The Indian Express

Tuesday, May 20 1997

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Sovereign doesn't, but the President of India has begun to `act'
Silently, but effectively, President S D Sharma has acquired the political power to select Prime Ministers by hobnobbing with whatever politicians he chooses to listen to. In the context of a hung Lok Sabha, he has acquired the further power to continue a defeated conglomerate of parties by choosing a new Prime Minister.

Till cruelty do us part
Cruelty, physical and mental, is now ground enough for a Christian woman to obtain a divorce. Last fortnight, the Bombay High Court (BHC) recognised cruelty and desertion as independent grounds for the dissolution of a Christian marriage.

Crisis in UK's rent-a-womb sector
There is a baby industry in Britain which from time to time makes headlines because of bizarre and spectacular events, like a 60-year-old first time mother or a woman carrying eight babies.

Sri Lanka hold the aces

Sri Lanka death toll climbs to 335

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