The Indian Express

Tuesday, December 02 1997

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Mulayam salvo upsets Front
The isolated salvo fired by Mulayam Singh Yadav in far-away Purnea in Bihar, reverberated in Andhra Pradesh Bhavan, rattling the United Front constituents which met on Monday and tried to decode the SP leader's call for the formation of a new Front to fight secular forces. Though SP general secretary Amar Singh issued a retraction, Mulayam's diatribe against the UF appears to be the first step towards distancing himself from the Front.

President caught in a vortex of constitutional crises
A host of constitutional questions face President K R Narayanan as he engages in finding a solution to the political crisis created by the fall of the Gujral Government. The primary issue at stake is whether the President has the powers to dissolve the Lok Sabha without a recommendation from the Cabinet.

Saddam selling hardships as UN meet on embargo begins
Iraq has begun an intensive campaign to convince the world that its children are dying in large numbers because of the crippling economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations and to win support for easing the seven-year old embargo. Television networks in the United States on Sunday showed heart-rending scenes on the street of Baghdad as wooden coffins of more than 50 children were carried atop cars for mass funeral.

Uneasy truce in Pak judiciary

Vaghela, Keshubhai wrangle over dead don