The Hindustan Times back issues from Saturday, May 31:
Spelling Bee was a breeze for cool Sameer
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- Sameer Mishra, 13, who won back the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy for Indian Americans after three years credited his parents with telling him to stay "calm, cool and ...
Centre asks states to encourage inter-caste marriages
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agartala, May 31 -- The Centre has asked the state governments to make efforts to encourage inter-caste marriages in order to combat casteism, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar said here ....
Housing for poor: Jamaican model that India can replicate
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, May 31 -- An affordable housing scheme being followed in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica may well be worth emulating in India, which is planning its own social housing project. Called the National ...
Prostitution is killing childhood in northeast, says study
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati, May 31 -- All is not well with children in India's northeast. A study conducted by a Guwahati-based NGO along with the police has revealed that a shocking 20 percent involved in prostitution in the region are ...
Gujjars face several hurdles on way to ST goal
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- It is easier said than done. Experts say it will not be easy to give Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Rajasthan's Gujjar community. The process will take a couple of years even if the authorities ...
'Possessed' man kills family, himself; crime shocks Canada
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, May 31 -- A Canadian man, who believed he was possessed by the devil, was Friday confirmed responsible for stabbing to death his wife, two young daughters and a tenant in the city of Calgary in Alberta ...
'Indian diaspora faces discrimination even after 163 years in Trinidad'
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Port of Spain, May 31 -- The ethnic Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago continues to face racial discrimination even 163 years after immigrants from India first came to the country to work on sugar and cocoa ...
Antony collapses at NDA parade; condition stable
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, May 31 -- Defence Minister A.K. Antony collapsed while taking the salute at the passing out parade at the National Defence Academy (NDA) here Saturday but quickly revived and insisted on staying on till the event ...
Animation film festival held in Kolkata
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 31 -- The Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) organised here a day-long animation film and education festival - Srijon (creation) 2008. "The festival is organised to highlight the creative ...
Indian American wins prestigious US spelling bee
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- Sameer Mishra, 13, an eighth grader Indian American from Indiana, has won back the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy in the United States by spelling right "guerdon", a word that appropriately ...
Bihar woman refuses to marry groom from drunken family
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, May 31 -- A woman in a Bihar village refused to marry after the family members and relatives of the groom turned up drunk, caused trouble and abused her family members. Savita Kumari, in her 20s, ...
Emraan ups his price to Rs.50 mn, buys a BMW
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- The success of "Jannat" has surprised one and all, including the film's leading man Emraan Hashmi who has wasted no time in hiking his price from an estimated Rs.15 million to Rs.50 million. "Ya, my ...
Defence minister faints at NDA passing out parade
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, May 31 -- Defence Minister A.K. Antony collapsed Saturday while attending the passing out parade of the 114th course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakvasla near here. Antony was taking ...
My acting talent was recognised after 'Dor': Ayesha Takia
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- Young and chirpy actress Ayesha Takia considers Nagesh Kukunoor's "Dor", a poignant tale of two women, as the path-breaking film of her career. She says after the movie, people started taking her ...
Ramdev takes 1,000 followers on Vedic cruise to China
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- One thousand people aboard luxury cruise liner Superstar Virgo will practise yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, Vedic lifestyle and ayurveda on the seas off Communist China under the guidance ...
Fuel price hike concerns pull markets down repeatedly
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- Soaring crude oil prices and its possible impact on domestic fuel prices kept pulling Indian equity markets down this week. Three out of five trading sessions ended in the red. However, better ...
Four killed as plane crash lands in Honduras
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Tegucigalpa (Honduras), May 31 -- Four people were killed and 60 injured when an airliner ran off the runway after landing at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International Airport, Spain's EFE news agency reported. The ...
New clubs, sponsor spur Jeev to second place
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Newport (Wales), May 31 -- Jeev Milkha Singh, hitting the course with a new set of clubs and brand new sponsor whose name rhymes well with the tournament title - the Celtic Manor Wales Open, powered his way to a ...
CBI to soon begin probe into Aarushi murder
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in all probability will soon begin a probe into the murder of Noida teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help, an official said ...
Anand blitzes his way to Leon chess final
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Leon (Spain), May 31 -- World champion Viswanathan Anand blitzed his way past local star Francisco Vallejo Pons in the tie-breaker to secure his berth in the final of the Magistral Ciudad de Leon rapid chess ...
Orissa celebrates Ojha's selection in ODI team
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, May 31 -- Cricket fans in Orissa distributed sweets Saturday to celebrate the selection of left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in India's one-day international team for the tri-series in Bangladesh and Asia Cup ...
Bomb threat causes panic at the Taj Mahal
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agra, May 31 -- Security personnel searched the Taj Mahal premises for more than two hours Friday afternoon after police received a bomb threat by phone. Personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force, UP ...
Fact file on Gujjar protests in Rajasthan
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- The following is a fact file on the protests by Rajasthan's Gujjar community seeking Scheduled Tribe status: * Population: Around 10 percent of state's 56.47 million * De-notified ...
Tourism in Agra hit by Gujjar agitation
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agra, May 31 -- Tourism in Agra has been badly hit by the Gujjar agitation that continued for the seventh day on Friday. Hoteliers in Agra said there was a significant drop in the occupancy rate. "Even domestic ...
Govinda, Sanjay Dutt back as a team
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- Govinda and Sanjay Dutt - the hit pair of "Haseena Maan Jaayegi", "Jodi No.1" and "Ek Aur Ek Gyarah" - team up again to tickle the funny bones of fans. The two stars are set to feature in ...
UN, UAE help Mauritania combat child trafficking
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Nouakchott (Mauritania), May 31 -- The interior ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) have organised a training workshop to combat child smuggling and trafficking here, WAM news ...
Meghalaya's first woman MP vows to work for people
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Tura (Meghalaya), May 31 -- Meghalaya's first female MP Agatha Sangma says she will work for the empowerment of women and youth and describes her election to the Lok Sabha as a "good first step" to encourage the fairer ...
Bollywood continues to back smoking on screen
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- The Indian film fraternity is yet to be convinced about banning scenes showing tobacco consumption. Filmmakers continue to express concern over Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' incessant ...
Pune turning into city beautiful for Commonwealth Youth Games
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, May 31 -- All major roads, walkways and cycling tracks in Pune are being done up as part of preparations for the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) less than 150 days away. Over 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from ...
Bush renews support to Musharraf
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- President George Bush has offered renewed backing to Pakistan Pervez Musharraf saying he looked forward to continuing to work with him along with leaders of the new elected government who are ...
No foreign co-pilots from June 1
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- From June 1, India's commercial aircraft will not have foreign co-pilots on board. This will open fresh opportunities for thousands of aspiring pilots in the airline industry, said a government ...
China Daily carries article by Indian ambassador
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- In an unusual gesture, India's ambassador to Beijing Nirupama Rao has written an article in the China Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese government, to highlight the help and support extended by ...
286 NDA cadets commissioned as army officers
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Khadakvasla (Maharashtra), May 31 -- Two hundred and eighty-six gentlemen cadets were commissioned as army officers at the National Defence Academy here Saturday, in a ceremony that was marred by a brief blackout that ...
New norms enable leap in cardiac survival rates
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- The latest guidelines issued for the use of critical care medical practitioners handling cardiac arrest patients have dramatically improved survival rates. The guidelines, issued by the ...
Manipur's Yumnam ajudged best NDA cadet
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Khadakwasla (Maharashtra), May 31 -- What set Manipur's Romen Yumnam apart from the 286 gentlemen cadets who were commissioned as armed forces' officers at the passing out parade at the National Defence Academy here ...
Sexual appetite leads men to seek immediate rewards
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 31 -- Images of sexy women tend to whet men's sexual appetite, but stimulating new research in the Journal of Consumer Research says there's more than what meets the eye. A recent study shows that ...
Tobacco prevalence among youth alarming: WHO award winner
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- Nearly 40 percent of the new cases admitted to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital (TMCH) here are directly related to either chewing or smoking tobacco, said oncologist Surendra Shastri who is this year's ...
Atwal braves elements to make cut, lies 18th
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Glenview (Illinois), May 31 -- Indian golfer Arjun Atwal slipped early in the round with back to back bogeys, but then braved the elements to make up with a late birdie as he carded an even par 72 in wet and tough ...
Shias, Sunnis jointly offer prayers in Lucknow
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lucknow, May 31 -- Heralding a new beginning to foster ties between the Shias and the Sunnis, members of the two sects jointly offered prayers at a mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district, said a member of All India ...
Missing Tagore memorabilia recovered after 13 years
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, May 31 -- Bangladeshi authorities have recovered several missing memorabilia of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore from different parts of the country after they were 'misplaced' 13 years ...
Rogue tusker killed in Jharkhand
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ranchi, May 31 -- A rogue tusker, which had killed 11 people and was called Osama bin Laden by villagers, was shot by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Jharkhand Friday night, officials said here ....
New stem cell therapy may aid the repair of damaged brains
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- Just born neuronal stem cells in an adult brain may have the potential to repair injuries that the brain might sustain. A new study, led by Laurence Katz of North Carolina University, ...
'Shatranj Ke Khiladi' to be screened at Leon Chess tourney
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Leon (Spain), May 31 -- Even as world champion Viswanathan Anand defends his Ciudad de Leon chess Tournament title in this Spanish city, another legendary Indian Satyajit Ray will be featured in a special screen ...
Gujjar crisis: Rajasthan top cop sent on long leave
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, May 31 -- The Rajasthan government has sent its Director General of Police (DGP) A.S. Gill on long leave - apparently to pacify the agitating Gujjar community after 38 protesters were killed, most of them in ...
Indian team in Pakistan for 100th meet of Indus commission
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, May 31 -- An 11-member India team is here to attend the 100th meeting of the Pakistan and India Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) that began Saturday to review progress over water issues between the two ...
Karnataka ministry composition may help Gowda clan fight back
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, May 31 -- The composition of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministry in Karnataka and south India may well turn out to be its biggest headache and provide ammunition to the opposition. The ...
'Baby-faced chief executives save face better for companies'
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- Pictures of baby-faced chief executives evoke a more favourable response than mature looking ones when companies face a minor crisis in public relations (PR), says a new study. The study ...
Chargesheet filed on medical entrance exam paper leak
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 31 -- West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saturday submitted before a district court a chargesheet in the case of medical entrance examination question paper of the state's joint entrance ...
Smoking during pregnancy could be fatal for unborn
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 31 -- Smoking could be fatal for the unborn child, said a new study that links it with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. "Our results provide some of the most direct evidence suggesting that ...
Jharkhand doctors go on one-day strike
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ranchi, May 31 -- Doctors in Jharkhand went on a one-day strike Saturday in support of government-contract doctors, who are demanding regularisation of their services. "The state government is overlooking the ...
Second in IIT entrance test, he wants to do research in physics
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Nagpur, May 31 -- Nishant Totla, the Aurangabad boy who has bagged second spot in the all-India list of successful candidates of the Joint Entrance Examination for the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, is ...
Angelina Jolie mends rift with father Jon Voight
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 31 -- Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has ended her long rift with her actor father Jon Voight. The pair has been estranged since 2002, when the Hollywood veteran said in a TV interview that his ...
Rights body tells police to file report on Dalit killing
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, May 31 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the police to submit a detailed report in the case where a Dalit man was tied to a tree and beaten to death by some other Dalit men at a village in ...
NDA willing to open doors to women
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Khadakwasla (Maharashtra), May 31 -- The National Defence Academy (NDA), that trains male cadets to eventually serve as officers in the Indian defence forces, has welcomed the idea of opening its doors to women. "If ...
'Zardari eyeing Pakistani presidency'
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, May 31 -- Pakistan's ruling coalition has reached an agreement on turning the heat on President Pervez Musharraf to pave the way for Asif Ali Zardari, co-chair of alliance leader Pakistan Peoples Party ...
UTV's broadcast arm bags Promax BDA awards
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- UTV Global Broadcasting (UGBL), the broadcast arm of UTV Group, has bagged three gold honours at the Promax BDA Awards 2008. UGBL's three-month-old World Movies channel received the gold award ...
Sterlite Industries buys US copper major Asarco
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- Sterlite Industries (India), a subsidiary of metals and mining major Vedanta Resources, has bought over the century old American Smelting and Refining Co (Asarco) for $2.6 billion (Rs.109 ...
25 budding Kerala cricketers to train in Australia
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 -- The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) is sending 25 junior cricketers for a six-week training camp to Queensland, Australia. The camp is being organised by the Australian Sports Gateway ...
South west monsoon sets in over Kerala
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 -- The south west monsoon, which brings the eagerly-awaited rainy season vital for India's agriculture, set in over the southern state of Kerala Saturday, two days later than the average ...
Prohibitory orders in Uttar Pradesh district after police firing
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lucknow, May 31 -- Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshiram Nagar district after a man was killed and several injured in police firing to disperse a crowd protesting against a decision to ...
Indian Maoists to interact with Nepali counterparts in June
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 31 -- Indian Maoists, waging an armed struggle for over 40 years to establish a "classless society", and leading intellectuals of West Bengal would get a chance to hear about the virtues of ...
`Hindraf detainee not denied treatment'
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, May 31 -- The prisons department of the Malaysian government has again denied accusations that imprisoned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P. Uthayakumar was being denied medical ...
IPL mania grips Mumbai, finally
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 31 -- The final stage of the Indian Premier League has caught the imagination of the Mumbaikars though two local favourites, the Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, are out of the race for the IPL ...
Naomi Campbell going bald due to hair extensions
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 31 -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell is going bald because she has been getting hair extensions despite warnings that their regular use could lead to hair loss. Naomi, 38, was photographed with a bald ...
Indian Institute of Information Technology to be set up in Chhattisgarh
May 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, May 31 -- The central government will set up a world-class Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Chhattisgarh, for which the state government will offer land soon. The state's Bharatiya ...