The Hindustan Times back issues from Tuesday, September 2:
THE NSG HURDLE
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 02 -- From the very beginning the Indo-US nuclear agreement, which would ostensibly end India's pariah status in the international nuclear arena, has been having a rough ride. Though Indian diplomacy has taken ...
THE VIRTUES OF RAMADAN
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 02 -- Ramadan, the ninth lunar month in Islamic Calendar, heralds the season of fasting, for the Muslims, the world over, who begin the fast, made obligatory by Almighty Allah, at the sight of Ramadan (New ...
A LEGEND DEPARTS
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 02 -- With the passing away of Krishna Kumar Birla, the country has lost one of the greatest entrepreneurs. As an industrialist K K Birla became a legend within his lifetime. An outstanding visionary, a ...
PRIME MINISTER'S ASSAM VISIT
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 02 -- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Sing's recent visit to Assam was a significant one as it took place on the backdrop of on going controversy regarding the issue of illegal migrants that came to limelight ...
India loses friend as Bata Shoe Co owner is dead
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Sep. 2 --Thomas Bata, owner of the family-owned world-famous shoe company, died here Monday. A great friend of India, Bata was 93. A spokesman for the Toronto-based global shoe giant said Bata died at ...
UAE firm signs agreement with India's TERI
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sep. 2 --The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based power company ETA Star International, a member of the ETA Ascon Star Group, has entered into an agreement with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India to ...
New arbitration law enacted for Dubai financial centre
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sep. 2 --A new arbitration law of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has been enacted to give companies across the world access to fast and efficient dispute resolution services. Vice ...
Maoists shut down Dabur factory in Nepal
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Sep. 2 --After stopping the annual beauty pageant sponsored by Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur's subsidiary in Nepal, Maoists have now shut down its factory in the Terai, demanding 10 percent ...
'Indians not getting loans in Malaysia'
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 2 --A business lobby of Malaysian Indians has claimed that the government financing agency Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) has not given loans to any of the 200 people it had recommended for ...
IAF, Airports Authority of India join hands for airspace management
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --With more and more planes crowding the Indian skies, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to expand cooperation with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) across the country to facilitate more ...
Markets trading in green at early trade
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sep. 2 --Indian equity markets were trading in green at early trade Tuesday with banking, oil and gas and power stocks in demand. The 30 share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the ...
Carriers look to cargo services to increase revenues
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sep. 2 --To counter heavy losses, cash-strapped Indian carriers are now looking at increasing cargo operations to augment revenues. The Gurgaon-based low cost carrier SpiceJet that started cargo ...
UAE carriers launch additional flights to Jeddah during Ramadan
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sep. 2 --The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national carriers Etihad Airways and Emirates have announced extra flights from their respective bases in Abu Dhabi and Dubai to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia during the Islamic ...
Chennai firm to service Alcatel-Lucent's European clients
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Sep. 2 --The city-based offshore technology operations management company Cybernet SlashSupport (CSS) has bagged a multi-million dollar support services contract from global communications solutions provider ...
No work at Nano plant, highway closed once again
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Sep. 2 --Work at the Tata Motors Nano factory at Singur in West Bengal's Hoogly district remained suspended for the fourth consecutive working day Tuesday. According to The Telegraph newspaper report ...
Great offshore buys marine services firms
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sep. 2 --Integrated offshore oilfield services provider Great Offshore Ltd Tuesday announced it has acquired in two marine services companies in Andhra Pradesh for Rs.1.6 billion, it said Tuesday. The ...
Call to train Indian chefs to overcome shortage in Britain
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --The 3.2-billion-pound Indian restaurant industry in Britain has been suffering from a growing skilled labour deficit ever since a points-based immigration system was introduced in February with ...
No work at Nano factory in Singur Tuesday: Tata Motors
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Sep. 2 --Work at the Tata Motors Nano factory in West Bengal's Singur area would remain suspended for another day Tuesday with the company asking employees to stay away, the fourth consecutive day that the ...
Favoured by Mughals, Agra sandstone attracts modern builders
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Agra, Sep. 2 --The smooth red sandstone used in Mughal monuments like Agra Fort, Red Fort and Fatehpur Sikri had lost its popularity at one time with the increasing use of bricks and mortar, but is back in favour now ...
Ambuja Cements sales up by nearly 8 percent
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --Ambuja Cements Ltd Tuesday said its sales grew 7.7 percent in August to 1.24 million tonnes, as compared to 1.15 million tonnes in the corresponding month last year. The company's cement ...
Special workshops to mark financial brokerage meet in Abu Dhabi
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, Sep. 2 --Special workshops providing a suitable environment to participants to meet and exchange ideas will be the highlight of the Financial Brokerage Forum (FBF) to be held in Abu Dhabi in October this ...
Indian pharma firm gets US approval for two drugs
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --The Bangalore-based pharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab Tuesday said two more of its drugs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. With this, the total approvals in the US ...
Markets trading with profit at afternoon trade
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sep. 2 --Indian equities markets were trading at a profit in the afternoon trade. Banking, pubic sector company and realty stocks were in demand. At 1 p.m., the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 194.83 points ...
'The Dark Knight' crosses $500 mn in just six weeks
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --"The Dark Knight", starring Christian Bale and the late Australian actor Heath Ledger, has crossed the $500 million mark in just six weeks. The movie's accomplishment is even more impressive ...
Tata Motors rights issue later this month
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --Tata Motors Tuesday said its proposed rights issue to raise Rs.42 billion will open this month-end. The right issues are aimed at part funding the short-term bridge loan taken for financing ...
Manchester City world's richest football club after Arab buyout
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Manchester City's only distinction in British football is its long-term tenancy at the lower end of the league tables. But that has not stopped one of the richest Arab groups from buying out its ...
Canadian PM to order snap poll this week
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Sep. 2 --It is official now. Canada is set for a snap poll - a year before it was due. If Prime Minister Stephen Harper dropped broad hints about it last week, Opposition Leader Stephane Dion said ...
Duffy back to smoking
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Upcoming Welsh singer Duffy, who had given up smoking after having moved from Wales to London, is back to the habit. Thesun.co.uk reports her saying: "Back home everybody smoked because there ...
Now cervical cancer jabs for British girls
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Amid a debate over its efficacy and longevity, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is to be given to all British girls in the 12-13 age group from Tuesday onwards. The biggest mass vaccination ...
A teenage pregnancy and US presidential elections
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chicago, Sep. 2 -- In this season thick with ideological intransigence, the news that the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant is symptomatic of how irresolvable ...
Suzuki plans shifting research, development to India
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --The country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India, Tuesday said its Japanese parent Suzuki Motor Corp Suzuki wants to shift the bulk of its research and development work on cars with engine ...
'Rock On' wows audiences, rocks box office
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --"Rock On" rocks! Critics have given it rave reviews, aficionados are singing its praises. Despite being tagged as a "gap filler" and an average pre-release response at the advance booking counter, ...
GM potato blessing for small farmers: South African group
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Johannesburg, Sep. 2 --The availability of a new genetically-modified (GM) potato variety will be a blessing for South African small-scale farmers, GM interest group AfricaBio has said here. The group said it ...
Amy Winehouse seeks solace in Buddhism
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --British singer Amy Winehouse, who is struggling with drug problems, is trying Buddhist relaxation methods to bring stability to her life. Winehouse is trying to find peace in her chaotic life ...
'Divorce gene' blamed for strained marital relations
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Incompatible? Unfaithful? Blame it on the genes, says a new study conducted by Swedish researchers. The scientists researched data on twins and discovered a "divorce gene", which they say is ...
Government to connect 5,000 blocks with broadband
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --The government Tuesday said it would connect 5,000 blocks through wireless broadband soon after the allocation of the third generation spectrum. In a statement, the Department of Telecom ...
Kate Middleton features on souvenir sets
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --A thimble says that Kate Middleton will be the next commoner to turn royal after Diana Spencer. British designers at Birchcroft China are so convinced Middleton will become a permanent ...
E-book era begins in Britain
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --The digital era will worm its way into the world of books in Britain later this week. Sony and leading British bookseller Waterstone's are launching the Sony Reader Thursday, believing the 199 ...
Markets end with hefty gains as crude gets cheaper
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sep. 2 --Indian equity markets closed with a hefty gain piggy-backing the fall in crude oil prices to $107 per barrel. Rate sensitive sectors such as banking, realty and auto stocks were in ...
'L.A. Confidential' tops list of best movies on LA
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --The 1997 hit movie "L.A. Confidential" has topped a poll to find the best movies on Los Angeles culture. The 1997 cop drama beat "Boogie Nights" and "Jackie Brown" in the poll conducted by Los ...
Poles discover joys of mango lassi
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Warsaw, Sep. 2 -- The Poles, who love Bollywood films and adore Shah Rukh Khan, are pushing aside their beer or vodka in favour of a delicious new Indian drink - mango lassi. With summer in full swing in this ...
Jindal at centre stage as Hurricane Gustav hits US Gulf coast
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sep. 2 -- As Hurricane Gustav bore down on the US Gulf coast Monday, lashing New Orleans with strong winds and heavy rain, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was at the centre stage of operations that could ...
More effective anti-anxiety drug developed
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sep. 2 --A new anti-anxiety drug has been developed that could treat sufferers for up to twice as long as Valium. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress in Barcelona, Spain was ...
Madonna attends husband's movie premiere
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Pop superstar Madonna attended the premiere of her husband Guy Ritchie's new gangster film "RocknRolla" at London's Leicester Square. Madonna was wearing a black satin Stella McCartney dress ...
Farm kids suffer less from asthma: study
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sep. 2 --Pre-natal exposure to farm animals and plants helps protect children from asthma, allergies and eczema, according to a study. Researchers from Australia's Centre for Public Health Research ...
Air Arabia announces daily flights to Hyderabad
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sep. 2 --The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national carrier Air Arabia announced Tuesday that it will launch direct flights to Hyderabad in India from Oct 27. "Following the introduction of service to New ...
First letter of email address determines spam load
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --How much spam you get depends on the first letter in your e-mail address, a Cambridge study reveals. Analysis of more than 500 million junk messages has found that addresses that began with ...
Asian police officer's racial bias case dismissed
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --A British employment tribunal has dismissed a case of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police levelled by senior Asian officer Shabir Husain. He is one of the two officers - ...
Martin obsessed with tattoos
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin is obsessed with tattoos and is recommending "the buzz" to others. Mirror.co.uk quoted Martin as saying: "Getting tattooed is brilliant. I got a few done in my ...
Market regulator plans trading in interest rate futures
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata/New Delhi, Sep. 2 --Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is planning to launch trading in interest rates futures to enable investors to absorb shocks arising out of fluctuations in ...
Parsavnath launches group housing project in Moradabad
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --Realty major Parsavnath Developers Ltd Tuesday launched its group housing project in Moradabad as part of its strategy to spread into smaller cities, the company announced here. With a ...
Designer Renu Tandon to debut at Dubai Fashion Week
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --Come October and fashion designer Renu Tandon will head for Dubai to make her debut at the prestigious Dubai Fashion Week (DFW). Dubai-based fashion house 'Mumbai Se' has invited Tandon to ...
Dubai ruler's poems turned into TV series
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sep. 2 --A set of poems written by Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been turned into a television series that is ...
Republicans to cut corporate tax to keep jobs in America
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sep. 2 --Like the Democrats the Republicans too want to keep jobs in America, but instead of stopping tax breaks for companies that outsource they plan to do so by reducing corporate tax. As the ...
Obama will revive African-American music: Spike Lee
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --Controversial Hollywood filmmaker Spike Lee is certain that the US presidential hopeful Barack Obama will change the face of African-American music if he wins the election. According to ...
Indian escapes rape charge as his English is poor
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --A Swindon court let off an Indian youth with a conditional discharge in an attempted rape case involving a sex worker after the judge accepted the plea that his grasp of English was ...
UAE issues 412,000 visas after new regime comes into effect
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, Sep. 2 --Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a total of 412,000 entry permits in August after a new visa regime came into effect in this Gulf nation. Acting director general of UAE's ...
McCartney spotted kissing new girlfriend
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 --The Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was spotted kissing new girlfriend Nancy Shevell on a boat called Linda in New York's Long Island. According to thesun.co.uk, McCartney has a special ...
Priyanka Chopra is a sweetheart, says Bobby Deol
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sep. 2 --Actor Bobby Deol says he would've been in a fix if Priyanka Chopra hadn't agreed to play a deglamourised role in his recently released home production "Chamku", in which he has an author-backed ...
Jade Goody's boyfriend jailed on battering charge
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep. 2 -- Ex-Big Brother star Jade Goody is "devastated" after learning that boyfriend Jack Tweed has received a jail sentence for battering a youth. Tweed and his pal James Mattock, 29, were found ...
My films are geuninely European: Masumeh
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 --Actress Masumeh Makhija's career hasn't fared well in Bollywood since her debut in "Chupke Se", but she has bagged international films and is happy flaunting them. Having already worked in a ...
Asif Zardari as next Pakistani president: Hope and Despondency
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sep. 2 -- Pakistan is scheduled to elect its next president on Sep 6 after the resignation of General Pervez Musharraf from that office on Aug 18. From current evidence, it appears that Asif Zardari, the ...
PET scans help identify seasonal mood change mechanism
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sep. 2 -- Brain scans taken at different times of the year suggest that the actions of serotonin transporter - involved in regulating moods - vary by season, according to a study. These ...
Low birth weight, psychiatric problems in children, linked
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sep. 2 -- Low birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk for psychiatric disturbances from childhood through high school than normal birth-weight children, says a study. Besides, low ...
Next, a Gulf-Europe rail route
Sep 02, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sep. 2 -- If a proposal from Bahrain's king turns into reality, people can well travel from the Gulf all the way to Europe by train. Planners are working on a proposal by Bahrain's Emir Hamad Ibn Isa ...