The Hindustan Times back issues from Thursday, July 31:
TRAIN SERVICES
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 31 -- It is heartening to note that the North East Frontier Railway has finally decided to resume passenger train services from Lumding to Badarpur after a gap of more than two months as it is the lifeline for ...
TAX PLANNING FOR BETTER FUTURE
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 31 -- The word 'tax' may be one of the most hated words in the dictionary. It brings frowns in many faces. However, it is such a term that cannot be avoided. The classical economist described 'tax' as a ...
A NEW LOW IN INDIAN POLITICS
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 31 -- The United Progressive Alliance won the confidence motion in Parliament, but lost a good deal of its credibility in society by securing MPs' support through inducements and bribery. It inflicted even ...
CHAUTAKI INITIATIVE
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 31 -- It was a remarkable accomplishment by the people of the non-descript Chautaki village of North Salmara in Bongaigaon district that went largely unnoticed in the media. Their feat of planting 2,84,000 ...
SIKKIM HOUSE PASSES 6 BILLS
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 31 -- GANGTOK, July -- - The six Bills introduced in the first day of the summer session of Sikkim Legislative Assembly, ...
We are targeting 350-400 runs: Sehwag
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Galle, July 31 -- Virender Sehwag's explosive century was the lone bright spot on a day when the famed middle-order failed to capitalise on the solid opening start in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka. The ...
Bhaichung may be rested for crucial tie against Tajikistan
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, July 31 -- India's football captain Bhaichung Bhutia may be rested for the crucial tie against defending champions Tajikistan in the AFC Challenge Cup here Friday. Coach Bob Houghton is ...
54 designers confirm participation at premier fashion week
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Fifty-four designers, among them the crème de la crème of the fraternity, have confirmed their participation in the spring-summer edition of the premier Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW), ...
CBI chief retires, successor yet to be named
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Vijay Shanker retired Thursday, however, the government is yet to name a new head of the agency. The outgoing CBI chief sought speedy disposal ...
Woman helps cops nab son wanted for rape
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, July 31 -- A woman helped the police arrest her son, who had allegedly raped a woman in Orissa's Balasore district after tying her to a tree, an official said Thursday. Nitay Mohanty, 22, a ...
Farewell Ishmeet, voice of India, say tens of thousands
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ludhiana/Male, July 31 -- Singing sensation Ishmeet Singh's body was consigned to the flames here Thursday as tens of thousands of mourners braved a stampede-like situation to bid farewell to the "Voice of India" whose ...
Scientists hope for a clear sky on solar eclipse
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Sky gazers are looking forward to watching the partial solar eclipse Friday even as scientists fear the weather may play spoilsport. "The southern parts of the country will see between ...
Court awards Rs.11.5 mn to NRI family for road accident
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- A city court Thursday awarded a compensation of Rs.11.5 million to the family of a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who was killed in an accident when his car collided with a tractor on the Delhi-Gurgaon ...
Government to set up four state-of-art blood banks
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The government will set up blood banks in the four metros as Centres of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine at a cost of Rs.4.68 billion, it was announced here Thursday. To be set up in New ...
Kurukshetra ready for solar eclipse, pilgrims
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, July 31 -- The holy Hindu city of Kurukshetra in Haryana is all decked up for more than one million pilgrims expected to arrive for a holy dip on the occasion of solar eclipse Friday. "The district ...
Where is football in Hyderabad, ask Olympians
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, July 31 -- Hyderabad has produced more Olympian footballers than any other city in the country. Alas, today there is hardly any trace of the 'Beautiful Game' in Andhra Pradesh and this year the state even ...
Australia should have made Warne captain: Tanvir
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, July 31 -- Pakistan fast bowler Sohail Tanvir, who played under Shane Warne's captaincy in the Indian Premier League (IPL), feels Australia made a big mistake by not making Warne captain of the national ...
Japan embassy shuts consular section after terror e-mail
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- A day after it received an e-mail warning of a possible terror attack in a popular shopping area here, the Japanese embassy Thursday closed the consular section and warned Japanese nationals in ...
Farmers paid out for land at midnight camp in Mayawati's village
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Greater Noida, July 31 -- In a midnight camp, authorities in Uttar Pradesh paid out compensations amounting to nearly Rs.330 million to farmers whose lands have been acquired for a proposed world class recreation ...
Worst may come after Olympic Games, fear Tibetan exiles
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The worst is yet to come for Tibetans in Lhasa and it will come after the Olympic Games in Beijing, fears the Tibetan Solidarity Committee based in India. "We fear that the worst is yet to ...
Rain washes out second session in Galle Test
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Galle, July 31 -- A brief shower during the lunch break on the opening day of the second cricket Test Match between Sri Lanka and India was enough to wash off the entire afternoon session's play at the Galle ...
Tanushree Dutta juggles between 'different' looks
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- She plays the girl-next-door in one film and has an action-packed role in another. Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta thoroughly enjoys projecting her two "different" looks. "The roles I am ...
Terror mail case: Cyber cafe employee jailed
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, July 31 -- A court Thursday remanded a woman employee of a cyber cafe here to 14 days judicial custody after a hoax terror mail was sent from the cafe threatening serial blasts in the city. The owner of the ...
PM does not understand how Communists work: Karat
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Thursday indicated it was a mistake to have trusted the Congress leadership and said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ...
Jeev 43rd, drops four strokes on last two holes
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hokkaido (Japan), July 31 -- A horrible mess-up right at the end saw Jeev Milkha Singh drop four shots in last two holes and end with a three-over 75 in the first round of the Sun Chlorella Classic Thursday. Coming a ...
Chandigarh's novel film festival begins Aug 1
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, July 31 -- No chief guest, no reservations and no tickets for entry will be the hallmark of the city's first independent film festival, 'Chhota Mooh Badi Baat' (Tall talk), showing movies that "are beyond ...
Delhi to get longest elevated corridor for Commonwealth Games
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The Delhi government Thursday decided to construct a dedicated flyover, the longest in Delhi, to connect Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the Games ...
Sulabh chief hands over dole cheque to Kalawati
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Jalka (Maharashtra), July 31 -- Kalawati Bandurkar, the farmer widow brought to limelight by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's visit to her woebegone hut and subsequent parliamentary reference, Thursday received a cheque of ...
Maharashtra governor, chief minister greet Amtes
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 31 -- Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir and Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Thursday paid rich tributes to Prakash and Mandakini Amte who have been jointly conferred this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for ...
South Africa assures India of support in NSG
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Ahead of the crucial IAEA board meeting in Vienna Friday, four African countries, including South Africa, have expressed their support for India's quest for global civil nuclear cooperation ....
Email threatens to blow up India TV office
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The Hindi news channel India TV Thursday received an email threat to blow up its office in Noida, in Uttar Pradesh on the outskirts of the capital. Taking the threat seriously, the police ...
With terror high on SAARC agenda, PM goes to Lanka Friday
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Reeling from terror attacks on two Indian cities and a suicide attack on its mission in Kabul, India Thursday underlined the "need for collective action" by South Asia to combat terrorism as Prime ...
Second test: India bat after winning toss
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Galle (Sri Lanka), July 31 -- India weathered the Sri Lanka bowling attack without losing a wicket in the first half hour of the second test that started here Thursday, after skipper Anil Kumble won the toss and ...
Court commissioners say their appointment is legal
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Court commissioners, appointed to monitor Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) demolition drive against illegal construction, Thursday contended before the Delhi High Court that their ...
Aslam Sher Khan removed as chief selector, Ajitpal takes over
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- It's not even three months since the new ad-hoc committee took over the reins of Indian hockey and it has courted a major controversy by removing chairman of selectors Aslam Sher Khan and ...
Congress leaders ask Achuthanandan to withdraw school book
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 -- Congress leaders in Kerala Thursday met Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to demand the withdrawal of controversial chapters from a Class 7 social science textbook, saying these try to ...
Depressed man briefly held for terror threat to Japanese embassy
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- A 32-year-old mentally depressed man was briefly detained Thursday evening for allegedly sending an email to the Japanese embassy here threatening terror strikes in a popular shopping area of ...
Apex court to hear question on quota Friday
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The Supreme Court will hear Friday a lawsuit on whether tribal and backward category candidates vying for government jobs should be provided quota at the preliminary test stage itself. The ...
Second Test: India 151 without loss at lunch
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Galle (Sri Lanka), July 31 -- India recorded the highest score in the first session of a Test here at the Galle International Stadium when their openers posted 151 without being separated at ...
PCB to arrange ICC task force, Pakistan premier meeting
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Karachi, July 31 -- Pakistani cricket officials will try to arrange a meeting between International Cricket Council 's (ICC) special task force and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani next month in their bid to ...
Bomb defused in Gujarat's Ankleshwar district
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, July 31 -- A bomb was recovered and defused Thursday in Gujarat's Ankleshwar district even as a letter saying that a bomb was planted at the Vadodara Stock Exchange turned out to be a hoax, the police ...
Foreign missions advise their nationals caution in India
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- In the wake of serial bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad and explosives being found in Gujarat's Surat city, various embassies and missions in India have issued special advisories to their ...
Bihar gets new police chief
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, July 31 -- The Bihar government Thursday named D.N. Gautam as the new director general of state police, official sources said. Gautam, a 1974-batch Indian Police ...
Cancel licences of telemarketing firms calling unsolicited - government told
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The Supreme Court Thursday ordered the Union government to cancel the licences of all telemarketing firms which have failed to get themselves registered with the telecom ministry pledging not to ...
It was not possible without local help: Surat police chief
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Surat, July 31 -- City Police Commissioner R.M.S. Brar Thursday said that "local help" was involved in over two dozen unexploded bombs being found here, adding that the threat is not yet over with more bombs likely to ...
India will have to tighten their game against Tajikistan
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, July 31 -- India had a lucky escape against Afghanistan in their opening Group A game of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup Wednesday night. It was a scrappy performance, no doubt, and ...
Paes, Bhupathi in quarter-final of Cincinnati Masters
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Cincinnati, July 31 -- Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi entered the doubles quarterfinals of the $2,615,000 Cincinnati Tennis Masters with their respective partners. While sixth seeded pair of Paes and Czech ...
Ahmedabad citizens call for impartial probe into bombings
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, July 31 -- A group of city residents Thursday, condemning the series of bomb blasts here, said it is "the total failure of our intelligence system which is unfortunately politicized to serve the interests of ...
Prakash and Mandakini Amte get Magsaysay Award
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Nagpur, July 31 -- Prakash and Mandakini Amte, the physician couple who have won this year's Magsaysay Award for community leadership, have been running a hospital, a school and development centre in Maharashtra's ...
Blueline bus drivers face the music, 578 fined
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Over 500 private Blueline bus drivers have been fined for playing loud music while driving, the police said Thursday. "They play loud music while driving on roads, causing annoyance and ...
Submarine Sindhuvijay to rejoin navy after refitting
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- After facing extensive delays in its overhaul, Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine INS Sindhuvijay will set sail for India shortly from the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia after undergoing ...
Schoolteacher suspended for hitting pregnant colleague
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, July 31 -- Short temper cost a teacher in Chandigarh dearly as he was suspended Thursday for allegedly hitting a pregnant colleague after a verbal spat. "Yogesh, a JBT (junior basic training) ...
Sehwag-Gambhir in unfinishe 151-run stand in Galle Test
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Galle (Sri Lanka), July 31 -- After suffering their third worst Test defeat inside four days in Colombo, India did well to reach 151 without losing any wicket at lunch on the first day of the second cricket Test here ...
Uttar Pradesh to train bus drivers to prevent accidents
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lucknow, July 31 -- The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has decided to set up training institutes for its drivers since government-run buses cause about 900 accidents annually, an official said ...
Hundreds turn out to mourn 'Voice of India' Ishmeet Singh
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ludhiana, July 31 -- Hundreds of Ludhiana residents had turned out with drums, crackers and sweets to celebrate Ishmeet Singh's ascent to stardom last November. The same people came out of their houses Thursday - this ...
One killed, two injured in Chennai airport accidents
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, July 31 -- One man was killed and two other men were injured in separate accidents involving the vehicles of two private airlines at the Kamaraj domestic airport here Thursday, the police said. K ....
Thousands turn up to bid adieu to Ishmeet
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ludhiana (Punjab), July 31 -- As the body of 19-year-old Ishmeet Singh made its last journey from his home to the cremation ground here Thursday, commoners and celebrities turned up in force to bid a tearful farewell ...
IIT-JEE topper bags gold at International Physics Olympiad
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, July 31 -- Bihar boy Shitikanth Barnwal, who topped this year's Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), has won the gold medal at the 39th ...
Middle order collpase takes initiative away from India
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Galle (Sri Lanka), July 31 -- India's top order crumbled in a dramatic fashion losing four wickets in the space of just 19 balls to surrender the initiative their opening pair had given them on the opening day of the ...
Himachal top cop named next CBI chief
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police Ashwini Kumar was late Thursday named as the next chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, the ...
US management students visit Kerala Technopark
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 -- A group of 14 management students from a US-based B-school visited the Technopark here Thursday as part of their study-abroad tour. The students of the Cameron School of Business ...
North Korea too good for Sri Lanka in AFC Cup
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, July 31 -- Tournament favourites North Korea were too good for Sri Lanka in their opening Group B game of the AFC Challenge Cup and they should have scoreline should have been much more imposing than 3-0 at ...
AIIMS committee fails to finalise new director
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 31 -- The search for a director for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) continues as a committee formed to find a suitable person to head the prestigious institute Thursday failed to ...
Indian, Pakistani PMs to meet in Colombo Saturday
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, July 31 -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet here Saturday on the sidelines of the SAARC summit, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi ...
Government's anti-malaria drugs ineffective: Tripura minister
Jul 31, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agartala, July 31 -- Drugs and injections supplied by the central government to prevent malaria in the northeast are ineffective, Tripura Health and Family Welfare Minister Tapan Chakraborty said here ...