Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks, a report revealed on Monday.

Showing no signs of relenting, Anna Hazare on Monday said he will go ahead with his three-day fast in Mumbai from tomorrow against a "weak" Lokpal Bill with his team raising the pitch for an independent probe agency for the ombudsman saying it was "non-negotiable" even as government asked him to wait till Parliament decides on the legislation.

Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill has nominated himself for the Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction in February, following his return to Twenty20 cricket after eight years.

Anna Hazare on Monday prepared to take on the UPA government over his insistence on a strong Lokpal with a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai starting on Tuesday but he came under attack from the political class which dubbed him impatient and his protest premature.

Health and medical services were crippled across the state with government doctors going on strike and resident doctors at the medical college hospitals joining them. The state government toughened its stand on medical strikes and employed doctors provided by the Army, BSF, railways and Central government departments.

The CBI grilled key suspect Sahiram Bishnoi in Bhanwari Devi case on Saturday while the CBI court in Jodhpur has extended the judicial custody of sacked minister Mahipal Maderna and Parasram Bishnoi till January 6. A section of Jat leaders, meanwhile, came openly in support of Maderna and questioned the decision to handing over probe to the CBI.

The NDA is fuming over allegedly distasteful comments by a senior RJD leader about Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the ruling JD(U)’s women’s wing.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed UP chief minister Mayawati for criticising the food security bill and said that if the UPA government did anything for the benefit of the poor, Ms Mayawati was bound to criticise it.

The world’s oldest bed, which dates back to 77,000 years ago, has been discovered in a cave in South Africa, a media report said on Friday.

George Michael fought back tears on Friday as the British singer conceded that he had almost died after contracting severe pneumonia while on tour in Austria. Appearing weak and struggling for breath, the 48-year-old told reporters outside his London home it had been “touch and go” at times during the month he spent in a Vienna hospital.