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NEW DELHI: Congress and Shashi Tharoor have been associated for 16 long years. But of late, the Thiruvananthapuram MP seems to be bringing more cheers to the rival BJP than his own party Congress. And what’s more, Tharoor seems to be pushing the boundaries with every new “statement” he makes.In the last 6 months, there…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the “dark chapter of Emergency” imposed 50 years ago and urged citizens to remain vigilant to safeguard the Constitution.In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio address, the PM quoted three prominent politicians from different ideologies, including two former prime ministers, to showcase how people from all…
PM Modi’s sharp attack on Congress over Emergency, Rath Yatra turns tragic in Odisha; & more NEW DELHI: PM Modi in his Mann Ki Baat, marked 50 years since the Emergency by calling it an era of fear and censorship. Tragedy struck in Odisha as a stampede at Puri’s Rath Yatra left three dead and…
Rahul Gandhi and Jaishankar (R) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday took a veiled dig at the Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of hypocrisy over their public display of constitutional values. While not naming anyone directly, Jaishankar criticised those who “flash the Constitution” but fail to uphold its…
NEW DELHI: “The one lesson that Emergency taught us is to never take freedom for granted,” external affairs minister S Jaishankar declared on Friday while criticising the Congress party for its imposition in 1975.Addressing a Mock Parliament event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) to commemorate its 50th anniversary, Jaishankar referenced the movie…
LUCKNOW: Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha, whose verdict on June 12, 1975, disqualifying then PM Indira Gandhi, sparked a chain of events culminating in a 21-month-long Emergency, never “regretted” his decision.“My father neither regretted delivering the judgment, for he did what was right. For him it was yet another case; he decided on merit and facts,” said…
NEW DELHI: Reflecting on the dark days of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975, PM Modi on Wednesday said no Indian will ever forget the manner in which the spirit of the Constitution was violated, the voice of Parliament muzzled, and attempts made to control the courts, even as he vowed to strengthen…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning 50 years of the imposition of the Emergency by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.In a media briefing, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, observed a two-minute silence as a tribute to the victims of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Calling the imposition of Emergency on India “the darkest chapters in India’s history,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the values enshrined in the Constitution were set aside, and several people were jailed at that time; it was as if the Congress at that time placed democracy under arrest….
NEW DELHI: On the eve of the 50th anniversary of imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1975, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said it was an attempt to turn a multi-party democracy into a dictatorship as he hit out at DMK, socialists and others who have joined hands with Congress, saying they were…
