Friday, October 13, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

I got offers to underplay: Gibbs

New Delhi, October 12 Avoiding the Delhi Police ever since the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000, South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs today appeared before its Crime Branch which said he was part of the conspiracy and confessed to receiving offers twice to underperform but he never accepted the offer.

South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs arrives at the Delhi Police headquarters for questioning in connection with a match-fixing and betting scandal case in New Delhi on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi

BSNL to slash STD rates from Nov 1
New Delhi, October 12
As a Divali bonanza, the country’s leading telecom operator, the BSNL, today slashed the STD rates by 58 per cent, enabling 1.16 crore customers to make calls across the country for Re 1 per minute with rentals and other benefits.