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Topic1975 Emergency

Topic: 1975 Emergency

Kangana’s ‘Emergency’ film sparks row in Punjab. Akalis, SGPC call it anti-Sikh, BJP washes hands of it

Sikh hardliner & MP Sarabjit Singh Khalsa was first to speak against film after its trailer was launched. One of main objections has been portrayal of Bhindranwale.

Modi govt declares 25 June ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’, Congress hits back with ‘undeclared emergency’ taunt

25 June, 1975 is the date when Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency. Congress calls move a 'headline-grabbing exercise', says Modi's reduced majority a ‘political and moral’ defeat.

Congress condemns LS Speaker Om Birla’s remarks on Emergency — ‘travesty of Parliamentary traditions’

On first day of 18th Lok Sabha Wednesday, Birla read out a resolution condemning imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1975, riling Oppn. PM Modi lauded Birla for his remarks.

RSS mouthpiece compares Indira’s Emergency to Holocaust in ‘special Hitler-Gandhi’ edition

An editorial in 'Emergency special edition' of RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya alleges Congress party is 'not only far from non-violence but close to Nazism'.

‘Opposition unity in peril’ & ‘inverted pyramid’ of state visits

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Cost-cutting’ vs ‘insult’ — in Himachal, Congress-BJP spar over scrapped pension to Emergency prisoners

Ex-CM Shanta Kumar called it an insult to those fought against the Emergency. Minister Harshvardhan Chauhan said scheme was started to give pension to 'RSS people'

Favre-Leuba — ‘first’ Swiss watches to hit Indian market ran out of time in smartphone era

The Swiss heritage watch brand Favre-Leuba performed well during the 70s and 80s after which it disappeared from the market. It was then acquired by the Titan Company in 2011.

Can judiciary stand up to all-powerful executive? How judges did it during Emergency

The Emergency declared by former PM Indira Gandhi, that lasted from 1975 to 1977, saw judges from high courts across the country fight to uphold citizens’ civil liberties.

1970s India was all about ‘coffee pe charcha’. And it began at Delhi’s Indian Coffee House

In 'Brewing Resistance', Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys talks about the integral role of the Indian Coffee house at Connaught Place in shaping the protest of 1975.

Ask Rahul Gandhi about Emergency and he calls it a ‘mistake’. And Modi is ‘fascist’

In 'India's Undeclared Emergency', Arvind Narrain draws a parallel between Indira Gandhi's 1975 era and the present.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.