Dhawan the demolition man
Bludgeons Aussie attack, slams fastest century ever by a Test debutant 
Mohali, March 16
Shikhar Dhawan, India’s pony-tailed and moustache-twirling debutant, is a curious blend of bravado and humility. 
Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot during the third Test against Australia in Mohali on Saturday. He scored an unbeaten 185 off 168 balls. India were 283 without loss at stumps on Day 3. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

Fast, furious Shikhar rocks Oz : Sports page

Lankan Tamils issue: Centre tries to placate DMK after exit threat
New Delhi, March 16
Faced with the DMK threat to pull out of the ruling coalition, the UPA government today reassured its partner that a decision over India’s vote on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on the alleged violation of human rights in Sri Lanka would be taken keeping in mind the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu.

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MARINES row
Be vigilant in India, Italy tells its citizens
EU urges ‘common solution’
New Delhi, March 16
In the backdrop of its diplomatic stand-off with India over the Italian marines’ issue, Italy has asked its citizens to be “vigilant and cautious” in this country, especially in Kerala.

Hooda critics ‘silenced’, but Haryana Cong rift widens
Chandigarh, March 16
The “warring factions” of the Haryana Congress have been “liquidated” and replaced by a party with a united face. A few closed door meetings, table talks, the party high command’s intervention — it was all meant to not only contain the drift among the top party leaders in the state but also to bring them closer. 

Govt employee held for attack on CRPF camp 
Srinagar, March 16
A 28-year-old government employee from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has been arrested for allegedly helping the two foreign militants for carrying the recent Fidayeen (suicide) attack in Bemina which left five CRPF men dead.

Swiss tourist camping in MP gang raped 
Datia (MP), March 16
A Swiss female tourist on a cycling trip with her husband was gang raped by seven to eight persons at a forest area in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, the police said today. A rape case has been registered against seven to eight unidentified persons, but no arrest made.

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NCB left red-faced over its poster boy Vijender  Patiala, March 16 Come April and officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will surely want to cover their official 2013 calendar for ace boxer Vijender Singh, facing probe in the recent heroin haul case, features on it giving an anti-drug message. Vijender is among 12 internationally acclaimed Indian youth sportsmen figuring on NCB’s first-ever table calendar released and distributed to various ministries, government offices and states earlier this year. A decision to stop the calendar’s (above) circulation is expected soon