DARK INTERLUDE : THE EMERGENCY AND INDIA’S DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA
Fifty years ago, India witnessed a seismic jolt to its democratic foundations when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a national Emergency on June 25, 1975. The move, widely regarded as a dark chapter in India’s constitutional history, suspended civil liberties, muzzled the press, and stifled dissent for 19 months. Today, as the nation reflects on […]
CABINET OKAYS NEW NATIONAL SPORTS POLICY
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday approved the new National Sports Policy 2025, a landmark initiative aimed at reshaping the country’s sporting landscape and empowering citizens through sports. The new policy supersedes the existing National Sports Policy, 2001, and lays out a visionary and strategic roadmap to establish India […]
GOVT MAY GET RID OF SOCIALISM AND SECULARISM FROM THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
NEW DELHI: Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has historically expressed ideological opposition to certain values like socialism and secularism as framed in the Indian Constitution, especially during and after the Emergency period (1975–77) when these terms were explicitly added to the Preamble. The words “socialist” and “secular” as also “integrity” were added to the Preamble of […]
