AI stir off, but wait for flights to get normal
New Delhi, September 30
An assurance by Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel to agitating Air India executive pilots that there would be no cut in their incentives, it appears, struck right on target as the protesters called off their five days old stir today morning.

Don’t expect India to sign NPT in present form: IAEA chief
New Delhi, September 30
India today found an unexpected supporter from Mohammed ElBaradei chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its opposition to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT).

Editorial: A world without N-arms

IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC President and UPA chiarperson Sonia Gandhi after receiving the Indira Gandhi National Award for Peace from President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Ex-Pak army men, ISI ‘trained’ 26/11 attackers
Former members of Pakistan's military and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency trained the gunmen who attacked Mumbai in November, a senior member of the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba has told a US newspaper.

31 drown as tourist boat sinks in Kerala
Thekkady (Kerala), September 30
In the worst tourism tragedy in Kerala, 31 persons died after a state-run double-deck boat carrying 74 tourists suddenly capsized today in the famous Thekkady Lake in Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki district.

Sensex climbs Mt 17K
Mumbai, September 30
Reports of higher advance tax paid by companies ahead of second quarter results and rising global liquidity pushed the Sensex above 17,000 levels for the first time since May 21, 2008. The benchmark index closed 273 points higher at 17,126. In the broader markets, the Nifty closed 77 points higher at 5,083.

Tsunami smashes Pacific islands
Sydney, September 30
A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa killing possibly more than 120 people, some washed out to sea, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on today.