Harbhajan Singh celebrates after taking the last South African wicket of Morne Morkel on the final day of the second Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. India won the match, levelling the series 1-1, and retained their number one spot in the ICC Test rankings. Hashim Amla of South Africa was named the man of the match and the man of the series. n Report on Page 18 PHOTO: PTI

New Delhi, Feb. 18: The Delhi high court on Thursday refused to give interim relief to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who faces the threat of arrest by the CBI for his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the national capital.

New Delhi, Feb. 18: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Thursday saw railway minister Mamata Banerjee breaking down after finance minister Pranab Mukherjee reportedly pulled her up for coming with her proposals for projects to be unveiled in the forthcoming Railway Budget (due on February 24) so late in the day.

Patna, Feb. 18: Two days after their attacks killed 24 securitymen in West Bengal, the Maoists stormed a tribal village in Bihar’s Jamui district close to the Jharkhand border and killed 11 villagers by first setting their houses on fire and then firing indiscriminately and setting off explosives late on Wednesday night.

New Delhi, Feb. 18: CPI(Maoist) politburo member Kishenji, 56, of Lalgarh fame, contnues to be a headache for security forces and the administration in all Maoist-infested eastern states. Earlier active in Chhattisgarh, he was shifted to the east some years ago.

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Lucknow, Feb. 18: A police inspector was dismissed for brutally assaulting a dalit woman allegedly accused of murdering her husband in Sultanpur district. A TV channel showed the inspector catching the woman by her hair and slapping her.

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Indore, Feb. 18: In an effort to resolve the contentious Ram Mandir issue, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday came up with an "exchange" offer for Muslims, saying that if they helped build the Ram Mandir, then the BJP, in turn, would help construct a "grand" mosque for them.

Islamabad, Feb. 18: Pakistan said Thursday it would approach the coming foreign secretary-level talks with India with an "open mind", but regretted that "the vibes emanating from the other side have not been encouraging".

New Delhi, Feb. 18: Getting visas to attend conferences in India has been made more difficult for nationals of eight countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and China, as well as all "foreigners of Pakistani origin" and "stateless persons" — who will now mandatorily require prior security clearance from the Union home ministry.

Eastern Frontier Rifles jawans accord a gun salute to the 24 colleagues killed in Monday’s Maoist attack on their camp at Sildah, in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, on Wednesday. PHOTO: PTI