I write this as India marks the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, during which the Constitution itself was weaponised to create a dictatorship. My father, Arun Jaitley, took great pride in being ...

The Emergency declared by the then-prime minister Indira Gandhi on 25 June 1975, marked a dark chapter in India’s democratic history. For 21 months, the government suspended civil liberties, majorly ...

In another move that is likely to widen his rift with the Congress leadership, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor has written an article on the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in ...

NCERT on Thursday released a Class IX social science textbook carrying content on the Emergency, coinciding with the government’s observance of “Samvidhaan Hatya Divas” to highlight the excesses of ...

NCERT: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has added the topic of the Emergency period of 1975-77 to its Class 9 Social Science textbook. This move has come in light of ...

The Emergency of 1975 was not merely a temporary suspension of law and order; it was a full-scale attack on the soul of the Indian Constitution. It showed how easily democracy can be manipulated ...

Kolkata: In a first in Bengal, 325 people imprisoned during the 1975 Emergency were conferred the Paschimbanga Loktantra ...

Calling the Emergency years a "dark chapter", the BJP on Thursday backed NCERT’s decision to introduce a section on the 1975 period in Class 9 social science textbooks. The party said the Emergency ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has marked the anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, describing it as a dark period when Indian democracy was severely undermined. Referring to the day as "Constitution ...

New Delhi: NCERT has added the 1975-77 National Emergency to the Class 9 Social Science syllabus for the first time, bringing a major chapter of India’s political history to students much earlier than ...