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Kangana Ranaut confirms release of ‘Emergency’ has been postponed, says “still waiting for the certification from censor board”

ANI - 6 September, 2024

Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut said on Friday that the release of her much-awaited film 'Emergency' has been postponed as certification from censor board has not been received

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Kangana Ranaut confirms that her movie Emergency has failed to get clearance from Censor Board, won’t release today

OpIndia Staff - 6 September, 2024

Actress, producer and Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut has confirmed that her movie 'Emergency' has not been cleared by the censor board and won't be released today.

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Modi govt withdraws 1966 memorandum barring govt servants from participating in RSS activities: Here is how RSS was officially persecuted for years

Shraddha Pandey - 22 July, 2024

Notably, the ban on government employees participating in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities was imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1966. The Congress government's 1966 decision to ban government employees from partaking in activities of the RSS was a move rooted in political expediency rather than genuine concern for the public interest. The ban sought to stifle the influence of a prominent organization that ideologically opposed the Congress party.

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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

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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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While Canada claims they won’t accept promotion of violence, Khalistani extremists freely glorify Indian PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination in the North American country

OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2024

The celebration of Indira Gandhi’s assassination in Canada by Khalistani supporters is a reminder that Canada needs to act swiftly against incidents that promote violence.

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