His party had some days ago pointed out the need for a new debate on nuclear energy in India in the light of the crisis in Japan.

From supporting the India-US nuclear deal and slamming the Left on it, the Shiv Sena is now protesting against the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra

You really have to hand it to the nuclear industry. In any other sphere of the economy, a major industrial disaster is likely to have adverse, long-term financial consequences for the company or companies whose product or activity was involved in the accident, regardless of actual cause or legal liability.

Workers employed at the Jaitapur nuclear power project site at Madban village have fled after the violent incidents on April 18 when a mob damaged equipment and indulged in arson.

A Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) spokesperson on Thursday told The Hindu on the phone that workers have left since the situation was not conducive to staying there.

Two days after Tabrez Sayekar was killed in police firing near Jaitapur, the deadlock between the villagers and local authorities ended on Wednesday afternoon following which the villagers accepted the victim

As the ruling Congress-NCP accuses the Shiv Sena for

Paris: French energy group Areva expects to sign the commercial agreement with staterun Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for supply of nuclear reactors by the middle of 2011 and is ready to answer any questions that Indian authorities may have over safety, its chief operating officer has said.

Luc Oursel said the company is taking into consideration lessons from Fukushima but no o

Police caned protesters and imposed an indefinite curfew in Ratnagiri town in the Konkan region of Maharashtra as tension mounted Tuesday, a day after a local fisherman who was part of a mob rioting against the nuclear power project in Jaitapur, was shot dead by police.

Tabrez Tehekar of Nate village was killed in the firing Monday afternoon.

The protests over a nuclear power plant in Jaitapur, which claimed one life yesterday and erupted in street clashes and stone-throwing today, appears to be driven by a local political impulse

A day after one person was killed in police firing during a protest against the proposed nuclear plant in Jaitapur, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said his Ministry could not be blamed for the incident. He accused the Shiv Sena of politicising the issue.