The Hindustan Times back issues from Wednesday, September 10:
NORTH EAST CAN REAP BENEFITS OF SERVICE SECTOR INDUSTRY
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 10 -- During the past few decades the services industry has been playing an important role in the world economy. The trend was set in the last seventies itself and it was predicted that the services sector ...
SHOT DEAD
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. MUSHALPUR, Sept 9 -- One Jagat Bahadur Dhakal (17), a resident of Bagulamari village under Barbari PS ...
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 10 -- The move of the Assam Government to have a North-East Water Resource Authority for management of the region's abundant water resources deserves consideration by all the north-eastern States. Rivers do ...
AGP: IN SEARCH OF A WINNABLE LEADER
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 10 -- A political party, out of power after tasting it once, looks at the seat of power with the greedy eyes of a cat hungry for fish, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) cannot be an exception. Not that it's a fault ...
MEET HELD
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Sept 9 -- A meeting of the Kamrup District Development Committee under the presidentship of Additional Commissioner CP Ramchiary took place ...
GROWTH PROSPECTS
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 10 -- With continuous tightening of monetary policy, repeated revision of macroeconomic adjustments in economy and interest rates getting upwardly revised again and again for the last few months, the prospects ...
TREND OF MINERAL EXPLOITATION IN INDIA
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 10 -- Despite knowing the facts that minerals are depleting resources and their replenishment or creation is practically impossible, they are neither been ignored nor reduced dependance on them. Rather, their ...
Velankani group to set up Rs.13 bn SEZ in Sriperumbudur
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Sept. 10 -- Bangalore-based Velankani Technology Parks Ltd, a Velankani group company, announced Wednesday that it will invest Rs.13 billion to develop an electronic hardware manufacturing and IT enabled ...
Guests tour High Line on Calvin Klein Inc's 40th anniversary
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 10 -- Guests who attended the 40th anniversary celebrations of American high-street fashion brand Calvin Klein Inc. got a chance to tour the High Line - an elevated rail structure on the West Side of ...
France earmarks $1.8 bn for development schemes in India
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- France has earmarked nearly $1.8 billion for funding development projects in India, a French government official said here Wednesday. "France had so far been deeply involved in cultural ...
Six firms bid for BSNL's 93-mn GSM line order
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- With the state-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), gearing up for third generation mobile services, six global network equipment makers have bid in a tender to supply 93 ...
Fashion designers foray into lifestyle products
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Seeking to cash in on a fast expanding fashion market, Indian designers are foraying into home linen, perfumes, bags and shoe lines after making a mark with their clothing lines. "The ...
Shilpa admits she doesn't really play violin in 'The Man'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- There were reports that Shilpa Shetty actually learnt to play the violin for Sunny Deol's "The Man", but the actress admits that she couldn't go beyond holding the musical instrument ...
Berggruen Hotels to expand operations in Morocco
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Berggruen Hotels, operator of Keys budget hotel chain in India, has signed a joint venture agreement with Filacom Pvt Ltd in Morocco to set up three and four-star hotels in that country ....
David Bowie's album tops gay album poll
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Rocker David Bowie's album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars" has topped a new gay album poll. According to contactmusic.com, the album was released in 1972 and ...
Aliens visited me, says Robbie Williams
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- British singer Robbie Williams claims that he was visited by an alien after he wrote a song about them. Contactmusic.com reports that Williams, 34, disclosed that a black light flew into his ...
Share markets fall for second day in succession
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Indian equity markets ended with losses Wednesday for the second day in succession on the back of weak global cues. Metal, realty and auto stocks drove the downslide. The markets started on ...
Big B comes to Jaya's defence
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Supporting his wife Jaya Bachchan in a controversy resulting from her desire to speak in Hindi - after which she was criticised by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) - Bollywood superstar Amitabh ...
Railways' Ahmedabad division collects Rs.7.3 mn in fines
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, Sept. 10 -- The Ahmedabad division of the Western Railway has recovered Rs.7.3 million in fines from 21,000 travellers for various offences in the last six months, a senior official said. In the ...
Equity markets start in the red again
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Indian equity markets, which opened lower Wednesday, stayed in the red in early trade. Metal, banking, pharma and capital goods stocks were under selling pressure. The 30-share benchmark ...
Rina Dhaka to represent India at London Fashion Week
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Popular designer Rina Dhaka is all set to represent India and showcase her collection at the prestigious London Fashion Week (LFW) exhibition scheduled Sep 14-19. The exhibition hosts 210 ...
My name was never Roshan: Shiney Ahuja
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja of "Gangster" fame has denied that his name was ever Roshan Ahuja and that he changed it to Shiney for his foray into filmdom. "I don't know where that has ...
National Commodity Exchange launches futures trading in coal
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- India's leading commodity futures exchange, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), Wednesday launched trading in thermal coal futures contracts, it said in a ...
Apple unveils revamped iPod range, market not enthused
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 10 -- Apple, the consumer electronics giant, has unveiled new versions of its popular iPod music player, but failed to deliver the surprises that finicky investors have come to expect from CEO Steve ...
Tide Water to appoint consultant for disinvestment
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Sept. 10 -- Lubricant manufacturer Tide Water Oil will appoint a consultant this week to start the process of disinvesting the 27 percent stake that parent firm Andrew Yule holds in it, a top company official ...
'Rigid controls keep investors away from ports, shipping'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Stringent regulations and procedural constraints have made the port and shipping sector the least attractive for investors, getting less than three percent of the outlay committed by the private ...
Mahindra Holidays to promote home stays in Kerala
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 10 -- Kerala has tied up with Mahindra Holidays and Resorts to promote home stays in the state, which faces an acute room shortage during peak tourist season, an official ...
Courtney Love defends friend Russell Brand
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Rocker Courtney Love is defending her friend, British comedian Russell Brand, after he was slammed for controversial statements as the host of the MTV Video Music Awards ...
Core infrastructure sector growth slips to 3.7 percent
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- India's core infrastructure industries like crude oil production logged a sluggish growth of 3.7 percent in April-July of the current fiscal against 6.6 percent in the last corresponding period, ...
Debutant director shoots entire film on Thai isle
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Many Bollywood filmmakers head to idyllic islands to shoot song sequences, but debutant director Yugander V.V. chose to shoot an entire feature film on a small island in Thailand. He says the tiny ...
Heather Mills loses role in 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Heather Mills, ex-wife of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney, lost a role in the US version of "Celebrity Apprentice" after demanding a clause in her contract guaranteeing a place in the ...
Equity markets stay in the red
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Indian equity markets stayed in the red early Wednesday. Realty, banking and capital goods stocks were under selling pressure. At noon, the 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock ...
Larsen and Toubro bags $160 mn contract from Brazil
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Construction and engineering major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Wednesday announced that it has bagged a $160 million contract from Brazilian oil giant Petrobras to supply equipment for its ...
Drunk Winehouse smuggled out of hotel inside a duvet
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse was so drunk after a performance that she was smuggled out of a hotel wrapped in a duvet. Thesun.co.uk reports that the 24-year-old singer was drinking ...
I won't return as Two Face in next 'Batman' movie: Eckhart
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Actor Aaron Eckhart, who played Two-Face in "The Dark Knight", says he will not return in the next movie. According to thesun.co.uk, Two Face fell to his death in the film, but rumours were ...
No love scene with Craig makes McDowall happy
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Actress Rachel McDowall is happy she doesn't have any sex scenes in the upcoming Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" because actor Daniel Craig reminds her of her father. Thesun.co.uk reports ...
Rice works the phone, US all out to win n-deal approval
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- The Bush administration launched "a full court press" to present the India-US civil nuclear deal to the Congress within the next 24 to 48 hours with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leading ...
New betstseller: 'Snake venom' anti-wrinkle cream
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- An anti-wrinkle face cream that mimics the venom of an Asian snake has become a bestseller, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported. The makers of Planet Skincare daily moisturiser say it ...
US offers India $170 mn deal for sale of 24 harpoon missiles
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- The US has offered India a $170 million deal for the sale of two dozen Harpoon air to ground anti-ship missiles to modernise its air force anti-surface warfare mission capabilities and improve ...
Scientists develop tool for quick analysis of water purity
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sept. 10 -- Researchers have developed a tool that analyses water purity within minutes, against the 20 to 48 hours required by existing methods. The tool will boost "water safety and reduce health ...
Immediate gratification stems from lack of self-control
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- Many of us would prefer immediate gratification than await a much larger reward years later - an impulsive behaviour that erodes self-control. Previous research linked higher ...
Move to a sustainable world: IUCN
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has called on the environmental movement to play a decisive role in planning and inspiring a transition to a world that sustains abundant ...
Pakistan president likely to meet Indian prime minister in New York
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 10 -- President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to meet the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the United States to attend the annual General Assembly session of the United Nations ...
Good bacteria has eczema on the run
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sept. 10 -- A probiotic supplement, applied to the affected part, significantly halted eczema in infants under two, according to a study. Researchers from Universities of Otago and Auckland ...
Combined treatment protects kidneys
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sept. 10 -- Joint control of blood pressure and blood glucose can cut down serious kidney complications by a third among patients with type 2 diabetes, says the findings of new research based on a study of ...
Berlin to have electric car 'filling stations'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 10 -- German automobile giant Daimler and utility company RWE would launch a network of 500 charging stations for electric cars in Berlin in 2009. Under the project, called "e-mobility Germany", ...
Good or bad crude, blame it on bacteria in oil reserves
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sept. 10 -- Good or bad crude, blame it on anaerobic bacteria in oil reservoirs deep below the earth's surface, according to the latest discovery. Anaerobic bacteria are those which grow in the absence ...
Researchers map Myanmar forests for wildlife
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- Wildlife Conservation Society researchers have built up a bank of valuable data on Myanmar's tiger population and other smaller, lesser known carnivores. These findings will help in the ...
'US engaging India on host of issues besides n-deal'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- The US is engaging India on a number of issues besides the India-US civil nuclear deal, the White House said as visiting Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony met his US counterpart Robert ...
US on 'full court press' to win n-deal approval
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- The Bush administration has launched "a full court press" to present the India-US civil nuclear deal to the Congress within the next two days, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leading ...
Subodh Gupta reinterprets 'Line of Control' in Beijing
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- A two month solo exhibition of India's hottest contemporary artist Subodh Gupta in Beijing, titled "Line of Control", presents an illuminating body of work, including installations, stainless ...
Hispanics support Obama in four crucial states: Poll
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- Some nine million Hispanics are eligible to vote in the Nov 4 presidential elections, and in four crucial states Latinos favour Democrat Barack Obama, EFE reported Wednesday quoting a ...
Tamil re-make of "Khosla Ka Ghosla' releasing Sep 12
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- After the successful run of Tamil and Telugu versions of 'Jodhaa Akbar' and 'Race', UTV is entering the Southern film market with gusto. Currently, it has a slate of five movies ...
'Bollywood cannot afford disruption of release schedule'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Bollywood is upset that the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), currently up in arms against the Bachchans, has threatened to hit it where it hurts the most - its takings at the ...
New blood test to confirm heart attacks within minutes
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- A new blood test will enable doctors to confirm heart attacks within minutes, instead of hours, prompting immediate treatment that could minimise damage to heart muscle. A study led by ...
McGrath urges Sydney residents to join breast cancer fun run
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sept. 10 -- Former Australian fast bowling great Glenn McGrath, who lost his wife to cancer in June this year, is urging Sydney residents to participate in a fun run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge this month ...
Excess of light can be polluting too
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- Excess of illumination at night can compromise sleep and cause problems for stargazing and animal health. Balancing public and private interests for lighting has been a difficult ...
Thought of 'reduced' pleasure makes teens avoid condoms
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- A fourth of the teenagers in the US will end up with a sexually transmitted disease because they prefer not to use condoms regularly, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ....
Now a helicopter with spinning disc instead of blades
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 10 -- The US defence department is funding a radical helicopter design called the DiscRotor that would have a spinning disc instead of conventional spinning rotor blades at high speeds. The ...
Depression remains undiagnosed in 50 percent of aged
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sept. 10 -- Clinical depression remains undiagnosed in half of the aged-care residents in nursing homes, according to a study by Deakin University School of Psychology. It found that 16.9 percent of ...
LTTE's intelligence headquarters bombed: Sri Lanka
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Sept. 10 -- Sri Lanka Wednesday said its air force fighter jets had bombed a suspected stronghold of the Tamil Tigers in the north, a day after the rebels denied the government's claim of shooting down one of ...
25 years on, Appiko forest movement sees success, challenges
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ponda (Goa), Sept. 10 -- Twenty-five years after the Appiko eco-awareness movement swept parts of south India, its leaders say they have seen a "lot of change" specially in the forest policy of ...
Pregnant women who eat fish have healthier infants
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 10 -- Pregnant women who eat fish are more likely to have healthier and more meritorious infants and also women who breastfeed their babies for longer periods, according to a study. "These ...
Prachanda not to ask India to stop Gorkha recruitment
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- When the Maoists were a guerrilla party and fought their 10-year 'People's War' to establish a secular Communist republic in the world's only Hindu kingdom, they had vowed to stop the recruitment ...
Rituparno Ghosh merges theatre and cinema in 'The Last Lear'
Sep 10, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Director Rituparno Ghosh's "The Last Lear" is shot in theatrical style and stars Amitabh Bachchan as a whimsical Shakespearean actor who is drawn into the world of movies. The film, which ...