The Hindustan Times back issues from Tuesday, January 8:
Malaysia wants to build superhighway in India
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Malaysia is ready to invest in a superhighway project in India bearing 70 percent of the cost, Malaysia's Minister for Works S. Samy Vellu said here Tuesday. "I am able to affirm at this ...
Indian markets soar despite paring early gains
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- A key market index ended Tuesday on a yet another record high, led by Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel. The benchmark index had earlier in the day scaled the 21,000-point mark, maintaining the ...
Finnair Asian traffic grew 32.6 percent in 2007
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Helsinki, Jan. 8 -- Finnair's total traffic measured in passenger kilometres grew 16.2 percent in 2007, with Asian traffic up by a staggering 32.6 percent, Finland's national carrier said Tuesday. Finnair's ...
Label a car's contribution to climate change: Greenpeace
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The government must establish mandatory fuel efficiency standards for automobiles and manufacturers must label each car's contribution to global warming, environmental NGO Greenpeace demanded here ...
New launches to dominate Auto Expo 2008
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The 9th Auto Expo 2008 at the capital's Pragati Maidan is expected to see a slew of launches - led by Tata Motors' Rs.100,000 ($2,500) car. More than a million visitors are expected to visit the ...
Ford to make small car for India
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Jan. 8 -- Automaker Ford India Pvt Ltd will soon roll out a small car for the Indian market and produce engines for the Asia-Pacific market by investing $500 million, says a top official. "Ford India ...
BAE systems gets $29 mn US homeland security contract
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- British defence and aerospace major BAE Systems has received a $29 million award from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test JETEYE, its infrared aircraft missile defence system, on ...
Mumbai to host India's first equity fair February
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- India's financial capital will witness the country's first ever private equity fair - IPEX 2008 - to be held Feb 27. IPEX 2008, organised by Yen Expo and Indian Institute of Management at ...
Ramanathan appointed secretary in finance ministry
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Arun Ramanathan, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1973 batch, was Tuesday appointed secretary, department of financial services, in the ministry of finance. Ramanathan, ...
Key Indian share index scales new peak
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- Taking analysts by surprise, a key Indian equities market index topped the 21,000-point mark for the first time ever during intra-day trading Tuesday, maintaining the momentum in the New ...
Regulator says no to private limited insurers
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Jan. 8 -- India's Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has decided to allow insurers to operate in India as only public limited companies under the country's Companies Act to ensure greater ...
Construction of Scorpene submarines on target: Thales
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Construction of the French-Spanish Scorpene submarines in India is proceeding on target, an official of French military major Thales said, even as he welcomed a court order to probe allegations of ...
A.R. Rahman to set up music school
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, Jan. 8 -- Music maestro A.R. Rahman Tuesday announced that he would soon set up a music school to scout for new talent. "It has been a long time dream for me. I think the right time has come now," he ...
Doctors order McCartney to stop drinking
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Legendary Beatles singer Paul McCartney has been advised by doctors to stop drinking because it is affecting his heart. McCartney had a secret surgery in September to open up his arteries, the ...
DQ Entertainment wins Deloitte service award
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Jan. 8 -- DQ Entertainment, one of the largest animation and gaming companies in India, has won the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific award for the second year. It has also won an Emmy for its ...
Power cuts hit Himachal Pradesh
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Shimla, Jan. 8 -- Power cuts, unheard of in the power-surplus hill state of Himachal Pradesh, have come into force this week due to shortage from the northern grid. State capital Shimla awoke to a freezing ...
Beckhams buy iphone for eight-year-old son
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- David and Victoria Beckham have bought their son Brooklyn, who is just eight years old, a hi-tech iphone for 269 pounds. Brooklyn begged his parents for the phone after it released and was ...
Delhi to have 7,000 MW power in three years: Sheila Dikshit
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday said the national capital would overcome its power problems within the next three years with as much as 7,000 MW of power expected to be ...
Amrita Research develops system for moving vehicles
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 8 -- Amrita Research Labs (ARL) has developed a solution that delivers high-bandwidth information and multimedia entertainment to moving vehicles. It has been named Amrita ...
Air India offloads 60 passengers to London, Chicago
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- Air India offloaded 60 passengers bound for London and Chicago at Mumbai airport Tuesday due to overbooking, a spokesman for the airline said. The passengers of flight AI-125 alleged that the ...
'Wizard of Oz' inspired Kidman to become actress
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman was going to become a veterinary nurse until she saw "The Wizard of OZ" and was inspired to become an actress. Kidman abandoned her love for animals after ...
'The Shawshank Redemption' voted top feel good movie
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- "The Shawshank Redemption", the 1994 movie staring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, has been voted the top feel good movie of all time in a poll conducted by the online DVD rental delivery service ...
Adani to raise $764 million to finance energy projects
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Diversified business interest group Adani Enterprises Ltd will raise Rs.30 billion ($764 million) in equity and equity-linked instruments to finance its energy businesses, the company said in a ...
Power companies to invest Rs.298 billion in Chhattisgarh
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, Jan. 8 -- Six private power firms have signed separate deals with the Chhattisgarh government to invest Rs.298 billion ($7.6 billion) for installing coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 6,500 MW in ...
Narendra Modi to launch Chhattisgarh food scheme
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, Jan. 8 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will launch a Rs.8.5 billion annual subsidised food scheme of the Chhattisgarh government next week. "Modi will launch the Chief Minister Food Security ...
Anurag Basu casts mentor Mahesh Bhatt's son in film
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- Filmmaker Anurag Basu has a new mission on Ground Zero. He is directing "Suicide Bomber", a film about the July 2005 London bombings, with his ex-mentor Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul in the lead ....
Siddharth Basu back with Bollywood quiz show
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Siddharth Basu, the pioneer of television quiz shows in India, is back with new show "Bollywood Ka Boss", grilling participants with questions related to the Hindi film industry. The show, ...
Internal boom, external threat to hit fashion in 2008
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- With Indians becoming increasingly style conscious, its nascent fashion industry is certainly on a growth trajectory but one of its biggest challenges this year will be the influx of overseas ...
Singer Blunt influenced by 70s music
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- British singer James Blunt, who is usually reserved about his musical inspirations, has revealed that he is influenced by the music of the 70s. Ananova.com quoted him as saying: "I'm really ...
'Infrastructure roadblocks slowing automotive industry'
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The $34-billion Indian automotive industry may fail the target of quadrupling sales by 2016 if investments are not made in infrastructure, says a study by global consultancy firm KPMG. The ...
Surveys for controversial steel project begins in Orissa
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jagatsinghpur (Orissa), Jan. 8 -- The Orissa government Tuesday started land and socio-economic surveys for the controversial $12-billion steel plant to be built by Posco-India, a wholly owned subsidiary of South ...
13-year-old to compose music for Malayalam film
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 8 -- A Class IX student from Kerala dons the mantle of music director this week. "Plavila Police", a children's film in Malayalam, will see 13-year-old Ramatheerthan make his debut as a music ...
Palm oil only hurdle to India-Asean free trade agreement
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8 -- Export of palm oil to India from southeast Asia remains the last issue to be resolved before India signs a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
Madonna in Mumbai meets slum-dwellers, lunches on vadas
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- Pop superstar Madonna slipped in here Tuesday afternoon with her family - quite "like a prayer" come true for her many fans here - and spent the day visiting a slum and taking in some authentic south ...
Thales to convert Indian Navy minesweepers into mine hunters
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- French defence and electronics major Thales is to convert four to six Indian Navy minesweepers into state-of-the-art mine hunters in a deal believed to be worth $50 million. The company is ...
Now a catfight between leading ladies of 'Bigg Boss'
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- "Big Boss", the Indian version of Channel 4's reality show "Big Brother", is whipping up similar spice - a catfight between the leading ladies. Rupali Ganguly, who had played the "cry baby" ...
Hillary vows to keep going as Obama rockets ahead
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Jan. 8 -- An emotional Hillary Clinton vowed to keep fighting as a second successive defeat stared the former Democratic front-runner in the face in Tuesday's New Hampshire Primary with the party's Iowa ...
Talbott warns of India, Pakistan joining nuclear arms race
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Jan. 8 -- Potential nuclear weapons states, including India and Pakistan, may jump into a big power arms race unless the new US president comes up with "an array of initiatives", former US deputy secretary ...
India, Malaysia bypass ethnic Indians' issue at talks
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8 -- The alleged discrimination against ethnic Indians in Malaysia did not figure in the talks Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony had here with the Malaysian leadership, a media report said ...
Malaysia denies banning Indian workers
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Malaysia has not banned the recruitment of Indian workers as reported by international news agencies, Malaysian Minister S. Samy Vellu clarified here Tuesday. Vellu, the cabinet minister of ...
Breast-feeding may protect babies from allergies
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Jan. 8 -- Breast feeding may help protect babies from developing allergies such as asthmas, eczema and reaction to food, says a new US health guideline. Breast-feeding is already known to provide many ...
Sri Lankan minister killed in blast near Colombo
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Jan. 8 -- Sri Lankan minister D.M. Dassanayake was killed Tuesday in a claymore mine blast near Colombo, the military said. The minister's motorcade was heading towards Colombo when it was struck by a ...
Indian dance teachers beaten, abused in Malaysia
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8 -- Two Indian women who were beaten and abused by their employers in Malaysia are going home after being paid compensation by the abusive couple that runs the dance school they were teaching ...
Cavity causing bacteria to stew in their own juices
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Jan. 8 -- Bacteria that cause cavities in teeth will soon be literally stewing in their own juices and become self-destructive, a new study says. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical ...
Bilawal for peace with India
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of slain Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, said Tuesday that Pakistan wants to live in peace with India. "I believe Pakistan should be able to live in peaceful ...
Bhutto's assassin identified, says report
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Jan. 8 -- Pakistani detectives have identified former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassin, a private television channel reported Tuesday, even as the Scotland Yard team probing last month's ...
Jive Records not dropping Backstreet Boys
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Boy band Backstreet Boys denies rumours that its record company is about to drop the group. A spokesperson for the group was quoted as saying by contactmusic.com: "Reports about Jive Records ...
Rajapaksa wants to liberate Tamils from LTTE
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Jan. 8 -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appealed to the people of the country to help him liberate the Tamil-speaking people of north Sri Lanka from the clutches of the Tamil ...
Exercise, eat fruits and vegetables to live longer
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- People can increase their lifespan by exercising, drinking moderately and eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, says a new study carried out in Britain. The findings of the study by ...
Fraser, journalist, author of Flashman series dead
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Novelist George MacDonald Fraser, who served in India during the Second World War and authored the popular Flashman series of adventure stories, has died after a long battle against cancer. He was ...
PPP lashes out at Musharraf for blaming Benazir
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Jan. 8 -- Assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has reacted sharply to President Pervez Musharraf's statement that she was to blame for her own murder as she had ...
Blast in Sri Lanka injures minister
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Jan. 8 -- A claymore mine blast wounded Sri Lankan minister D.M. Dassanayake and four others on a busy road north of here Tuesday, the police said. The deputy ...
Kid glues himself to bed to avoid school
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Monterrey (Mexico), Jan. 8 -- A Mexican boy glued his hand to bed to avoid going back to school after Christmas holidays, Spain's EFE news agency reported Tuesday. Diego, 10, took his family's can of glue ...
Pakistan wants to live in peace with India: Bilawal
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Declaring he has brought "hope to a new generation of Pakistanis", the man who could become Pakistan's youngest ever prime minister said Tuesday he wants his country to live peacefully with ...
Indo-Canadians lead protests against hospital privatisation
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Jan. 8 -- Canada's first experiment with partially privatised healthcare has evoked big protests. The flag-bearers of these protests are mostly the Indo-Canadians of the Toronto suburb of Brampton where the ...
Dr. Phil defends visit to Spears
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- US television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw has slammed the media for reporting that he is exploiting troubled pop star Britney Spears' situation by visiting her in the hospital. McGraw had ...
Adman shot Taare... song because of Aamir's 'integrity'
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- Ad film-maker Ram Madhavani shot the song "Bheja kam" in Aamir Khan's "Taare Zameen Par" because "he was asked to do so by an artiste" of Aamir Khan's integrity. "Why did I agree to shoot ...
Maldivian president escapes knife attack
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Jan. 8 -- Maldivian President Moumoon Gayoom narrowly escaped a knife attack by an unidentified man Tuesday while he was touring Hoarafushi, one of the northern most atolls in his country. "The ...
Post-Benazir, Pakistan faces multiple challenges
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Tuesday, Jan. 8 -- marks 12 days since the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto - the deeply flawed yet highly charismatic former prime minister of Pakistan. Her grief stricken country now faces multiple challenges ...
MP wants Britain to create haven for Asians fleeing Kenya
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Keith Vaz, Britain's senior-most Asian lawmaker, Tuesday urged the British government to ensure that Britain keeps its doors open to Asians fleeing the violence in Kenya. His call to British ...
From Royal Mail with love - to 007 fans
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- Philatelists and James Bond fans have been making a beeline for post offices in Britain to collect new stamps introduced by Royal Mail to celebrate the birth centenary of the super spy's creator, Ian ...
Asian cockroaches do their bit for Texas farmers
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Jan. 8 -- Having trouble with cockroaches? Ask them to head for Texas. Farmers there will welcome them! Researchers say the humble Asian cockroach, or Blattella asahinai, is proving to be a boon for ...
Sri Lankan minister dies in blast near Colombo
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Jan. 8 -- Sri Lankan minister D.M. Dassanayake and a police officer were killed in a claymore mine blast near Colombo Tuesday, the military said. The minister's motorcade was heading towards Colombo ...
Convicted councillor gets bail for daughter's wedding
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Sharada Jain, former Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) councillor undergoing life term for killing fellow councillor Atma Ram Gupta five years ago, was Tuesday granted interim bail by the Delhi ...
US record on preventable deaths worst in developed world
Jan 08, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Jan. 8 -- The United States has the worst record among industrialised nations when it comes to the preventable deaths of its citizens, according to new research. The country has been placed last among ...