The Hindustan Times back issues from Saturday, September 6:
TALKS WITH BANGLADESH
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 06 -- The annual talks between the Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh have just ended in Dacca with issue of pious statements from both sides but little achievement on critical issues. Bangladesh joined ...
ONE HELD
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Sept 5 -- One Chitra Biswas was today arrested by Bharalu Police for serving extortion note to a city-based ...
ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY AND ASSAM'S MALADY
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 06 -- Aristotle's belief was the role of the government is to create a virtuous city. That sounds very naive, and I understand why the politically involved would consider that statement to be very theoretical, ...
INDIA EMERGING AS MAJOR MOBILE PHONE MARKET
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 06 -- Mobile phones have become an indispensable part for our daily life now. But in developing nations throu-ghout the world, mobile phones -- ve had an altogether more transformative impact - helping to ...
CABINET RESHUFFLE
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 06 -- Bringing an end to speculations, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi finally reshuffled his Cabinet, but majority of the Ministers managed to retain their portfolios and it is apparent that the reshuffle was ...
FUTURE HOPES
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 06 -- Let us, the older generation of Assam, eat the humble pie and frankly admit that we have failed the land of our birth. None of the numerous problems that bedevilled the region during our lifetime have ...
Out of the box thinking needed to promote tourism: Shekhar Kapur
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Khajuraho, Sept. 6 -- Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur electrified tourism industry honchos at a conclave here Saturday, stating home truths about the state of the sector and urging them to think out ...
Arjun Punjj wants three Bollywood hits before a baby
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Television actor Arjun Punjj, who married his "Sanjivani" co-star Gurdeep Kohli in 2006, says he wants to deliver a few hits on the big screen before having kids. "No babies now!" Arjun ...
Barlow upbeat about new 'Take That' album
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Singer Gary Barlow of "Take That" is confident that their new album, which will be out this Christmas, will be a big hit. Members of the group finished recording the numbers recently and ...
Doherty not to give fans songs for free
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty will not release music for free on the Internet any more since he has to pay off a lot of debts. Doherty revealed that he will charge fans for his ...
Heavy Engineering Corp, BHEL to start joint venture
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ranchi, Sept. 6 -- City-based Heavy Engineering Corp (HEC) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture company that will manufacture casting and ...
Equity markets end week with big losses
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 6 -- Indian equity markets had a poor week despite a good start, thanks to weak global markets. The markets ended in the red in three out of four trading sessions. They were closed for Ganesh ...
Spears' mom heartbroken by her emotional breakdown
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Lynne Spears, the mother of troubled pop star Britney Spears, has revealed that she was heartbroken watching television coverage of her daughter having a meltdown. Thesun.co.uk reports that ...
Playwin targeting Rs.50 bn turnover
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 6 -- The Essel Group-promoted gaming company Playwin Games is hopeful of generating a turnover of around Rs.50 billion ($1.16 billion) this fiscal, a top official said here Saturday. "There is a ...
Rapper Akon hits female fan during concert
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Rapper Akon has stirred a controversy by hitting a female fan during a concert in Guyana. According to thesun.co.uk, Akon lashed out after being carried by fans from the middle of the arena ...
DeNiro walks out off 'Edge of Darkness'
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Acting legend Robert DeNiro walked off the set of the movie "Edge of Darkness" in Massachusetts after having "creative difference" with director Martin Campbell. The film was being shot for ...
West Bengal governor resumes talks to end Singur impasse
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Sept. 6 -- West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Saturday began a second round of mediatory talks to find a solution to the 28-month dispute over the acquisition of farmland for the Tata Motors' small car ...
High gas prices close most of India's tile-making units
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, Sept. 6 -- The tile industry in Gujarat's Morbi town, which accounts for about 70 percent of all tiles made in India, is on the verge of collapse due to high fuel prices. About 80 percent of the 200-odd ...
Karnataka firm to set up 1,200 MW thermal plant in Chhattisgarh
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Raipur, Sept. 6 -- The Chhattisgarh government said Saturday that it will sign an agreement with a Karnataka firm Monday to set up a 1,200 MW thermal power plant in the state's coal-abundant northern ...
Singer Katy Perry slammed by church
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Pop singer Katy Perry has been slammed by a church in Ohio that even changed the lyrics of her song that talks of homosexual experiences. According to thesun.co.uk, the church in small town ...
I hope Raj and my relationship is for keeps: Shilpa Shetty
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 6 -- Actress Shilpa Shetty couldn't have asked for more - her career is going great guns and her personal life too is looking up ever since she met Britain-based businessman Raj Kundra. And she hopes ...
Mel C goes to mom for pregnancy tips
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Former Spice Girls singer Mel C, who confirmed her pregnancy last month, has turned to her mother for health and parenting tips. Mel said her bandmates have given her some valuable advice, ...
Keira Knightley wary of fans now
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- British actress Keira Knightley is getting more wary of fans and says she avoids interacting with them too much. Knightley ignored eager fans at the premiere of her new movie "The Duchess" ...
Santosh Sivan loves human-animal bond tales
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Acclaimed Indian cinematographer-turned-director Santosh Sivan, who has made quite a few films on human-animal bond including his just released "Tahaan", says he loves putting animals and kids ...
'Tahaan' - poetic portrayal of life in Kashmir amidst strife
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Film: "Tahaan"; Cast: Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Sarika, Victor Bannerjee, Purav Bhandare; Writer-Director: Santosh Sivam; Rating: *** A fable like fragility runs through Santosh Sivan's ...
Madonna against daughter Lourdes acting now
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Pop superstar Madonna is reportedly not allowing her 11-year-old daughter Lourdes to act in a new movie and is determined to not let her enter the world of showbiz until she finishes ...
My character in 'Hijack' based on Masood Azhar: K.K. Raina
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 6 -- Television and film actor K.K. Raina, who is playing a negative role in "Hijack", says his character is based on the dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar, who was one of the main causes behind the Kandahar ...
Don't bet on 'What happens in Vegas'
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Film: "What happens in Vegas"; Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry, Queen Latifah, Dennis Farina Dennis Miller, Lake Bell; Director: Tom Vaughn; Rating: * A movie is pretty ...
'Saroja' - Prabhu comes up with another winner
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Film: "Saroja"; Cast: S.P. Charan, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Vaibhav, Premji, Shiva, Veda; Direction: Venkat Prabhu; Cinematography: Shakthi Saravanan; Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja. With his racy ...
Role of aerosols in climate change under fresh scrutiny
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- Scientists have proposed a new framework to gauge the effect of aerosols more accurately on precipitation in climate models. Man-made aerosols are tiny particles suspended in the air - ...
NSG meet inconclusive after 16 hours; to continue today
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vienna, Sept. 6 -- The extraordinary meeting of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will continue on Saturday in an effort to seek consensus on a "clean waiver" to open nuclear commerce with India. At ...
Drug trafficking is $10 bn business in Mexico
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mexico City, Sept. 6 -- The increasingly violent illicit drug trafficking in Mexico is now worth more than $10 billion a year and is growing. Drug-related violence in Mexico has left some 3,000 people dead ...
'Hijack' a complete failure as a thriller
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Film: "Hijack"; Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol, K.K. Raina; Director: Kunal Deshmukh; Rating: * Of all the films on the theme of terrorism, this one takes the ache. Painfully puerile and ...
Consultations on between India, US to agree on 'changed draft'
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vienna, Sept. 6 -- Indian and the US officials were engaged in negotiations till late Friday night to agree on the wordings in a 'changed draft' prepared by the US to find a consensus in the 45-member Nuclear ...
Indian-Canadians outraged by overturning of Reena Virk murder verdict
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vancouver, Sept. 6 -- The Indian-Canadian community here has been outraged by a court's decision to overturn the life sentence of a woman convicted for brutally beating and drowning Indian origin teenager Reena Virk in ...
World's largest experiment to test particle physics theory underway
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- A machine that took 20 years to build could either shake the foundations of particle physics or entrench it more firmly, besides addressing some of the most fundamental questions facing science ...
'Raaz - The Mystery Continues' to release January 2009
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- The Bhatt camp is all set to spook the audience with "Raaz - The Mystery Continues", which is scheduled for release in January 2009. The film will release Jan 23 next year. Though the ...
Colombia's most-wanted drug lord held in Spain
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Madrid, Sept. 6 -- Colombia's notorious drug lord Edgar Vallejo-Guarin, nicknamed "Beto el Gitano (Beto the Gypsy)", has been arrested in Madrid after being on the run for several years, the Spanish Police have said ....
NSG meet to continue Saturday; consensus hoped
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vienna, Sept. 6 -- The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will continue its extraordinary meeting on Saturday in an effort to seek consensus on a "clean waiver" to open nuclear commerce with India. At the ...
Governments advocating wrong kind of malaria treatment
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- Scientists employing a sophisticated computer model have determined that governments worldwide are advocating the wrong kind of malaria treatment. Despite the availability of many drugs ...
Two Mumbai blasts suspects caught in Nepal
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Sept. 6 -- Two Indian aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, suspected of having a role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that killed 257 people, were arrested by the Nepal police here and have been handed ...
New format to ensure disruption-free images on TV
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Video coding techniques still have their flip side - digital images are not always disruption-free. Now, an extension of the coding format known as H.264/AVC will help protect the most important data ...
US hopes to put "secret letter" row behind to get n-deal done
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- The White House hopes that India and the US could put the furore caused over the release of a so-called "secret letter" on Washington's position on their civil nuclear deal behind them to get the ...
'Ganesha Maththe Bandha' - clean, family comedy
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Film: "Ganesha Maththe Bandha"; Director: Phani Ramachandra; Cast: Vijaya Raghavendra, Pragna, Vishal Hegde, Neetu, Anant Nag, Vinaya Prakash and Doddanna; Music: V. Manohar; Rating: ...
This rare icy rock orbits the sun backwards
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Sept. 6 -- In a discovery which may hold clues to the origin of comets, astronomers have found an object that orbits the sun backwards and tilts at an angle of 104 degrees - almost perpendicular to the orbits ...
Linseed laced food to keep cancer, chloresterol at bay
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- Linseed is believed to protect against cancer, but the taste is a real turn-off for most people. Researchers have now isolated the valuable components of linseed (flax seeds), which when ...
Colombia's former militia chief admits to over 1,000 murders
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bogota, Sept. 6 -- A former commander of Colombia's right-wing militias has confessed that he and his men were responsible for more than 1,000 killings in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura between 2001-02, EFE news ...
Canada starts immigration in new category
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Sept. 6 -- Canada has Friday announced that certain temporary foreign workers and foreign students can apply for permanent residence under the Canadian Experience Class for immigration. Making this ...
Guatemalan army takes control of presidential office after security breach
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Guatemala City, Sept. 6 -- Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom has ordered army units to take over security of his office and home following evidence of extensive infiltration by undercover agents, EFE reported ...
Human fatty acid unravelled, paving way to new drugs
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Researchers have determined the atomic structure of mammalian fatty acid synthase or MFAS - a complex synthetic machine in human cells - paving the way for developing anti-cancer, anti-obesity drugs ...
Over 20 killed in Peshawar bomb blast
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 6 -- More than 20 people were killed and several injured in a bomb blast in Peshawar as Pakistan's parliamentarians voted to elect the country's 13th president. Police and witnesses said a van ...
Size doesn't matter in insect sex
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Sept. 6 -- When it comes to sex, an insect species has shown size doesn't really matter, but it involves tremendous legwork on the part of the much smaller, lighter males to bring it off. The species ...
Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan president
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 6 -- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was Saturday elected the country's 13th president with a big majority, defeating his two rivals from two Pakistan Muslim League (PML) ...
Paragliding fest kickstarts in Tamil Nadu
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Yelagiri (Tamil Nadu), Sept. 6 -- A three-day paragliding festival started Friday in this picturesque hill station in the southern Eastern Ghats. Flagging off the event, Vellore District Collector Dharmendra ...
Another Nepal 'murder mystery' to be resurrected
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Sept. 6 -- A 15-year-old death that was as controversial as the massacre of the Nepal royal family in the tightly guarded palace in Kathmandu and is believed by many to have had equal effect on shaping the ...
Dalai Lama's eldest brother dead, Tibetans mourn
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Sept. 6 -- Taktser Rinpoche, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and the exiled Tibetan leader's intermediary for dialogues with Chinese officials and later with Americans, died in the US Saturday after a ...
Ingrid Betancourt named Woman of the Year
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vienna, Sept. 6 -- Colombia's former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued in July from the captivity of the country's leftist rebels has been named the Woman of the Year by the World Awards ...
Exhibition to celebrate National Nutrition Week inaugurated
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- A two-day long exhibition on nutrition awareness for women and children was inaugurated at the India Gate lawns Friday. It is organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and ...
Zardari elected Pakistan president
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 6 -- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was Saturday elected the country's 13th president, defeating his two rivals from the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) factions with a big ...
Bat's ability to locate by echo evolved more than once
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- Bats' ability to locate by echo may have evolved more than once, according to the latest research by Queen Mary University of London scientists. Bat species with the ability to echolocate do ...
Vietnamese woman jailed for possessing drugs
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Sept. 6 -- A 35-year-old Vietnamese woman was remanded to judicial custody Friday evening for possessing 3 kg of refined heroin worth over Rs.35 million, customs officials said. Identified as D ....
Politics hampering efforts to save Asian vulture
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- Political barriers in India and Pakistan are hampering efforts to save the critically endangered Asian vulture from extinction, whose numbers are down to a few thousand from tens of ...
Shortage of isotopes to hit medical scans
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 6 -- A global shortage of medical isotopes, used in more than 80 percent of heart and bone scans and in detection of cancer, will hamper diagnostic examinations over the coming weeks. Medical ...
NSG says yes, India gets global nuclear passport
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vienna, Sept. 6 -- In a historic decision that brings India back into the global nuclear fold after over three decades, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Saturday agreed to rewrite its guidelines to resume ...
Idle mind may not be the devil's workshop
Sep 06, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 6 -- An idle mind may not necessarily be the devil's workshop; to the contrary, too much stress on action could produce unforeseen outcomes, says a new study. "Our research highlights how the ...