Sourav Ganguly said he decided to retire to save himself from further humiliation of being treated as the 'sacrificial goat' all the time while others are spared.
Weeks after carrying out a bloody suicide bombing in the heart of Pakistan's capital, suspected militants struck again on a high security police complex in Islamabad and also hit a jail van in NWFP, killing 16 and injuring ten.
In a major shift from its policy, the Telugu Desam Party for the first time took a pro-Telangana stand and said it was in favour of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Two of the 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists arrested by Mumbai police are alleged to have orchestrated the serial blasts in Hyderabad in 2007 which claimed over 40 lives.