Echoes of resistance: Karnataka and L K Advani's jail stint during EmergencyBJP MLA S Suresh Kumar recounts his experiences during the Emergency, including his arrest and imprisonment for protesting Indira Gandhi's ...
22 Jun, 2025, 02.21 PM IST
‘Understood Emergency only while executing warrants’: Retired Delhi cop reflects on 1975 crackdownVijay Malik, a former Delhi Police officer, reflects on the Emergency's 50th anniversary, recalling his experiences executing warrants agai...
22 Jun, 2025, 11.21 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi enjoyed power without responsibility till now: Anurag Thakur in Lok SabhaWhile congratulating Rahul Gandhi on becoming the Leader of Opposition, Anurag Thakur said the Congress leader now has power with responsib...
01 Jul, 2024, 06.32 PM IST
Jail was a 'torture camp' during Emergency, TN CM Stalin says in his autobiographyRecounting his entry into the Central Prison here the following arrest in 1976, Stalin in his autobiography described the jail time as a 't...
20 Mar, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
View: Should an agitation see Supreme Court put on hold farm policies approved by Parliament?In a country with a population of over 138 crore people, the intensity of an agitation in one state or region should not be interpreted as ...
11 Jan, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
Tamilisai Soundararajan youngest governor; Andhra's Harichandan oldest at 85The average age of governors is 73 after the appointment of five new governors on September 1 by President Ram Nath Kovind.
10 Sep, 2019, 03.48 PM IST
Country faced Emergency just for one family: Smriti IraniStating that the BJP had been observing June 25, the day in 1975 when Emergency was imposed, as 'Black Day', she asked the people to take a...
26 Jun, 2018, 07.06 PM IST
Emergency turned democracy into constitutional dictatorship: Arun JaitleyIndira Gandhi imposed Emergency on June 25, 1975 on account of international disturbances, suspending key fundamental rights guaranteed und...
24 Jun, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
BJP attacks Karuna for his 'second Emergency' commentsBJP's state unit President Tamilisai Sounderrajan slammed Karunanidhi for saying that the one-day ban amounted to violation of freedom of e...
06 Nov, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
LK Advani missing from event on Emergency but Amit Shah in attendanceThe absence Advani at an event to mark 40 years of Emergency, where party chief Amit Shah was the main speaker, set off speculation whether...
26 Jun, 2015, 06.27 AM IST
Emergency darkest phase; dictatorship not possible now: Arun Jaitley"The media is strong and the global institutions are also strong. The world would not accept the largest democracy becoming dictatorial tod...
24 Jun, 2015, 06.03 PM IST
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao: A man who rose through ranks in BJPHe was elected thrice to the undivided Andhra Pradesh Assembly in 1985, 1989 and 1994 from Metpalli in his native Karimnagar district of Te...
26 Aug, 2014, 05.38 PM IST
Narendra Modi, Arun Jaitley recall dark days of EmergencyJaitley and two of his cabinet colleagues - Rajnath Singh and M Venkaiah Naidu -- were in jail for the entire 19 months during Emergency wh...
27 Jun, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
Emergency taught me some compromises are not possible: Arun JaitleyJaitley said "this monstrosity" is perhaps the "worst" post Independence chapter of the Indian democracy.
25 Jun, 2014, 04.51 PM IST