A blast in Assam near Sibsagar district kills 4 and injures over 50 people. ULFA members are the prime suspects, ULFA however denies any role in the explosion. There are several similar reports and it is not clear how many explosions there were in all. The mainstream media however did not cover this news item extensively. A couple of major newspapers did not even touch this article.

- India condemns OIC stand on Jammu and Kashmir. OIC earlier stated that UN should be brought on the table. India however does wants to solve the issue internally.

Taslima to leave India. It is the duty of Indian government to provide political asylum to people who seek it, but in this case Indian government failed to act properly and this surely will tarnish the reputation of Indian secular face.

Subprime Crisis in USA is going to affect India. Chidamabram said "When crisis (has) moved from the subprime mortgage market to the housing market, and now the housing market to the credit market, there is impact upon India. There is impact in terms of credit flows and financial flows. But at the moment, I believe that impact is second-order impact and a moderate impact"