Quicktakes

THE TEAM: Mohammed Azaharuddin capt, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Nayan Mongia, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Rajesh Chauhan, Venkatpathy Raju, Javagal Srinath, Harvinder Singh and Debasish Mohanty.

Hurriyat arrests

SRINAGAR: Four leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, including chairman Mirwaiz Moulvi Umer Farooq, were arrested on Wednesday while two secessionist leaders were placed under 8220;house arrest8221;. The Mirwaiz, arrested with Hurriyat chief spokesman Prof Abdul Gani and senior executive member Mohammad Yaseen Malik, was immediately released. A Hurriyat spokesmansaid the administration was 8220;unnerved8221; by the response of the people to the rallies being addressed by the leaders.

Hostages released

AGARTALA: Two central government employees, detained by the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura NLFT, were released unhurt on Wednesday. Dr S K Pradhan, a senior agro-scientist, and Phani Majumder, an officer of the rubber board, had been abducted by the NLFT on October 21. Collision deathsNEW DELHI: Two policemen Jaiprakash, and a Nigerian national, Samsuddin, whom they were escorting to the detention centre of Foreigners Regional Registration Office died in mishap on Wednesday .