Internet would have made Emergency a fiasco: BJP

Internet would have made Emergency a fiasco: BJP New Delhi: Had internet been there, the Emergency of 1975 would have been a "fiasco", said Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Thursday as the Upper House of Parliament took up a debate on a motion to annul a set of government's rules on internet. A motion to annul the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011, moved by P Rajeeve of the Communist Party of India-Marxist...
04:07 PM, May 17, 2012

Emergency records missing from PMO

Emergency records missing from PMO New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said records pertaining to the imposition of emergency in India in 1975 have gone missing from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and could not be found after a "thorough search". V Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the PMO, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said "yes" to the question "whether the official record regarding the imposition of emergency in the year 1975...
06:22 PM, Mar 21, 2012

Fundamental rights violated during Emergency: SC

Fundamental rights violated during Emergency: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court has admitted that it had violated the fundamental rights of citizens during the 1975 Emergency, and in an unprecedented move commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence, earlier upheld by it, of a man who murdered four members of a family. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Asok Kumar Ganguly in a judgement took a view that the majority decision of a five-member Constitution...
09:11 AM, Jan 02, 2011

Bangladesh court upholds death sentences for 1975 coup

Bangladesh court upholds death sentences for 1975 coup Supreme Court rejected final appeals on Thursday by five former soldiers. ...
11:45 AM, Nov 19, 2009

Nepal SC set to give its verdict on Sobhraj

Nepal SC set to give its verdict on Sobhraj Nepalese Supreme Court is set to give its verdict on Charles Sobhraj's appeal. ...
12:28 PM, Aug 10, 2008
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