• Srinath, Sehwag back in squad

• Post-tea spell was the ‘turning point’

• Kumble happy to be back in form

• Harbhajan gets Rs 5 lakh
  

Anil Kumble celebrates with team-mates as a dismissed England batsman walks back to the dressing room on the fourth day of the first Test between India and England at the PCA Stadium at SAS Nagar on Thursday.  — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

UNP surges ahead in Lanka poll
Colombo, December 6
After seven years in the wilderness, Sri Lanka’s leading Opposition party surged towards a position of power, inflicting defeat on President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s People’s Alliance in most electoral districts.

Maoists blast MP’s house
Kathmandu, December 6
Maoists in Nepal attacked the residence of a ruling party MP at Birendranagar in Surkhet district, completely destroying the house.

• Editorial page: Maoists deserve Taliban fate
  

Six militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, December 6
Five persons, including four militants, were killed and 12 others injured in Jammu and Kashmir overnight. An official spokesman said security forces gunned down two militants each at Mohra Bachai and Manjakote.

Laloo appears in CBI court
Patna, December 6
Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav was today produced before the court of designated CBI judge S.K. Mishra in connection with examination of a witness in a disproportionate assets case, an offshoot of the multi-crore fodder scam.

Al-Qaida men sneak into Bikaner? 5 BSF officials suspended Sriganganagar, December 6 Have two top operatives of the Al - Qaida, the terrorist outfit targeted by the USA in the ongoing war against terror, crossed over into India for activating their cells, recruit members and carry out sabotage activities? The answer may be in the affirmative going by the red faces in the higher echelons of the security agencies operating on the border following a successful infiltration.