Prime Minister Narendra Modi described former Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu as his true comrade who was tested in the fire of Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975.
On June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, imposed a 21-month state of emergency. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, which is considered one of the most controversial periods in India's political history.
A day after the canopy collapse incident at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, in which one person was killed and eight others were injured on Friday morning, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) announced on Saturday that operations at Terminal 1 will remain suspended til
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu visited Safdarjung and AIIMS hospitals in the national capital and met with those who were injured after a portion of the roof collapsed at the Terminal-1 of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Friday.
Flight operations of airlines like IndiGo and SpiceJet have been impacted after a roof collapsed at Terminal 1 of Delhi airport, on Friday morning, leaving six people injured and one dead.
Speaking to ANI, Aparajita Sarangi said, "The whole country knows that it was a dark period in our country's history. 140 crore people in the country can never forget it. It was the doing of Congress."
Union Ministers on Wednesday praised Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for his speech on the Emergency and asserted that future generations should be made aware of the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The leaders also criticised Congress for creating a ruckus while the House
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as Speaker Om Birla read out the resolution condemning the act and said that June 25, 1975 will always be known as a black chapter in the history of India.
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav condemned the motion read by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against the Emergency in Parliament on Wednesday and said that instead of talking about the past, one should talk about the present conditions prevailing in the country.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj hit out at the Congress party and said that 25 June 1975 was a black day for democracy when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi strangled Indian democracy for their lust for power.