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Jun 25, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau The prime minister took up the cudgels against the Congress for declaring "Emergency" in the country on June 25, 1975. "Democracy was crushed, the press was muzzled, " he said.
Jun 25, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau The Emergency refers to the period from June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977, when then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had declared a state of Emergency leading to the suspension of election and curbing civil liberties, on the nation.
Angry Congress leaders shouted slogans against the district administration and demanded an inquiry into the incident.
May 24, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad garnered 6.07 lakh votes, while Shatrughan Sinha, a former Bollywood star who joined Congress earlier this year, managed only 3.22 lakh votes.
Jawaharlal Nehru won around three-fourth of the Lok Sabha seats in the first elections in the country during 1951-52.
"The BJP would get me murdered by my own PSO (Personal Security Officer) one day like Indira Gandhi. My own security officers report to BJP," Delhi CM Kejriwal said.
Shiromani Akali Dal president, Sukhbir Badal expressed his concerns on personal attacks against leaders, and the quality of leaders in the ongoing Lok Sabha election, now in its last lap.
The plight of the Indian women politicians is to be felt to be believed. They may be worshipped as Laxmi, Saraswati and Durga inside the house but the treatment meted out to them while on election campaigns is just atrocious.
Priyanka also said that her "emotional dream" was to see an India where no one was questioned over his religion.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta sought the response of the poll panel and directed it to apprise whether the number of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) samples can be increased for the satisfaction of the electorate.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was appointed AICC general secretary of Eastern Uttar Pradesh on January 23 this year, marking her formal entry into politics. The party is hoping that the move will boost its prospects in the politically crucial state which sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha.
The minister said he was against caste and religion-based politics. A person excels on the basis of knowledge and not because of language, caste, religion or region, he said.
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls of 2019, a film about the second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri is set to raise a political storm after the much controversial trailer of "The Accidental Prime Minister".
In addition to the US turning a blind eye to Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, China also convinced the US to start giving more military and financial aid to Pakistan.
Indian politicians paid homage to our Nation's third Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to commemorate her 34th death anniversary.
Singh expresses these views in his new book, 'Treasured Epistles', a collection of letters.
Octogenarian mediaperson P. Raman pens a book sketched by nuggets of self-experienced struggles in the profession, with dashes of humour that colour up his trail down half-a-century of Indian media’s history
June 25 marks the day when Indira Gandhi had declared a state of Emergency in the country for a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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