India beat Australia by six wickets to claim a 4-0 series whitewash, on the third day of the fourth and final cricket Test here today.

India were 72 for one in their second innings at tea on the third day, needing 83 more runs to win the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia here today.

Hardcore Maoist Sriramula Srinivas alias Sudarshan, wanted in connection with several cases including the killing of former Andhra home minister A. Madhava Reddy and carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh on him, was arrested in Khammam district, the police said today.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves here tomorrow on a four-day visit to Durban in South Africa to attend a five-nation Summit on March 26 and 27 that could launch a BRICS development bank and discuss ways to reform governance in international financial institutions.

Taking note of the conflicting versions of the Delhi police and Jammu and Kashmir police, the home ministry is likely to order a probe on circumstances leading to the arrest of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Liyaqat Ali Shah.

Scores of BJP activists led by Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel courted arrest on Saturday while protesting against power tariff hike in front of chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s residence here. Upping the ante, Mr Goel alleged that power tariff was being hiked frequently at the behest of the chief minister and challenged her to a public debate on the issue.

NThe CBI on Saturday concluded its arguments in the trial of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, rebutting the defence and said the nature and extent of crime shows the vast network and larger conspiracy behind it.

A city court on Saturday dismissed the plea of the Delhi police seeking further custody of two of the accused in the case relating to retrieval of senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s phone call details, to interrogate them in another related case.

Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his family members today appeared before a CBI court here in connection with a case of alleged kickback in illegal mining.

Centre today rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s charges that step motherly treatment was being meted out to her state, saying there is no discrimination as central funds are allocated as per the recommendations of the Finance Commission.