The Hindustan Times back issues from Friday, May 2:
Efforts on to resolve differences between PPP, PML-Q
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 2 -- Mediators are actively and assiduously working to end the deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over the sacked judges' restoration ...
NDA's dawn-to-dusk strike against price rise begins
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- The Opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is observing a general strike today to protest against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government's inability to control rising ...
Pak Chief Justice to get five-year tenure
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 2 -- The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have agreed to giving a five-year tenure to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, thus reducing the tenure of deposed Chief Justice ...
Festival of Indian panorama films of IFFI'07 opens today
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- A Special exposition of the entire Indian Panorama films of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is being held here from today. The eight-day exposition titled 'The Festival of ...
Rising temp in world's largest freshwater lake result of global warming
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Scientists have discovered that due to global warming, the temperature of the world's largest freshwater lake, located in Siberia, has risen. The team of Russian and American scientists, ...
Pak Government, Army clash over peace deal with militants
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 2 -- Pakistan's new coalition government is reportedly having differences with the military over peace deals, secretly initiated with militants in the country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas ...
Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- The deadly effects of obesity are well known. And now you can add another negative effect - the condition can severely worsen the impact of asthma. What's more, it may also mask its ...
Bush wouldn't blame bio-fuels, wants subsidies, export curbs to go
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- President George Bush has asked Congress to approve $770 million in new global food aid, but refused to admit that America's fad for bio-fuels was a major contributor to an escalating crisis around ...
Imran Khan challenges Zardari to contest by-election against him
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, May 2 -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has challenged Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to contest a by-election against him to evaluate his party's mandate regarding ...
Mariah Carey's 'very impulsive' wedding to Nick Cannon?
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 2 -- Mariah Carey is reportedly no longer a single woman, with rumours abuzz that she has married her rapper beau Nick Cannon. According to Latina magazine, the 'Hero' hitmaker wed Cannon in a ...
Only Supreme Court of India can save the Ganges, say MSU researchers
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Only Supreme Court of India can save the Ganges, said Montana State University researchers after their study about pollution in the Ganges reached the apex court. The move has raised the ...
IMF names India's Anoop Singh Asia Pacific director
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Anoop Singh, who once served as special advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he was the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has been named a director of the International Monetary ...
Antidepressant eases Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms in teens
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Low dose antidepressant therapy can significantly improve the overall quality of life for adolescents suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), according to a new study. The study, ...
Amnesty to release India-specific death penalty report today
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- Human rights watchdog Amnesty International India and the People's Union for Civil Liberties, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, will release a Report on Death Penalty here today. This will be the ...
11.4 percent Canadians live below poverty line
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 2 -- About 11.4 per cent Canadians live below the poverty line, according to the latest census.Releasing its 2006 census figures on income and earnings Thursday, Statistics Canada put the number of the ...
Climate change attributed to increasing oxygen loss in oceans
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Using computer model predictions, scientists have determined that oxygen-depleted zones in tropical oceans are expanding, possibly because of climate change. The research team consisted of ...
Assocham calls for real estate investment trusts
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- An early introduction of real estate investment trusts (REITs) will attract institutional investors and make the commercial real estate market more transparent, according to the Associated Chambers ...
Bond girl Gemma learnt how to milk cows
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- Bond girl Gemma Arterton had to learn to milk a cow for her latest role. The 22-year-old had to pick up the new skill for her role on the BBC drama "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" in which she ...
Pak to change lobbyists in Washington
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Pakistan's new coalition government is likely to change its officially appointed lobbyists in the United States. Several lobbying contracts signed during the previous caretaker regime are ...
Scientists synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Stanford chemists have come up with a way to chemically produce two compounds that occur naturally in plants that can activate and bring out dormant HIV from its host's T cells, thereby making the ...
Beggars in Pakistan use cell phones to beg
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Rawalpindi, May 2 -- Beggars in Pakistan are reportedly using mobile phones to acquire hefty alms in the name of religion. As a matter of routine, they reportedly send messages asking for a credit of Rs ...
Tube Investments registers profits
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, May 2 -- Bicycle and engineering products company Tube Investments of India Limited (TI) has closed FY08 with a revenue of Rs.17.62 billion and a net profit of Rs.565 million. The corresponding figures ...
Scientists identify genes linked to dangerously high blood glucose levels
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- A new study conducted by Canadian, French and British researchers has revealed the discovery of a DNA sequence that controls the variability of blood glucose levels in people. The ...
Fired `White Christian' Al-Jazeera executive demands compensation
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- A television executive has demanded over a million pounds in compensation from the Arabic station al-Jazeera, claiming that she was fired because she was not a Muslim. Jo Burgin, the former ...
Sleep duration impacts on metabolic syndrome risk
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- A new study claims that too little or too much sleep increases the susceptibility of developing metabolic syndrome - a combination of medical disorders that boost the risk of developing ...
White House reiterates US concerns about FATA accord
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- White House Press Secretary Dana Perino has reiterated Washington's concerns about an agreement signed by Islamabad with militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), pointing out ...
Female jumping spiders get turned on by 'sexy' ultraviolet rays
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- They might be invisible to the human eye, but for the female Chinese jumping spider, ultraviolet B (UVB) rays come handy when it comes to mating, says a new study. The study by National ...
China's secret nuke submarine base a threat to Asia, US
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region. Satellite imagery, passed to The Daily ...
Nanomotors just got ten times faster
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Arizona researchers have made a breakthrough development by making a new generation of sub-microscopic nanomotors that are up to 10 times more powerful than existing motors. The ...
Study ties obesity, inflammatory proteins to heart failure risk
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Researchers at John Hopkins have revealed that obesity can lead to inflammation of heart tissue, thereby increasing the risk of heart failure. For the study, the researchers conducted ...
Musharraf agrees to do away with Article that empowers him to dissolve Parliament
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 2 -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly agreed to the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) plan to do away with Article 58 (2) B, which empowers him to dissolve the National Assembly (NA) ....
After Aishwarya-Abhishek, it is Bipasha-John in Miami
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 2 -- The two "Dostana" heroes had a pleasant break while shooting in Miami. First Abhishek Bachchan had wife Aishwarya Rai join him on their first wedding anniversary and then John Abraham had Bipasha Basu ...
EDUCATION POLICY
May 02, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati, May 2 -- The National Policy on Education 1986 (as modified in 1992) recognises the need to develop a system of education to express and promote the country's unique socio cultural identity and to meet the ...
Manson's brand of absinthe too strong for girlfriend
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- Shock rocker Marilyn Manson's girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood finds his brand of absinthe too strong for her liking. Wood turned 20 recently and celebrated her birthday by drinking Manson's ...
Bharti Airtel, IFFCO enter into strategic partnership
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- Bharti Airtel, India's leading mobile phone service provider, Friday entered into a strategic partnership with state-run Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) to offer telephony services ...
Saddam among signatories of Iraq's 'Most Wanted' deck of cards
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- The US military developed a special deck of cards to help its troops identify fugitive members of the Saddam Hussein Government. According to The Sun, as they were rounded up and taken to ...
Reliance Power acquires coal mines in Indonesia
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 2 -- Anil Ambani promoted Reliance Power Ltd said Friday it has acquired three coal mines in Indonesia with total reserves of two billion metric tonnes. The acquisition was done by its wholly-owned ...
FRESH IMPETUS TO INDO-MYANMAR TIES
May 02, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati, May 2 -- The Indo-Myanmar relationship is acquiring a positive momentum of its own, despite western rights' groups criticism of Myanmar's handling of pro-democracy demonstrations some six months back. India had ...
SBI registers 48.18 percent net profit
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 2 -- India's largest public sector bank, the State Bank of India (SBI) registered a net profit of Rs.67.29 billion ($1.65 billion) in 2006-07, up by 48.18 percent from Rs.45.41 billion of the previous ...
Scientists create new instrument to sniff out life on Mars in 2013
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars mission in 2013 will use the Urey instrument to drill down 2 metres into the Martian soil in search for life. According to a report in New Scientist, if ...
Aamir makes me look different in 'Ghajini': Jiah Khan
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 2 -- Spunky Jiah Khan, who wasn't seen much after her debut in the controversial "Nishabd", says she was waiting for "Ghajini" to roll out. In it, co-star Aamir Khan presents her in a different ...
Dungeon dad threatened to gas cellar family
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- If keeping a secret family captive in his cellar for two decades was not enough, dungeon dad Josef Fritzl, threatened to gas them to death if they tried to overpower him and escape, the Austrian ...
Afraid of long jail term, Washington D.C. Madam commits suicide
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who had vowed she would never go back to prison, hung herself Thursday at her mother's mobile home in Florida. Palfrey, 52, was convicted two weeks ago ...
Gandolfini to star in BBC drama
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- Former "The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini is set to play the lead role in a film version of the BBC show "The Thick of It". Thesun.co.uk reports that Gandolfini has landed the role of a ...
Pak Taliban warns papers not to publish women pictures
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Khar, May 2 -- Maulvi Faqir Muhammad, the deputy head of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned national newspapers not to publish women pictures, which offend them. "I warn newspapers which are ...
Passport problem for Pakistani singers worries Bollywood
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 2 -- A passport problem for Pakistani artists is forcing Bollywood composer Pritam Chakraborty to rush to Lahore to record a song with Atif Aslam for the upcoming film "Kismat Konnection". "I need ...
West Bengal felicitates Dominique Lapierre
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhangur (West Bengal), May 2 -- Indophile and French author Dominique Lapierre has promised to keep up his humanitarian tryst with India, even as West Bengal erupted in joyous felicitation on his visit to the state ...
Attenborough criticises BBC shows
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- One of the BBC's longest-serving presenters, Sir David Attenborough, has criticised the broadcaster for allowing lifestyle shows to "run rampant". "Do we really require so many gardening ...
Scientists prove charcoal is not an effective carbon sink
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Stockholm, May 2 -- A new study has questioned the usefulness of charcoal as an effective carbon sink, by showing that it promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of soil carbon. Till now, attention has ...
Indo-Pak co-production 'Jannat' to hit theatres on May 16
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, May 2 -- An Indo-Pak co-production titled 'Jannat' will hit theatres in both Pakistan and India on May 16. The premiere of the film will be held on May 13 in Lahore, and the cast from India would ...
Compound that could lead to new blood pressure drugs discovered
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- Researchers at the University of Florida have identified a drug compound that could dramatically lower blood pressure, improve heart function and prevent damage to the heart and kidneys in people ...
Dalai clique must take care of its own human rights problems in India: People's Daily
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has said that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, does not have the right to talk about human rights issues in Tibet, ...
MRF to set up new radial tyre plant
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, May 2 -- Automobile tyre manufacturer MRF Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government Friday to set up a radial tyre plant in Perambulur district. The company will ...
Infrastructure projects worth Rs.79.46 bn approved
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 2 -- The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) has granted fresh approval to 13 infrastructure development projects worth Rs.79.46 billion ($1.98 billion) under the public private ...
Pak beauty queen wants to date Musharraf, but not marry him
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, May 2 -- Miss Pakistan International Mahleej Sarkari has said that she wants to go on a date with President Pervez Musharraf on some Australian island. Sarkari, however, said she would not like to ...
US Hindu leader Zed named spiritual advisor of interfaith body
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 2 -- The National Association of Interchurch and Interfaith Families has named Indo-American leader Rajan Zed as one of its spiritual advisors. The association's purpose is to educate couples ...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis on rise in the UK
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- Health experts have warned that a changing population structure and ongoing migration have increased cases of drug resistant tuberculosis in the UK. The study showed that the incidence of ...
Lavigne says she is overworked, unwell
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- Canadian rock star Avril Lavigne says non-stop touring has taken a toll on her health and has apologised to her fans for cancelling a show due to illness. Perezhilton.com reports that Lavigne ...
Market ends with hefty gain, surges 312 points
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 2 -- The Indian equities market ended the last day of the trading session of the week with a hefty gain Friday. The banking and realty sectors led the gaining rally. Except metal, all sectoral indices ended ...
Punjab crosses annual wheat procurement target
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, May 2 -- With the wheat procurement season just half way through, Punjab has already surpassed the eight million tonne target set for this year. Through one central government (Food Corp of India) ...
Musharraf may block restoration of deposed judges
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 2 -- There is a possibility that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will seek a stay order from the Supreme Court should attempts be made to restore by the National Assembly if the judges sacked by him ...
Kerala to host meeting of state finance ministers
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 -- For the first time, Kerala will play host to a meeting of empowered committee of state finance ministers here May 6. "This is for the first time that this meeting is being held ...
Bond girl Gemma learns how to milk a cow!
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- Stars are known to work towards bringing their roles as close to reality as possible, and the latest to join the ranks of such celebrities is sexy Bond girl, Gemma Arterton, who took lessons in ...
Australia's Westpac IT to move back office operations to India
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, May 2 -- Australian banking conglomerate Westpac IT has said that it is seriously considering a move to send more of its back office IT work to India. According to Westpac CEO Gail Kelly, ...
80 percent blood pressure deaths in developing world
May 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 2 -- The developing world now accounts for 80 percent of the deaths associated with high blood pressure (HBP) - earlier thought to be a problem only for high-income countries. A new study that ...