The Hindustan Times back issues from Monday, May 19:
Manpower shortage hits Indian animation industry
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 19 -- The Indian animation industry is expected to double its revenues to nearly $1.5 billion by 2010 but is still hampered by lack of skilled manpower, mainly due to lack of facilities and preference for ...
Jolie sells her mother's house
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has sold her mother Marcheline Bertrand's house, a year after Bertrand died of ovarian cancer. Bertrand's house was sold for $330,000 last month, just before ...
Bharti-MTN deal would be celebrated in India: Minister
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Indians will celebrate if Bharti Airtel Ltd and South African telecom operator MTN Group strike a deal, Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar told a large gathering of investors here ...
Ekta sets her eyes on reality TV, plans second show
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 19 -- Even as Ekta Kapoor enters the cluttered realm of reality shows with "Kissko Milega Ticket To Bollywood" on the fledgling channel 9X, she's already working on her second reality show, this one for ...
Lilly stayed in mouldy house to save money
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- "Lost" star Evangeline Lilly says she is a miser and only moved out of a mould-infested house in Hawaii, where the popular TV serial was being shot, after it made her ill. Acording to ...
Jazeera Airways Q1 profit rises 42 percent
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, May 19 -- Kuwait and Dubai based low cost carrier Jazeera Airways has announced 2008 first quarter profits of 745,815 Kuwaiti dinars ($2.8 million), a rise of 42 percent from the same period in the previous ...
Weight loss fad catching on in Bollywood
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 19 -- Weight loss is not restricted to overweight celebrities any more. The fad is catching on among Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor, Ayesha Takia and veterans like Om Puri too. For the last few weeks, ...
Beckham to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with Bono
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Football star David Beckham has been invited by rock star Bono to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Thesun.co.uk reports that Beckham is keen on climbing the mountain though ...
Thousands get jobs back as factories get power again
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, May 19 -- Power supply to Chhattisgarh's O.P Jindal Industrial Park was restored Monday after a gap of 12 days, bringing relief to about 5,000 workers who had been thrown out of work all of a sudden ....
Manisha Koirala on a roll - in reel and real life!
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 19 -- Actress Manisha Koirala has quite a few reasons to be happy. Not only is she doing her first double-role film, she's also got a new man in her life. The film by Partho Ghosh was shot extensively in ...
Democrats brace for the decider in presidential battle
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 19 -- As Hillary Clinton facing almost impossible odds prepared to take one last stand Tuesday with an expected win in Kentucky, Barack Obama is all set to declare the Democratic presidential race over ...
Pakistan moves to revamp health sector
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 19 -- Pakistan's new Health Minister Sherry Rahman has initiated steps to revamp the ailing sector by removing inept bureaucrats and launching probes against corrupt officials, warning that no one would ...
UAE asserts commitment to fighting human trafficking
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, May 19 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is committed to fighting human trafficking wherever it occurs and would aggressively interdict those involved in it, says the first annual report of the UAE National ...
UAE bank launches its first Islamic fund
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, May 19 -- The Union National Bank (UNB), the best performing bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched its first Islamic fund that will focus on Islamic equities and other Sharia-compliant ...
Call for greater trade, investment between India, Australia
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 19 -- Commerce is increasingly becoming the byword in the Australia-India bilateral relationship as India's Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath Monday called for greater trade and investment flows ...
British campaigners defend Asian journalist against prying police
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Senior journalists and freedom of expression campaigners in Britain Monday protested a bid by British police to force an acclaimed Asian journalist to hand over his notes from interviews with a former ...
Timberlake planning to marry Jessica Biel
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Pop superstar Justin Timberlake seems set to settle down with his girlfriend actress Jessica Biel after having dated some of the most beautiful women like Cameron Diaz, Britney Spears, Scarlett ...
Bangladesh newspaper condemns India's 'hasty conclusions'
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 19 -- India's "knee-jerk reactions", accusing Bangladesh-based militant outfits of causing the blasts in Jaipur last week, will be "counter-productive", a section of the media here warned Monday. The ...
Stranded Biharis become Bangladesh citizens after 36 years
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 19 -- The 300,000-plus Biharis stranded in Bangladesh after the partition of Pakistan have finally become Bangladeshi citizens over 36 years after the country's birth. The Dhaka High Court ruled ...
Jolie's drug den video surfaces
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie wasn't always known for her humanitarian work - a video has surfaced recently that shows the star hanging out at a drug den. The grainy amateur video of ...
One-fifth of Americans have never used e-mail: study
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 19 -- A study in the US has shown that about 20 percent of all American heads-of-households have never sent an e-mail and about 20 million households, or 18 percent, are without Internet ...
Madhavan's kid behind his chemistry with Vidya
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 19 -- The secret behind the chemistry between Vidya Balan and Madhavan in the Airtel ads is out. It is Madhavan's two-year-old son Vedant. The child bonded so beautifully with Vidya on the sets of ...
No terror camps in Pakistan: Musharraf aide
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 19 -- Even as India gets ready to raise its concerns about cross-border terrorism with Pakistan Tuesday, Aftab Sherpao, a key ally of President Pervez Musharraf, has rejected the presence of terrorist ...
Sri Lanka promoting ayurveda to boost tourism
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, May 19 -- Sri Lanka is trying to promote ayurveda in the hope that the soothing herbal therapies will attract travellers looking for relaxation and rejuvenation and boost its tourism industry, which has been ...
Pakistani teachers pledge to transform classrooms
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, May 19 -- Pakistani teachers are taking the lead in transforming their classrooms into real-life learning and interactive stations to rid students of boring study sessions. Around 80 teachers vowed to ...
Carell happy to take on any movie role
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Comic actor Steve Carell, who has appeared in hits like "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Dan in Real Life", says he takes up any role that comes along because every time he is shocked that he would even be ...
The ordinary life of Tony Blair's extraordinary wife
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Recounting scenes from a lifestyle unimaginable in VIP-conscious India, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's high-profile wife in her just-released autobiography tells of ten years in Downing ...
Winehouse has glum wedding anniversary
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Troubled British singer Amy Winehosue, whose woes seem never-ending, celebrated her wedding anniversary recently in a very low key manner as she is considering a divorce. Thesun.co.uk reports ...
UAE gas giant announces $500 mn investment
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, May 19 -- Dana Gas, the largest private natural gas company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced that it will invest more than $500 million this year in its projects in the country, in Iraq and ...
Scarlett Johansson acts pricey, misses Cannes premiere
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 19 -- Actress Scarlett Johansson, who is co-starring with Penelope Cruz in the new Woody Allen movie "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", did not attend the premiere at Cannes because she demanded too high an ...
Climate change brings riotous blooms to Sweden
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- A riot of blooms and superabundance of greenery have transformed Swedish mountainsides into a verdant paradise - thanks to climate change. Trees like oak, elm, maple and black alder are ...
Coldplay records vocals in churches
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 19 -- Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin said their upcoming album "Viva La Vida" enters "fresh and exciting" territory and that they had even recorded some vocals in a few churches. On their new ...
IPL - the new blockbuster in Kolkata
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 19 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) has undoubtedly become the latest and hottest blockbuster in the city - leaving the usually teeming city multiplexes and single screen cinema halls virtually empty ...
India's Thar desert growing fast
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 19 -- Northwestern India's Thar Desert is expanding in both east and northeast directions, scientists say, and warn that desertification is becoming a more serious challenge to the ...
Trade through Nathu La begins amid fresh border row
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Nathu La (Sikkim), May 19 -- Bilateral trade between India and China opened Monday through the fabled Silk Road amid a fresh border row, with Beijing claiming a strip of land in Sikkim. "Border trade was ...
Speeding call centre car kills two in Delhi
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 19 -- In a hit and run case, a speeding SUV, suspected to be a call centre cab, crushed two people to death and seriously injured one in northeast Delhi early Monday, police said. The car, which was yet ...
Acclaimed playwright Vijay Tendulkar cremated
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, May 19 -- Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar, one of the greatest Indian playwrights of the post-Independence era, was cremated here Monday a few hours after his death following prolonged illness. He was 80 years ...
Spurious liquor toll crosses 40 in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore/Hosur, May 19 -- At least 20 more people in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have died after drinking spurious liquor Sunday, taking the death toll to over 40 Monday, the police said. While 12 more lost ...
Terrorists wanted to disrupt communal harmony: former Jaipur royal
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, May 19 -- The terror attack on Jaipur was "planned" to trigger riots between Hindus and Muslims in the city who have been living here for centuries in perfect harmony, said Jai Singh, a former prince and city ...
Gold-plated Buddha statue on display in Agra
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agra, May 19 -- A six-foot gold-plated statue of Buddha has been put on display in Buddha Vihar here. The statue is a gift by Queen Sikrit of Thailand to Uttar Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy chairman Ajaysheel Gautam, who ...
Death toll from spurious liquor rises to 34
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore/Hosur, May 19 -- The death toll from consuming spurious liquor in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu rose to 34 Monday with nine more people losing their lives in the two states, police said. While five more ...
Men more at risk of death from pneumonia
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 19 -- Men hospitalised after contracting pneumonia are more likely than women to die the next year, in spite of aggressive treatment, according to a study. University of Pittsburgh researchers, ...
A success story from Maharashtra's farm suicide land
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pandharkawda (Maharashtra), May 19 -- Incredible as it may sound, Purushottam Karanna Myanewar, a farmer in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, says he has never taken a loan to till his small land and vaguely heard of ...
Pakistanis upbeat ahead of talks with India
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 19 -- Ahead of the start of the peace process between India and Pakistan here Tuesday, leading members of the political establishment are optimistic about the engagement process between the two South ...
Prenatal stress in moms leads to asthma in babies
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 19 -- Some of the stress during pregnancy might cause the foetus to become more sensitive to allergen exposure and possible risk of asthma in future. "While predisposition to asthma may be, in ...
CRPF officer cleared of molestation charges in Bengal
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 19 -- West Bengal has given a clean chit to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aloke Raj, who was slapped with molestation charges during the panchayat polls in Nandigram, ...
Thousands of Congress workers arrested in Orissa
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, May 19 -- Thousands of Congress workers courted arrest across Orissa Monday as part of their agitation protesting the state government's "failure" on all fronts. They carried out marches, shouting ...
Noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar cremated
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, May 19 -- Noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar was cremated here Monday, a few hours after his death following prolonged illness, his family said. Tendulkar, 80, was rushed to the Prayag Hospital ...
Congress has no information on film on Sonia
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 19 -- The ruling Congress party seems to be unaware about filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra's announcement that he has the go-ahead from party chief Sonia Gandhi to roll out his movie on her next ...
Old warhorse battles BJP to retain fort in Karnataka
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jewargi (Karnataka), May 19 -- Former chief minister N. Dharam Singh is in the electoral battle for the ninth time from this constituency in north Karnataka for the assembly election May 22. A Rajput by birth, ...
Heightened vigil being kept in coastal areas: Antony
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kozhikode, May 19 -- The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard are maintaining heightened vigil as the country's enemies could use coastal areas to launch anti-national activities, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here ...
Wrestler electrocuted, agitated villagers block traffic
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agra, May 19 -- A villager in Arsena village in Uttar Pradesh, grazing cattle, was electrocuted when he touched a high-tension wire lying across the field. The agitated villagers blocked traffic for hours, demanding ...
Bangladeshi ex-ministers, officials arrested amid high drama
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 19 -- Brawls, barricading and slogan-shouting marked the arrests of some of the dozen former ministers and officials against whom warrants were executed Sunday night in connection with a corruption ...
Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar dead
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, May 19 -- Noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar died Monday at his residence here after prolonged illness. He was 80 years old. Family sources said Tendulkar died at about 8 a.m. He had been unwell for ...
Chilli peppers able to block pain, numbness
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 19 -- Scientists have been able to block the pain and numb feeling that lingers long in the gums after a visit to the dentist - thanks to chilli peppers. Harvard researchers combined an inactive ...
Arushi spoke to friend for half hour on night of murder
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Noida, May 19 -- Arushi Talwar had spoken to a friend called Anmol for about half-an-hour at 9 p.m. Thursday, just a few hours before she was murdered, officials of the police's Special Task Force (STF) said here ...
Former Punjab Police chief's move to Maharashtra upheld
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 19 -- In a major relief to former Punjab director general of police S.S. Virk, suspended last year by the Punjab government, the Supreme Court has upheld his repatriation to Maharashtra. Granting ...
A new poppy variety to check drug abuse
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lucknow, May 19 -- A poppy plant that is difficult to extract morphine from? That is what scientists at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, have developed in order to combat abuse ...
Why do you want fourth wife, asks Malaysian judge
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, May 19 -- A Malaysian judge has blocked the wedding of an odd-job worker, scheduled for Friday, asking him why he wants to have a fourth wife and prove that he can afford it. The wedding cannot ...
Bhajan Lal fights a battle with back to the wall
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Adampur (Haryana), May 19 -- At age 77 years and with a poor health record in recent months, former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal is perhaps fighting his last political battle. As the former Congress stalwart seeks ...
60 combatants killed in Sri Lanka's fresh fighting
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, May 19 -- At least 60 combatants, including 40 Tamil Tiger guerrillas, were killed and scores wounded in fierce fighting between advancing government troops and the rebels in Sri Lanka's northwestern Mannar ...
Microsoft proposes new deal to Yahoo!
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 19 -- Showing how hard it needs Yahoo! by its side to gain an edge in internet search and advertising, Microsoft has proposed a new deal with the search engine that would involve collaboration but not a ...
She conquered odds to walk the corridors of power
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, May 19 -- From a mud house in an Orissa village to the corridors of power as an official of the government - it is no longer just a dream for Madhusmita Sahoo, the daughter of a pan seller, who has made it ...
Of fake godmen, politics and society in Kerala
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 -- What are all these swamis up to - is what people in Kerala are asking after the dramatic arrest of two fake godmen in the past week that has thrown up their alleged nexus with politicians ...
Dhaka to have tough anti-terror ordinance
May 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 19 -- Bangladesh will have a tough anti-terror ordinance that provides for the death penalty and aims "to deal with acts of terrorism with an iron hand", a spokesperson of the military-backed caretaker ...