If the Pakistan cricket team fails to play in the World T20 tournament in India in March this year, it could face legal action, International Cricket Council (ICC) sources said to Mail Today. An ICC official said the Pakistan Cricket Board's security concerns are baseless. "The World T20 is an ICC event. So there will be legal ramifications if the Pakistan Board withdraws from the tournament," he said. "The question of a neutral venue would come in if we felt that the BCCI lacked the capability to protect Pakistani players. There is no need for a neutral venue."

Opposition parties say that Home Minister Rajnath Singh must provide concrete evidence for his claim on Sunday that the 9 February protests at Jawaharlal Nehru University, against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, had the support of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, reports The Indian Express. JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested for sedition. Though the home ministry said that Singh made his statement based on intelligence inputs, Ghulam Nabi Azad, leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) and Omar Abdullah, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said they want proof of this "very serious" charge. Azad said the issue would be raised in Parliament.

Addressing an audience in Mumbai on Sunday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government would lower its stake in public sector banks to 51 per cent, reports The Indian Express. This will be part of a series of banking reforms that will be announced soon. "Public sector banks have played an important role in financial inclusion but at the same time, political government needs to maintain arm's-length distance from these banks and allow them to have more professionalised bank boards," Jaitley said. Last week, it had been reported that public sector banks had written off Rs 1.14 lakh crore in bad loans over the last three years.

Students at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will be part of a programme aimed at making them aware of "the ill-effects of western culture," reports The Indian Express. The idea is to "make students aware of what is right and what is wrong", said BHU's public relations officer Rajesh Singh. "Only laws and rules cannot stop crime against women," he said. "There is a need to also bring a positive change in the youths' mindset." The programme was announced by GC Tripathi, vice chancellor of BHU, who said occasions such as Valentine's Day, which are part of western culture, "should not be celebrated on the BHU campus".

The Delhi police chargesheet in the TERI sexual harassment case says that its former director general RK Pachauri had "misused his office" and there is "enough evidence to prosecute" him, reports The Economic Times. The 500-page chargesheet holds Pachauri guilty of outraging the modesty of a woman, sexual harassment, stalking and criminal intimidation. Pachauri will be charged under sections 354, 354A, 354D and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The chargesheet is being scrutinised before it is filed.

Days after the alleged abduction of Snapdeal employee Dipti Sarna and her subsequent return home after 36 hours, the Uttar Pradesh police has arrested five persons in connection with the case. One of the accused is reportedly close to the family. The 24-year old reportedly went missing on 10 February.

Dipti's abduction made national news after Snapdeal tweeted her picture and kickstarted a social media campaign #HelpFindDipti after her disappearance.

An unidentified person reportedly called the CPI(M) office in New Delhi between 10 PM - 1 AM on Sunday. The caller reportedly abused the party and issued a threat to party leader Sitaram Yechury, asking him to leave the country. The caller claims to be a member of the Aam Aadmi Balveer Sena. A formal complaint in connection to the threat call has been lodged at the Mandir Marg police station. Prakash Karat on 15 February told the media that the threat call was an attempt to distract the party's resolve to stand by the JNU students. Security has been beefed up outside the CPI(M) office.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on 13 February on charges of sedition, will be produced before a Delhi court on Monday.

The Patiala court on Friday sent Kumar to a three-day custody on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy over conducting an event at the campus to mark the anniversary of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.