Ordinance raj during Emergency: 48, including 5 to amend MISA, promulgatedDuring the Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government issued numerous ordinances, including amendments to the MISA, granting broad de...
22 Jun, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
Concept of simultaneous elections not new to India, says govt in explainerIndia's government is revisiting the practice of simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, citing its prevalence from ...
17 Dec, 2024, 12.35 PM IST
BJP to launch programme against 1975 Emergency to 'expose authoritarianism' of CongressThe BJP announced a nationwide programme to expose Congress' authoritarianism during the 1975 Emergency. BJP president JP Nadda will addres...
24 Jun, 2024, 05.24 PM IST
UP: BJP to observe black day on Emergency anniversary; party leaders to address public meetings across stateUnder the campaign, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address a public meeting in Gautambuddh Nagar while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh ...
25 Jun, 2023, 08.53 AM IST
PIL filed in SC challenging Centre's decision to ban BBC documentaryThe PIL filed by advocate ML Sharma also urged the apex court to call and examine the BBC documentary - both parts I and II - and sought ac...
29 Jan, 2023, 04.17 PM IST
Amit Shah’s roadmap to J&K statehood: Delimitation, pollsThe delimitation commission which would redraw the parliamentary and assembly constituencies based on latest demography was given a year’s ...
25 Jun, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
JK, Ladakh fully integrated into mainstream of India, govt tells Rajya SabhaUnion Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told Rajya Sabha that as many as 613 separatists, overground workers and stone pelters were...
03 Feb, 2021, 12.59 PM IST
Parliamentary amendments to provisions of emergency are product of experiences: SCThe apex court also said pursuant to the Forty-fourth amendment to the Constitution in 1978 that sought to limit recourse to emergency powe...
01 Oct, 2020, 10.02 PM IST
Coronavirus impact: Centre’s lockdown advisory binding on statesThe government on Monday told local authorities to impose lockdown orders allowing only essential services to operate in 548 districts acro...
24 Mar, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
Lok Sabha okays bill to extend SC-ST quota in Parliament, AssembliesThe bill was passed with 352 members voting in favour and none against it. The reservation for SCs, STs and Anglo-Indians given for the pas...
11 Dec, 2019, 09.25 AM IST
As agri trade with Pak freezes, India looks to other marketsPakistan mostly imports teas from South India and some small quantities from Assam.
17 Sep, 2019, 09.26 AM IST
Jaitley compares Indira Gandhi to Hitler, says she changed democracy into dictatorship"Both Hitler and Mrs. Gandhi never abrogated the Constitution. They used a republican Constitution to transform democracy into dictatorship...
25 Jun, 2018, 08.37 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate to sell Rs 4k-cr Vijay Mallya shares in United BreweriesTop officials close to the issue said ED has secured custody of 4 crore unpledged shares, constituting about 15.2% stake, owned by Mallya i...
19 Jan, 2018, 06.49 AM IST
The intolerance myth: It’s Congress that exhibits the worst intoleranceIt’s time to constantly reiterate that freedom of speech means freedom for everyone and cannot be restricted to only one point of view.
07 Nov, 2015, 12.58 PM IST
Media must utilise freedom of expression with care: Arun JaitleyThis freedom has to be utilised by media with great circumspection as media forms the eyes and ears as far as citizens are concerned & has ...
24 Jan, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
Narendra Modi government likely to frame norms for media coverage on anti-terror operationsThe Home Ministry had earlier asked the I and B Ministry to amend rules so that live coverage of anti-terror operations by television chann...
18 Jan, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
- Centre asks SC not to stay HPCL, BPCL privatisation
The government has asked the Supreme Court not to stay the privatisation of HPCL and BPCL as it would hurt the economic sentiment in the co...
26 Aug, 2003, 03.48 PM IST