Hindu extremists urge a right turn Community violence flares as nationalists pressure Government. Lesbian love affair fires fundamentalist outrage Shock as Hindus protest against film. Pakistan accuses India of planting a bomb on a train that killed more than 20 people. India boosts defence spending Government revealed that military outlays will rise by 14per cent, the largest ever increase in peacetime Tuesday 2 June 1998 US fumbles for right response The White House scrambles to find a more effective policy than economic sanctions to stabilise relations between the newest nuclear powers, Pakistan and India. A pause in nuclear testing announced by India and Pakistan has paved the way for mediation to prevent a further escalation in the regional arms race.
Fresh tests heighten fears of a regional nuclear arms race.
Beijing blames New Delhi China has blames New Delhi for rising tension in South Asia after Pakistan detonated nuclear tests. Nations fall out World powers at odds how to respond to the nuclear blasts. The new Cold War Asia's nuclear arms race heightens superpower fears of a new turbulence on the subcontinent. The new nuclear arms race exposes the impotance of American forieng policy, writes Christopher Kremner . Tensions being felt today are part of the tragic legacy of Partition, when the departing British colonial power divided the subcontinent between Hindus and Muslims but left plenty of grey areas.