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Emergency

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Kangana’s ‘Emergency’ stalled by Censor Board but Netflix has full freedom to whitewash IC814 hijack: Activist Uday Mahurkar demands OTT platforms to be held...

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2024

Kangana Ranaut said, “Meri film pe hi Emergency lag gayi hai. Bahut hi nirashajanak ye sthiti hai... [An Emergency has been imposed on my film now. It's a terrible situation...]".

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‘India has a population problem, since Emergency period, nobody has focused on a solution’: Narayana Murthy on forced sterilisation of thousands under Indira Gandhi...

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2024

Narayana Murthy stated that the US, Brazil and China and have far higher per capita land availability than India.

‘Be on watch out’: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar warns nation against Congress leaders’ ‘Bangladesh-like incidents can happen in India’ remarks

Paurush Gupta - 10 August, 2024

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar said, "These (anti-national) forces are eager to disrupt the nation and derail its development and democracy by creating fabricated narratives."

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‘Emergency was a North India issue. Indira won in south’: Rajdeep Sardesai downplays Emergency after Centre announces ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’

OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2024

Rajdeep Sardesai stated that Congress had swept the elections in Southern India even after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi slapped an emergency.

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Modi government declares 25th June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas to remind people what happened when the Constitution was trampled over during the emergency

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2024

Government of India has declared 26th June as the Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, which translates to ‘Constitution Murder Day’, to pay tribute to the victims of the emergency

Opinions

When corruption trumps freedom: Fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav downplays the Emergency to target Modi govt over ‘lack of respect’ for the opposition

Amit Kelkar - 29 June, 2024

Lalu Prasad Yadav recently penned a column in Indian Express, lamenting over 'disrespect' towards the opposition by the current dispensation.

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Congress’ KC Venugopal writes to Speaker Om Birla on ‘Emergency’ reference in Lok Sabha, calls it ‘deeply shocking’, ‘unprecedented’

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2024

"Making of such a political reference from the Chair is unprecedented in the annals of history of Parliament," Venugopal wrote in his letter.

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Om Birla starts his new term as Speaker by condemning the ‘Tanashahi’ of former PM Indira Gandhi for imposing Emergency in 1975

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2024

Speaker Om Birla condemned former PM Indira Gandhi for imposing the Emergency in India nearly 50 years ago, in 1975.

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Union govt notifies Telecommunications Act, the new allows govt to take control of all telecom networks during emergency situations

ANI - 22 June, 2024

According to the new Telecommunications Act, the government may take control of the telecom services on the grounds of security, public order, or prevention of offences.

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