Saturday, May 30, 1998
Passenger fares up, freight spared in pro-reforms budget
Making a bold departure from railway budgets in the past, Union railway minister Nitish Kumar on Friday made good the promise to begin reducing the massive cross-subsidisation of passenger traffic by over-charging cargo traffic. While raising passenger rates almost across the board, Kumar has left freight rates almost untouched.
Pakistan links nuclear tests to Kashmir
A day after Islamabad said it had matched India's five nuclear tests, their chief disarmament negotiator solidly linked the Kashmir question to the nuclear blasts in India and Pakistan, saying this response was "necessary and legitimate" to protect Pakistan from the designs of "aggressive Hindu nationalists" in New Delhi.
The day after: Pak wakes up to curbs
The day after the nuclear blasts set off by Pakistan saw the country waking up to a state of emergency declared by President Rafiq Tarrar amidst much confusion as markets and banks remained shut even as US intelligence analysts said Pakistan may not be through with its nuclear testing and could go in for more.
|
|
