Bomb Blast Kills 35 on Algerian Independence Day
At least 80 were wounded in the bomb attack on a market in Larbaa, 20 kilometres from the capital Algiers.

HC Dismisses PIL on Eastern Railway Bifurcation
A division bench of Calcutta high court comprising Chief Justice A K Mathur and Justice Jayanta Biswas observed that the court would not interfere in government's administrative decisions.

POTA Against Vaiko Is not Justified, Argues BJP
The Congress, however, said Vaiko's statement in favour of the LTTE was irregular.

People's War Leader Booked Under POTA
Mallaiah, a district committee member from Khammam, is the first PW leader to be booked under the POTA.

Pondicherry Govt Warns pro-LTTE Groups
The warning comes in the wake of the Centre's ban on two pro-LTTE, pan-Tamil militant groups, Tamil National Liberation Army and the Tamil Nationalist Retrieval Troops.

Orissa Supports Bifurcation of Eastern Railways
Secretary-general of Biju Janata Dal, Damodar Rout, said any delay in implementing the bifurcation will amount to 'sheer injustice to the people of Orissa'.

The Two the Cabinet Can Do Without
'Congratulations to the prime minister for the two faces that were notably not there at Rashtrapati Bhavan on July 1 -- Mamata Banerjee and Farooq Abdullah,' says T V R Shenoy.

'Colonel Lakshmi Will Make a Terrific President'
'She is no doubt an amazing lady and she has been like this all these years. So why is the Left picking her up now? Why could they not have picked her up earlier?' asks filmmaker Kabir Khan.