The Hindustan Times back issues from Saturday, May 10:
Tamil Tigers sink Sri Lankan naval ship in Trincomalee
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, May 10 -- A Sri Lankan naval logistic supply vessel was sunk in a powerful pre-dawn underwater explosion by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in the heavily-guarded Eastern Trincomalee harbour Saturday, hours ...
Rajnikanth 3D movie costs touch Rs.600 million
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, May 10 -- The cost of Ocher Studios-Adlabs-Warner Bros venture "Sultan, The Warrior" featuring an animated Rajnikanth in a full length 3D movie touched Rs.600 million, said sources from its financier Exim Bank ...
Canada PM blasts Myanmar, sends DART for relief
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 10 -- Canada has blasted Myanmar's military junta for preventing international relief from reaching the victims of last week's cyclone, which may have claimed up to 100,000 lives. The government ...
Woman throws son from building, boy dies
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 10 -- A four-year-old boy died Saturday morning after he was thrown by his mother from the fourth floor of a building under construction in Worli in south Mumbai two days ago. Anita Pulli, 23, threw ...
Jiah Khan matches Aamir kick for kick in 'Ghajini'
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 10 -- While Deepika Padukone is busy matching Akshay Kumar's kicks and somersaults in Bangkok for "Chandni Chowk To China", Jiah Khan has in Hyderabad done stunts to equal none other than Aamir ...
Rice, Mukherjee discuss stalled nuclear deal
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 10 -- With the Indian coalition government's leftist supporters still holding up the India-US civil nuclear deal, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has again discussed the issue with External ...
Shahid Afridi plans charity hospital in Karachi
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Karachi, May 10 -- Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has reportedly decided to establish a charity hospital in Karachi. Before laving for India to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Afridi is learnt to have ...
Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers both eager for win
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, May 10 -- Both Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers are sailing in the same boat and can't afford to lose any more matches as they face each other in an important Indian Premier League (IPL) match here ...
Software company in Rs.800 mn scam: ex-students
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, May 10 -- A case of cheating has been registered Saturday against Shiv Kumar, the promoter of software company Vispro, for allegedly cheating software professionals to the tune of Rs.800 million ($20 million), ...
Ten years on, turnaround in Australia-India ties
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 10 -- Australia-India bilateral relations have a whiff of spring about them as the two countries strive to take the relationship to a "new level" 10 years after the frosty snapping of defence ties in the ...
Hillary keeps running as Obama surges ahead
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 10 -- Hillary Clinton gamely continued her quest for Democratic presidential nomination even as she lost her last advantage with rival Barack Obama surging ahead of her in the support of key party ...
Pranab invites Rice, shares 'difficulties' in n-deal
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi/Washington, May 10 -- With the Left parties refusing to relent in their opposition to the India-US civil nuclear deal, the Manmohan Singh government has conveyed to Washington its "difficulties" but indicated ...
Kapur's flawless 65 carries him to tied 13th
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Milan (Italy), May 10 -- A sensational back nine with five birdies over seven holes saw Shiv Kapur card a seven-under 65 and jump up the leaderboard to tied 13th, a leap of 40 places, at the midway stage of Italian ...
No clues to Jet Airways hoax bomb call; Khalistanis suspect
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 10 -- There are yet no clues to a hoax bomb call that delayed a Jet Airways flight to India from Pearson International Airport here early this week. The police for Peel Region, under which the ...
Polling begins in Karnataka
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 10 -- Polling for the first phase of Karnataka Assembly polls began today amidst tight security. Polling will take place in eighty-nine constituencies spread over eleven districts in the ...
For health and happiness, India looks to soybean
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- India, the fifth largest producer of soy, is about to toast the wonder bean - which actually falls in the oilseed category - at an international conference this year. With "Soybean for ...
'Singh is Kinng' hires British band, Pritam upset
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 10 -- Composer Pritam Chakraborty is upset with the makers of "Singh Is Kinng" that has Akshay Kumar in the lead role for roping in Britain's popular Bhangra band RDB and American rapper Snoop Dogg to ...
Congress alleges foul play in proposed titanium sponge plant
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 10 -- The Congress in Kerala has levelled corruption charges against the Left Front government over a proposed titanium sponge plant, the contract for which is reportedly being given to ...
Nana Patekar to play Lord Krishna in 'Rajniti'
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 10 -- Prakash Jha has accumulated a formidable cast of actors for his next directorial venture "Rajniti" that blends contemporary Indian politics with chapters from the "Mahabharata". "Ajay Devgan ...
Dungeon dad could be charged with murder
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Cellar monster Josef Fritzl is likely to be charged with murder- and may spend the rest of his life behind bars. Prosecutors want the sex beast to be punished for allowing a tot he fathered ...
Sharif turns on the heat after inconclusive talks with Zardari
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad/London, May 10 -- The main constituents of Pakistan's fragile ruling alliance were at loggerheads again Saturday - a day after seven hours of London talks failed to break a deadlock on whether to reinstate ...
Man held for kidnapping three-year-old girl
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- A man has been arrested for allegedly abducting a three-year-old girl to settle a dispute with the victim's uncles, the police said Saturday. Ravi, a native of Nagaur in Rajasthan, was arrested ...
Archer Reena gets nod ahead of Swuro for Olympics
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- Archery Association of India (AAI) Saturday decided to select Reena Kumari in place of Chekrovolu Swuro in the women's team for the Beijing Olympics. Mangal Singh Champia in the men's ...
Buddhadeb attacks Manmohan Singh; PMO reacts
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 10 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee Friday lashed out against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying that he had failed to check rising inflation and advocated a third front ...
India's Sri Lanka power project runs into Tamil storm
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- An Indian project that seeks to provide electricity to Sri Lanka's war-hit east has run into rough weather amid allegations that it will displace Tamils who have lived in the area for ...
Fear grips Nandigram villagers on poll eve
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Nandigram (West Bengal), May 10 -- Sheikh Mote of Nandigram's Gokulnagar says he had to pay the price for not rooting for West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist in local body elections to be held Sunday ....
Voting begins in 89 constituencies in Karnataka
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 10 -- Voting began Saturday in 89 constituencies in 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first of the three-phase elections to the 224-member state assembly whose outcome has assumed national ...
Actress Celina is shocked over public apathy
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 10 -- Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley is in a state of shock after her brother had a near-fatal accident in an army cantonment town in Madhya Pradesh. "He could've died on the road, right ...
Kutcher pees with dogs to mark his 'territory'
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Actor Ashton Kutcher says he pees with his dogs in the back garden every morning.Kutcher, who is married to the much older Demi Moore, said: "I pee with the dogs. They're marking their territory and ...
From Pokhran-II to nuclear deal, it's been a long journey (Ten years after Pokhran-II)
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- "I have an announcement to make: today at 3.45 p.m. India conducted three underground nuclear tests at the Pokhran range," said Atal Bihari Vajpayee in his undertone on the sizzling afternoon of ...
Hilton into board games now
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Socialite heiress Paris Hilton seems to be done with sex tapes and wild partying and now just enjoys playing the board game Monopoly with friends and boyfriend Benji Madden.Hilton joins others ...
Dungeon dad requests a visit from his wife
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Incest monster Josef Fritzl has requested a visit from his wife after an Austrian court extended his remand custody. After spending almost two weeks in a remand prison, Fritzl reportedly ...
"Pak doesn't want war on Kashmir"
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 10 -- Pakistan Defence Minister Ch Ahmed Mukhtar has said that his country did not want war with India over the Kashmir issue, and the current status of ties between the two countries was the "best" ...
Gilani advises Musharraf to pardon Sarabjit
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 10 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reportedly advised President Pervez Musharraf that Indian inmate Sarabjit Singh, accused of having a hand in 1998 Lahore bomb blasts, should be ...
New process can pave way for lighter, stronger, eco friendly concrete
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Canberra, May 10 -- Australian scientists have developed a process that can pave the way for lighter, stronger concrete, with a smaller greenhouse footprint, by utilising the waste "fly-ash" from coal-fired power ...
Gentle giants can bowl just as fast: IPL and uncivil behaviour
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, May 10 -- Never in the history of cricket, now fighting a desperate battle to retain its reputation as a gentleman's game, have players made so much money in so short a span of time. Six weeks is ...
Cyrus dismisses controversial pictures as harmless
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Disney teen star Miley Cyrus has said she is not sorry about controversial pictures of her showing her undergarments since they are harmless.In one of the pictures, Cyrus is smiling at the camera ...
UN urges Myanmar to open boundaries for aid experts
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. United Nation, May 10 -- The United Nations has urged the authorities of Myanmar to be flexible in opening their boundaries so that aid workers could reach to several victims of cyclone Nargis ....
Indian scientist's super sensitive artificial nose inspired by 'mouse urine'
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- A team led by an Indian researcher has developed an electronic nose coated with 'mouse urine', which they say, can help sniff out trace quantities of explosives or pollutants, or pick out different ...
15 percent voting in first phase of Karnataka polls
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 10 -- About 15 percent voting was reported in the first three hours of polling Saturday in 89 constituencies across 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first phase of assembly ...
ManU coach Ferguson not invited to Rooney's wedding hitch
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Coleen McLoughlin and Wayne Rooney have left Manchester United boss Sir Alex Fergusson out of their wedding invite list in Italy. According to The Sun, quoted a source as saying that "Having ...
DeGeneres predicts Alba will have baby girl
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres predicts that actress Jessica Alba will have a baby girl.Alba is eight months pregnant and although she knows the sex of the baby, she does not want to reveal it to the ...
Osama not in Pak, says defence minister
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 10 -- Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was not hiding in Pakistan because its security forces had searched the areas where he was feared to be hiding, Pakistan Defence Minister Ch Ahmed Mukhtar has ...
Xenitis forecasts Rs.13 bn turnover for 2008-09
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 10 -- Kolkata-based Xenitis Group, which rocked the market in 2005 with its desktop computers Aamchi PC and Apna PC, has projected a turnover of Rs.13 billion for 2008-09. It now plans to enter the mobile ...
Bhimani to lend voice to Nobel laureate's work
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 10 -- Harish Bhimani, the voiceover talent of India, has been signed on by a US-based company to narrate the audio book, "Siddhartha", penned by German Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse. "After an ...
Phoneix planning a move to music now
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Joaquin Phoenix, the Oscar nominated actor of "Walk the Line", is planning to move to music after he discovered his musical abilities while acting in the movie.Phoenix won a Grammy award for his work ...
Gordon Brown pushed Tony Blair to quit, says wife Cherie
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Gordon Brown hounded Tony Blair out of office, the latter's wife, Cherie, has dramatically claimed in her autobiography, serialised versions of which will start appearing in The Sun from ...
Radiohead slams record company
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Rock band Radiohead has criticised their record company for deciding to release a greatest hits compilation as they don't have any real hits so far.Said lead singer Thom Yorke: "We haven't really had ...
Racial attacks on Indian students rising in Australia
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, May 10 -- A body representing Indian students studying in Australia has expressed fears of a rise in racial attacks against them. Federation of Indian Students of Australia secretary Gautam Gupta ...
India sends more relief to Myanmar
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- India dispatched its second transport plane IL-76 with necessary relief material to Myanmar today for people affected by Cyclone Nargis. The Government has already sent relief material to ...
Hamilton embarrassed by his wooden Hollywood performance
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton has temporarily abandoned his bid to make his presence felt in Hollywood after coming up with what he called a "wooden" performance in a publicity stunt for telecom ...
Bhajji has been unmasked, I have no sympathy for him: Ponting
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, May 10 -- Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting, who will be leading his team to the West Indies today for a Test series, strongly believes that justice has finally been meted out to Indian off-spinner ...
Bomb explodes in Karnataka court, none injured
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 10 -- A bomb exploded in the premises of the judicial magistrate's court in Hubli in north Karnataka Saturday as the state held its first phase of assembly polls. There was no one present as it was a ...
PM briefs president on budget session
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 10 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called on President Pratibha Patil to brief her on the just concluded budget session of parliament. "They discussed the budget session and various ...
Oz professor reveals secret of England's Ashes series victory
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- In 2005, England stole the Ashes series from Australia by reverse swinging the ball earlier than it had been done before, according to a Melbourne engineer who is quite passionate about the game ....
Polar bears' extinction theories found fatally flawed
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 10 -- A new study has claimed that the research done by the US Department of the Interior to determine if global warming threatens the polar bear population is so flawed that it cannot be used to ...
NSW coach Matthew Mott wants another year with IPL
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 10 -- Australian Matthew Mott will urge the employers back home at New South Wales (NSW) to allow him leave next year to continue his work in the Indian Premier League after being convinced the competition ...
The Antennae Galaxies are much closer than previously thought
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Berlin, May 10 -- A new research by astronomers using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has shown that the Antennae Galaxies, which are a pair of interacting galaxies, are ...
Afghan cricket team aiming for 2011 World Cup glory
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- The Afghanistan cricket team has set its sights on making an impact in the next edition of the World Cup in 2011. At least that is what the coach of the team,Taj Malik, would have you ...
Eight killed in bomb explosion in Sri Lanka
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, May 10 -- At least eight people have been killed in a bomb explosion in Sri Lanka's Ampara District. "Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants have exploded a bomb inside the New ...
Tait eyes a come back, sacrifices pace for line and length
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 10 -- Declaring a renewed appetite for the game, fast bowler Shaun Tait will sacrifice raw pace for line and length when he returns to the bowling crease next season. Recovering from his ...
Freddie and KP will fetch a million dollars at IPL, says Dimi Mascarenhas
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- Dimitri Mascarenhas has tipped both Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen to become IPL million-dollar men. Bowled over by the world's richest cricket competition, Mascarenhas has urged his ...
PM hindering West Bengal's growth: Bhattacharjee
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 10 -- West Bengal is suffering due to Manmohan Singh's incompetence, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Saturday, a day after he lashed out at the prime minister for rising inflation. "A ...
Pak N-blasts ensured India wasn't singled out for int'l pressure: Krepon
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 10 -- Former Indian Home Minister LK Advani had issued a veiled threat to Pakistan after the then BJP-led NDA government conducted nuclear tests in May 1998, to make sure that Pakistan would follow ...
Lampard gets a take it or leave it offer from Chelsea
May 10, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 10 -- England midfielder Frank Lampard has been given a "take it or leave it" contract offer by Chelsea. According to The Sun, the package falls short of Lampard's demands and will only increase ...