Kudankulam Nuclear plant gets green signal from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today gave a green signal to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

The top court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging a Madras High Court order in August last year that, while asking India's nuclear watchdog to ensure that necessary safeguards were complied with, gave the go-ahead for the loading of fuel in the plant.

Two rockets fired from Sinai hit Israeli town of Eilat

JERUSALEM: At least two rockets were fired at Israel’s southern resort city of Eilat from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Wednesday, the Israeli military said.

Nobody was hurt in the attack, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, adding that the remains of two rockets had been found and police were looking for more. According to them, one rocket exploded near the courtyard of a house.