Japan: More radiation found near N-plant

Grappling with Japan's worst atomic crisis, workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday kept removing highly toxic water from a reactor as a new test showed the radiation levels in......

AI brings back over 1,600 Indians from Japan

With 337 more persons arriving on Friday, Air India has brought over 1,600 Indians from quake-hit Japan and has carried over 25 tonnes of relief material, including 20,000 blankets, to that......

US readies for relief mission in tsunami-hit Japan

United States President Barack Obama on Friday telephoned Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to discuss the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan and killed over 360 people, as the Pentagon......

Sinking hopes in the Korean peninsula

As it stands now, the ChonAn incident will perhaps come to pass without a major fallout. However, as and when young Kim Jong Un ascends to power in North Korea a period of greater assertiveness may......

Ailing Roddick exits, Nadal and Federer advance

Defending champion Andy Roddick made a shock early exit from the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday, suffering a second round loss to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 7-6. The world number eight, struggled......

Indian luger Keshavan keen for top-20 finish

A stress fracture in his back threatened to come in the way but fit-again Indian lugeathlete Shiva Keshavan is all set to represent the country for the fourth time in the Winter Olympics this......

Lotus reject Sato, eye Trulli, Kovalainen

The new Malaysian-backed Lotus team have dashed Takuma Sato's hopes of a Formula One comeback with them next year, the Japanese driver's management said on Sunday."We know Taku has not got Lotus,......