51.   Pre-monsoon rains pounded Kerala, disrupting road and rail services and caused damage to property and farms across the state, PTI said.

52.   Rains pounded the streets, soaked parade floats and generally made life miserable except for those who administered generous portions of the legal form of general anesthesia -- alcohol.

53.   The news agency and the meteorological department, meanwhile, said monsoon rains also pounded central and far-eastern states for the second day, triggering floods.