Monday, March 14, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Japan faces nuke nightmare
Risk of second blast at Fukushima reactor
17,000 evacuated near plant
Over 190 may have been exposed to radiation
Millions sans power, water
Fukushima, March 13
Japan fought on Sunday to avert a meltdown at three earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors, describing the massive quake and tsunami, which may have killed more than 10,000 people, as the nation’s biggest crisis since World War Two.

A person who is believed to be have been contaminated with radiation, wrapped with a blanket, is carried to ambulance at a radiation treatment centre in Nihonmatsu city in Fukushima prefecture on Sunday. — AFP

Centre Stage
Japan faces its worst catastrophe since World War II
After a cataclysm so powerful that it moved the Earth 10 inches off its axis, Japan woke to find itself a country that had, literally, been shunted two metres from where it was on Friday morning. (Details on Nation page)

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India-Japan nuclear deal in limbo?
New Delhi, March 13
The fate of the proposed India-Japan nuclear deal has become uncertain following radiation leak at an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan. India and Japan have been negotiating a nuclear agreement since June last year. (Details on Nation page)

Tibet House to decide on Dalai Lama’s resignation today
Dharamshala, March 13
The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile meets tomorrow and is expected to take up the declared wish of the Dalai Lama to relinquish his political powers. The deliberations assume significance because of the election of the ‘Tibetan Prime Minister’ slated for Sunday, March 20.

Gaddafi’s troops take Brega
Ajdabiyah, March 13
Muammar Gaddafi's troops seized the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega on Sunday forcing rebels to retreat under a heavy bombardment while world powers considered imposing a no-fly zone. (Details on World page)

Air India pilot held for forging marksheets to get licence
A worried DGCA sets in motion fresh scrutiny of licences of 4,000 pilots
New Delhi, March 13
An Air India pilot has been arrested in the capital for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence, the second pilot to be nabbed in the last four days, as a worried DGCA set in motion fresh scrutiny of licenses of nearly 4,000 pilots.

Jairam halts eco park in AP
Hyderabad, March 13
The environmental activism of Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has once again put him on a collision course with his own party’s government, this time in Andhra Pradesh.Jairam has waved a red flag to an ambitious eco-tourism project coming up in the posh Jubilee Hills area here.