Eminent Indians detained at US airports

From actors to politicians and bureaucrats here's a list of people who have been detained at various airports in USA

The reasons vary from caste to what they wear and skin colour. The list

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained at a New York airport for over two hours by immigration officials after arriving from India in a private plane with Nita Ambani, to address students at Yale University here. This, is not the first time that SRK has been detained. He was grilled for more than 2 hours way back in 2009

In 2002, Aamir Khan was detained for interrogation at the Chicago Airport.

The authorities could not believe that Neil was an Indian - because he was so fair. Neil was in US for the shooting of the movie New York

Irrfan Khan has been detained too - twice. And both times, when he went to receive awards.

John Abraham was detained for having Afganistan as one of the countries he has visited in his passport.

Mammootty was stopped at the airport too - for having his real name Mohamad Kutty Ismail in his passport.

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam was detained and frisked at JFK airport in New York

Indian envoy Meera Shankar was detained and frisked at a Mississippi airport.

Aviation Minister Praful Patel was frisked down too at Chicago

Hardeep Singh Puri was detained for not agreeing to remove his turban

One year on, a look at Japan’s progress

March 11, 2012 marks one year since a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering a devastating tsunami that slammed into the island nation, killing thousands of people. More than 300,000 people are still homeless and around 3,300 others are unaccounted for. The tsunami also sparked a nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, resulting in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. One year on, the streets have been cleared and the wreckage removed from town centres. Here’s a look at how much has changed in 12 months.