Sexual harassment
Orissa Speaker booked
Bhubaneswar, March 27
A sexual harassment case was filed against Orissa Assembly Speaker Maheshwar Mohanty today by a woman security staff whose allegations rocked the House for the second day today with opposition members storming the presiding officer’s podium.

Lax staff on hire in UT to be packed off
Chandigarh, March 27
In a move which will affect hundreds of teachers, doctors, engineers and other employees, the Chandigarh administration has decided to repatriate “non-performing” and “long-serving” deputationists to their parent cadres. These include employees who have served longer than the stipulated period in Chandigarh.

Indian govt over-cautious: Dalai Lama
New Delhi, March 27
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the Indian government was a “little over-cautious” on the Tibet issue but the Tibetan refugees here enjoyed sympathy of the government and the public.

World page: Defiant monks back agitation

Burney to visit India to meet Sarabjit’s family
Islamabad, March 27
Leading rights activist Ansar Burney, who was the human rights minister in Pakistan’s caretaker government, will visit India next month to meet the family of Sarabjit Singh and gather any evidence about his innocence and to trace Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails.

Schoolgirl thrashed by teacher dead
New Delhi, March 27
Fifteen-year-old Rinky Kaushik, who was allegedly beaten up by her teacher for refusing private tuitions, died after remaining in coma for three months. A teacher of the Dinkar Model School, Dhirendra Kumar Dinkar, had allegedly thrashed her with a stick after she refused to attend his tuition classes.

Rinky Kaushik Mother of Rinky is consoled by relatives in New Delhi on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

From April, cars, ACs set to be dearer
Chandigarh, March 27
The cheer brought with the excise duty cut in the Budget was relatively short-lived. With spiraling prices of raw materials used in cars, air conditioners and refrigerators, consumers can now look forward to an increase in their prices by about 3-5 per cent.

Services chiefs take up pay panel anomalies with Antony
New Delhi, March 27
The three services chiefs of the Indian armed forces have met defence minister A.K. Antony and pointed out various anomalies in the recent recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission concerning the three arms of the country’s military.