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Saturday, October 4, 2025
TopicEmergency

Topic: Emergency

‘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.

George Fernandes was born a Lohiaite, and died one, says Arun Jaitley

George Fernandes was an extra-ordinary leader, a Parliamentarian that many dreaded facing, and above all, a dissenter, Union minister Arun Jaitley wrote in memory of him.

On Camera

English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.