The Hindustan Times back issues from Tuesday, October 28:
SELECTIVE HIRING GOES ON IN IT, DESPITE MELTDOWN
Oct 28, 2008 ... Ruchi Hajela Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Amid fears of a global recession and layoffs that are yet to unfold selective hiring across information technology firms continues, underlining the diversity of the sector in which programming and design cater to a wide ...
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN CREDIT CRUNCH
Oct 28, 2008 ... Gaurav Choudhury and Samiran Saha Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- The global economic crisis is threatening to delay several infrastructure projects by many months as developers struggle to raise capital to fund the projects. A government report said 234 out of 515 ...
RING IN THE NEW YEAR, BY HINDU CALENDAR, WRING OUT THE OLD
Oct 28, 2008 ... HT Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Samvat 2064 - the beginning of Hindu calendar year - had an inauspicious beginning. The 151-point fall on the Muhurat (an auspicious moment or time to begin an activity) trading day on November 9, 2007, the first in 10 years, ...
SANGH LINK TO MALEGAON
Oct 28, 2008 ... HT Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- IT'S BECOMING difficult for the Sangh Parivar to distance itself from the Malegaon and Modasa blasts as more of its people and organisations are arrested or named for involvement by Maharashtra police investigators.The Maharashtra ...
CRACKER-SELLERS STRIKE GOLD WITH LAST MINUTE SALES, HIGH PRICES
Oct 28, 2008 ... Tanya Ashreena Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Amid all the talk of market meltdown and bad sales this Diwali, the few shopkeepers selling firecrackers were a happy lot on the eve of Diwali.Delhi Police first delayed the issue of licences to sell firecrackers and ...
MISSION ADMISSION
Oct 28, 2008 ... Swaha Sahoo Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- A prominent school has decided to sell admission forms on only one day - November 15 - for only four-and-a-half hours - from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. As if the usual pains of admitting a child to school were not enough, ...
FASHION IS A WORK OF FICTION: BHANDARKAR
Oct 28, 2008 ... Tanya Ashreena Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Claiming THAT Madhur Bhandarkar based one of the characters in his film Fashion on former model Geetanjali Nagpal, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) summoned the director on Monday."I found several media reports ...
TWO GROUPS CLASH OVER FOOD; 1 KILLED
Oct 28, 2008 ... Peeyush Khandelwal Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- A spat between two groups of people over who would be served food first turned violent at a restaurant in Nandgram area of Ghaziabad late Sunday night, leading to the death of one person. Two others were seriously ...
RECOVERY AGENTS 'THRASH' FAMILY, NEIGHBOURS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Peeyush Khandelwal Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- A gang of toughs, acting as recovery agents for a bank, allegedly thrashed the family and neighbours of a Sahibabad-based travel operator after he defaulted on the October instalment of his personal loan.So brutal ...
ENCOUNTER OR MURDER?
Oct 28, 2008 ... HT Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called the killing of the Patna youth, Rahul Raj, an "overreaction of Mumbai police".Rahul was killed in an encounter inside a bus near Bailbazar area in the eastern suburb of Kurla in Mumbai on ...
ARREST WARRANT ISSUED AGAINST ASHOK TODI
Oct 28, 2008 ... Deepak Prahladka Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- The 14th Metropolitan Magistrate here has issued non-bailable arrest warrants on Monday against industrialist Ashok Todi, his brother Pradip Todi and their cousin Anil Saraogi, as they did not appear personally in ...
SMUGGLING RIDES A CYCLE TO NEPAL
Oct 28, 2008 ... Rajesh Kumar Singh Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- AWAY FROM the eyes of the border guards and police, thousands of cycles pour across the Indo-Nepal border every day, carrying fertilizer bags, garments, spices, milk, petroleum products, LPG cylinders - you name it, ...
SCHOOLKIDS DEAL WITH MELTDOWN
Oct 28, 2008 ... Kiran Wadhwa Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Pratik Ramchandani, 13, has decided not to splurge on crackers this year. Instead, he wants to use the money to contribute towards his school fees. Snigdha Datta, 16, has given up on burgers and multiplexes after she made ...
ON DIWALI, NASIR'S PLEA IS TO WATCH TV IN JAIL
Oct 28, 2008 ... Harjinder Sidhu Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- EVEN AS other inmates were happily celebrating Diwali, Pakistani teenager Nasir Sultan was lost in thoughts about his family members."Just the thought of separation from my mother, father and three brothers makes me ...
'AGGRESSIVE' KULKARNI WAS UNPOPULAR
Oct 28, 2008 ... Satyajit Joshi Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Sameer Kulkarni, picked up by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in connection with the Malegaon blasts on Saturday, was a known but not a popular name in Pune's saffron circles, because of his aggressive nature ....
GOGOI TO LAUNCH WASTE MANGEMENT PROJECT
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- Scientific disposal of the city's garbage is set to become a reality with the formal launching of the much-awaited integrated solid waste management project tomorrow. Conceived under the 'waste to energy' ...
BANDH CALL
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. SILAPATHAR, Oct 28 -- The Janaghostiya Chatra Aikya Mancha has called a 96-hour Dhemaji district bandh from Nov 3, 5 am to Nov 7, 5 am in protest against the inclusion of non-Mising ...
GOVT BLAMED FOR DELAY IN ARRESTING CULPRITS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- Boro Women's Justice Forum and Koch-Rajbongshi Mahila Samity have held the Assam Government squarely responsible for the delay in arresting those involved in the recent rape of two women in Bhalukmari, ...
MOVE TO REVIVE ABANDONED AIRSTRIPS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- A number of airstrips from the British days are lying unused in different parts of Assam, particularly in the upper Assam districts and the possibility of using the same for improving connectivity is ...
SEVERE EROSION AT ROHMORIA
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. DIBRUGARH, Oct 28 -- A sudden wave of surging Brahmaputra water last night around the Rohmoria segment has reportedly triggered a fresh spate of erosion in the area, taking down almost 200 metres of agricultural land along ...
STATE CELEBRATES DIWALI
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated with pomp and gaiety across the State along with the rest of the country. The entire State, especially the city, today wore a festive look with traditional ...
POBITORA TO OPEN ON OCT 31
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. MORIGAON, Oct 28 -- Pobitora wildlife sanctury which is situated in the western part of Morigaon district will be opened on October 31 both for foreign and domestic tourist. It may be mentioned here that the devastating ...
NEITCO'S FATE HANGS IN BALANCE
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. NEW DELHI, Oct 28 -- The fate of the sick North Eastern Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation (NEITCO) hangs in balance as the IDBI Bank has moved the Union Government to direct the North Eastern Council (NEC) to ...
CITIZENS URGED TO RALLY BEHIND ASAM SAHITYA SABHA
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- Guwahati Sahitya Kanan, a premier literary organisation of the city, had its 300th sitting on October 26 at Swahid Bhawan under the presidentship of Samaj Hitaishi Khanindra Chandra Das, a press release ...
SINGING COMPETITION BY MADHUKUNJA MAHILA SORA
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- Madhukunja Mahila Sora, a women's socio-cultural organisation, organised a singing competition of old modern Assamese songs for ladies above 25 years of age on October 26, a press release said.The ...
2-DAY ADESA CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT HOJAI FROM NOV 8
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- The Assam Diploma Engineers' Service Association with a membership strength of 7000 junior engineers, junior architects of 15 departments working under PWD, WRD, Irrigation, PHE, Panchayat and Rural Dev., ...
IMPOSTER HELD
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- Apurva Deka (22), a resident of city's Motghoria area was today arrested by the city for allegedly serving an extortion note ...
MINISTER'S ASSURANCE TO SMALL NEWSPAPERS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- A delegation representing the All Assam Small Newspapers' Association led by its general secretary Birinchi Kumar Sarma called on Rockybul Hussain, Minister for Information and Public Relations on ...
PNB EMPLOYEES THREATEN TO INTENSIFY AGITATION
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- In the backdrop of alleged apathy of the zonal authorities of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) towards the North East, the employees of the bank under the banner of Punjab National Bank Employees' Union (NE ...
CONG TODAY IS A FIEFDOM: AGP
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) reiterated that the ruling Congress did not represent the Congress of yore that led the Indian people in the freedom struggle. The present Congress is only the fiefdom of a ...
BJYM FLAYS GOVT MOVE ON BEAUTIFICATION
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. GUWAHATI, Oct 28 -- The Bharatiya Janata Yuba Morcha (BJYM), Assam Pradesh on Tuesday said that the Government instead of concentrating on 'frivolous' acts like getting the compound walls of Government buildings painted by ...
KSU CLOSES DOWN MOSQUE
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. SHILLONG, Oct 28 -- Continuing its drive against illegal Bangladeshi migrants, the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) on Monday closed down a mosque in Jaintia Hills district, believed to be a 'safe haven' for illegal ...
PROTEST OVER NON-COMPLETION OF BRIDGE
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. RANGIYA, Oct 28 -- Local people led by students on October 21 protested against the non-completion of a concrete bridge near Manikijan, connecting Kendukona-Samukha PWD road under the Rangiya sub-division.Staging a dharna ...
SANDHIKHYAN RELEASED
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. DOOMDOOMA, Oct 28 -- The first issue of the monthly journal published by the ceasefire group of ULFA, Sandhikhyan was formally released on Saturday by Bhupen Saikia, principal of Dibrugarh Law College at a public meeting ...
ACUTE SHORTAGE OF LPG IN BARPETA SUBDIVISION
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. BARPETA, Oct 28 -- The people of Barpeta subdivision are facing a huge shortage of cooking gas. Till the other day, IOC dealer M/s Lakshmi Gas Agency in Barpeta was the lone distributor for LPG in the subdivision. Their wide ...
SEMINAR ON SATRA, SATRIYA CULTURE AT JAGARA SATRA
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. NALBARI, Oct 28 -- The Asom Satra Mahasabha in association with the Sri Sri Jagara Satra is organising a two-day-long seminar and cultural meet at Jagara Satra in Nalbari district on November 8 and 9.The two-day programme ...
'RECENT RIOTS A PLOY TO CREATE SPACE FOR ALIENS'
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. DUDHNOI, Oct 28 -- Taking serious note of hoisting of Pakistani flags in the trouble-torn Darrang and Udalguri districts during the recent incidence of ethnic violence, Dipankar Nath, education and cultural secretary of ...
MAYARAM TAMULI REMEMBERED
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. RANGIYA, Oct 28 -- The Mayaram Tamuli memorial lecture was held under the banner of Kamrup District Journalists' Association (KDJA) at Guwahati Press Club on October 19 last. In the meet chaired by KDJA president Paresh ...
SISHU BIKASH SAMAROH CONCLUDES
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. AZARA, Oct 28 -- As in the previous years, Gramya Sishu Bikash Parishad, Assam and Arohan Artistes' Guild jointly organised a State level sishu bikash samaroh with a two-day programme from October 18 at the Srimanta ...
TEACHERS OF UNPROVINCIALISED SCHOOLS LIVING IN PENURY
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. KALGACHIA, Oct 28 -- With the State Government not provincialising the venture schools, various sections of people have expressed strong resentment. As in other places of the State, the local people of Jania LAC under ...
POETS' MEET HELD AT RANGIYA
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. RANGIYA, Oct 28 -- Under the aegis of Raijmel Kalakendra and Swar Gosthi, a socio-cultural unit of the locality, a Kabi Sanmillan titled Akahsat kahuar aak baak was organised here at Raijmel Krishak Swahid Bhavan ...
3 ARRESTED IN SEPARATE CASES
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. DERGAON, Oct 28 -- Three persons were arrested in connection with two separate cases by Dergaon police recently. According to police, one Janmoni Saikia of Bongalgaon under Dergaon PS was arrested for allegedly killing a ...
SAY THANK YOU
Oct 28, 2008 ... Jaya Shroff Bhalla Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Fireman Virender Singh hasn't celebrated Diwali with his family since 1991. He is on duty this day every year. So is the case with Deputy Chief Fire Officer A.K. Sharma of central fire station at Connaught Place. He ...
RADIOACTIVE LIFT BUTTONS TRACED TO A PUNE UNIT
Oct 28, 2008 ... Chetan Chauhan Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- THE ATOMIC Energy Regulatory Board has traced to a Pune unit the lift buttons that were removed from hundreds of elevators in France after they were found to be radioactive. The source of scrap is yet to be found.Last ...
AMID ALLEGATIONS, BJP, RSS SWING FROM DISBELIEF TO DENIAL
Oct 28, 2008 ... Shekhar Iyer Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- THE TOP echelons of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were either in a state of disbelief or self-denial on Monday.The mood was a carry over from last week, when the police said they ...
ORISSA TRIBALS TO TAKE ON NAXALS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Soumyajit Pattnaik Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- THE ORISSA government on Monday issued a notification for recruiting 2,000 Adivasi youths from five-Naxal infested districts to fight the insurgents. Only candidates from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) will be recruited ...
PADUKONE'S UNDERSTUDY READY TO SHED MANTLE OF JUNIOR
Oct 28, 2008 ... Anupma Tripathi Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- Zulkarnain Bin Zainuddin gasping for breath. As a result, the Malaysian succumbed to hand Prakash a well-fought win in the semifinal of the World Junior Badminton Championships.For Prakash, 18, the event is of great ...
STATE TOLD TO LIST ULTRA HINDU GROUPS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Nandini R. Iyer Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- CENTRAL agencies on Monday asked the state police to forward all information about the activities of Hindu extremist groups in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Minister of State for Home Affairs Shakeel Ahmed only said while ...
125 FLIGHTS CANCELLED SO FAR THIS MONTH
Oct 28, 2008 ... Sidhartha Roy Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 28 -- If you are planning to fly to a non-metro city like Indore, Bhopal or Nagpur, it would be good idea to also book a train ticket as back up.Due to a dip in air traffic, airlines are regularly cancelling flights and ...
"90 PC OF AMERICAN-MUSLIMS TO VOTE FOR OBAMA"
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): A prominent Muslim leader in the US has claimed that about 90 percent of American Muslims are expected to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in the November 4 poll.But, ...
SENIOR PPP LEADER WARNS MUSHARRAF AGAINST ENTERING ACTIVE POLITICS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): A prominent PPP leader has opposed former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's moves to enter into active politics by heading the erstwhile ruling party the - PML-Q, saying that if he ...
WORKSHOP ON DISASTER REDUCTION TO BE HELD FROM WEDNESDAY
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): The first partnership development workshop under the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) South-South Cooperation Programme will be held here from tomorrow.The ...
HINDU BOY RESCUED FROM PAK TALIBAN IN MOHMAND AGENCY
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Mardan (Pakistan), Oct. 28 -- (ANI): A Hindu boy kidnapped by the Pakistan unit of the Taliban - the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) was reportedly rescued by the Mardan Police, here late on Sunday night.The TTP had abducted ...
US EXPERT WARNS UNILATERAL STRIKES "THREATEN CO-OP WITH PAK"
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): A leading US expert on South Asia has warned the Bush administration's policy against carrying out military strikes in Pakistan as, according to him, it "threatened co-operation between ...
PAK FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS TERRORISM A COMMON ENEMY FOR ISLAMABAD, KABUL
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has reportedly said that Islamabad and Kabul faced a common enemy in the form of terrorism, and that negotiations and reconciliation were ...
TWO ARRESTED IN PLOT TO KILL OBAMA, OTHER BLACKS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Federal authorities in Tennessee have announced that they had arrested two alleged White supremacists who reportedly were planning a killing spree that would end with the assassination of ...
WARNE OFFERS LEE ADVICE ON HOW TO STAY FOCUSED FOLLOWING SPLIT FROM WIFE
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Former Aussie bowler Shane Warne has said that fast bowler Bret Lee, who is going through a lean patch against India with just four wickets at an average of 59.25 in first two Tests, would be ...
RONALDO NAMED FIFPRO WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Manchester winger Cristiano Ronaldo has been named FifPro World Footballer of the Year.The Portugal international, who is also the favourite to be named European and FIFA World Player of the ...
SOLAR SYSTEM'S 'YOUNGER TWIN' FOUND TO HAVE TWO ROCKY ASTEROID BELTS
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Astronomers have discovered that the nearby star Epsilon Eridani, which can be considered as our solar system's younger twin, has two rocky asteroid belts, and an outer icy ring, making ...
ASHLEY OLSEN BLAMES THE PAPARAZZI FOR MAKING HER A NERVOUS "WRECK"
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): American actress Ashley Olsen has lashed out at the paparazzi and blames aggressive photographers for turning her into a nervous "wreck".Olsen, 22, finds that being of a small stature ...
BEN AFFLECK BLAMES MEDIA GLARE FOR BREAK UP WITH JENNIFER LOPEZ
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): American actor Ben Affleck has opened up about his relationship and high-profile engagement to actress Jennifer Lopez.Affleck, who insists that they had been "too accessible" to the ...
NOW, SCROLL IN THIN AIR TO CONTROL YOUR CELL PHONE
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Microsoft researchers have developed a system called SideSight that can allow a mobile phone user to control a handset placed on a table by wiggling his/her fingers in the space around it.The ...
AUSSIE COACH BACKS 'CHAMPION' LEE TO BOUNCE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE IN DELHI
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Australian coach Troy Cooley has backed Brett Lee to bounce back, calling him a "champion" for his persistence in the ongoing Test matches despite personal strife, which has won him the ...
GREG NORMAN'S EX-WIFE SQUARELY BLAMES CHRIS EVERT FOR THEIR SPLIT
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Aussie professional golfer Greg Norman's ex-wife Laura Andrassy has blamed his friendship with former tennis player Chris Evert as being the cause of the break up of their marriage.She ...
VITAMIN E, SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTS DO NOT PREVENT PROSTATE CANCER
Oct 28, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Oct. 28 -- (ANI): Doctors trying to determine Vitamin E and the mineral selenium's efficacy in preventing prostate cancer are finally asking patients to stop taking the pills, claiming that they do not ...