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New telecom tariff deferred
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has decided to defer implementation of the new telecom tariff structure for cellular and basic services by three to four weeks following representations from the private telecom industry and the Department of Telecom. TRAI will issue the fresh notification on Tuesday giving the new dates for implementation of its modified tariff order. The new tariff structure is likely to now come into effect in the last week of April or early May.
Primakov mission
MOSCOW: Russian President Boris Yeltsin today asked Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to rush to Belgrade in a new initiative to find a solution to the Kosovo crisis, as Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic remained defiant in the face of continued NATO air strikes.
Anand wins rapids
MONTE CARLO: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand won the rapid title despite a 0.5-1.5 defeat against Vassily Ivanchuk and finished fourth overall while Russian VladimirKramnik took overall honours at the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournament which ended here last night.
Dara8217;s offer
NEW DELHI: The main accused in the killing of Australian missionary Graham Steins and his two sons in Orissa, Ravindra Pal Singh alias Dara Singh, has offered to surrender before authorities if he is found guilty by Wadhwa Commission. In an interview to a private TV channel, Dara said he was not present in Manoharpur during the attack.
