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The difference between Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Hasina: One said sorry and rose from the ashes
October 29, 2025 3:15 pm
History teaches that those who know when to bow may rise again, and those who refuse are swept away by the very people who elected them in the first place. Indira Gandhi’s eventual redemption stemmed not from her power but from her humility
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: On Emergency and nationalism, a debate that blinds us to the future
July 01, 2025 11:21 am
In an era of such planetary-scale economic, technological and moral change, it is galling that we still want to remain stuck in the Seventies
Nayantara Sahgal on the Emergency and her rift with cousin Indira Gandhi that never quite healed
June 29, 2025 8:36 am
'If my elder sister does something wrong, it’s my duty to write against that', says Sahgal, 98, at her home in Dehradun
BJP reiterates demand for public apology from Congress for imposing Emergency; panel to look into Kolkata law college rape
June 28, 2025 4:06 pm
Attacking the TMC and its government in West Bengal following the Kolkata law college rape incident, Sambit Patra said CM Mamata Banerjee should tender an apology and quit from her post.
Ex-ADM recalls Emergency: The night Delhi fell silent, fearing ‘something far-reaching’
June 28, 2025 10:57 am
Meenakshi Datta Ghosh, one of five ADMs posted in the Capital when the Emergency was imposed, recalls
Need to discuss if socialist, secular should remain in Preamble: RSS Gen Secy Dattatreya Hosabale
June 27, 2025 8:49 pm
During the Lok Sabha elections, several INDIA bloc leaders, especially Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had waved a copy of the Constitution in various rallies, alleging that PM Narendra Modi-led government was “trying to change” it.
UPSC Issue at a Glance | 50 Years of Emergency: From causes to constitutional implications
July 10, 2025 3:50 pm
Fifty years ago, on the night of June 25, 1975, the Indira Gandhi government declared Emergency on the grounds of “internal disturbance” – the first and only time this clause was used in independent India. On its 50th anniversary, let's revisit the constitutional crossroads of this chapter in Indian history.
Emergency sought to reduce judiciary to a cog in Congress’s machinery
June 26, 2025 6:48 am
The present government’s response to adverse verdicts is not interference with or dilution of the judicial process — it is democratic acceptance
Congress should apologise to Dalits, underprivileged & all citizens for Emergency: CM Yogi Adityanath
June 26, 2025 12:58 am
The CM also announced the facility of cashless treatment for the “Loktantra Senanis” (those who fought for democracy during the Emergency) and their family members.
Emergency wasn’t just a reaction to judiciary's rulings
June 25, 2025 7:07 pm
Many believe that Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency because she was rattled by Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha’s judgment invalidating her election from Rae Bareilly. Evidence, however, suggests the plot to enforce the Emergency had been underway since early January that year
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