The Hindustan Times back issues from Sunday, August 24:
JANMASTAMI
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Aug. 24 -- "Janmastami" which is also known as Krishnastami or Gokulastami is a festival dedicated to Lord Sri Krishna and commemorates His appearance day. Janmastami is termed as the "Appearance Day" of Lord Sri ...
MINISTRY RESHUFFLE
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Aug. 24 -- Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is expected to reshuffle and expand his ministry following the go-ahead given by the Congress high command. The vacancy created by the ouster of Education Minister Ripun Bora ...
WATER SUPPLY
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Aug. 24 -- Be it in excess or complete shortage of it, water has always been a major problem in Guwahati, the premier city of the North East. While during the monsoon, flash floods create havoc in the city, ...
YOUTH HOLD KEY TO US PRESIDENT POLLS
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Aug. 24 -- Record-breaking voter registration by young people will be one of the big stories" of the 2008 US presidential election, famed journalist Daniel Schorr tells America.gov.The senior news analyst and ...
High-end Indian restaurants in London issue allergy warnings
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- If you're nutty about nut allergies you eat at your own risk. That's the disclaimer Masala World, London's famous Indian restaurants chain, is issuing to diners in retaliation to a legal action ...
Thousands converge in Singur against Tata project
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- Thousands converged Sunday near the Tata Motors' small car factory site in Singur in West Bengal for protests demanding the return of 400 acres of farmland acquired for the project. As ...
TBM Consulting launches lean energy practice in India
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Aug. 24 -- With more and more Indian companies adopting lean practices to cut energy costs, consulting major TBM Consulting Group Inc has launched lean energy practice as a separate vertical in ...
Guinness record curry king launches Indian sauce factory
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- Midlands curry king Abdul Salam, who owns a well-known restaurant near Birmingham, is thickly into Indian sauces and now has his own factory to prove it. Abdul, who won a place in the ...
Mamata kicks off indefinite protest at Singur
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- Opposition Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday kicked off an indefinite protest by thousands near the Tata Motors small car factory site in Singur in West Bengal to demand return of 400 ...
Protest will continue till land is returned, says Mamata
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- Opposition Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday said the protest by thousands to demand that Tata Motors return 400 acres taken for its small car factory project in Singur in West Bengal ...
Gold demand picks up as prices stabilise
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi/Kolkata/Chennai, Aug. 24 -- With gold prices remaining more or less stable at lower levels, the demand for the yellow metal in India, the world's largest gold market, has begun to pick up, traders ...
Kerala air travel agents to protest in front of Air India offices
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 24 -- Air travel agents and their staff in Kerala will stage a sit-in before the seven Air India offices spread across the state Tuesday to protest against the airline's decision to scrap ...
Speakers, exhibitors from around world to attend Abu Dhabi oil meet
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, Aug. 24 -- Top industry experts and exhibitors will participate in the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Adipec)-2008, to be held here Nov 3-6. Being organised by the Abu ...
Dhumal wants international airport in Himachal Pradesh
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Shimla, Aug. 24 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has urged the central government to build an airport with international facilities in the hill state. He said techno-economic feasibility ...
Power sector investments shoot to Rs.1.95 trillion in six months
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The Indian power sector has attracted Rs.1.95 trillion in investments in the first half this year - about a third of corporate sector's total investments in this period, according to a report by ...
Emirates cuts fares in some sectors after oil price fall
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Aug. 24 -- The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national carrier Emirates airline has announced reduction in fares to 20 cities in the Middle East, Gulf, Far East and Europe. Lower fares are being implemented ...
Volvo Car to launch new models in India
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- Volvo Car India (VCI), a division of Ford Motor Company, is planning to strengthen its dealer network and launch new models in the Indian market, the company's Managing Director Paul de Voijs has ...
It's oversized bags for the day, clutches for the evening
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- When it comes to daywear, bigger bags are definitely better in terms of styles and colours, but elegant clutches are the perfect accompaniment for that special evening. "Restrict oversized ...
The curious case of India's oil policy
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- India's petroleum policies are getting curiouser and curiouser. The latest report on the oil sector by former petroleum secretary B.K. Chaturvedi has proposed a phased raise in oil product prices ...
Madhya Pradesh invites Tata to set up Nano plant
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhopal, Aug. 24 -- After Orissa, Maharashtra, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, it's now the turn of Madhya Pradesh to invite Tata Motors to set up its 'Nano' small car facility in that state following political turmoil at ...
Diddy stopped by cops in Hollywood
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Aug. 24 -- Rapper Puff Diddy was recently stopped by the police in the early hours because one of the cars of his entourage didn't have proper tags. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...
Indian hacker alleged brain behind biggest cyber-heist
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- An unknown Indian hacker is being charged with the greatest cyber-heist in history for allegedly helping a criminal gang steal identities of an estimated eight million people in a hacking raid that ...
I was never anorexic: Kate Moss
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- British supermodel Kate Moss has denied claims that she was ever anorexic and that she hated being thin. Moss became popular in the early 90s and was often criticised for her super-skinny ...
Ronson has unique plans for birthday bash
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- DJ-producer Mark Ronson has come up with an unique dress code for his 33rd birthday bash - he has asked friends to dress up as celebs featured on their favourite album covers. According to ...
Aamir is half man-half woman 'Ardhnarishwar' in Tata Sky ad
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Aug. 24 -- Always experimenting with new styles, Bollywood star Aamir Khan will now be seen as the mythological half man-half woman 'Ardhnarishwar' in a Tata Sky ad. The 70 seconds commercial will show ...
Will Rajni energise fan clubs after lacklustre 'Kuselan'?
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Aug. 24 -- Shaken by the lukewarm response to his latest release "Kuselan", southern superstar Rajnikant is all set to energise his fan clubs in Tamil Nadu. "We realised that most of our active members ...
Iran to launch communication satellite soon: President
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Tehran, Aug. 24 -- Iran has the technology to develop satellites and would soon send a communication satellite into the orbit, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said, official IRNA news agency reported ...
Allen wears bullet for a necklace
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- Singer Lily Allen, known for her songs "Smile" and "LDN", has taken to wearing jewellery made out of bullet. Mirror.co.uk reports that Allen was spotted wearing the Love Bullet - a 10 pound ...
Some aged non-Bengali Bangladeshis want to go to Pakistan
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- As thousands of new generation Urdu-speaking non-Bengalis register to be voters for the December polls, some among the elderly are protesting, insisting that they be sent to Pakistan. Election ...
UK singles' sex lives under scanner to check tax fraud
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Aug. 24 -- Sex lives of singles are being officially monitored to check misuse of single-occupant council tax benefits. Undercover snoopers are being used to find out how often lovers visit and whether ...
Amitabh Bachchan gets all-clear after diabetes test in Britain
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Leicester, Aug. 24 -- Indian screen idol Amitabh Bachchan underwent a diabetes test in this British city before a large crowd of Indians and exhorted them to follow his example. Minutes after undergoing the ...
Two releases on a day, but Kay Kay wasn't nervous
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Aug. 24 -- Kay Kay Menon, who has proven his mettle in different genres, had two releases on the same day this week - "Mumbai Meri Jaan" and "Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam". But the actor says that he was far from ...
I'm learning Japanese, Chinese for a new film: Mohanlal
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Aug. 24 -- Malayalam movie superstar Mohanlal is learning Japanese and Chinese for his upcoming Japanese movie about an Indian freedom fighter. "I have to dub the film and speak in Japanese and Chinese ....
Rajapaksa's ruling coalition sweeps provincial poll
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Aug. 24 -- Sri Lanka's ruling coalition Sunday swept the provincial council polls held for two of the island's nine provincial councils. Voting was held Saturday for the Sabaragamuwa province (100 km ...
Khaleda Zia's son Tarique needs treatment abroad: doctors
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Tarique Rahman, the jailed politician son of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, is partially paralysed and urgently needs treatment abroad, his doctors have said. "Tarique Rahman's ...
Trisha thrilled to croon for Rahman
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Aug. 24 -- Tamil actress Trisha says she is thrilled to sing for a forthcoming movie under the baton of A.R. Rahman. "I was thrilled when Rahman invited me to sing. I could not refuse the chance ...
Cultures shouldn't become globalised mush: Titanic composer
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Aug. 24 -- British music arranger-composer John Altman, known for his work in films like "Titanic" and "Shall We Dance", has just scored for a Malayalam movie, but says it is important to preserve the diversity ...
'Sonrise' in Malaysia's Indian, Chinese political families
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24 -- Two political families, an Indian and a Chinese, have emerged on Malaysia's political horizon as delegates picked leaders of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP). Its Indian ...
Young and reckless directors take a bow
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- When the original maverick of Hindi film industry gets outmanoeuvred by a newcomer, then one knows that change is here to stay. In a week that was expected to belong solely to a chilling ...
I'm learning Japanese, Chinese for a new film: Mohanlal
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Aug. 24 -- Malayalam movie superstar Mohanlal is learning Japanese and Chinese for his upcoming Japanese movie about an Indian freedom fighter. "I have to dub the film and speak in Japanese and Chinese ....
Tear in the knee no big deal for Bipasha
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Aug. 24 -- Bollywood star Bipasha Basu got a tear in the knee while rehearsing her dance steps in Bangkok, but the actress says it's no big deal. She even brought her physiotherapist to the sets in Mumbai so ...
'Akashagopuram' - truly a masterpiece
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Film: "Akashagopuram"; Cast: Mohanlal, Shwetha Menon, Hilda Varghese, Geethu Mohandas, Nitya and Bharat Gopi; Director: K.P. Kumaran; Music: John Altman; Sound Designer: Nigel Holland; ...
US museum showcases works of 'Father of Indian Modern Art'
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Aug. 24 -- The exquisite and historically groundbreaking work of noted Indian painter Nandalal Bose, often called the father of Indian modernism, has been showcased at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of ...
Education sector should be given tax exemptions: FICCI
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The Education sector must be provided with appropriate tax exemptions that would help it attract more investment, said an industry lobby report released Sunday. In its recommendations for ...
Islam not against women solemnising marriage: Syeda Hameed
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Islam does not prohibit a woman from solemnising a marriage and it was reflective of the "slow and steady" changes happening in Muslim society, says Syeda Hameed, an official who courted ...
India Art Summit ends on mixed note in the capital
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The curtain came down on the India Art Summit 2008 in the capital on a mixed note as a pall of gloom descended on the participants and the organisers alike with the news that M.F. Husain's ...
Gulf-based scribe elected head of world Malayalee body
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Aug. 24 -- Gulf-based journalist Soman Baby has been elected global chairman of the World Malayalee Council (WMC). Baby, associate editor of Bahrain's Gulf Daily News, was elected to the post at WMC's ...
Nepal foreign minister to visit India Thursday
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Aug. 24 -- Even as Nepal's first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" sparked a controversy by making China his first international destination, a fresh ripple is expected with Foreign ...
Indefinite curfew imposed in Kashmir Valley
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Srinagar, Aug. 24 -- Indefinite curfew was imposed in all 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley early Sunday and several separatist leaders were placed under house arrest in a bid to disallow a march to the city centre ...
'UAE committed to peaceful nuclear policy'
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, Aug. 24 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains committed to peaceful use of nuclear energy, according to an official document released Sunday. The document was presented by UAE's Centre of ...
Ramadan to start Sep 1: Kuwaiti astronomer
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuwait, Aug. 24 -- The Islamic holy month of Ramadan will start Sep 1, according to a leading Kuwaiti astronomer. Mona Ahmed Anbar, director of astronomy and space sciences at the Kuwait Science Club, said in a ...
Amid war, Rajapaksa's coalition sweeps provincial polls
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Aug. 24 -- Sri Lanka's ruling coalition Sunday retained power in both the provincial councils that went to the polls a day earlier, with analysts crediting the victory to the war against the Tamil ...
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, four others shot dead
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, Aug. 24 -- At least five people, including a top leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), were shot dead in an ashram in Orissa's Kandhamal district by an armed group during Janmashtami festival ...
Curfew in Kashmir Valley, separatist activists arrested
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Srinagar, Aug. 24 -- Indefinite curfew was imposed in the Kashmir Valley early Sunday and several separatist leaders were placed under house arrest and activists arrested ahead of their proposed march to the city ...
The boxer, the body - knockout combo for Indian sports
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Beijing Olympics have proved one thing at least: the prophets of doom who claim that India is only cricket - sorry, cricketer - crazy have mud on their collective face. A keen sporting ...
Thousands block roads in Orissa to protest killing of VHP leader
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bhubaneswar, Aug. 24 -- Thousands of people blocked roads and stopped trains in several places in Orissa Sunday to protest the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others Saturday night by armed ...
'Everybody is playing politics over shrine dispute in Kashmir'
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Everybody is playing politics over the Amarnath land dispute, says National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chairman Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, and the government's vacillation only compounded the ...
Andhra absorbs many Gulf returnees in construction sector
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, Aug. 24 -- Almost 70 percent of those who had returned to Andhra Pradesh in November last year under the amnesty declared by the United Arab Emirates have got jobs. Most have found employment in the ...
The Gujarat story: Six years of mourning, but not a tear
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, Aug. 24 -- The sufferings haven't ceased for many in his city - with the July serial bombings, the increasing rift in Gujarati society and riot victims still awaiting justice. But Mohammed Sharif is inured, ...
From sex to education, DU students' paper speaks their mind
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Understandably so, "Ask Sex Amma", the column where all queries on hush topics are answered, with a pinch of humour, is the most popular section in DU Beat, Delhi University's just a year-old ...
Om Kali versus Angelina Jolie
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Doghat (Uttar Pradesh), Aug. 24 -- At a time when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have received $14 million from a magazine for photographs of their newborn twins, in faraway rural India, Om Kali and Chander Singh, both ...
India, China are new faces of Asian art in the globe
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- India and China are the new faces of Asian art in the global market with works of artists from the two countries commanding high prices, according to experts analysing the commerce of art at an ...
Former top cop files RTI plea on National Police Memorial
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- A fresh controversy has arisen over the National Police Memorial meant to pay homage to police personnel who laid down their lives while on duty with a former top cop filing an RTI plea seeking ...
US, Russia to help track India's moon mission
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- India will be helped by Russia, Spain and the United States in deep space tracking of Chandrayaan-I, its maiden moon mission that will be launched later this year. "Deep Space tracking of ...
Haryana introduces 'mahila chaupals'
Aug 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- Haryana is the first state in the country to set up 'Mahila Chaupals' - places reserved exclusively for women to sit in villages. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharambir Singh Sunday ...