The Hindustan Times back issues from Thursday, March 20:
Sun TV launching two more FM stations
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, March 20 -- The Sun Network group, which is targeting revenues of Rs.1 billion ($25 million) from its FM radio operations by 2010, is launching two more stations in Allahabad and Jabalapur under the "S FM" ...
Reliance Communications ties up with Taiwanese company
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, March 20 -- India's Reliance Communications (RCOM) has teamed up with Taiwan-based handset manufacturer High Tech Computer (HTC) to tap the market for high-end CDMA (code division multiple access) mobile phones ...
Sarabjit's case will be taken to the UN: Jaiswal
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Thursday that the Singh execution case could be taken to the United Nations. Jaiswal indicated that the Indian ...
Karnataka Assembly polls to be held in May
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, March 20 -- The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold Karnataka Assembly Elections in the third week of May this year. EC sources said the decision has been taken after considering a report ...
COAI questions Virgin's 'backdoor' entry, seeks clear policy
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- Opposing the Virgin Group's entry into mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) services in India, leading cell phone service operators of the dominant GSM technology have urged authorities to ...
Heather Mills to judge upcoming Miss USA pageant
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- Heather Mills has signed up to be one of the judges for the upcoming Miss USA pageant. This will be the first public role that 40-year-old Mills will be taking part in, ever since her ...
Drunken older Brits causing trouble abroad: Foreign Office
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- British Foreign Office has expressed concern over a rise in the number of older Britons who drink too much on holiday abroad and cause trouble, a behaviour which is generally linked to the younger ...
West must pay for India's clean technology: UN official
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- If a power plant coming up in India for $500 million can embrace clean technology for an extra $50 million, developed countries must pay the difference, a top UN official has said. United ...
Israeli archaeologists discover rare Second Temple coin
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- A rare silver coin that the Jews used to pay the half-shekel head tax to the Temple has been discovered in what was the main drainage channel of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period - a phase ...
Wharton India Economic forum to define 'global Indian'
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and venture capitalist Vinod Dham, considered the father of the Intel Pentium microprocessor, will be keynote speakers at this year's Wharton India ...
Archaeologists discover part of Colchester's ancient Roman wall
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- Archaeologists have discovered a part of the ancient Roman wall of Colchester, the oldest recorded Roman town in Britain. Parts of the South Gate in the town were found while Morrisons in ...
Amy Winehouse poses nude for charity campaign
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- English singer songwriter Amy Winehouse has posed nude for a photo shoot for a charity campaign. The campaign is in aid of raising breast cancer awareness among young women, ...
Patna HC admits Bihar Govt. appeal against Lalu-Rabri
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, March 20 -- The Patna High Court today admitted Bihar Government appeal that has challenged the acquittal of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi in connection with a disproportionate ...
Pranab Mukherjee to visit US from Sunday
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will reach Washington on Sunday for bilateral talks with top US officials. The talks are expected to be dominated by the US-India civil nuclear ...
Rumbak in Ladakh, a trekkers' paradise and a treasure house of Tibetan culture
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. RUMBAK VILLAGE, (Ladakh), March 20 -- Rumbak village of Ladakh, a favoured trekking destination in Jammu and Kashmir presents a rich cultural tapestry constituting Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, paintings and dragon ...
Dubai opens first Islamic bourse
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, March 20 -- The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has become the first Islamic bourse with its Sharia Board issuing the standards for trading shares of the listed companies, WAM news agency reported ...
Brown achieves a major breakthrough in Tibet crisis
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- British Prime MInister Gordon Brown has clinched talks between Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. According to The Mirror, Brown revealed that Premier ...
Strong winds delay flights in Delhi
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- The arrival of four domestic flights at the Delhi airport was delayed late Wednesday after strong winds hit the capital, officials said Thursday. Passengers, on the other hand, ...
Government may set up two international-size shipyards
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- The government is proposing to set up two internationa-size shipyards, one on the east coast and the other on the west coast of India, Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T.R ....
New membrane technology could improve fuel cell efficiency
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have developed a new type of membrane based on tiny iron particles that appears to address one of the major limitations exhibited by ...
Special IT regions on the anvil
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, March 20 -- With infrastructure in metro cities already overloaded, the central government proposes to develop new information technology investment regions with world-class infrastructure. With the ...
Now, Posh and Becks turned into eggheads!
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, March 20 -- A British chocolatier and a London design team have turned A-listers like David and Victoria Beckham into eggheads - by capturing their images on Easter eggs. Celebrities and other ...
Kate and Gerry McCann accept apologies from two newspapers
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- Kate and Gerry McCann have accepted apologies from two British newspapers for alleging that they were responsible for the death of their little daughter Madeleine. The apologies were ...
'India offers huge potential to take Six Sigma advantage'
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- India is definitely booming but in order to sustain the competitive edge globally, its industry needs to effectively implement Six Sigma-based quality measures across all sectors, says an expert ....
Achuthanandan attacked over pending SEZ applications
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 -- Opposition political parties in Kerala Thursday attacked Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for his failure to get Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status for over 12 projects while it was ...
Bank of Baroda returning to Bahrain after 15 years
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, March 20 -- Leading Indian public sector bank, Bank of Baroda, will return to Bahrain this Sunday after a 15-year absence. The new wholesale branch of India's fifth largest bank will be opened in Manama ...
Andhra Pradesh poised for another IT leap
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, March 20 -- Andhra Pradesh, which is consistently registering an IT growth rate above the national average, is poised to take IT development to "quite another level" and establish itself on the global ...
India's Champagne Indage to buy Australian winery for over $54 mn
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, March 20 -- India's leading winemaker Champagne Indage is set to buy Australian Vintage's Loxton winery for 60 million Australian dollars ($54.6 million). Australian Vintage Ltd. (AVL) has signed a deal ...
Miracle baby survives after four heart attacks!
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- A British toddler beat the odds by surviving four heart attacks when he was just 11-weeks old. Oliver, who was born on January 16, 2007 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, had medical ...
Vice President to inaugurate World Water Day Function today
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- Vice President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the plenary session of the World Water Day Function here today. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Water Resources ....
Zeta-Jones to romance younger beau in new flick
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed up to star in an as-yet untitled romantic comedy being directed by Bart Freundlich. Freundlich will be helming from a script he has penned ...
Bhojpuri movies get raw deal from Mumbai's civic body
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, March 20 -- The Bhojpuri filmmakers in Mumbai are disappointed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has gone back on its word to exempt Bhojpuri movies from payment of Entertainment Tax ...
New Bond flick set for earlier release
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- Bond lovers have something to cheer about, for the new 007 flick 'Quantum of Solace' will be hitting screens earlier than expected. The 22 film in the series was first scheduled to hit the ...
Adams wants to be first ever Muslim Bond girl
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- Model Zara Admans wants to become the first ever Muslim Bond girl. Adams is trying out for the part for the upcoming bong movie "Quantum of Solace", thesun.co.uk reports. She said: ...
Winehouse's husband has demanded divorce again
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- British singer Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in London's Pentonville prison on assault and conspiracy charges, has again asked her for a divorce. Thesun.co.uk ...
Dubai's new budget carrier to be independent entity
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, March 20 -- The new low-cost airline announced by the Dubai government will be an independent entity with its own brand and identity with Emirates airline assisting it in its launch till its first ...
India reviewing policy on air links with Africa
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- The Indian government is planning to nominate two air carriers to African countries in a bid to enhance air links between the two regions, creating opportunities for Indian private air carriers ...
President Mubarak orders the Egyptian army to supply citizens with bread
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Nicosia, March 20 -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing clashes and widespread discontent in the poorer neighbourhoods over the price of bread, has ordered the army bakeries to supply bread to the commercial ...
India hopeful of clemency to Sarabjit
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad/New Delhi, March 20 -- A day after Pakistan deferred the execution of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian who is on death row for alleged involvement in terrorist attacks, India Thursday appreciated Islamabad's gesture ...
Rabbit fossil found in India confirmed to be oldest of the species
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- The discovery of a 53 million-year-old rabbit's bones in west-central India has been hailed by scientists as the oldest known rabbit. The fossil evidence in hand, predates the oldest ...
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut faces assault charge
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, March 20 -- Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut is in trouble. Her driver Thursday accused her of physical assault and registered a case against the star of "Woh Lamhe" and "Gangster - a love story". The ...
Mills' lawyer unhappy with London court treatment
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, March 20 -- Gloria Allred, the attorney for Heather Mills, is upset with the way the London courts treated her client in the divorce battle with Beatles legend Paul McCartney. Pagesix.com reports that ...
Diamond Power Infrastructure bags Rs.620 million contract
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vadodara, March 20 -- Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd has bagged a Rs.620 million rural electrification contract for erection and commissioning of distribution lines for the entire Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, the ...
Amritsar's Idiots' club lampoons Indian hockey ahead of Holi
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Amritsar, March 20 -- The Indian hockey team's failure to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 80 years, has given enough fodder to satirists to lampoon both players and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) ....
New York Governor Paterson admits to bedding many more women
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, March 20 --In an extraordinary public confession less than 24 hours after taking office, New York Governor David Paterson has said he has had affairs with "a number of women" in the not-so-distant past - ...
Amul to bring smile back to vanilla farmers
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kozhikode, March 20 -- Amul ice-creams may bring the smile back on the face of vanilla farmers in Kerala as its producer, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), has decided to use natural vanilla to ...
'My heart is beating ' tops Telugu music charts
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, March 20 -- "My heart is beating" from "Jalsa", slated for release this month end, tops the Telugu charts this week. Although "Vaana" went off the theatres some time back, the song "Yeduta nilichindi ...
Telugu actor Shobhan Babu is dead
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, March 20 -- Veteran Telugu actor Shobhan Babu, 70, died here Thursday following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. "The patient had apparently suffered a massive heart attack before he was ...
24 Tibetans arrested in Nepal; HRW asks Koirala Govt not to meet Beijing's demands
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, March 20 -- Nepal Police on Thursday arrested around twenty-four Tibetan refugees as they were about to stage a sit-in in front of the United Nations (UN) building here. Human Rights Watch (HRW), a ...
North India begins celebrating spring fest Holi with gusto
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur/Varanasi, March 20 -- The vibrant spring festival of Holi maybe just two days away, but people in Jaipur have began traditional festivities on Thursday and danced with abandon, while in Varanasi, the spirits ...
2,000-year-old lemur's little finger poses mystery
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- The analysis of the first hand bones of a lemur that lived 2,000 years ago has revealed a never-before-seen hand joint configuration on the side of its little finger. Discovered in ...
Transfusion of two-week-old blood could prove fatal for heart patients
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- Using blood that has been stored for more than a period of two weeks may prove fatal for heart surgery patients, finds a new major study. The research was conducted by doctors at the ...
Will Young wants to know Mark Ronson's success mantra
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, March 20 -- Singer Will Young revealed that many musicians including him want to work with DJ Mark Ronson to find out the secret of his success. Ananova.com reports that Ronson is peaking with a string ...
Blair to push for clean technologies in meetings with Indian leaders
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet Indian political and business leaders here today to convince them to push for clean technologies and cut greenhouse gas emissions ....
EU-India trade up by $13 bn in 2007
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Brussels, March 20 -- Trade between the European Union and India has witnessed a sharp increase from 47 billion euros ($73 billion) in 2006 to 55.6 billion euros ($86 billion) in 2007. Exports from the ...
China denies supplying heavy weapons to Sri Lanka
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, March 20 -- China has reportedly denied supplying heavy weapons to Sri Lankan armed forces fighting Tamil Tiger guerrillas, a Tamil MP said Thursday. The denial, reported in the Tamil media Thursday, ...
Single jab may protect against dangerous tick diseases
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, have developed an injection that protects against two severe diseases transmitted by tick bites: ...
The eternal chase!
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- In a comment that may irk many people in the Bollywood industry, upcoming cricketer S.Sreesanth has remarked that it was Bollywood actresses who run after Indian cricketers and not ...
Women with the blues have much more sex
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, March 20 -- Women who are depressed tend to have more sex than their happier counterparts, even if they aren't in a relationship. The finding is based on a survey of 107 depressed and non-depressed ...
US House Speaker Pelosi meets Manmohan Singh
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, March 20 -- US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today. Pelosi arrived here last night on a five-day visit. During her visit, Pelosi will ...
Pak Speaker orders restoration of live TV coverage of Parliament proceedings
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, March 20 -- Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza directed the Parliament staff to restore live coverage of assembly proceedings. The order came as journalists walked out of ...
Fergie's 'baby bump' sparks off pregnancy rumours
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie sparked off rumours that she will soon be joining the celebrity mommy brigade after she was spotted with a 'baby bump'. The 'Glamorous' singer was snapped ...
Dalai Lama willing to go to China - if there is a concrete proposal
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Dharamsala, March 20 -- Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday said that he is willing to go to Beijing, but if some concrete proposal comes from the Chinese Government. Holding China responsible ...
Tourism accounts for 8.1 million jobs in Brazil
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Rio de Janeiro, March 20 -- Brazil's tourism industry has experienced a strong growth becoming a major driver of the country's economic development, generating 8.1 million jobs annually and earning some $77.41 billion ...
Self-healing artificial muscle generates electricity
Mar 20, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, March 20 -- California researchers have developed an artificial muscle that can heal itself while generating enough electricity to charge an iPod. Parts of the new research are already being used ...