Serial blasts rattle Bangalore
One killed; SIMI hand suspected
Bangalore, July 25
At least one person was killed and seven others were injured as a series of bomb blasts rocked the country’s IT capital of Bangalore this afternoon. According to deputy commissioner of police E. Rammaiya, while one person was killed, seven others were injured, including two seriously, in the blasts that hit the city, he said.

PM, Sonia condemn blasts
Editorial: Another black Friday

Policemen stand guard at the Madivala bus stand where a woman died in a bomb blast on Friday. — Reuters photo

Somnath to be UK envoy?
New Delhi, July 25
Had Somnath Chatterjee any spare time on his 80th birthday, he would perhaps have missed his friends from the Left who were absent from the 250-strong visitors’ list the Speaker’s residential staff drew up today.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi greets Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on his 80th birthday in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

BJP MPs file complaint with Speaker
New Delhi, July 25
Showing no signs of retreat from its stand that the UPA indulged in horse-trading to survive the trust vote in Parliament, the BJP today filed a formal complaint alleging that three of its MPs were bribed in return for support to the government. The complaint levels allegations of bribery against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, another senior SP leader Revati Raman Singh and Congress’ strategist Ahmad Patel.

Fodder Scam: IAS officer Sajjal gets
four-yr RI
Ranchi, July 25
Senior IAS officer Sajjal Chakraborty, a fodder scam convict, was today sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 39 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in 1993-94.

Jharkhand transport secretary Sajjal Chakravarty, convicted in the fodder scam is taken in an ambulance to be produced at a CBI court in Ranchi on Friday. — PTI