The Assam police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the serial blasts that devastated the state.

The two suspected -- Muzamul Haque and Anwarlul Haque--were arrested from Lakhimpur.

With these arrests total number of persons nabbed by the police rose to five. Earlier three persons were arrested on Saturday.

According to police- the two were in car-theft racket. They changed the number of those vehicles which were used in Guwahati and Bongaigaon blasts.

The police have got vital clues. It would soon zero in on the culprits responsible for the blasts, said Official spokesman and principal secretary (Home) Subhas Das.

After opening with a loss of 33.11 points at 10,304.57, the 30-share index BSE Sensex continued to trade in a subdued manner.

IT stocks continue to languish in the red with sharp losses, and lost 6.12%, while realty, PSU, banking and FMCG stocks saw buying interest.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 0.62% and 0.88% respectively.

At 12:59 p.m., the 30-share index lost 52.47 points at 10,285.21, after hitting a high of 10,387.19 and a low of 10,116.22.

The announcement of the closure of

The Alaska Personnel Board report on Monday cleared the Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, of wrongdoing in an abuse-of-power investigation into the firing of the state’s public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan.

This report ran contrary to findings from a legislative inquiry that concluded in October that Palin had abused the power of her office by pressuring subordinates to fire a state trooper, her former brother-in-law Michael Wooten, involved in a feud with her family.

Indian equities moved up in the positive terrain for a short while and soon slipped into the negative to trade on a flat note.

Some buying and selling is witnessed in bluechip stocks. Banking, PSU, power and banking stocks saw buying interest, whereas IT and auto stocks went down.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained more than 1% each.

Today, Indian stock market opened with a loss of 33.11 points, at 10,304.57 as compared to the previous day session in which it gained 549.62 points.