The Hindustan Times back issues from Thursday, September 11:
'WALL' SUBIR CHOUDHURY IN A PITIABLE CONDITION
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 11 -- Football buffs of seventies and eighties may remember Subir Choudhury, the well -- ilt stopper of the famous Assam Police football team who was termed as the 'Wall' for his toughness and perfect ...
ORGANIC FARMING AND ITS IMPORTANCE
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 11 -- Developed countries of the world like the USA, Canada and Germany in their bid to increase food production and to export it to under developed nations-aiming at more and more income out of the ...
CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF JIHAD
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 11 -- There were no instances of suicide terrorism ahead of September 9, 2001 in Afghanistan.The first act of suicide terrorism reported from Afghanistan was the assassination of legendary Tajik leader Ahmed ...
FINANCING PAY-HIKE
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 11 -- Amidst repeated attempts by Reserve Bank of India sucking out excess liquidity from economy to weaken the banking system's credit-creating capacity through several instalments of hike in its Cash Reserve ...
LLB EXAM
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Sept 10 -- The LLB Intermediate examination, 2008 will commence in the second part of October, 2008.The last dates for submission of examination fees and ...
INFLUX ISSUE
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 11 -- DERGAON, Sept10 -- More than 5000 people, thronged the Raij Mel organised by AASU at Golaghat over illegal Bangladeshi ...
PAKISTAN'S NEW PRESIDENT
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 11 -- Asif Ali Zardari, 53, Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party and widower of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto has been sworn in as the 12th President of Pakistan after he was declared ...
Cairn to invest $113 mn for Mannar Basin oil hunt
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Sept. 11 -- Cairn Lanka, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn India, will invest $133 million (Rs.6 billion) on oil and natural gas exploration in the Mannar Basin off the north western coast of Sri Lanka, a ...
Canada to open new trade office in Gujarat
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Toronto, Sept. 11 -- The Canadian government has announced it would open a new trade office in Gujarat. The previous Liberal Party government had implicitly blacklisted Gujarat after the 2002 anti-Muslim ...
Gartner sees $110 bn Indian information technology market by 2012
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- End user spending on information technology (IT) in India is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8 percent from 2007 through 2012 to generate $110 billion (Rs.2.75 ...
After Singur, a pullout threat looms over Sangrur
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Sangrur (Punjab), Sept. 11 -- Singur in West Bengal and Sangrur in Punjab are similar sounding names, but the similarity does not end there. After Tata Motors threatened to pull out its Nano project from Singur ...
Bharti to start Sri Lankan operations by year-end
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Major telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Thursday said it would start operations in Sri Lanka by the end of this calendar year with $200 million already set aside for the ...
Buddha requests Infosys not to dump West Bengal
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, Sept. 11 -- The West Bengal government has urged IT major Infosys not to abandon plans to invest in the state because of the uncertainty over Tata Motors' Nano car project in Singur over a land acquisition ...
Small retailers to be trained to face big players
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- A leading traders' organisation has decided to start 500 schools to train small and independent retailers to help them meet challenges posed by the entry of big players into the retail ...
Tatas launch new Gateway Hotels brand
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) promoted by the Tatas, one of India's top business houses, announced here Thursday the launch of a new brand called "Gateway Hotels". "By 2011, we plan to ...
Bharti sets up Rs.2-bn fund to promote enterprise
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Thursday announced the launch of a fund to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the telecommunication sector. Called the Airtel Innovation ...
Shares of Ansal firms fall as brothers in custody
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- As brothers Sushil and Gopal Ansal were taken into custody here Thursday for what is known as the capital's Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case, the shares of their respective listed companies fell ...
India approves Rs.7.74 bn satellite navigation project
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The government Thursday gave its approval to a satellite-based navigation system, which would meet the growing air traffic and strengthen aviation navigation system. "The new navigation ...
Brides love to go traditional for wedding day: Meera Ali
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Though young girls love western attire, for wedding, brides love to go traditional, well known designer Meera Ali said. "Howsoever modern an Indian girl becomes, she is always traditional ...
Report on Chinese power equipment in 2 weeks
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- A report on the quality of Chinese power equipment entering India would be submitted to the government within two weeks, a senior official said here Thursday. According to Central ...
L.N. Mittal concludes India summit with 700 top executives
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- With $30 billion lined up for investments in his native country by steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, the Indian capital was host to Arcelor-Mittal group's second leadership summit where 700 top ...
Bharti to start Sri Lankan operations by year-end
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Thursday said it would start operations in Sri Lanka by the end of this calendar year. "Bharti Airtel is already in talks with the Sri Lankan ...
Computer sales growth dips in second quarter
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Personal computer (PC) sales in India grew 8.1 percent in the second quarter of 2008 over the corresponding period last year, but down from the 10 percent first quarter growth, a technology ...
Netcore, US firm tie up for events news on mobiles
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Mumbai-based Netcore Solutions has tied up with US-owned Buzzintown.com to provide news of events in metro cities to those mobile phone users who opt for it, a company statement said here ...
Equity market still in red early afternoon
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Indian equity markets continued to trade in the red Thursday afternoon. Realty, banking and capital goods stocks were under selling pressure. At 1:00 p.m., the 30-share benchmark index of ...
BBC Asian programmes head leaves for Sony TV India
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- BBC's Asian programmes head Gurdip Bhangoo is leaving for India as head of programming for Sony Entertainment Television in the country. Bhangoo, 37, was till now heading the BBC's Asian ...
Chocolate, tea combination for exquisite gastronomic experience
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Indian food lovers can look forward to enjoying a sinful combination of chocolate and exquisite tea with the coming together of a tea producer and a speciality restaurant in the national ...
Equity markets start in the red once more
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Indian equity markets, which opened lower Thursday following weak cues from other Asian markets, were in the red in early trade. Metal, banking, pharma and capital goods stocks were under selling ...
Markets end in red for the third straight day
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- For the third consecutive day, Indian equity markets closed with loss on the back of weak global cues. Oil and Gas, power, realty, capital goods, telecom and banking stocks dragged the markets down ....
The Kosi poison: crops gone, sand in fertile soil
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, Sept. 11 -- The Kosi river waters are receding, but the damage it has wrought on agricultural lands in Bihar is sinking in only now. Standing crops of paddy, banana and to some extent maize have been dealt a ...
3G trials in Delhi by September end
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The state-owned telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) will conduct trials of third generation (3G) services by the end of this month in Delhi and launch commercially in December, ...
Pakistan warns US against border incursions
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 11 -- Pakistan has rejected US claims that the rules of engagement gave the coalition forces in Afghanistan the right to enter its territory, saying the nation's sovereignty will be defended at all ...
Shahid Kapur injured six times on sets of 'Kaminay'
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Bollywood actor Shahid Kapur has suffered the maximum number of injuries so far on the sets of Vishal Bharadwaj's "Kaminay". "Shahid has got injured six times. First he had hurt his wrist ...
Malaysian Indian businessman now a senator
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 11 -- Malaysian Punjabi Business Chamber president Daljit Singh Dalliwal, who has been sworn in as a senator, says his appointment shows Sikhs are not neglected in this Southeast Asian ...
New website helps understand what teenagers are saying
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- A British charity has launched a website on 'teenglish' to make parents understand the jargon their children use in normal conversations. The jargon-buster website, Gotateenager.org.uk, ...
Johnny Depp and 'Pirates...' director team up again
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 11 -- Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski are teaming up for an animated film called "Rango". Set for a March 2011 release, according to the ...
Katy Perry obsessed with Leona Lewis
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- American singer Katy Perry says she is obsessed with British singer Leona Lewis. Perry talked to BBC radio before her debut concert in Britain last week and revealed her admiration for the ...
Lufthansa airlines reduces fuel surcharge
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Passengers flying from India to the US or Canada on Lufthansa aircraft can save up to $100 on each round-trip ticket as the carrier has reduced fuel surcharges on these routes. The ...
Jet Airways to serve Onam cuisine on flights
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 11 -- Jet Airways Thursday announced that all passengers flying from Kochi and Kozhikode airports will be served traditional Onam festival cuisine on their flights Friday. Keralites ...
It's only work for Malayalam superstar Mammootty
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kochi, Sept. 11 -- Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who is busy shooting for "Maya Bazaar" here, says he has so much work that he can't think of taking a break during this festive season. "Yes, I am on the ...
Adlabs brings digital 3D technology to its cinema chain
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Adlabs, part of Reliance ADA Group, announced here Thursday that it will premiere the 3D Hollywood movie "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in BIG Digital 3D for the first time at the Adlabs ...
Ramadan holiday may thwart Anwar Ibrahim's plan
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 11 -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has kept alive his plans to topple the government next Tuesday, but political observers say the Ramadan holiday for parliament could block these ...
Minister rules out imemdiate cut in air fares
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Even as aviation fuel prices have softened globally with some major international carriers cutting fuel surcharge, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Thursday said there was little possibility ...
'Dodgy' dossier partly to blame for failure of war against malaria
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- A 'dodgy' intelligence dossier is being blamed for losing the war against malaria, because it had argued that methods to tackle the disease in temperate countries would also work in the ...
Bush team confident Congress will approve India n-deal: Antony
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 11 -- The Bush administration appears confident of winning Congressional approval for the India-US civil nuclear deal, according to Defence Minister A.K. Antony who has just wrapped up a four-day ...
Kuwait parliament okays independent body on foreign labour
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sept. 11 -- Kuwait's parliament has approved a new proposal to set up an independent body to deal with issues relating to expatriate workers. The National Assembly, in its emergency session that extended ...
NTPC to set up thermal power project in Bihar
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The state-owned National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) Thursday said it has floated a joint venture with the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) for setting up a coal-based power project in that ...
Aviation regulator says it alone can't solve manmade problems
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Concerned over encroachment of airport lands and the imminent threat it posed to aircraft movement, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - the aviation industry regulator - Thursday ...
Robots will climb walls like the gecko
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 11 -- Researchers have developed a promising new adhesive that cleans itself after use without requiring water or chemicals, quite like the remarkable hairs found on the toes of the gecko, the common ...
Dhaka shuts four websites for cheating in 'seven wonders' race
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, Sept. 11 -- Bangladesh has closed down four websites accused of cheating to keep two of the country's best tourism destinations, Cox's Bazar and the Sundarbans, in the race for recognition as among the "Seven ...
Patients have to act 'tough' to get quality care
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 11 -- Sometimes patients have to act 'tough' with indifferent physicians to get the best of healthcare, as happened with Michelle Mayer. Mayer, who suffered long years from scleroderma, a ...
Recession to hit Britain this year: European Commission
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- Recession will hit Britain with its economy expected to shrink in the second half of this year, the European Commission (EC) has warned. If true, the country will be experiencing recession ...
Asian policewoman in Britain complains of racism
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- The London Metropolitan Police (Met) may face a racism charge once again, this time from a senior Asian woman officer who is claiming she is the target of racist bullying and ...
Khaleda Zia gets bail after a year in prison
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dhaka, Sept. 11 -- Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia was Thursday freed on bail after more than a year in jail on charges of corruption. A sessions court in Dhaka granted her bail for three months ...
Dhoni, Yuvraj receive ICC top honours
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sept. 11 -- India's One-Day International (ODI) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were among the recipients of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards 2008 presented here Wednesday night ....
Foreign interest surges in fourth Northeast Business Summit
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- With 12 foreign ambassadors scheduled to participate in the summit and a special session on Thailand-Indian business opportunities, the fourth Northeast Business Summit, to be held Sep 15-16 in ...
Central and South America world's most violent places
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Geneva, Sept. 11 -- In a world increasingly riven by violence, Central and South America are the most devastated by armed violence, where killings outside war zones are four times over the world average, say ...
Anne Hathaway takes break to solve personal problems
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 11 -- Actress Anne Hathaway, who has starred in such hits as "The Devil Wears Prada", is taking a break from showbiz to focus on her personal problems. According to contactmusic.com, Hathaway ...
India can borrow more from IMF now
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- India will be able to borrow more from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the government's decision to enhance the country's exposure in the Washington-based fund bank. The ...
Zardari to address parliament Sep 19
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 11 -- Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will address a joint session of parliament here Sep 19, as the contours of the ruling coalition are set to change. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ...
Commerce student survives 'Dadagiri', wins Rs.500,000
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- As Neil Periera, a commerce graduate from a Mumbai college, discovered, it pays to get bullied - at least on a television show. Periera entered arguably TV's meanest show "Dadagiri", ...
Bolivia expels US envoy, alleging anti-government activities
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. La Paz, Sept. 11 -- Bolivia has expelled US envoy Philip Goldberg for anti-government activities, Spain's EFE news agency reported. Goldberg is accused of conspiring with "separatist-minded" provincial ...
Delhi to host premiere of 'The Last Lear'
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Mumbai premiere of Amitabh Bachchan-starrer "The Last Lear" was cancelled, but Big B and the entire film crew are upbeat about the red carpet start the English film is scheduled to get here ...
Two Malaysian Indian footballers face penury, frustration
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 11 -- Former football international A. Ganeson is down on his luck, struggling to make both ends meet as he has failed to land a playing contract in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) this ...
Balthazar Getty's wife not filing for divorce
Sep 11, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 11 -- Actor Balthazar Getty's wife Rosetta Millington, who separated from him after his affair with actress Sienna Miller, is not taking the initiative to file the divorce fearing it will allow her ...