ABP LIVE l Evening News Bulletin l abplive.in 1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect today. After helping India manage a draw in Melbourne, the Captain Cool officially announced his retirement from the longer version of the game. This means he will not be playing the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney. The BCCI too confirmed the development, making it clear that he would lead in ODIs and T20s. In a statement, the Board made it clear that it respects Dhonis decision. We thank him for his contribution towards Indian cricket, the statement read. 2. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah was discharged in the case of the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and Tulsiram Prajapati, a witness, here today.A special CBI court ruled that there was insufficient evidence against Shah in the case dating to 2005 and 2006, pertaining to the incidents which occurred when he was the Gujarat home minister. 3. Australia today regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the third cricket Test ended in an exciting draw with a jittery India just about managing to avoid an embarrassing defeat here. Set an improbable target of 384 in 70 overs courtesy Shaun Marshs 99, Indias batting frailty was again exposed and they survived some anxious moments before salvaging a draw. It ensured that India wont suffer a whitewash this time around. 4. AirAsia today confirmed that the debris spotted in the Java Sea, is from the missing flight QZ8501, even as three bodies confirmed to be those of passengers in the ill-fated plane were retrieved.AirAsia Indonesia regrets to inform that The National Search and Rescue Agency Republic of Indonesia (Basarna) confirmed that the debris found earlier today is indeed from QZ8501, the flight that had lost contact with air traffic control Dec 28, the airline said in an online statement. 5. Activists of right-wing outfits Bajrang Dal and Hindu Sena today staged a protest outside a cinema hall in Central Delhi, demanding ban on Aamir Khan blockbuster PK for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.The demonstrators also burned posters of the movie and demanded that an FIR be registered against its makers and star cast.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:30:09 +0000