Sunday, June 13, 1999
India shoots down Pak's `partial' offer, talks end
The first face-to-face meeting between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan since the intrusion across the LoC first came to New Delhi's notice ended in a virtual deadlock yesterday.
Jaswant talks tough, Aziz gets the message
Pakistani Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz is believed to have mooted a three-point formula for defusing the Kargil crisis: a ceasefire; a joint working group to review the LoC; and an invitation to Jaswant Singh to visit Islamabad.
Pak hikes defence outlay by 11 pc
With a battle raging on its disputed Kashmir border with India, Pakistan has announced a $ 12 billion budget that called for a $ 2.6 million (almost 11 per cent) increase in defence spending.
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