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  A Week After Quake, Japan's Leader Vows To Rebuild

  World | March 19, 2011 8:59 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 19: One week after an earthquake and tsunami spawned a nuclear crisis, the Japanese government conceded it was slow to respond to the disaster and welcomed ever-growing help from the United States in

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  Japan Warns Of 2nd Explosion At N-Plant; Toll Cross 10,000

  World | March 13, 2011 18:02 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 13: Japan today warned of another explosion at Fukushima plant as it battled hard to avert multiple meltdowns at two of its nuclear reactors damaged by the devastating tsunami triggered earthquake amid fears

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  No Radioactive Leaks At Tohoku Nuke Plants

  World | March 11, 2011 14:49 IST

  Tokyo, March 11 : The Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has said no abnormal levels of radiation have been reported at four nuclear power plants in the quake-hit Tohoku region. Tokyo-based NHK news agency

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  Pak In Damage Control Mode

  World | November 29, 2010 21:08 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 29: Pakistan today criticised Wikileak's release of secret US diplomatic cables which raise concerns that radioactive material in nuclear power stations could be used in terror attacks and cast a shadow on its

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  India Won't Amend Nuclear Liability Bill'

  India | October 24, 2010 22:22 IST

  India on Sunday, categorically ruled out any change in the Nuclear Liability Act as a precursor to United States President Barack Obama's maiden visit to India that begins on November 5.Sources here said that India

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  Iran's Nuclear Plant To Start Operations

  World | August 21, 2010 17:02 IST

  Tehran:  Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a major milestone as Tehran forges ahead with its atomic programme despite UN Sanctions.The weeklong operation to load uranium

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  US Hints At Possible Nuclear Deal With Pakistan

  World | July 22, 2010 12:52 IST

  The United States has promised to work with Pakistan on the civil nuclear energy front and try to overcome the 'obstacles' that come in the way, as it seeks clarifications from Beijing over its atomic

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  India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Agni-I Ballistic Missile

  India | March 28, 2010 17:40 IST

  India on Sunday  successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable, 700-km range ballistic missile Agni-I from Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast, a day after launching two other short-range missiles. "It was a fantastic mission carried out by

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  US Nuclear Team Already In Islamabad, Says Journalist Seymour Hersh

  World | November 16, 2009 10:26 IST

  Pulitzer prize winning American journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed that an elite US special forces squad which operates covertly and includes terrorism and non-proliferation experts from the US intelligence community — the Pentagon, the FBI,

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  Pak Gives US A Peep Into Its Nuclear Arsenal, Reveals Seymour Hersh

  World | November 10, 2009 16:27 IST

  The Obama administration has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistan army,  the influential magazine ‘The New Yorker' says in a detailed report by world famous Pulitzer prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh, published in

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  Are Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Really Safe?

  World | October 13, 2009 15:41 IST

  An audacious weekend assault by Islamic militants on Pakistan's army headquarters is again raising fears of an insurgent attack on the country's nuclear weapons installation. Pakistan has sought to protect its nuclear weapons from attack

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  Nkorea Willing To Return To Nuclear Talks

  World | October 06, 2009 10:02 IST

  North Korea on tuesday expressed willingness to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations it quit six months ago, but only after it talks directly to the United States to improve "hostile relations".  Leader Kim Jong-Il

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  UN Atomic Chief In Iran For Talks On New Nuclear Plant

  World | October 04, 2009 2:31 IST

  The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog arrived in Tehran on Saturday to pave the way for a visit by UN inspectors to Iran's new uranium enrichment plant at the holy city of Qom,

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  PM Worried Over Threat Of Nuclear Terrorism

  India | September 29, 2009 7:46 IST

  Maintaining that the spectre of nuclear terrorism is a formidable challenge, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday supported strengthening of global efforts in improving nuclear security and welcomed US President Barack Obama's initiative to hold

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  Iran Fires Long-Range Missile

  World | September 28, 2009 10:18 IST

  Iran on Monday said it has successfully test-fired the longest-range missiles in its arsenal, weapons capable of carrying a warhead and striking Israel, US military bases in the Middle East, and parts of Europe.  English-language