The Hindustan Times back issues from Saturday, April 26:
Backward Madhya Pradesh region gets Rs.180 billion investment
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhopal, April 26 -- Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region may soon shake off its 'backward' tag as projects worth nearly Rs.180 billion are slated to come up, agreements for which have been signed in the past three ...
Delhi traffic cops to zip across on new bikes
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- Tired of being outrun by high speed desperados and traffic offenders on Delhi roads, traffic police in the capital are planning to catch up with sleek, powerful new bikes. The traffic police will ...
Scarlette Keeling's mother returns to India
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Murdered British teenager Scarlette Keeling's mother is returning to India Saturday to find out why the 15-year-old's internal organs were removed during autopsy. The body of Scarlette, who was ...
Dhaka, Beijing discuss nuclear, military cooperation
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, April 26 -- Keen to set up a nuclear power reactor by 2015, Bangladesh has proposed to China that an arrangement akin to what the latter has with Pakistan should be evolved to push the sole project conceived way ...
Sampling best of luxury home brands under one roof
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Greater Noida, April 26 -- Branded luxury is scaling a new high in India. Plush living room interiors, latest bathroom fittings and modular kitchens - people can sample the best possible global products at an ongoing ...
Vijaya Bank net up nine percent from last fiscal
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, April 26 -- State-run Vijaya Bank posted a net profit of Rs.3.6 billion for fiscal 2007-08 as against Rs.3.3 billion in the previous fiscal (2006-07), registering a nine percent year-on-year (YoY) growth ....
British award for magazine for Indian professionals
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- A magazine aimed at the lucrative highly skilled expatriate Indian market has been honoured by one of Britain's largest media forums. How-Do media network selected Asian Lite, published by ...
Nawaz Sharif confident of sacked judges' restoration
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, April 26 -- Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif Saturday said all judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf last November would be restored by April 30. But there are speculations that the ...
Orissa man arrested for raping daughter
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, April 26 -- A man was arrested Saturday in Orissa's Malkangiri district for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, police said. Bhagban Dakua, 37, a resident of Kudumuluguma village, about 750 ...
Millions of Olive Ridley hatchlings emerge from nests in Orissa
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Rushikulya beach (Orissa), April 26 -- In what is one of the most breathtaking sights of nature, millions of Olive Ridley baby turtles broke out of their eggshells under the sand at one of their mass nesting ground in ...
Apollo Hospitals to start medical college in West Bengal
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, April 26 -- The Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals is to set up a medical college with a 350-bed hospital on the outskirts of the West Bengal capital. Apollo Hospitals managing director Preetha Reddy told ...
Mittal tops British rich list again, Hindujas are fourth
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal has once again topped the Sunday Times Rich List - the definitive rundown of Britain's wealthiest people. Mittal and the Hinduja brothers Srichand ...
IBM to double computing, keep energy use same
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Singapore, April 26 -- Global IT major IBM will double its computing power by 2010 but keep its energy use the same as today, says the head of its global industry division. This would be done through two measures, said ...
ICICI clocks net profit of $1 billion
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- India's second largest bank ICICI Bank Ltd posted a net profit of $1 billion (Rs.40 billion) during 2007-08 as compared to $775 million of the previous fiscal. This was achieved despite the ...
Market breaches 17,000 mark; shrugs off CRR, inflation hike
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- Buoyed by good corporate results by frontline companies, the Indian equities market breached the 17,000 mark this week and continued its gaining rally. The market also shrugged off a steep ...
India should localise water resource management: expert
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- India has surplus water and one of the richest traditions of managing it, but still water crisis has reached a critical level in the country, says the author of a new book on the subject. "We ...
Oman oil prices rise by over 63 percent
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, April 26 -- The average price of Omani oil rose by 63.8 percent to $86.78 per barrel by end-February 2008, as against $52.98 for the same period in 2007. Daily production averaged 735,100 barrels during ...
When TV actor Aamir Ali helped a gasping co-passenger
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- Not many people know that while flying from Delhi to Mumbai recently, television actor Aamir Ali had the presence of mind to help a gasping cancer patient on the plane. "It was nothing great. I ...
Pakistan loses $156 mn business to piracy
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, April 26 -- Large-scale violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Pakistan is causing the national exchequer a loss of Pakistani Rs.10 billion (about $156 million). The country has been ...
Japanese encephalitis claimed 963 lives in India
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- With no specific anti-viral drug available to contain Japanese encephalitis (JE) in India, the mosquito-borne disease claimed 963 lives in 2007 - an increase of nearly 45 percent over the ...
US targets India, China, Russia, six other nations on copyrights
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, April 26 -- Accusing India, China, Russia and six other nations of failing to protect American producers of pharmaceuticals, films, computer software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy, ...
Rahul Gandhi asks in Chhattisgarh - 'Why is Maoism growing?'
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, April 26 -- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi put a poser before non-government organizations (NGOs) and tribal youth cadre of the party during his stay in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region - "Why is Maoism ...
Bollywood producers question sanctity of censor certificate
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- With more and more films being hauled up in local courts, Bollywood producers are questioning the sanctity of the censor certificate. The Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) has ...
Beckham fans fight over his shirt
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Two fans of David Beckham, aged nine and 10, are suing each other over a shirt that the football star handed to the crowd after a LA Galaxy game. The nine-year-old reportedly grabbed it ...
Mahesh Manjrekar makes a comeback as an actor
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- Mahesh Manjrekar's career as a director has suffered some serious setbacks in recent times. But there has been an inverse boom in his career as an actor, with filmmaker Sanjay Gupta's "Pankh" set to ...
With young artists priced high, masters sell better
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- In an interesting trend in the Indian art market this summer, parity in prices between works by contemporary artists and modern masters is prompting buyers to settle for the latter. A large body ...
Kutcher slams the 'Hillary Clinton look'
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has slammed women who wear pants, calling it the "Hillary Clinton look". Kutcher spoke out on his preferences and says he likes women who not douse themselves ...
23 years later, Kanishka tragedy re-enacted
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, April 26 -- Twenty-three years after 329 people perished when Air India Kaniskha Flight 182 was bombed off the Irish coast, Canadian filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson has re-enacted the tragedy in his documentary ...
Row with multiplexes affects 'Tashan' collections
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- Yash Raj Films' much-hyped "Tashan" was not released in major multiplexes across the country due to a tiff with cinema hall owners over sharing of revenues. And the stand-off is now affecting the ...
Govinda has mall trouble while shooting 'Garam Chai'
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- Govinda seems to be followed by trouble wherever he goes. The latest incident was Friday during shooting for Aditya Dutta's romantic musical "Garam Chai" with co-star Celina Jaitley when his ...
Katrina Kaif was dropped because of film length: director
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- Director Siddharth Anand says he knocked off the section of "Bachna Ae Haseeno" that was to feature Katrina Kaif because the film was getting too long. "If we had kept Katrina's portion 'Bachna Ae ...
'Jodhaa Akbar' on home video
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- After its success in theatres worldwide, the Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai starrer "Jodhaa Akbar" will soon be released on home video. Ashutosh Gowariker's magnum opus, which revolves around ...
Lashkar-e-Taiba man sentenced again to 15 years in US
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, April 26 -- A former teacher at a Muslim school in Maryland has been again sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing support to a Pakistani terrorist group in their anti-India agenda in Jammu and ...
Madonna considering second adoption
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Pop superstar Madonna reportedly wants to adopt a second child and is considering Cambodia and Palestine as likely regions from where she could get a kid.Though she had a bad experience with her ...
Ghani Khan's house decks up for Sonia Gandhi visit
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, April 26 -- Family members of late Congress leader and former union minister A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury have planned an elaborate lunch menu for Congress president Sonia Gandhi during her visit to their home ...
I died when I had to dance with Govinda: Upen Patel
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- With two left feet, it wasn't easy for Upen Patel to match steps with the inimitable Govinda, but he thanks his co-star who ensured that he was completely comfortable. "I was nervous ...
Pals Anupam Kher, Karan Razdan collaborate for comedy
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, April 26 -- Anupam Kher and Karan Razdan, great friends from their days at the National School of Drama in Delhi, have come together after a long time for the film "Mr. Bhatti on Chutti" that has been ...
Doherty turning to Islam in jail
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly turned to Islam after being imprisoned in London's Wormwood Scrubs jail. Doherty asked for a translation of the Quran and is now "lapping it up", ...
Wentz says Simpson helped him overcome depression
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Rocker Pete Wentz credits his singer girlfriend Ashlee Simpson with helping him overcome depression.Wentz is the bassist for the group Fall Out Boy and says he was so low once that he tried to kill ...
Winehouse planning to divorce jailed husband
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly found another lover and is considering divorcing her husband. Winehouse got intimate with Alex Haynes and is now thinking of divorcing ...
Woman dies after being raped, set on fire
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, April 26 -- A woman, who was allegedly raped and then set on fire by a civic body chief in Bihar, died after battling for life for six days, a police official said Saturday. The victim, Asha Devi, in her ...
Carey reviving movie career with 'Tennessee'
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Singer and actress Mariah Carey is trying to revive her career with independent film "Tennessee" after the huge flop "Glitter" almost seven years ago.Offers became scant after the disastrous ...
Robyn says Snoop Dogg collaboration was 'sterile'
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Swedish singer Robyn says she enjoyed working on rapper Snoop Dogg's single "Sensual Seduction" even though it was a "sterile collaboration" since they didn't even meet for the recording ....
Jail for six in attack on Gujarat VHP leader
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, April 26 -- Six people were sentenced to five years jail by an anti-terrorist court here for attempting to kill Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaideep Patel in 2002. One person was acquitted by ...
Bring normalcy before talks, Tibetans tell China
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dharamsala, April 26 -- The Tibetan government-in-exile said Saturday the situation in Tibet needs to be normalised before talks take place between envoys of China and Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai ...
China offers Pakistan military aid to fight terrorism
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, April 26 -- China has offered Pakistan military aid to fight terrorist activities in the country, media reports said Saturday. "Beijing will further cooperate with Pakistan in dealing firmly with ...
Seoul expects no damage to nuke talks from Syria issue
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Seoul, April 26 -- The US assertion that North Korea transferred nuclear technology to Syria is unlikely to affect efforts to advance the stalled six-party talks on the communist nation's atomic weapons programme, ...
Volcanic eruption in 1600 caused global disruption
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, April 26 -- The eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru in 1600 AD led to global disruption, triggering famines and cold winters in many places, according to a new study of records by geologists. The ...
'India-Nepal cooperation in water resources to strengthen ties'
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, April 26 -- India and Nepal should join hands to improve management of shared water resources for strengthening people-to-people relations, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said here Saturday. The two ...
Akram says IPL, ICL may lead to premature retirement of cricketers
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, April 26 -- Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram has said that though Indian cricket leagues - IPL and ICL - may improve the cricketers' lifestyle, but it will lead to premature retirement of cricketers ...
Amy Winehouse finds a new lover?
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Amy Winehouse has given another signal that her marriage is on the rocks, by cozying up in the arms of a new lover recently. According to sources, the 24-year-old pop diva gazed adoringly ...
Sheila Dikshit to decide the fate of Delhi BRTS
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- A high-level meeting to review the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) after witnessing heavy traffic snarls on the 5.8-km stretch from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand in South Delhi, is being chaired ...
Human-induced global warming has made Arctic wetter and snowier
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, April 26 -- A new study has suggested that in addition to the Arctic heating up faster than almost anywhere else on the planet, it has also become wetter and snowier due to global ...
Imphal's medical professional protests against extortion demands by militants
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Imphal, April 26 -- If the auto rickshaw was the target last week, so were medical professionals of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal, Manipur. Employees of the hospital suspended ...
IIMA: no rollback in fees; OBC quota in two weeks
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, April 26 -- The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has decided to implement the Other Backward Classes quota from this academic year onwards and there would be no rollback on the hiked fee ...
BRT corridor gets go-ahead
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, April 26 -- The much-hyped bus rapid transit (BRT) system corridor in south Delhi got the go-ahead from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday despite facing heavy flak in the last few days over the massive ...
Harbhajan slaps Sreesanth, leaves him crying on ground
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Mohali, April 26 -- After Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Punjab's Kings XI and Mumbai Indians last evening, a comment passed by Kings XI paceman Sreesanth to Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh offended ...
India, Bahrain to ink labour pact in June
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kottayam (Kerala), April 26 -- India and Bahrain will sign a labour agreement in June to facilitate labour mobility and manpower development, a ministry of overseas Indian affairs (MOIA) official said Saturday. The ...
Indian artist Harsha wins 40,000 pound Artes Mundi Prize
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Indian artist N.S. Harsha, who tells stories about everyday life in India through his paintings, has been awarded the prestigious 40,000 pound ($80,000) Artes Mundi Prize, considered Britain's ...
Three cops, two Maoist rebels killed in Jharkhand
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ranchi, April 26 -- Three policemen and two Maoist rebels were killed in a fierce gun battle in Jharkhand Saturday, the police said here. According to the police, Maoist rebels ambushed police vehicles on long ...
A power project becomes reality in Kashmir after 25 years
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir), April 26 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday dedicated the 390-MW Dul Hasti power project to the nation but regretted it had taken 25 years for this important project to come up in ...
Steps underway to combat price rise: Chidambaram
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, April 26 -- Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Saturday that steps were being taken to combat inflation and price rise and there was no need to panic. "While there was no need to be elated when the ...
Scientists map out genetic locus for triglycerides
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, April 26 -- A group of researchers have mapped out a region on human chromosome 1 that contributes to genetically elevated blood triglyceride levels, a major risk factor for heart disease. The ...
Here's why water droplets on a rose don't fall off
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, April 26 -- Chemists at the Tsinghua University in Beijing have found the physical basis for the rose's ability to grip water droplets in place, even when the flower is upside down. The researchers say ...
High-pitch battles predicted for Sri Lanka
Apr 26, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, April 26 -- Sri Lanka's unending war is all set to intensify.After the worst fighting in the northern Jaffna peninsula since President Mahinda Rajapaksa took power in November 2005 left more than 150 fighters ...