Saturday, March 12, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Quake, tsunami tear through Japan
n Over 1,000 dead in biggest quake in Japan’s history
n 8.9 trembler triggers a 10-metre tsunami
n
80 fires break out
n Five nuclear plants shut down n Tsunami alert leads to evacuations in Pacific nations
n World offers assistance
Tokyo, March 11
A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan killed at least 1,000 persons along the northeastern coast on Friday after a wall of water swept away everything in its path.

Small tsunami in Philippines
World page: Tsunami alert across Pacific
Nation page: No tsunami threat to India
No casualties among Indians in Japan


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A massive tsunami sweeps in to engulf a residential area in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit the country on Friday.

A massive tsunami sweeps in to engulf a residential area in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit the country on Friday. — Reuters

Snub to ED, bail for Hasan Ali
Mumbai, March 11
Hasan Ali Khan, accused of being a hawala dealer, was today granted bail by a Mumbai court. While letting Khan go free, Special Judge ML Tahiliyani of the Sessions Court pulled up the Enforcement Directorate for not being able to establish the offence committed by Khan under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act under which he was arrested.

DMK chief’s wife, daughter grilled
Chennai, March 11
A day after AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa alleged that Congress leading the UPA government at the Centre had capitulated to the demand of Karunanidhi on CBI investigation, a special team of the investigation agency today landed at the Kalaignar TV office, situated at the DMK headquarters and questioned Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal and daughter Kanimozhi in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

Manoj-Babli Case
5 escape the gallows, two acquitted
Chandigarh, March 11
Five convicts in the Manoj-Babli honour killing case have escaped the gallows, but the policemen investigating the case are in the dock. Holding them guilty of being “hand in glove” with the “accused party”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered disciplinary action against them.

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