Page 7 - Emergency

'Protecting secular, democratic fabric as important as defending borders'

On the 45th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal said 'safeguarding secular and democratic fabric of the country is as important as defending its borders'

This is no Emergency

By looking for an Emergency in our times, we forget to notice that the first Republic inaugurated with the Constitution of India is already over

India won't forget sacrifice of those who fought for democracy during Emergency: Modi

Former prime minister Indira Gandhi had imposed the Emergency in the country on June 25, 1975

Lockdown not akin to Emergency, default bail an indefeasible right: SC

Terming its judgment in the ADM Jabalpur case during the Emergency as "retrograde", the top court said that right to life and liberty cannot be taken away without a due process of law

Rohinton Mistry's 1995 novel captured the grand tragedies of Emergency

A Fine Balance is also a ludicrous sketch of a nation, its grand tragedies and political misadventures, specifically during the Emergency of 1975, which was declared 45 years ago on June 25

Coronavirus brings focus on division of power between the Centre and states

Experts stress the need for an over-arching central law to deal with epidemics

Living with the known devil

It's the capacity of our poor and most vulnerable fellow citizens to accept adversity and struggle on

Gyan Prakash's book explains how the Emergency was allowed to happen

It is odd to find Narendra Modi's 2014 victory on page three of a book about the Emergency. But Prakash makes it work

Intimations from the Emergency

The most interesting aspect of the book is that readers are invited to be flies on the wall as dodgy decisions are taken by the high and mighty of the Emergency days

Prevailing atmosphere far worse than 1975 Emergency: Yashwant Sinha

Sinha contended that the Emergency is too far back in history now to be made an issue and to capitalise on by the ruling BJP for the upcoming elections

From Vajpayee to Jaitley: Leaders who fought against 1975 Emergency

June 25 marks the day when Indira Gandhi had declared a state of Emergency in the country for a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977

Chapter on Emergency should be included in textbooks: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Naqvi said like independence struggle there is a need to tell the people about atrocities committed during the emergency

BJP leaders attack Congress on 41st anniversary of Emergency

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said in a series of tweets that the RSS, erstwhile Jansangh and opposition parties fought the battle together

India's single emergency number '112' to be active from Jan 1

All existing emergency numbers will be phased out within a year of rolling out 112

Book review: Coomi Kapoor's latest book on Emergency really is a personal history

Coomi Kapoor presents a readable and thought-provoking personal account of the 21 months when Indira Gandhi suspended the institutions of democracy

Advani not invited to Sangh event on Emergency; BJP brazens out for Raje

Advani last week expressed fears that the Emergency could return

Govt wants to make India the finest democracy: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a political pitch at the inauguration of the Smart City Mission here on Thursday

Dhawan nixes reports of Sonia's 'reservations' about Emergency

Key Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist says Bengal ex-CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray was its 'architect'

Emergency darkest phase; dictatorship not possible now: Jaitley

It is not possible today for the world's largest democracy to become 'dictatorial', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said, while terming the Emergency imposed by the then Congress government in 1975 as the darkest phase of independent India. Jaitley said Emergency was a phase which showed that a democracy can be converted into a dictatorship by using some provisions of the Constitution and all the major institutions like bureaucracy, police, media and judiciary can collapse. "I think, today the global awareness is in favour of the democracy and the kind of sanctions which can be imposed on a dictatorship itself can be a deterrent. "I think, the media is also strong, the polity is strong and the global institutions are also strong. The world would not accept the world's largest democracy becoming dictatorial today," Jaitley told PTI in an interview here. A major controversy broke out recently after BJP patriarch L K Advani expressed concerns that "forces that can crush democracy ..

Emergency redux? Highly unlikely: FinMin

The world would not accept the world's largest democracy becoming dictatorial today: Jaitley