Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Now, China to open its nuke test option
China is reserving the option of resuming nuclear testing, given rising tensions in South Asia, but for now is seeking an international solution to halt an arms race. China will urge the world's powers to cool tensions between India and Pakistan when foreign ministers of the UN Security Council's permanent members meet on Thursday in Geneva.
Gujarat's border with Pakistan placed on alert
Following reports of movement of vehicles of the Pakistani Army across the border, the Gujarat Government has alerted security forces in the Kutch and Banaskantha border areas and requested the Centre to provide two additional battalions of coastal guards.
Government's petrol `bomb' fuels public chaos across nation
``The BJP Government is dropping bomb after bomb. First, it was the nuclear explosion, now it is the petrol bomb!'' This reaction of Sukumar, an electrical engineer based in Bangalore was an indication of the anger and chaos that reigned with the Finance Ministry's announcement lowering the hike in petrol prices on Tuesday.
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