Tokyo, Mar 14 (PTI) Radiation risks mounted in Japan
after a second hydrogen explosion rocked the quake-hit
Fukushima nuclear plant Monday leaving 11 workers injured and

New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) Japanese insurance firm Nippon
Life Insurance Company will acquire a 26 per cent stake in
Indian company Reliance Life Insurance for USD 680 million.

New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) After a gun-battle in the high
seas, the Indian Navy has apprehended a pirate mother ship
rescuing 13 crew members and arrested 61 Somali sea brigands

New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) Terming the rape and murder of
an Indian student in Australia as "unfortunate", External
Affairs Minister S M Krishna Monday said the government was

Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Mar 14 (PTI) A 24-year-old Indian student
has been found raped and murdered after her body was located

Cairo, Mar 13 (PTI) Libyan rebels on Sunday retreated
from the eastern oil town of Brega amid relentless pounding by
troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi who came under mounting

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) 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

Tokyo, Mar 13 (PTI) Japan battled hard on Sunday to
contain a looming nuclear crisis as it faced threats of
multiple meltdowns at three reactors damaged by the

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Mar 13 (PTI) Pakistani authorities have
declined an Indian request to send an inquiry commission to

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) Ready to extend all possible
help immediately to Japan, reeling under the devastation
caused by the massive earthquake and Tsunami, India is sending