PM greeted Musharraf before he took oath
Vajpayee addressed the general as 'Mr President' when he called him to thank him for his wishes for a speedy recovery after undergoing knee replacement surgery.

Musharraf leaves Sattar clueless, US incensed
Sattar's ignorance angered Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Washington warned that sanctions would stay until a democratically elected government takes office in Islamabad.

Musharraf cures South Block's protocol headache
External affairs ministry sources admitted that the government was earlier 'a little confused' on the grade of protocol to be extended to the military ruler.

JAMMU & KASHMIR
2 top Lashkar militants shot dead
Omar Abdullah Makki and Abu Hans, both Pakistanis, were shot dead in a fierce encounter at Gopalpora in Badgam district. Makki was the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba's chief in the valley.

PROFILE
A commando turned president
Musharraf saw action in the 1965 war in the Khemkaran, Lahore and Sialkot sectors. He also participated in the 1971 war as a company commander in a commando battalion.

MONEY
Indian School of Business opens July 1
The average profile of the first batch of 130 students is: GMAT score 690, age 26, work experience 4.5 years.

Enron issue may hit FDI flow to India: US
US officials say that unless the Enron dispute is resolved, foreign investors may not look at India.

TENNIS
Paes qualifies for Wimbledon
The Indian No. 1 will face Daniel Elsner of Germany in the first round at Wimbledon.

MOVIES
Namrata's gamble for meat...
Is an exercise in patience.

'We loved Aamir...'
Lagaan's opening weekend in the US didn't quite match Taal's. But there is hope...

Beckham to star in Anglo-Indian film?
Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham is about -- what else? -- soccer.

GUIDE TO THE NET
General Pervez Musharraf
Five links on Pakistan's new president.

Your right to choose
There's more to life than expensive office software. Some of it can be yours free.

Ask Dr Know
Tips on online gaming.

Watch the 21st century's first solar eclipse
Satellite lines now bring you a Webcast of the event from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.

Bubbles helps out
On kitchen interior design, yellow pages versus white pages, and tai-chi training centres.

COLUMNS
Phew, what a movie!
'Congratulations, Aamir Khan. Move over, James Cameron. Asutosh Gowariker has arrived,' exults Pritish Nandy.

Here comes President Musharraf
'But can Pervez Musharraf afford to jettison the two-nation theory and yet keep Pakistan and his head?' asks Anil Athale.

Ground realities
Daniel Laidlaw discusses the issue of pitch invasions and player safety, and the ECB's failure to address it.