GUWAHATI: An explosion at the Guwahati railway station around 7.55 p.m. on Monday killed two and injured 12. It also blew off a tea stall and the platform roof. According to officials, the explosive device was hidden under the luggage of the Army and Border Security Force personnel who were waiting for the Delhi-bound Avadh-Assam Express. The train was scheduled to leave at 8 p.m. The injured have been shifted to various city hospitals. There was no electricity at the time of the blast. The authorities said the ULFA was almost certainly behind the blast aimed at the security personnel.

Laloo surrender

PATNA: The designated Central Bureau of Investigation court of S K Lal on Monday extended the date of surrender of former Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav till September 14 in the RC 64(a)96, a conspiracy angle case of the fodder scam.

Pan Am trial

LOS ANGELES: The Clinton administration has agreed to allow two Libyans charged in thefatal bombing of a 1988 Pan Am flight to be tried by a Scottish Court in The Hague, the Los Angeles Times said on Monday.