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Bonanza for govt employees
Pay panel recommends 40 per cent hike
New Delhi, March 24
The Sixth Pay Commission has recommended an average hike of 40 per cent in the salaries of all central government employees, including defence personnel. The recommendation of the Commission will affect nearly four million central government workers and will cost the exchequer Rs 12,561 crore in 2008-09.

Hefty package for defence personnel

Shivani Murder
Sharma, 3 others get life term
New Delhi, March 24
A Delhi fast track court today awarded life imprisonment to suspended IPS officer R.K. Sharma in the sensational Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, saying he did not deserve the death penalty due to his excellent service record.

Ravi Kant Sharma arrives at Karkardooma Court in New Delhi on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui

Gilani elected Pak PM
Orders release of detained judges
Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was on Monday elected Prime Minister of Pakistan with overwhelming majority securing 264 votes against 42 by his rival and former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi.

Olympic Games torch lighting 
Protests mar ceremony
Beijing, March 24
The traditional Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece was today marred by mounting protests against the Chinese rule in Tibet, as Beijing vowed to carry the flame to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, as planned.

N-Deal
Govt clearing roadblocks, Pranab tells Rice
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee today reiterated New Delhi’s interest in implementing a landmark civilian nuclear deal with Washington, but admitted that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition government was dealing with some “political problems”.

Landslide win for DPT in Bhutan poll
Thimpu, March 24
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), led by former premier Jigmi Thinley, said to be popular among the elite and well educated, today scored a landslide victory in the first elections in Bhutan that marks the end of absolute monarchy in this Himalayan kingdom.

Woman treks for 14 days to vote

Pawar-Dalmiya feud takes new turn
Mumbai, March 24
The war between Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar and former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jagmohan Dalmiya is all set to take a turn for the worse with the Mumbai police all set to file a chargesheet against the latter before the Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday.

Punjab plans revamp of medical education Move to recruit retired Army teachers, raise retiring age Chandigarh, March 24 To meet the shortage of teachers in medical colleges, the Punjab government has decided to look beyond the state to recruit teachers for such institutions. The Medical Council of India (MCI) is opposed to the perennial shortage of teachers in medical colleges of Punjab. To avoid de-affiliation, at the instance of the MCI, the Punjab government has been shifting teachers from one government medical college to another for years.