22, was granted bail by the Supreme Court on ...
Delhi Court may seek witness' address in Sikh riots case against Tytler
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- A Delhi court is likely to scrutinise the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) decision to close its case against former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in 1984 anti-Sikh riots is likely to ...
PPP terms Musharraf's retirement as its strategic success
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Nov. 29 -- The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has termed President Pervez Musharraf's retirement from the army as its 'strategic success', and asked Musharraf to do more for holding January elections in a ...
Sasikiran draws again in chess World Cup
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Moscow, Nov. 29 -- Krishnan Sasikiran was content playing another quick draw in just 22 moves with Vadim Zvjaginsev of Russia in the second game of the second round of the chess World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk ....
When I shoot I forget the world: Dola Banerjee
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- It has been a long journey from the humble beginnings at the Baranagar Archery Club on the outskirts of Kolkata to victories at the world cups in Dover and Dubai for the smiling bow-and-arrow ...
Court to hear Dec 10 plea on delimitation panel report
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- The Supreme Court Thursday decided to hear on Dec 10 a plea for implementation of the report of the Delimitation Commission, which was tasked with redrawing constituencies on the basis of the 2001 ...
Kamal Haasan campaigns for HIV/AIDS
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Nov. 29 -- The United Nations Thursday roped in thespian Kamal Haasan to be the agency's ambassador in its campaign to reduce stigma and address the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS. Addressing ...
Blue dye could hold key to revolutionizing computer processing power
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- A research conducted recently has found a technique for controlling the magnetic properties of a commonly used blue dye could revolutionize computer processing power. Though the study is ...
Software to analyse employees' e-mails on the
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers are developing software to deal with cybercrime, one of the biggest causes of damage to a business. The software will allow companies ...
Autistic kids have brain abnormalities: Study
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Children diagnosed with autism have more gray matter in their brains, says a study that used a novel imaging technique to analyse brain structure. The brain area, which was examined in ...
Mandelson to address Eighth India-EU Business Summit
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- The European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, and Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, will address the Eighth India-EU Business Summit here today. The summit on ...
Rajasthan to hard sell tourism at resurgent summit
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, Nov. 29 -- The department of tourism of Rajasthan has been geared up to hard sell the state to tourists as their most preferred destination in the country during the upcoming 'Rajasthan Resurgent summit' ....
Becks bends it around bars
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- England football star David Beckham participated in a friendly match, and showed off his skills. Arriving at the George Street headquarters of the Sydney Football Club, Goldenballs' and his ...
Kerala gets first private FM radio station
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kozhikode (Kerala), Nov. 29 -- Kerala's first private FM radio station started functioning from here Thursday. Radio Mango 91.9 is a venture of Malayala Manorama, one of state's leading media groups. The ...
Pregnant Aguilera bares baby bump in naked photoshoot
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Nov. 29 -- Dirty singer Christina Aguilera has done her first fully naked shoot, and showed off her baby bump to the world. The 27-year-old singer has posed for Marie Claire in just a fur coat and a ...
Ivana Furtado wins gold at World Youth chess
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Ivana Furtado of Goa has retained the World under-8 girls' title at the end of the eleventh and final round of the World Youth chess championships at Antalya, Turkey. There were two other ...
Daniel Craig's swearing leaves him broke on The Golden Compass' set
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig introduced a 'swear box' to avoid corrupting their child co-stars on the sets of 'The Golden Compass'. The adult cast members were forced ...
Of pre-match crowds, light blue and beige at Eden Gardens
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- The second India-Pakistan Test starts here Friday but crowds are already besieging the Eden Gardens Stadium. Old timers say they have never seen so many people on the eve of any international match ...
Mel B's daughter to follow in her Spice Girl footsteps?
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- Singer Melanie Brown revealed that her daughter Phoenix Chi is destined for the stage as the eight-year-old has inherited her dancing moves. The Spice Girl was delighted to see Phoenix ...
Sharif denies any deal, says won't serve under Musharraf
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has denied any power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf and stressed that the election, likely in January, will lack any credibility unless ...
Bihar politician in fake land deal
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, Nov. 29 -- Bihar State Minorities Commission Chairman Naushad Ahmad is in the eye of a storm for allegedly selling off government land as his own. The case dates back to 1991 when Ahmad allegedly sold ...
Einstein's self-proclaimed 'biggest blunder' might not be a blunder after all
Nov 29, 2007 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Nov. 29 -- A new research by scientists has suggested that Albert Einstein's theories on the universe might not be a blunder, as he himself believed them to be. In 1917, Einstein was working on ...