Indian Overseas Bank's Q2 FY09 profit after tax was up 12.3% at Rs 359.06 crore as compared to Rs 319.7 crore in the same period last year. Total income in the period under review stood at Rs 2,643 crore and other income came in at Rs 216.2 crore as against Rs 174.5 crore. Net interest income was up 24.18% at Rs 784.98 crore versus Rs 632.15 crore.

A series of coordinated blasts tore through a troubled section of northeast India on Thursday, killing at least 61 people and wounding hundreds more as police rushed to uncover any additional unexploded devices.
At least 11 bomb blasts in quick succession ripped through the main city of Assam state and three other towns, wounding as many as 335, police said, according to news services.
"I am confident that the people of India will rise unitedly against these attempts to disturb peace and harmony and to destroy our social fabric," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement.
Thursday's attacks are the latest in a wave of bombing attacks to hit India in recent months, killing more than 125 people
The Assam area also has been hit recently by ethnic clashes. At least 49 people were killed in July in violence between members of the native Bodo tribe and recent migrants to the area, most of whom are Muslims, Reuters reported.