The Hindustan Times back issues from Wednesday, September 24:
OIL PRICING POLICY
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 24 -- The Government of India is presently facing two opposing pressure groups on its oil pricing policy- one to reduce or even remove fully the fuel subsidies and the other to reduce oil prices in the wake of ...
MESSAGE FROM NE BUSINESS SUMMIT
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 24 -- The 4th North East business summit ended in a very positive note which has brightened the prospect of exploring vast possibilities in the realm of trade and commerce in the region. But at the same time ...
RELEASED
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. DIPHU, Sept 23 -- The police today helped recover three youths- Anderson Rongphar, Tenjing Taro, Kamrul Islam Chaudhury, who were ...
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 24 -- Recognising the fact that low levels of education and literacy are crucial factors in the continued subordination of women, the National Policy on Education, 1986, emphasised on a positive ...
NORTH EAST NEEDS TO UPGRADE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 24 -- Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Every year about 6 percent of the world population cross international frontiers. According to a recent study, world tourism generates 15 ...
ROAD ACCIDENTS
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati Sept. 24 -- With road accidents emerging as one of the biggest killers in the country, taking a toll of over a lakh human lives annually, the time has come for the all concerned, including governments, policy-makers ...
Meira Kumar asks Chidambaram, Ahluwalia to ensure funds for SCs
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar has asked Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to ensure proper allocation of funds ...
MTNL to roll out 3G mobile services by year-end
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- State-owned telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Wednesday said it will roll out 3G mobile services by the end of this year. "The tender for 750,000 lines each in Delhi ...
Nooyi inaugurates first USIBC office in India
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Indra K. Nooyi, global chairman and chief executive of beverage giant PepsiCo, Wednesday inaugurated the first permanent office of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) here. The ...
Indian equities up ahead of the expiry of futures contracts
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- Indian equities moved up Wednesday, a day ahead of the expiry of futures contracts, even as the mood remained cautious on account of the turmoil in the global financial system and doubts over the US ...
Smart cards, machines taking banking to poor man's doorstep
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- A technology solutions firm promoted by, among others, ICICI Bank and the International Finance Corp (IFC) will start in India next month what are called micro deposit machines to take banking to ...
Tamil Nadu bank employees begin two-day strike
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai , Sept. 24 -- Around 60,000 bank employees in Tamil Nadu went on strike Wednesday as part of the two-day nationwide shutdown called by bank unions to protest the government's privatisation ...
Bahrain non-oil investment firm posts $651.9 mn net income
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Dubai, Sept. 24 -- Mumtalakat, the investment company of the Bahrain government, has announced that it posted net income of 245.8 million Bahraini dinars ($651.9 million) from the time it was formed in 2006 to the end ...
Indian IT sector sees limited impact of US meltdown
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, Sept. 24 -- The global financial meltdown following the collapse of US investment banks will have limited impact on the Indian IT sector in the short and medium terms, but poses a challenge in the long term, ...
India aims at 60,000 MW more hydropower by 2025
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, Sept. 24 -- Power-starved India is aiming to get 60,000 MW of additional electricity from hydro projects by 2025, most of it through domestic resources, the country's Minister of State for Power Jairam ...
Larson and Toubro bags Rs.50-bn orders in second quarter
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Construction and engineering major Larsen and Toubro Wednesday said it has bagged orders of about Rs.50 billion in the quarter ending Sep 30. The orders are for the construction of ...
Struggling Sri Lankan airline gets fresh lease of life
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Colombo, Sept. 24 -- Sri Lanka's state-owned budget airline, reeling under a colossal financial loss, is set to get a new lease of life with the government planning to procure six aircraft from China early next ...
Samsung launches high end Omnia phone in India
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Just when Apple's iPhone was dominating the Indian market in the high end mobile segment, Samsung mobile launched its future ready 3.5G (third generation and beyond) super phone, Omnia SGH-i900 ...
Malyasian-UAE consortium bags $500-mn Abu Dhabi project
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Abu Dhabi, Sept. 24 -- A consortium comprising Malaysian and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies has a bagged a 1.9 billion-dirham ($500 million) construction contract for a new residential and commercial ...
Labour minister apologises for remark on CEO killing
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- India's Labour and Employment Minister Wednesday rendered "apologies" for his remarks on the lynching of L.K. Choudhary, the CEO of the Indian subsidiary of an Italian firm by retrenched ...
Adlabs creates record in 2K digital movie screening
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- Adlabs Films Ltd, a part of the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), has crossed a milestone by having 10,000 movie screenings in 2K digital format since the process was launched in April ...
Greaves Cotton planning Rs.600 mn expansion
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Gummudipoondi (Tamil Nadu), Sept. 24 -- Engineering major Greaves Cotton Ltd will invest around Rs.600 million ($13 million) for expanding and upgrading its production facilities in India, a top official said ...
9.16 mn mobile subscribers added in August
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Indian telecom industry continues to record an upward trend with mobile operators adding 9.16 million subscribers in August, making India the second largest wireless market in the ...
Kerala SEZs hit roadblock
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 24 -- Ten applications for establishing special economic zones (SEZs) that the state committee of Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) had cleared last week failed to win cabinet ...
Markets close with gains on roll-over of futures trade
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- Indian equities markets closed marginally in the green Tuesday mainly on account of roll-over trade of futures contracts ahead of their expiry Thursday even as the mood remained subdued, analysts ...
West Bengal should sort out Singur issue: Nooyi
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- PepsiCo chairman Indra Nooyi Wednesday said the West Bengal government has to "sort out" the controversy over the Nano small car project in Singur to signal its intention to attract foreign ...
Killing of Italian firm CEO unfortunate: Kamal Nath
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath Wednesday termed the killing of an Italian firm's chief executive officer "unfortunate" and hoped it would not mar the country's "destination ...
Tatas start shifting equipment out of Nano factory
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Tata Motors has started moving key equipment from its small-car factory at Singur in what appears to signal the group's decision not to roll out the world's cheapest car Nano from West Bengal - at ...
'Indian aviation industry second biggest loser after US'
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- India's civil aviation industry is the second largest loser after the US due to the recession worldwide and the government can, indeed, help by hastening its decision-making process, says the ...
IBM unveils cloud computing centre for Indian enterprises
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, Sept. 24 -- Global IT major IBM Wednesday unveiled its cloud computing centre in India's IT hub here to host computing activities for enterprises, provide access to expertise and infrastructures for clients ...
Nooyi calls for India-US investment treaty
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- PepsiCo chairman Indra Nooyi Wednesday called for a bilateral investment treaty between India and the US to drive growth in trade relations. Speaking at a roundtable organised by the ...
New Yorkers would love to meet 'Sarah Palin', but not vote for her!
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 24 -- New Yorkers may be crazy about meeting U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, but not too many of them are in a mood to vote for her. This came to the fore when a ...
Sankararaman murder case hearing today
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Puducherry, Sept. 24 -- A Puducherry Sessions Court will today hear the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharyas, Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the main accused ....
Charlize Theron was 'deported from the US at 19 for being unpatriotic'
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Sept. 24 -- Charlize Theron has revealed that she was deported from the US at the age of 19, for being 'unpatriotic'. The South African-born Oscar winner was kicked out of the U.S. after a film ...
US denies drone shot down in Pakistan
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- The US has denied a Pakistan claim of shooting down an unmanned American drone in South Waziristan last night. "No such thing occurred," one senior US official said while denying the ...
Compounds that prevent nerve damage in Alzheimer's disease identified
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- In a study on fruit-flies, Duke University Medical Center scientists have found that a class of compounds, called transglutaminase inhibitors, could be used to develop better drugs for ...
'Magpie' Brown accused of stealing lines from Oz PM's speech
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Sep 24 -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has had to defend claims that he acted like a "magpie" by stealing lines from his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd in a key speech on Tuesday. Brown's ...
Zardari-Singh meeting may decide timeframe for cross LoC trade
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Sept. 24 -- A formal announcement about the dates of launching cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade in Kashmir is likely to be made after today's meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime ...
US Senate panel clears Indo-US Nuke deal
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- A US Senate panel has reportedly cleared the Indo-US Nuke deal with an overwhelming 19-2 vote. This has been described as a key hurdle cleared in the US ahead of the finalization of the deal, ...
New study on dog cancer may hold promise for humans too
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- A new study on a deadly cancer in dogs, called hemangiosarcoma, may not only help the canines, but will also have implications in finding the treatment for human form of the ...
Uttar Pradesh industries oppose tax hike
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Lucknow, Sept. 24 -- The decision to hike value added tax (VAT) and re-impose entry tax in Uttar Pradesh will sound the death knell for industry, angry industrialists and businessmen in the state said ...
Manmohan to meet Zardari, Wen Jiabao and World Bank President in New York today
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Sept. 24 -- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick here today on the sidelines of ...
"Big bang machine" shut down until spring 2009
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 24 -- Scientists have announced that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which aims to unravel the secrets of the Big Bang, will be closed down until spring 2009, as they work towards repairing a magnetic ...
'The Godfather' tops 'Best Films Of All Time' poll
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 24 -- Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Godfather' has been named 'The Best Film Of All Time' by directors. The film, starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, beat the likes of 'Gone with the Wind' and ...
Vacation of defence spectrum unlikely
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Allocation for fresh spectrum from the defence sector for operation of second generation (2G) services appears bleak, according to a senior government official. "Defence also does not ...
Sarah Palin lookalike TV news anchor receives hate mails from viewers
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Sept. 24 -- A television news anchor who looks like Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has revealed that she's been getting 'hate mail and nasty phone calls' from viewers who think she's ...
Freddie Mac did pay millions to McCain aide's firm despite denial: NYT
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sep 24 -- Freddie Mac, one of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis, paid 15,000 dollars to a firm owned by John McCain's campaign manager despite earlier claims by Republican ...
Two-day nationwide bank strike from today
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- Over nine lakh bank employees are going on a two-day strike from today demanding settlement of issues like wage revision and termination of job outsourcing in banking sector among other ...
US economic crisis will not affect India: Montek Ahluwalia
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Onboard Air India One, Sept. 24 -- While India Incorporated pundits are worrying about the spillover effect of the sub-prime crisis in the United States; the Indian Government believes the recent economic meltdown ...
Twenty petrochemical companies to be privatized in Iran
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Nicosia, Sept. 24 -- Gholamhossein Nejabat, Managing Director of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) of Iran, has said that 20 subsidiaries of NPC have been earmarked for privatization. He added that so ...
India will have 200 mn rural telecom connections by 2012: Raja
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The government Wednesday expressed concern over the divide between the urban and rural areas in terms of telecom connectivity, and said the country would have 200 million rural telecom ...
Mamata demands CBI probe into cheque distribution in Singur
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the distribution of compensation cheques by the West Bengal government among ...
US Defence Secretary says unilateral strikes inside Pak justified
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has reportedly said that the US was justified under international law in conducting unilateral military operations inside Pakistan to protect American ...
Metallica nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 24 -- Rock band Metallica have been nominated for next year's hall of fame class, along with Run DMC, The Stooges, the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced. Guitarist Jeff ...
US set to deploy 15,000 troops marking biggest military reinforcement in Afghanistan
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 24 -- The US said today that an additional 14,000 troops could soon be deployed in Afghanistan, signaling the biggest military reinforcement in the country since the war began. US Defence ...
Vacation of defence spectrum for civilian use unlikely
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Prospects of allocation of fresh spectrum from the defence sector for second-generation (2G) services appear bleak, according to a senior government official. "Defence does not have much ...
Now, a computer software that can tell age just by looking at your face!
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- Women who're not comfortable revealing their age should stay miles away from University of Illinois-developed computer software that reveals a person's age just by looking at his or her ...
Jailed radical preacher Hamza's jihadi poem appears on YouTube
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sep 24 -- Jailed radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza's poem glorifying martyrdom has suddenly appeared on YouTube. Hamza, serving seven years in London's top-security Belmarsh Prison, delivers nine ...
America's smallest dinosaur discovered
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- A scientist has claimed the discovery of America's smallest dinosaur, based on the analysis of bones found during the excavation of an ancient bone bed near Red Deer, Alberta, ...
Over 800,000 bank employees strike work across India
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- More than 800,000 bank employees from 50,000 branches across India started a two-day strike Wednesday to oppose privatisation, merger and acquisition of state-owned banks. Reports from ...
Dark chocolate may keep heart disease at bay
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- Chocolate has already been linked to many health benefits, and now, a group of scientists has given chocoholics another reason to savour their favourite sweet by suggesting that dark chocolate ...
Crude prices may go over $115 per barrel: Industry lobby
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Crude price, currently hovering around $107 a barrel, will cross $115 in the latter part of the current fiscal, according to an estimate by an industry lobby. In a report released ...
First Chinese astronaut to walk in space on Friday
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The first Chinese astronaut is likely to walk in space on Friday, a day after spacecraft Shenzhou VII lifts off. The historic moment will be broadcast live across the world, said Cui ...
Michael Phelps' cameo in 'Grey's Anatomy' spoof
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Sept. 24 -- Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps displayed some acting skills in the spoof for 'Grey's Anatomy'. The show's new season is inserted with a scene where a new doctor, played by Phelps, is ...
Antioxidant deficiency contributes to pulmonary hypertension
Sep 24, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Sept. 24 -- Researchers from Cleveland Clinic have found that deficiency of antioxidants in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the lungs may contribute to pulmonary ...