Day 2: Jet impasse on, 153 flights cancelled
* Internal issue, says govt
* Jet threatens to hire foreign pilots
New Delhi/Mumbai, September 9
As many as 153 flights of Jet Airways, including 19 to international destinations, were cancelled on second day of the strike by pilots today as 432 of them, of the total 1,056 on rolls, stayed off duty despite the management toughening its stance on the strikers.

Byelections in 7 states today
Major test for parties after LS poll
New Delhi/Patna, September 9
Bypolls to 20 assembly seats spread over seven states, including seven each in Bihar and Gujarat, will be held tomorrow in the second major test for political parties after the recent Lok Sabha polls. Honours were even for the parties in the first round of bypolls for 17 seats held last month after the General Election.

US to Karzai: Don’t declare yourself winner Says need to resolve all allegations of poll rigging
Concerned about widespread allegations of election fraud in Afghanistan, the Obama administration has told President Hamid Karzai not to declare himself the winner of last month’s presidential elections despite an announcement from the country's election commission that Karzai had sailed past the 50 per cent vote mark essential to avoid a runoff. Hamid Karzai

Ishrat Encounter
Gujarat HC stays probe report
Ahmedabad, September 9
The Gujarat High Court today stayed Metropolitan Magistrate S P Tamang's report, which had said the police encounter killing Ishrat Jahan and three others was fake, and asked authorities of the High Court to look into the action of the Magistrate and take necessary action.

Law Ministry removes official in Ishrat case

Advani & Co kept out of RSS introspection
New Delhi, September 9
The RSS has sent out a very strong and cryptic signal to LK Advani and his quartet coterie in the BJP by keeping them out of the two-day brainstorming session with chosen “intellectuals” many of them from Advani camp which began in Mumbai today.

Mayawati defies SC pledge
Memorial work goes on
Lucknow, September 9
Despite taking a categorical undertaking before the Supreme Court that the state government would not resort to further construction at the memorial sites, work remained in progress at all four major memorial sites in the city.