OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Tuesday,October 28, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 26 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Putin refuses to Cong up in arms over Sehwag has a mediate in arrest Uma’s personal ball, but not of Russian tycoon remarks on Digvijay with the bat Page 13 Page 11 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES AFP SC notice Established 1838 Trai clears Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. to Centre, To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half ASI on the art of diplomacy. mobile lines — Will Durant Red Fort NEWS DIGEST TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Sup- for Reliance reme Court on Monday issued notices to the Ar- TIMES NEWS NETWORK chaeological Survey of The Implications India and the Centre on New Delhi: Telecom Regula- yet another petition tor Trai has paved the way For Reliance drawing its attention to- for Reliance Infocomm to ● Can convert its WLL-M wards ongoing restora- become a full cellular opera- service to a regular cellular tion and conservation tor by recommending to service work being carried out the government a unified ac- at the Red Fort. ● cess licensing regime for Will have to pay Rs 1,581 A Bench of Chief landline and cellular phone crore (as entry fee and Justice V N Khare and companies. penalty for providing Justice S B Sinha is- Once the government ac- roaming, call forwarding on sued notice to the cepts Trai recommenda- WLL-M) Union ministry for cul- tions, Reliance is expected to For its 5 million users ture and tourism on the Malkani dead: Pondicherry Lt shell out Rs 1,581 crore and petitioners’ plea for Sunsilk Femina Miss India Asia Pacific Shonal Rawat (2nd from right) was adjudged first runner-up at the Miss ● Governor and RSS ideologue K R Asia Pacific Quest 2003 in Manila on Sunday. The crown went to Tatyana Nikitina (centre) of Russia. The other make its WLL-M (mobile Automatic roaming staying the controver- Malkani died of a heart attack on winners were: 4th runner-up Wong Wye Yeng (left) of Malaysia, 2nd runner-up Andrea Ovares (2nd from left) of wireless in local loop) serv- ● Can use same number in sial conservation work. Monday. He was 82. P7 Costa Rica and 3rd runner-up Tracy Freundt of Peru. ice a full cellular service. The Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Petitioner Rajeev Fans jeer Daler: Fans turned foes sum includes entry fee and Mumbai Sethi said that funda- and heckled Punjabi singer Daler penalty for providing roam- ● Above services mental principles of Mehndi on Monday when he ap- ing through multiple regis- may come at conservation have been peared before the Patiala police. He More glory for Indian beauty tration and call forwarding no extra abandoned with regard was questioned in connection with on its WLL-M service. cost to the so-called restora- an immigration racket case. P10 TIMES NEWS NETWORK ond runner-up in the final round also bagged the titles of Miss Tal- After the government ac- tion work at Red Fort. of the pageant. ent, Miss Congeniality, Miss cepts the recommendations The restoration work Train attackers killed: Two mili- New Delhi: Shonal Rawat — this and Reliance agrees to pay tants, who allegedly attacked the With Shonal’s victory, India Creamsilk and Miss Gandang was in fact destroying year’s Sunsilk Femina Miss India- up, its 5 million customers in Shalimar Express near Jammu, were seems to be inching closer to- Rickyreyes (a local contest for the the 17th-century build- Asia Pacific Quest — has walked hunted down and killed by security wards the Miss Asia Pacific Quest best hairstyle). After making it to 17 telecom circles will enjoy ing, he said. forces in Akhnoor on Monday. The away with the first runner-up po- title once again. Last year,Femina the top five, it was her answer to automatic roaming facility Other signatories to hunt was on for a third militant, po- sition at the Miss Asia Pacific Miss India Tina Chhatwal was the final question (In this much like regular cellular cerned, we don’t have any is- the petition are: A G Kr- lice said. P5 Quest 2003 contest held in Manila, crowned second runner-up. In the global community, what do subscribers. sues with Trai’s recommen- ishna Menon, Anupam Philippines on Sunday. Reliance spokesman Amit dations,’’ Shourie said. ‘‘As Mishra, Smita Dutt Ramzan begins today: The new past, three Indian women have women want most?), that won Her achievement comes shortly held the title of Miss Asia Pacific Shonal second spot in the contest. Khanna welcomed Trai’s rec- far as (working out or modi- Makhija, Malvika moon was sighted in Delhi on Mon- after Sunsilk Femina Miss India- ommendations and said the fying) the details are con- Singh, Hafiz Ahmad day, signalling the beginning of Quest — Diya Mirza in 2000, Tara ‘‘Women want to be loved,’’ said company would abide by the cerned, that will be done by and Shamim Khan. Ramzan from Tuesday. International Shonali Nagrani Fonseca in 1973 and Zeenat Aman the doe-eyed beauty, instantly was crowned India’s first-ever ti- in 1970. Other coveted crowns of winning the hearts of the judges directions. the group of ministers.’’ They said the restora- India beat Pak 4-2: India defeat- tleholder at the Miss Internation- Miss Universe, Miss World have and the audience. Communications minister Trai said its recommenda- tion work has failed ed Pakistan 4-2 in a league match at al pageant, earlier this month. already been won by Femina Miss The 5-foot-11-inch (the tallest Arun Shourie said Trai’s rec- tions on Monday would be to preserve the foot- the Afro-Asian Games hockey com- The 22-year-old Kolkata girl Indias, including Sushmita Sen, contestant) Shonal wore a fuschia ommendations would be sent followed by a second step — a print of the Moti petition in Hyderabad. Sandeep came in second only to Miss Rus- Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden, pink and orange Ashley Rebello on Tuesday to the group of fully unified licence covering Mahal plinth, where Michael, Prabhjot Singh and Gagan sia Tatyana Nikitina, who was ministers on telecom, which all the other telecom services the Neher-i-Behist goes Ajit Singh (2) scored for India. P21 Yukta Mookhey, Lara Dutta and creation for the final round. She crowned Miss Asia Pacific Quest. Priyanka Chopra, among others. plans to concentrate on both ramp will meet on Thursday to de- like STD and ISD — recom- underground. Shonal beat Miss Costa Rica An- Clinching the title from shows as well as her very own cide the entire issue. mendations for which would ASI trying to undo drea Ovaress, who finished sec- amongst 25 contestants, Shonal event management company. ‘‘As far as we (communica- come within six months. damage at Red Fort: P7 tions ministry) are con- Tata may go fully cellular: P15 Pakistan says Indian offer 40 killed as series of is a rehash indiatimes.com POLL blasts hit Baghdad Islamabad: Pakistan prom- Will campaigning by Shah Rukh, Aamir Reuters and Salman better BJP’s poll prospects? ised on Monday a ‘‘positive Baghdad: Car bombers struck the and robust’’ response to In- Yes 53% No 47% international Red Cross headquar- dian proposals to improve ters and three police stations across VOTE NOW: Should India offer talks bilateral relations, but al- Baghdad on Monday,killing about 40 with Pakistan along with the leged the offer was ‘‘re- people and injuring more than 200 in peace package? hashed and recycled’’ from a terror spree that stunned the Iraqi Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 the proposals made by prime capital on the first day of the holy minister Jamali in May. month of Ramadan. ‘‘It would have been YOU SAID IT by Laxman The 45-minute string of bombings courteous if they had said was Baghdad’s bloodiest episode yet Smoke rises from the Red Cross some of these proposals had in a six-month-old underground war been presented earlier by headquarters in Baghdad following a targeting the American-led occupa- suicide attack on Monday. Pakistan,’’ foreign office tion and those perceived as working spokesman Masood Khan with it. It seemed to represent a dra- rage of rockets, killing a US colonel said. matic escalation, from single suicide and wounding 18 others. US deputy He, however, made it clear bombings to coordinated strikes. defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz that Islamabad was not run- The US military said one Ameri- was in the hotel, but was unhurt. ning down the proposals. ‘‘As can was killed and six other US At the offices of the International a matter of fact we said we soldiers were wounded in the Committee of the Red Cross in cen- are going to consider these bombing at one police station. Brig tral Baghdad, witnesses said a sui- proposals very seriously. We Gen Ahmed Ibrahim, deputy cide bomber drove an explosives- shall give a robust response. interior minister, put the Iraqi packed vehicle, apparently an ambu- The response will be con- death toll at 34, including 26 civilians lance, right up to security barriers structive.’’ and eight police. outside the building and detonated Khan directed his ire The Red Cross said 12 of the Iraqis it, blowing down the Red Cross’s against external affairs min- killed died in the bombing outside front wall, devastating the interior ister Yashwant Sinha and its office, including two of its own and blowing shrapnel and debris defence minister George employees. Baghdad ICRC spokes- over a wide area.