One shower & all BMC claims are washed away
It took ten hours of heavy rains and a high tide to wash away all the preparations that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Railways had undertaken for the monsoon. The rains, which started at around 8.30 am yesterday turned into a heavy downpour by 11.30 am and paralysed all modes of city transport by 6 pm.

Army's punch line: Catch 'em young
Highlight our positives, catch them young. These are the two main principles guiding the Army's latest set of proposals meant to package itself better as an attractive employment option for the youth. Called the Human Resource Development Doctrine, it has been prepared as an Army training note by its think-tank, the Army Training Command.

Pawar-Sonia parleys crucial to government formation
Sharad Pawar yesterday said he expected the ongoing problem in the Congress with regard to cross voting during the Rajya Sabha elections to be settled without much ado once he had returned to New Delhi. Pawar described as "humbug" the efforts of his detractors to implicate him and his supporters in the defeat of Ram Pradhan.

LEISURE
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  In football, as in love, let your instincts lead you

SPORTS
  India rejects proposal
  Beckham adds spice to posh English win

EXPRESSIONS
  "If Congress hesitates, it should back us to form the government"
  The god of all courts

BUSINESS
  Massive IT raid on Santogen
  India remains low priority for FIIs

GENERAL
  Navy to get frigates from Russia
  To beat sanctions, indigenise, urge men behind Pokharan II

POLITICS
  Suspended BJD men write to Vajpayee
  Digvijay offers to face CBI inquiry