Air India strike off, 15 union members sacked
New Delhi, May 26
Having lost all public sympathy after putting to test the patience of passengers and the government alike at a time when the country was trying to cope up with a tragedy of the magnitude of Mangalore air crash, striking Air India employees returned to work apparently after running out of options by the evening.

How they fell in line?
Why the protests?
Editorial: An airline in disarray

GoM to consider caste-based Census
New Delhi, May 26
Although there is a growing acceptance in the UPA government on the inclusion of caste in the ongoing census, the Union Cabinet today decided to refer the matter to a group of ministers after a lengthy discussion on the subject.

PC: Wait for National Population Register

Hyderabad boys top IIT-JEE
New Delhi, May 26
A total of 13,104 candidates today cleared the prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010.

A Jithender Reddy (R) who secured the first rank with second rank Uday K Shah. PTI

Keen on IIT-M, topper wants to go into research
Chandigarh boy No. 3
Nation page: Super 30 does it again!

Hafiz Saeed Trial
Pak didn’t build a water-tight case
New Delhi, May 26
The Pakistan Supreme Court ruling yesterday dismissing the government’s appeal against the release of Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has caused a mild setback to the Indo-Pak normalisation process, but the foreign ministers of the two countries will meet as scheduled in Islamabad on July 15, Indian officials say.

Editorial: Indirect support for Saeed
World page: US unhappy over SC decision

General fudged Kargil reports, showed bias: Tribunal
11 years on, Armed Forces Tribunal grants relief to Brigadier serving under him
Chandigarh, May 26
Exactly 11 years after the Kargil limited war and controversies in its wake took the nation by storm, the Armed Forces Tribunal has held that a key Lieutenant General overseeing operations in that sector fudged reports of the conflict and showed bias towards a senior field commander.

Rathore files revision plea, hearing tomorrow
Chandigarh, May 26
Haryana’s former Director-General of Police SPS Rathore, in jail for molesting his daughter’s class fellow Ruchika Girhotra, stays behind bars - at least for the time being.

‘I’ve been in mourning since that fateful night’ A day after former DGP SPS Rathore was sent behind bars for molesting Ruchika, her father SC Girhotra reminisced her childhood days, his dreams for her and her death. SHADES OF EMOTIONS: SC Girhotra in a pensive mood at his residence in Panchkula on Wednesday. Tribune photos: S. Chandan Watch video of interview with Ruchika’s father