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Topic1975 Emergency

Topic: 1975 Emergency

India’s lofty aviation ambitions interrupted & the 1975 Emergency, when a ‘young democracy froze’

Global media also reports on Adani Group’s move to ‘press ahead’ with its investment deals and ‘shrug off’ impact of US criminal charges.

Why BJP Haryana dropped Bansi Lal’s kin, Kiran & Shruti Choudhry, from its Emergency ‘Black Day’ rallies

Bansi Lal, a trusted ally of Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi, was the face of the Emergency in Haryana. Kiran & Shruti Choudhry joined BJP from Congress before 2024 Assembly polls.

The phone call that changed everything. IAS officer recalls midnight imposition of Emergency in 1975

Serving as ADM in Delhi during that time, Prodipto Ghosh recounts how detention orders were issued under MISA during the Emergency.

When the Cabinet approved Emergency—after it had been proclaimed

‘Saving India from Indira’, memoirs of JP Goyal edited by Rama Goyal, gives a blow-by-blow account of the events leading up to the 1975 Emergency.

How move to mark 50th Emergency anniversary as ‘Black Day’ has exposed cracks in Haryana Gurdwara panel

HSGMC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda defends the decision, framing it as a tribute to Sikh values of resistance, but Akal Panthak Morcha members cry foul.

Emergency fiction isn’t neat & tidy. Midnight’s Children, A Fine Balance reveal many truths

Salman Rushdie’s allegorical 'Midnight’s Children', Rohinton Mistry’s unflinching 'A Fine Balance', and Nirmal Verma’s haunting 'Raat ka Reporter', emerged as acts of remembrance and resistance.

BJP-led NDA outlines game plan at key meet—Op Sindoor, caste census, Emergency & best practices

Bottom line of conclave of NDA CMs, dy CMs was to outline strategy to capitalise on Op Sindoor and Centre’s endorsement of caste census to consolidate core voters, it is learnt.

Pensions for Emergency prisoners? These are the 12 state govts doing it

"Emergency was the second freedom struggle," said Rajendra Dhingra, who founded Delhi’s Loktantra Senani Sangh.

SubscriberWrites: Safeguarding personal liberty in digital India in the shadow of ADM Jabalpur

The 1976 ADM Jabalpur case, a dark moment in India’s judicial history, reminds us of the enduring need to balance state power and personal freedom as digital surveillance challenges grow.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.