The Hindustan Times back issues from Monday, July 7:
IT options growing for SMEs
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, July 7 -- You could call it toys-for-boys, but it's also turning into something more serious. Computer hardware is turning into a vital tool for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across India to get that ...
Malaysia attracts lot of foreign investment despite political turmoil
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, July 7 -- Vivo Bio Tech Ltd, an Indian firm planning to invest 450 million ringgit ($140 million), is among the many foreign investors thronging Malaysia, ignoring its current political ...
Equity markets extend gain by early afternoon
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Indian equity markets extended their gains by early Monday afternoon, with metal, realty, power, capital goods and power stocks in demand. At 1.00 p.m., the 30-share benchmark index of the ...
Singapore Airlines to double daily flights from Delhi
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Singapore Airlines is working on an aggressive expansion plan in India, beginning with doubling its daily flights from New Delhi from September. At present, the airline operates nine flights ...
Early trade sees modest gains in equity markets
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Indian equity markets recorded modest gains in early trade Monday, mirroring strong cues from other Asian markets. There was buying interest in banking, power and capital goods stocks. The ...
Australians want to say it with roses, from India
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, July 7 -- More and more Australians may soon be expressing their enduring love with roses from India as a delegation heads to Bangalore to facilitate a joint venture between India's largest producer of fresh ...
Target small firms in Germany, envoy tells India Inc
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, July 7 -- Indian business can expand its footprint in Germany through buying out small and mid-sized German enterprises, the country's consul general in Mumbai Walter Stechel said here. "The German ...
Equity markets open on mixed note
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Indian equity markets had a mixed opening Monday. The 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, opened with a gain of ...
Citi may sell HDFC stake as part of cost cuts
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Vikram Pandit, the Indian-born CEO of Citi Bank, has wielded the broom to clean up his banks' losses and the pruning may affect its forays into the Indian market as well. Citi is understood ...
Daimler Hero to roll out vehicles in Tamil Nadu
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, July 7 -- Daimler Hero Motor Corp, a joint venture floated by German auto major Daimler AG and Indian two-wheeler giant Hero group, Monday signed an agreement with the state government to manufacture ...
Sensex closes 72 points in the green
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Indian equity markets closed in the green Monday. The 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, opened at 13,561.92 points and touched a high of 13,793.39 before ...
L&T bags orders worth Rs.4.46 bn
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) has bagged orders worth Rs.4.46 billion from JSW Power Transco Ltd for evacuation of power from the 1200 megawatt project set up by ...
I won't divorce Guy, says Madonna
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Refuting rumours that her marriage with Guy Ritchie is on the rocks, pop diva Madonna has denied that she plans to divorce her husband. The coupled attended a New York Kabbalah service ...
Daimler Hero to roll out vehicles in Tamil Nadu
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, July 7 -- Daimler Hero Commercial Vehicles Ltd, a joint venture floated by German auto major Daimler AG and Indian two-wheeler giant Hero group, Monday signed an agreement with the state government to ...
Retail investors shying away from equity markets
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- The downslide trend of the Indian equity market for the last two months has forced retail investors in equity markets to look for alternative mode of investment. The stock market which just a ...
TVS sees 20 percent growth in FY 2008-09
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- The Chennai-based TVS Motor Co, manufacturer of two-wheelers, expects to grow at 15 to 20 percent this financial year after the negative growth the company experienced last fiscal, a senior ...
50 Cent has a crush on 60-year-old Rashad
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Rap star 50 Cent has a crush on TV actress Phylicia Rashad and says he still finds the 60-year-old very attractive. 50 Cent, who once dated Vivica A. Fox, has most recently been linked ...
Trinidad sold out on Bachchans' 'Unforgettable' tour
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Port-of-Spain, July 7 -- "Unforgettable", the much-talked about world tour of the Bachchans of Bollywood, is making waves in Trinidad and Tobago as advance bookings for the show here this month have been ...
Celebrity blogging - an effective advertising medium?
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan are among the many celebrities who have become avid bloggers. So much so that ad men and web experts say blogs are an effective tool of advertising and ...
Orissa titanium plant offers villagers jobs, work resumes
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, July 7 -- The work at the site of a proposed titanium dioxide plant in Orissa's Ganjam district was resumed after the company assured employment opportunities to villagers affected by the project, a ...
Under pressure, Dhaka may lift curbs on trade unions
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, July 7 -- Criticised at home and in countries that import its goods, Bangladesh's military-backed government is set to partially lift curbs on trade unions. "We have requested the home ministry to allow ...
Will glamour, technology driven 'Mahabharat' prove popular?
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- TV tycoon Ekta Kapoor's "Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki" scheduled to go air Monday night on 9X, is already the talk of the town for its array of TV stars, designer costumes and spectacular sets, but ...
Russell Crowe moves to London at 20,000 pounds a month
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe has moved to London to shoot his film "Nottingham" and has rented a huge house in swanky Mayfair for 20,000 pounds a month. The house, on three floors with its ...
Rock singer's strip-tease for Ibrahim upsets Malaysian crowd
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, July 7 -- A rock singer's support for beleaguered opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim went awry when he stripped to show off his boxer shorts during a performance. Half-way through the performance, ...
Equity markets end with modest gains
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Indian equity markets ended Monday in the green on the back of modest buying in realty, power and technology stocks. The markets started on a firm note and remained positive till early ...
Looking at Tibet through filmmaker Tsetan's camera lens
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- Meet Sonam Tsetan, one of the many young Tibetan filmmakers living in exile outside their country, who is trying to redefine the political turbulence in Tibet through his lens and ...
'Friends' big screen adaptation on the way?
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, July 7 -- The successful adaptation of hit TV series "Sex and the City" on big screen has reportedly inspired Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox to turn their show "Friends" into a movie. After ...
Infosys invests $1.8 mn in Australia
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, July 7 -- IT major Infosys announced Monday that it was investing 1.9 million Australian dollars ($1.8 million) in the IT services industry of Australia to develop a research and development (R&D) ...
Himachal Pradesh issues notice to Brakel on power projects
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Shimla, July 7 -- The Himachal Pradesh cabinet Monday issued a notice to Brakel Corp NV of the Netherlands about the two power projects the Dutch company is setting up in the state, official sources told ...
I was bored with some of my recent comedies: Paresh Rawal
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- Bollywood's lovable comic actor Paresh Rawal, who in a way gave a whole new meaning to comedies, now admits that he was actually ashamed of some of the recent films he did. "See I'm not bored ...
Cairn India signs oil exploration pact with Sri Lanka
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, July 7 -- Cairn India Ltd Monday entered into an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to explore the oil and gas deposits in the north-western Mannar gulf of the island, Sri Lanka's minister of petroleum ...
Denton will return to 'Desperate Housewives'
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Actor James Denton is "relieved" to learn that his "Desperate Housewives" character will not be axed despite splitting from his on-screen wife Susan Mayer played by Teri Hatcher. The star, who ...
Tea Board plans to regulate trade in poor quality tea
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, July 7 -- The Tea Board of India has proposed to chalk out regulations based on price benchmarks to curb export and import of poor quality tea within three months, said board chairman Basudeb Banerjee here ...
Accessorise yourself with colourful gemstones
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- White topaz, rose quartz, green onyx, melanite tourmaline - these names are as intriguing as the semi-precious gemstones that are available in various colours and sizes. After gold, silver and ...
When Jim Carrey donned girlfriend's bikini
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Hollywood actor Jim Carrey was in Malibu with former Playboy model Jenny McCartgt, when he decided to to entertain fellow beachgoers by wearing his girlfriend's bikini. The couple strolled ...
Acting is more than skin deep - doesn't Kamal Haasan know?
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- What must have been the mental make-up of Kamal Haasan when he took on 10 roles in "Dasavatharam" - apart from feeling a great deal of love for himself, of course? For, the actor who has ...
Ashok kumar to head Department of Pharmaceuticals
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) chairman Ashok Kumar was Monday appointed secretary in the newly-created Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) under the ministry of chemicals and ...
Vaghela calls for withdrawal of import duty on cotton
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, July 7 -- Union Textiles Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela Monday said he favours the withdrawal of import duty on cotton to enable the textile industry source cheaper cotton from other countries at affordable ...
Surrogate motherhood still stigmatised: study
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Surrogacy remains stigmatised despite changing societal attitudes, a new study has found. Olga van den Akker of Middlesex University, London, said that previous stigmatisation of surrogate ...
G8 must do more for food security: ActionAid
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- As the G8 summit starts in Japan, international NGO ActionAid has appealed to leaders of the world's eight richest countries to take urgent steps to end the current global food crisis. "The ...
Pakistani student suing Australian employers for 'slave' treatment
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, July 7 -- A Pakistani student has alleged mistreatment of workers from the subcontinent even as Australia reaps rich dividends with full fee-paying international students contributing Australian $12 billion ...
Manmohan Singh arrives in Japan
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toyako (Japan), July 7 -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived Monday evening to attend special sessions of the G8 summit as one of the representatives of the five Outreach ...
Mother of Sobhraj's fiancée defending him against bigamy charges
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, July 7 -- In the latest twist to the drama that started in Nepal and abroad after it became public that criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj had become engaged to a Nepali woman 44 years his junior, the ...
Delayed treatment causes breast cancer to spread in men
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 7 -- Men with breast cancers are treated only after the disease has spread to the point it renders treatment more difficult, according to a study. Although women overwhelmingly constitute ...
World's smallest silicon sensor to monitor environs
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- Researchers are fabricating the world's smallest silicon sensor that will be extremely powerful and yet consume very little power. The sensor, with applications in bio-sensing and ecological ...
Nepal ignores last king's birthday
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, July 7 -- Nepal's last king Gyanendra's first birthday as a commoner Monday was a spectacularly low-key affair with the government and media ignoring the occasion and attempts by diehard royalists to ...
I'm not afraid of facing parliament: Manmohan Singh
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. On Board Air India One, July 7 -- Prime Minister Mannmohan Singh said Monday that he was ready to go ahead with the India-US nuclear deal and was not afraid of facing parliament and snubbed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
Indian delegation leaving for Kabul
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- An Indian delegation headed by a senior diplomat is leaving for Kabul, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced Monday while condemning the terror attack on the Indian embassy in which ...
'Mission Istanbul' - all about tough guys and global terrorism
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 7 -- After the success of "Shootout At Lokhandwala", Apoorva Lakhia comes with a "tough guys saving the world" movie in "Mission Istanbul" that will release Friday. After dealing with the Mumbai ...
No maize from India: Malaysian farmers chicken out
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, July 7 -- India's decision to stop exporting maize has hit Malaysia's chicken farmers who have been advised to cut production or cope with higher maize prices. Maize from India form 95 percent of ...
Australia will eventually become a republic: governor-elect
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, July 7 -- Australia will eventually become a republic, predicts former Australian high commissioner to India Penny Wensley, who will soon be sworn in as the governor of Queensland state. "I believe that ...
Call for Dalits and minorities to unite to secure their due
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, July 7 -- A three-day Dalit and minorities International Conference here has concluded by calling upon minorities and the oppressed classes in India to work unitedly to secure their due share in society and ...
17 killed in Sri Lanka clashes: military
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, July 7 -- At least 15 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and two soldiers were killed and over 20 wounded as troops fought the rebels in Sri Lanka's northeast, the military here said Monday. The Media Centre for ...
Four Indians killed in Afghan attack
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- At least two diplomats and two security personnel were killed in a car bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul Monday, officials here said. The dead included Defence Attache Brigadier ...
14 killed, 20 injured in Mexico bus-truck collision
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Veracruz (Mexico), July 7 -- At least 14 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a bus-truck collision in southern Mexico, EFE news agency reported Monday. The accident occurred Saturday evening ...
Powerful blast near Indian embassy, many killed
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kabul, July 7 -- A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car just outside the Indian embassy here Monday killing between seven and 15 people, media reports said quoting the interior ministry. DPA put the ...
FAQs on the G8 Summit
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toyako-Hokkaido (Japan), July 7 -- As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to the Japanese island of Hokkaido to participate in the 9th G8 Summit as an outreach partner representing the world's emerging economies, ...
Researchers study effects of 'healing' touch
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 7 -- Often, a mother's touch lulls her bawling baby into quietude and restfulness. Now, as part of a new study, researchers are pairing 'Healing Touch' therapy with mild sedation to see if it ...
Treatment of childhood eczema prevents asthma: study
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, July 7 -- More proactive treatment of eczema in childhood might ensure that asthma stays away later, according to a new study. The study, by Australian researchers, has followed more than 8,500 people ...
British doctors want no smoking stars in films
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- The Anbumani Ramadoss-Shahrukh Khan public spat over reel smoking in India has now found an echo in Britain with doctors asking for censoring of puffing scenes in films. Film stars smoking on ...
Two Indian diplomats among 44 killed in attack on Kabul mission
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kabul/New Delhi, July 7 -- Two Indian diplomats and two security personnel and at least 40 Afghans were killed when a suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives at the gates of the Indian embassy in Kabul ...
EU Commissioner condemns terror attack on Indian embassy
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- European Commissioner for external relations Benita Ferrero Waldner Monday "strongly" condemned the attack on the Indian embassy in Afghanistan that left at least 44 killed and scores ...
Ritiesh and I are not gay: Sajid Khan
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 7 -- Actor-director Sajid Khan, who is known for his tongue-in-cheek comedy, annoyed his friend Ritiesh Deshmukh when he took a dig at his sexual orientation on his forthcoming talk show "Sajid's ...
Betancourt to write play about her FARC ordeal
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Paris, July 7 -- Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has said that she will write a play about her harrowing experience of being held hostage for six years by leftist rebels in the jungles of ...
New navigation system to help motorists avoid jams
Jul 07, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 7 -- A new car navigation system is being developed to help motorists negotiate rush hour jams by advising them about the best possible routes. The 'Congestion Avoidance Dynamic Routing Engine' ...