The Hindustan Times back issues from Wednesday, May 21:
Murdered Andhra student's body to arrive Saturday
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, May 21 -- The body of an Indian student murdered in Birmingham will be brought here Saturday and will be cremated the same day at her home town Vijayawada. V.S. Jyothirmayi's family members in ...
Yahsat to raise $1.2 bn to finance satellite communications system
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, May 21 -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) based satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) plans to raise $1.2 billion to finance its satellite communications system, WAM news agency ...
SBI will give loans to farmers after all
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- Following an outcry, the country's largest public sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI), has retracted its decision not to give loans to farmers and has apologised for the earlier decision, ...
Panchayat poll counting begins in West Bengal
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 21 -- Counting of votes polled in the three-phased panchayat elections in West Bengal began Wednesday. West Bengal state election commission assistant secretary R.N. Mondal told IANS that the ...
Equity markets flat in early trade
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- The Indian equities markets, which opened with a loss Wednesday, were flat in early trade. Capital goods, banking, power and gas sector stocks were under selling pressure. The 30-share ...
Shilp Gravures acquires Vadodara-based firm
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, May 21 -- Shilp Gravures, a city-based player in electronically engraved rollers for the printing industry, has diversified into processing of printing plates for digital flexography by acquiring a ...
UST Global expands in Chennai
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 -- California-based UST Global, a leading provider of IT services and solutions to international clients, has opened a new development centre in Chennai with an investment of $12 ...
Equities markets recover in afternoon trade
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- Indian equities markets, which opened in the negative zone Wednesday, recovered by early afternoon. At 1.40 p.m., the 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, ...
Flood-prone Bihar to get 'eco-sanitation' toilets
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, May 21 -- Around 300 special 'eco-sanitation toilets' are to be constructed before the rainy season in flood-prone areas of Bihar in a bid to prevent spread of water-borne diseases so common at that time in the ...
Rajasthan Royals maintain top slot in IPL standings
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 21 -- Rajasthan Royals maintained their position at the top of the Indian Premier League points table after beating Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets here Tuesday. The standings have been ...
Rajasthan Royals wins nine matches in IPL
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 21 -- Rajasthan Royals became the first team to register nine wins in the Indian Premier League after beating Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets here Tuesday night. Kolkata Knight Riders have ...
Airtel signs agreement with Firstsource Solutions
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 21 -- India's largest private telecom provider Bharti Airtel and global BPO services provider Firstsource Solutions have signed a three-year outsourcing agreement. Firstsource will provide ...
Free software helps Indian techies in many projects
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 21 -- Free software and open source tools are helping a range of Indian entrepreneurs to build software solutions that enhance the potential of computing for millions. With names like Hindawi, ...
Curious teenager killed in freak lift accident
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, May 21 -- Shoddy maintenance of a residential building's lift system caused the death of a teenager in the southern suburb of Selaiyur here late Tuesday evening, the police said. A door leading to the ...
Sangma family to battle it out in Meghalaya by-poll
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Tura (Meghalaya), May 21 -- The by-election for the Tura parliamentary seat in the northeastern state of Meghalaya scheduled for Thursday is turning out to be some sort of a family affair for nine-time MP and former ...
Woman kills her two children, self in West Bengal
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 21 -- A woman killed her two sons and then committed suicide by consuming poison in West Bengal's Howrah district late Tuesday night, police said. "Fulsara Begum, 35, fed poison to her three ...
Thirty-one assembly committees in Jharkhand and counting
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ranchi, May 21 -- There are a whopping number of assembly committees in Jharkhand, set up to look into various issues related to governance. But legislators cutting across party lines admit that these exist more on ...
Historic milestone for Toronto Stock Exchange
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 21 -- North America's third largest stock exchange here - the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) - reached a milestone Tuesday when it crossed the 15,000-mark for the first time its more 150 years old ...
Indian equities markets open with a loss
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- The Indian equities markets opened in the negative zone Wednesday, tracking weak markets elsewhere in Asia. The 30-share benchmark index of the ...
Mumbai firm to develop SEZ near Omani port
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, May 21 -- Mumbai-based infrastructure development company SKIL has been signed to develop a special economic zone (SEZ) near the port of Sohar in Oman. An agreement to this effect was signed recently by ...
SBI says sorry, promises loan to farmers
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- The country's largest public sector bank State Bank of India (SBI) Wednesday retracted its decision not to give loans to farmers and apologised for the original decision. In a terse statement ...
Gulf region investing over $18 bn in new steel plants
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, May 21 -- More than $18 billion is being invested in 46 steel manufacturing plants throughout the Gulf to meet the region's increasing demand for steel, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. "While ...
India, Pakistan begin to 'cement' ties
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 21 -- "See how times have changed; now it's the Pakistan army that is helping to build India!" This witty one-liner, referring to Pakistani company Fauji Cement that exports cement to India, can often be ...
Chiranjeevi, NTR's kin gearing up for political plunge
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, May 21 -- Glamour is making a comeback to Andhra Pradesh politics as top Telugu film stars are lining up to take a plunge in the run up to the next year's elections. While superstar Chiranjeevi is ...
Dubai commodities exchange to launch Brent Crude futures trading
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, May 21 -- Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), Middle East's leading derivatives exchange, has announced the launch of West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude (DWTI) and Brent Crude oil (DBRC) futures ...
Obama nears Democratic nomination; Clinton still running
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 21 -- Barack Obama moved closer to making history as the first black presidential nominee with an emphatic win in Oregon Democratic primary overshadowing rival Hillary Clinton's equally facile win in ...
Andhra awaits new film releases to end flop jinx
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, May 21 -- Telugu movie fans and producers are eagerly awaiting the release of two new films - "Pandurangadu" and "Bujjigadu" - to put an end to the string of flops. While "Pandurangadu" is a ...
Thornton has bugged my home, says former sis-in-law
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 21 -- Actor Billy Bob Thornton's former sister-in-law says that he has bugged her home and has been sending her insulting e-mails.Elysabeth Cherniak filed a police report saying that he has been troubling ...
Paltrow thought Hollywood had forgotten about her
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 21 -- Gwyneth Paltrow was eager to get back to acting after she took a break when her son was born because she feared that Hollywood had forgotten her.Paltrow took a break when she gave birth to her son ...
Pakistani analysts hawkish on Kashmir, media positive on talks
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 21 -- Leading Pakistani dailies and analysts have struck a cautiously optimistic note on the resumption of the peace process between India and Pakistan, but remained sceptical of any breakthrough on ...
Richards wanted to have Sambora's baby
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 21 -- Former Bond girl Denise Richards reveals that she wanted to have Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora's baby.Contactmusic.com reports that Richards was interviewed on her personal life on Larry King ...
'Ramchand Pakistani', a unique India-Pakistan co-production
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- "Ramchand Pakistani", the latest India-Pakistan collaborative film venture, is unique because its protagonists belong to the minority Hindu community in Pakistan, says producer Javed ...
Osbourne to star in new reality show
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Los Angeles, May 21 -- Sharon Osbourne, the wife of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, will star in a reality show called "Charm School" where she will have the job of transforming women into sophisticated rock and roll ...
Pet Shop Boys offer to help Winehouse
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 21 -- The Pet Shop Boys have offered to help troubled British singer Amy Winehouse complete the Bond theme she is working on.According to thesun.co.uk, DJ/producer Mark Ronson was supposed to work with ...
Sensex closes with marginal gain
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- The Indian equities markets that opened in the red Wednesday witnessed choppy trade but managed a recovery in the second half to close with a marginal gain. Oil and gas and metal stocks led the ...
Rumer working with her ex boyfriend
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 21 -- Budding actress Rumer Willis, the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, is working with ex boyfriend Pete Wentz in a new ad for Op clothing.According to thesun.co.uk, Willis is clad in a bikini in ...
Equity markets end with marginal gain
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 21 -- Indian equities markets closed with a marginal gain Wednesday. The 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, opened at 17,065.61 points and touched a high of ...
Clinton vows to keep running as Obama nears milestone
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 21 -- Hillary Clinton vowed to continue her uphill battle in the Democratic presidential race after a facile victory in the Kentucky primary even as rival Barack Obama tightened his grip on the trophy ...
'Changeling' role helped Jolie 'revisit' mother
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 21 -- Angelina Jolie had an emotionally wrenching experience while filming "Changeling" because her character reminded her of her late mother.Jolie plays a mother whose nine-year old son is kidnapped, ...
Carbon nanotubes as bad as asbestos, says study
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 21 -- Long, thin carbon nanotubes might be as harmful as asbestos in the long run, if inhaled in sufficient quantities, according to a study. The study sought to evaluate whether carbon ...
Indian outrage brings home Americans' role in rising food prices
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 21 -- India's angry reaction to President George Bush's suggestion that its middle class was pushing food prices by demanding better food is bringing home the realisation that the blame lies at ...
'No outside party can play a role in Sino-Tibetan talks'
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Stockholm, May 21 -- No outside party can play a role in the Sino-Tibetan negotiations that have bred a "healthy optimism" on both sides, Samthong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Dalai Lama's Tibetan ...
Pranab meets Musharraf, discuss peace process
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 21 -- India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday called on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and discussed a host of bilateral issues, including Kashmir, while underlining New Delhi's ...
Largest-ever study underlines risk of pre-term births
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 21 -- An analysis of close to seven million births has concluded that pre-term babies are more than twice as likely to have major birth defects as full-term infants. The exhaustive study - which ...
Bus falls off Nepal road third day in a row
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, May 21 -- Another bus skidded off the road and fell into a river in Nepal Wednesday, the third such accident in as many days. While the toll in the accidents Monday and Tuesday soared to 50, a ...
Arrest warrant against Bangladesh ex-army chief
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 21 -- A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against former army chief Gen (retd) Mustafizur Rahman, cancelling his bail, after he failed to appear before it in a high profile corruption case. Judge ...
Dhaka vying with Delhi for foreign vegetable markets
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 21 -- Bangladesh, increasingly competing with India for the fresh vegetables markets in the Gulf region and Europe, has marked a 40 percent hike in exports this year - thanks to increased off-take by foreign ...
Cough syrups can harm kids under two
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 21 -- Many parents use cough medicine for children younger than two -though it is neither recommended nor effective for kids this young, according to a new study. Alarmingly, the University of ...
Pakistan's per capita income rises to $1,027
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 21 -- Pakistan's per capita income has risen to $1,027 in fiscal 2007-08 against $878 in the last financial year. The total size of Pakistan's economy went up to $170.8 billion in the fiscal that ...
First-borns more susceptible to asthma: study
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 21 -- First-borns have a higher risk for developing asthma and other allergies than younger siblings, and researchers have traced the reason to their umbilical cords. A new study of 1,200 children ...
Scientists find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian peninsula
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, May 21 -- The scientific community is abuzz with something rarely seen in the Arabia peninsula - dinosaur tracks. Footprints of ornithopod, a large dinosaur, as well as a herd of 11 small and large ...
Robbers in Malaysia look for sex first
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, May 21 -- Sex before money - that seemed to be on the minds of a group of five armed robbers who struck at a house clad only in their underclothes and face masks, a newspaper report said Wednesday ....
Sleep-deprived brains are inattentive: study
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 21 -- Brain activity differs significantly in sleep-deprived and well-rested people, according to a new study that uses the latest imaging techniques. The study, by Singapore-based researchers, ...
India-Pakistan pact likely on consular access to prisoners
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 21 -- Pakistan and India are expected to sign a pact Wednesday to provide consular access to nationals of their country imprisoned by the other. The agreement also says that if these prisoners ...
Pakistan preparing honourable exit for Musharraf?
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 21 -- The Pakistani government is preparing the ground for President Pervez Musharraf's honourable exit from office by indemnifying him against the steps he took after declaring an emergency last ...
Indian American mathematician honoured
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, May 21 -- An Indian American has been honoured for raising the profile of the mathematics department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in the US. Daljit Ahluwalia, 75, long-time maths ...
Dhaka plans education TV channel
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 21 -- The second channel of the state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) is to be converted into a 24-hour educational channel with a view to boost distance learning, the government has ...
Internet dating more intense, says study
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, May 21 -- The web is altering the very nature of intimacy, emotion and dating, according to a new study. An audit of online dating sites as part of the study has found that they are informal and are ...
Bullet, death threat delivered to Malaysian Indian leader
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, May 21 -- A bullet and a note threatening death have been delivered to Malaysian Indian lawyer-lawmaker Karpal Singh warning him against questioning the special rights and privileges of the majority ...
Opposition woos Mahathir, but son defies his call
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, May 21 -- The initial response to the rebellion by Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who quit the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) has been poor. Most lawmakers, including his ...
Maneka Gandhi to chair Energy Globe Awards in Brussels
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Brussels, May 21 -- India's former environment minister Maneka Gandhi will chair the ninth Energy Globe Awards for local environmental projects to be held at the European Parliament here May 26. Bollywood star ...
Hospitals to monitor hand-washing by staff
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 21 -- With bacterial infections in Canadian hospitals and nursing homes causing a large number of deaths, the nation's top health supervisory body has made it mandatory for health-care institutes to ...
Testing time for Karnataka Congress chief in new frontier
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chittapur (Karnataka), May 21 -- Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mallikarjun Kharge is facing a litmus test in this newly reserved constituency as he seeks his ninth victory in the state assembly ...
How did the UPA do? Parties give mixed response
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 21 -- The Left was ambivalent, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) frankly critical and the Samajwadi Party pulled its punches -- it was a mixed bag from friends and ...
Rajasthan unveils long-term relief for terror victims
May 21, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, May 21 -- In an effort to rehabilitate the victims of the terror attacks in Jaipur and Ajmer, the Rajasthan government Wednesday announced a series of long-term compensation packages for orphaned children, ...