diff --git a/recipes/indian_express.recipe b/recipes/indian_express.recipe
index 80a5840517..8da1db2a10 100644
--- a/recipes/indian_express.recipe
+++ b/recipes/indian_express.recipe
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ class IndianExpress(BasicNewsRecipe):
     #remove_tags_after  = dict(name='td', attrs={'class':'newptool1'})
     remove_tags = [
        dict(name='iframe'),
-       dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['bookmarks_div', 'comment_box', 'bookmarks_div_bot', 'box']}),
-       dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['footer', 'tab_innerhc', 'discussion', 'google_new']}),
+       dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['pagination_new', 'comments_desc',
+           'content_right', 'bookmarks_div', 'comment_box', 'bookmarks_div_bot', 'box']}),
+       dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['footer', 'tab_innerhc', 'discussion',
+           'google_new', 'header_new', 'slidebox']}),
        dict(name='a', attrs={'class':'nobdr'}),
        #dict(name='span', text=':'),
     ]
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py
index 6633651a82..10b7e259ac 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
 
 import re, operator, math
 from collections import defaultdict
+from xml.dom import SyntaxErr
 
 from lxml import etree
 import cssutils
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class CSSFlattener(object):
         if 'color' in node.attrib:
             try:
                 cssdict['color'] = Property('color', node.attrib['color']).value
-            except ValueError:
+            except (ValueError, SyntaxErr):
                 pass
             del node.attrib['color']
         if 'bgcolor' in node.attrib: