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Topic: Emergency

Kedarnath trip not political, tried to find my inner self: PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat

In his first radio address since the BJP's thumping victory, PM also calls for Swacch Bharat-like campaign to tackle water crisis.

‘Right to life and liberty’ in Jharkhand and ‘Vande Mataram’ in Bihar

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

When Maneka Gandhi got Lucky, Jaiveer Shergill got witty & Donald Trump got nasty

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

During Emergency, Jayaprakash Narayan was detained in a hospital & could have been poisoned

In his memoirs, J.P. Goyal, a key lawyer for Raj Narain in his case against Indira Gandhi, wrote about meeting detained opposition leaders during the 1975 Emergency.

New I&B minister Prakash Javadekar invokes Emergency to stress on press freedom

Prakash Javadekar, who took charge as information & broadcasting minister Friday, said press freedom is the essence of democracy and the Modi govt cherishes it.

Sri Lanka declares emergency after authorities confirm 7 suicide bombers involved

The Sri Lankan government said it won't disclose the details of the 24 arrested suspects to prevent them from getting publicity.

Morarji Desai, the prime minister for whom time in PMO was ‘tougher than prison’

Morarji Desai, India's first non-Congress PM, was the only Indian who won the Bharat Ratna & Pakistan's highest civilian award — the Nishan-e-Pakistan. 

Kissa Kursee Ka: A parody that sent Sanjay Gandhi to jail and laid bare Indian politics

Directed by Congress and Janata Party MP Amrit Nahata, Kissa Kursee Ka was made during the Emergency, and irked the Gandhi clan like nothing else.

Grand old party of Indian politics has sadly been taken captive by a dynasty: Arun Jaitley

The finance minister also said that the ‘slave’ mentality of senior leaders in Congress makes them sing the song scripted by the dynast.

President who took a tranquiliser after signing away India’s democratic rights to Indira

ThePrint takes a look at president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed's career-defining moment — an act that shaped how India understands democracy.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.