The Hindustan Times back issues from Wednesday, December 19:
Yakult Danone launches energy drink
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Yakult Danone India Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Japanese probiotics firm Yakult Honsha and French dairy giant Groupe Danone, Wednesday launched its energy drink Yakult in India ....
New strategies needed to address food security: PM
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday expressed hope that the Indian farm sector will expand by four percent in the next five years even as he called for targeted measures to address livelihood ...
Post polls, back to business in Gujarat
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, Dec. 19 -- The din of elections is over and it is back to business in Gujarat. Whether it is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress at the helm of affairs, the first task of the new government will ...
Hyundai to launch new LCD TVs
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Dec. 19 -- Hyundai Electronics, a consumer-durables division of Videocon Industries Ltd, is eyeing the growing liquid crystal display (LCD) television segment in India. "We will shortly launch three ...
Kerala cooperative banks sell rice to hold down prices
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kozhikode (Kerala), Dec. 19 -- If you want to get rice at a discount now in Kerala, look for it at a cooperative bank. The state's cooperation department has started selling rice through cooperative banks to hold down ...
Videsh Sanchar to lay $250 mn cable system to Europe
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), a long-distance telecom company of the $29-billion Tata group, Wednesday announced a $250-million cable system to link Mumbai with Paris, London and Madrid via ...
Five states demand task force on draft mineral policy
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Five mineral-rich Indian states Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to constitute a task force to finalise the National Mineral Policy (NMP) 2007. The chief ministers of ...
Tata Motors to unveil 'people's car' Jan 10
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The "people's car" from the stable of Tata Motors that its chairman Ratan Naval Tata hopes to sell for all of Rs.100,000 ($2,500) will be showcased during the 9th Auto Expo that begins here Jan ...
Arena, CNBC-TV18 institute animation awards
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- Arena Animation, a global leader in animation and multimedia training, has instituted the Golden Cursor Animation Awards in partnership with television channel CNBC-TV18. "Indian animation ...
PM's speech at National Development Council meet
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The following is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the National Development Council meet here Wednesday: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am extremely happy to welcome you all to ...
GAIL announces 40 percent dividend
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- State-owned gas marketer GAIL (India) Ltd has declared 40 percent interim dividend for financial year 2007-08. "The board of directors of the company in a meeting yesterday ...
Amitabh, Shah Rukh to clash as 'Don'
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- It looks like the senior and junior Don, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, will battle it out at the box office. While Farhan Akhtar prepares to plunge into a sequel to his 2006 hit "Don - ...
Indians heading for Europe to ring in New Year
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Never mind the chill or a proposed crackdown on non-European Union tourists by the British government, Europe is still the hottest outbound destination for Indians this yearend. According ...
Global credit crisis may impact India's growth: PM
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The possibility of recession in some rich nations and the financial crisis in the global capital markets due to sub-prime lending may impact India's exports and funds inflows, Prime Minister ...
Entertainment tax system to be revamped: Dasmunsi
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The entire tax structure for the Indian entertainment and media industry will be overhauled soon to help it attain global standards, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi ...
'Entertainment industry has taken quantum leap'
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Indian entertainment industry has taken a quantum leap in the last 15 years in the global market, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said at an entertainment and media summit here ...
'IT important for auto component industry's growth'
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Use of IT is imperative for the growth of Indian auto component industry that aims to become a $40-billion industry by 2015, says an industry report. The Indian auto component industry ...
India can achieve 10 percent growth: PM
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- High savings and investment rates can step up India's growth to over 10 percent with right policies though some global developments may impact capital flows, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said ...
Tripura to have multi-facility hospital
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agartala, Dec. 19 -- A Kolkata-based industrial house, GPT Health Care Pvt Ltd, will set up a 100-bed super-speciality hospital in the north-eastern state of Tripura at a cost of Rs.400 million ($10 million), the ...
Maharashtra to end tax on film rights transfer
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- The Maharashtra government will soon scrap the value-added tax (VAT) applicable when Bollywood producers temporarily transfer copyrights of their films. Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh ...
Digitisation changing face of Indian entertainment industry
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The face of the $11-billion Indian entertainment and media industry is changing beyond recognition with the invasion of digital technology, says a new joint study by a leading industry chamber and ...
Stock market heading towards recovering Tuesday's loss
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- India's benchmark stock market index opened on a positive note Wednesday and was headed towards recovering the heavy losses of the past couple of sessions. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ...
Sri Lanka uses Ramayana to woo Indian tourists
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Dec. 19 -- Sri Lanka is going to use the Hindu epic Ramayana to attract Indian tourists in a big way. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has formed a committee to work out an ambitious ...
Rivals India, China turn partners in energy quest
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Two years after they ended years of rivalry, India and China are only now beginning to give shape to their camaraderie in oil and gas exploration. After meeting here last week, Indian and ...
Chidambaram asks states not to tax exports
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- With India's exporting community in distress because of the rising rupee, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday urged all state governments to ensure that their taxes do not burden external ...
'Inclusive growth not possible if agriculture ignored'
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Arguing that the recent growth trends in Indian economy were accompanied by worsening unemployment, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said the 11th Five-Year Plan would not be able to ...
'Taare Zameen Par' promises to entertain and enlighten
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- "Taare Zameen Par", releasing Friday, is an important film for many reasons. For one, this is Aamir Khan's only release in 2007. Secondly, the actor has donned the director's cap for the ...
Indian environmentalist joins international climate panel
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Stockholm, Dec. 19 -- Renowned Indian environmentalist Sunita Narain, winner of the 2005 Stockholm Water Prize, is among the global experts invited to join a high level international commission for climate-proof ...
Police follow new leads in US varsity double murder
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Dec. 19 -- As investigators followed new leads in their hunt for the killers of two Indian students at a US university, authorities assured India that every possible step is being taken to bring the killers ...
Embattled king remains Nepal's first citizen
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Dec. 19 -- Even as Nepal's parliament resumes parleys on the fate of the country's two-century-old royal family Wednesday, embattled King Gyanendra, who was divested of all his official powers and privileges ...
Voight says stars who refuse sequels are snobs
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- Actor Jon Voight says stars who do not work in sequels are snobs and he believes there is nothing wrong with giving fans more of what they want. Voight can now be seen in the sequel to ...
Fox surprised about not being fined for speeding
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- Actor Michael J. Fox was surprised to see the true power of fame when he was not fined for crossing the speed limit in a crowded street. Contactmusic.com reported that Fox, who has starred in ...
Early experiences spur Indian-American rights activist
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Dec. 19 -- Indian-American immigrant rights advocate Deepa Iyer says her experiences of adjustment on moving from India to Kentucky at the age of 12 drove her to the equal rights movement. It has ...
'39 Clues' to succeed Harry Potter?
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Dec. 19 -- Those gnawed by emptiness following the completion early this year of the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling can take heart. Scholastic, the books' US publisher, has unveiled plans ...
Pro-European high-flier to lead Liberal Democrats
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- A pro-European former journalist who has proposed an amnesty for some of Britain's hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants has been picked to lead the Liberal Democrats, Britain's third largest ...
Lawrence praises acting skills of Will Smith's daughter
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- Francis Lawrence, the director of "I am Legend", is all praise for Will Smith's daughter Willow for her performance in the movie. The six-year-old co-starred with her father in the movie, ...
Pregnancy made Aguilera emotional on tour
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- Singer Christina Aguilera had to struggle with songs during her recent tour because pregnancy made her emotional. Aguilera would cry while singing and though fans liked seeing her get into ...
Indian engineer, others accuse MI5 of blackmail of Muslims
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- An Indian computer engineer has accused the British intelligence agency MI5 of adopting blackmail and other illegal tactics in its drive to recruit Muslims in the war against terror. The man, ...
Celebrities more influential than historical figures: study
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- Celebrities like actress Angelina Jolie, football star David Beckham and singer Kylie Minogue are more influential than historical figures, a new study has revealed. A researcher from the ...
Madhuri is bridging eras: Anil Mehta
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- It wasn't easy to direct Madhuri Dixit in her comeback film, but director Anil Mehta thanks the actress for making it a smooth ride for him. "She's such an easygoing person. She never let me ...
Southern Africa scales up disaster preparedness
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Johannesburg, Dec. 19 -- Disaster managers in eight Southern African and Indian Ocean countries have agreed to work more closely to combat the devastating effects of natural disasters as the third anniversary of the ...
Kabul remembers Maulana Azad
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kabul, Dec. 19 -- For many in Afghanistan, both old and young, the name of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, rings familiar. This was evident from a lecture organised ...
Lehman Brothers Asia-Pacific CEO joins USIBC
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Dec. 19 -- Jesse Bhattal, chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers Asia-Pacific, a leading investment bank has joined the board of a leading advocacy group seeking stronger US-India commercial ...
Fresh mad cow case in Canada
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Dec. 19 -- Canada has reported yet another case of mad cow disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Tuesday the latest case was detected on a farm in the province of Alberta which ...
Genes help us remember
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Dec. 19 -- We remember some faces and places because of our genes, says a new study that shows how such skills are linked to our genes. Researchers at the University of Michigan studied two groups of ...
Bollywood stars join UN drive against human trafficking
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Dec. 19 -- Some of Bollywood's biggest stars have joined the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to curb human trafficking in India. Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham and ...
Assembly polling on in chilly Himachal
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Shimla, Dec. 19 -- Polling was underway Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh's second and final phase of assembly elections for 65 seats on a chilly but sunny morning. A few voters preferred to move out of their homes ...
Nepal apex court reopens Sobhraj case
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Dec. 19 -- Charles Sobhraj's hope to ring in the New Year together with his wife and daughter in Paris received a blow Wednesday when Nepal's Supreme Court, expected to deliver its verdict in the murder case ...
FAO calls on governments to hold food price line
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Rome, Dec. 19 -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has sent out an urgent appeal to governments of the world to take immediate measures to help poor countries overcome the steep increase in food prices, WAM ...
'First Punjabi village in US' raises $68,000 for Delhi slums
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Yuba City (California), Dec. 19 -- The Punjabis of Yuba City this week raised about $68,000 for slum dwellers of New Delhi. Known as the first Punjabi village in the US, Yuba City in northern California is home ...
Polls ahead may slow India's growth rate: study
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Dec. 19 -- India's high growth level may slow down and government's reforms may get hobbled as the main political parties concentrate on drumming up support in the run up to the elections due next year, a ...
'Band-baaja' may go out of Jaipur wedding marches
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, Dec. 19 -- Wedding processions here might soon lose their sheen. The civic authorities are planning to ban dancing and singing at wedding processions for a specific period of time every day to ease traffic ...
Fund crunch halts stone carving in Ayodhya temple
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ayodhya, Dec. 19 -- The cutting and carving of stones for the planned Ram temple on the ruins of the Babri mosque here has come to a halt after a gap of 17 years because of fund constraints. While Vishwa Hindu ...
UNICEF goodwill ambassador Shakira visits Bangladesh
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Famous pop star Shakira, who is also UNICEF goodwill ambassador, is in Bangladesh to see community projects and areas hit by last month's devastating Cyclone Sidr. The two-time Grammy winner ...
Spain and Libya to expand cooperation
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Madrid, Dec. 19 -- Spain and Libya have agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in economic sector that would open large areas to Spanish investment in the north African country, EFE news agency reported ...
Stage delights in Jaipur - thanks to corporates
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, Dec. 19 -- Theatre has become an important part of the local entertainment industry in the Rajasthan capital, courtesy the corporate sector. Several new theatre groups have mushroomed in the ...
Budding Punjabi poets meet on Orkut, produce book
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- Some hail from as far as the US and Australia, though most are from Punjab, but love for Punjabi poetry brought 13 budding poets together on social networking site Orkut and they have now come ...
Anything can happen in Nepal: Sobhraj
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Dec. 19 -- "I am confident I will be released," said Charles Sobhraj, clutching the bars of the partition that separated the strip of the long room from visitors. "If the judges did not think I had ...
South African Indian support for new ANC chief mixed
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Johannesburg, Dec. 19 -- There appears to be mixed support from South Africa's 1.2 million citizens of Indian descent for Jacob Zuma, the man likely to become the next president of the country. Zuma was ...
Malaysian PM moots body to resolve non-Muslim issues
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 19 -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has mooted the idea of a high level committee to deal with issues pertaining to non-Muslims in the Muslim majority nation. His government ...
New drug cuts 40 percent cholesterol in two weeks
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- Scientists have developed a pill than can cut cholesterol by 40 percent within two weeks, good news for thousands of patients who are unable take statins or the hypolipidemic drugs used to lower ...
Male-female gap in literacy widening: UN report
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The male-female gulf in literacy rates in Asia and Africa seems to be widening, says a UN report. In India, more than half of young women aged 15-19 years have no primary education. "In ...
Chavez confirms Colombian rebels' offer to release three hostages
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Montevideo(Uruguay), Dec. 19 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has confirmed he had received a communiqué from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that the rebel group has offered to release three of ...
Bangladeshi experts moot simplified disaster warning
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- An expert body in Bangladesh is to submit next month a report recommending modernisation of the 1898 cyclone warning system and a special easy-to-understand weather bulletin service. They also ...
Do microwaves destroy nutrients? Expert says no
Dec 19, 2007 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Dec. 19 -- If you think microwaves destroy nutrients, think again. A British expert has said that microwaves destroy bugs and retain more nutrients and vitamins. "Microwaves rather destroy bugs and ...