India: Work-to-rule continues to disrupt telecom services.

NEW DELHI, Sept. 20. THE so-called tussle between the IAS and ITS lobbies to wrest control of the proposed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd - the corporatised avatar of the Department of Telecom Services (DTS) - became evident today as ITS officials made their reservations on the issue clear at a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM). The GoM too could not come out with a decision. The Government is likely to refer the contentious issues to a Committee of Secretaries (CoS).

Meanwhile, telecom department employees continued with their work-to-rule agitation. Communications links were disrupted. In the city, people complained they were unable to reach destinations in the …