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'No One Can Touch Tamil Nadu': Rahul Gandhi As Constitution Amendment Bill Fails

The Centre needed a two-thirds majority to get the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, passed, but fell short of the mark. The proposed legislation saw 298 MPs voting in its favour and 230 voting against.

'फोन बंद करो और...', ट्रंप के दावों पर ईरान का तंज, कहा- इतने खुश मत होइए

Putin faces Operation Twilight coup from fuming Moscow elites – 'Very dangerous'

Putin faces Operation Twilight coup from fuming Moscow elites – 'Very dangerous'Vladimir Putin is in a 'very dangerous situation' as dissatisfaction grows among economic, political and military elites, with an 'Operation Twilight' coup reportedly in the worksCommentsNewsEthan Blackshaw Deputy Publishing Lead09:24, 18 Apr 2026Updated 09:35, 18 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesVladimir Putin is said to be losing Russia's elites(Image: AFP via Getty Images)Vladimir Putin is s...

Hormuz traffic to follow Tehran-set route after coordination: Iran

Hormuz traffic to follow Tehranset route after coordination Iran

Trump's $400 million ballroom construction allowed for now, says US appeals court

Trumps million ballroom construction allowed for now says US appeals court

Scottish Greens promise misogyny Bill to tackle ‘national emergency’

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Starmer's Mandelson nightmare never ends. This time, it may cost him his job as U.K. leader

United KingdomStarmer's Mandelson nightmare never ends. This time, it may cost him his job as U.K. leaderThe British prime minister would have hoped his cool head in the Iran crisis would keep a lid on leadership speculation, but a slow-burning scandal has left him with questions to answer.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a joint press conference following an international summit on efforts to reopen the Strait of H...

Talks between United States, Iran likely to be held on April 20-21

Must ReadPakistanTalks between United States, Iran likely to be held on April 20-21By Web Desk-Apr 18, 2026ISLAMABAD: The second round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad likely to be held on April 20-21 sources said, as the capital’s administration has been directed for preparations in the city. The top leadership of the United States and Iran likely to attend the dialogue. Preparations have been underway in Islamabad to decorate the Expressway and Srinagar Highway for welc...

Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP over women’s Bill defeat: ‘Conspiracy to retain power, used women as decoy’

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the government thought that if the Bill was passed, they could proceed with delimitation ‘as per their wishes’, and, if not, they planned to defame the Opposition.

Delimitation row not over with defeat of amended women’s quota Bill in Lok Sabha: Here’s why

It is likely that the next pressure from Tamil Nadu and other southern states on the Centre will be to introduce a Constitutional Amendment Bill to further extend the freeze, as was done in 1976 and 2001. 

Pope Leo downplays feud with Trump, says 'not in my interest' to debate him

Pope Leo sought to downplay his feud with USPresident Donald Trump on Saturday, saying reporting about ​comments he has made so far during his Africa tour "has not been ‌accurate in all its aspects". Speaking to reporters in English aboard his flight to Angola for the third leg of his ambitious 10-day Africa tour, the first US pope said comments he made ​two days earlier in Cameroon decrying that the world was being "ravaged by a ​handful of tyrants" were not aimed at T...

قرارگاه مرکزی خاتم‌الانبیا از بستن مجدد تنگه هرمز خبر داد

سخنگوی قرارگاه مرکزی خاتم‌الانبیا اعلام کرد به دلیل «بدعهدی آمریکا» و ادامه محاصره دریایی، کنترل تنگه هرمز به حالت قبل برگشت و این تنگه تحت مدیریت و کنترل شدید نیروهای مسلح قرار دارد.

پیکر بسیاری از جاویدنامان پنهانی و بدون حضور خانواده‌ دفن شد

گزارش‌های رسیده به ایران‌اینترنشنال حاکی از آن است که مزار شماری از جان‌باختگان اعتراضات، موسوم به «جاویدنامان»، پس از دفن و به‌صورت پنهانی، در غیبت خانواده‌ها و خارج از روندهای معمول، با سیمان پوشانده شد.

'Shouldn't be considered failure of govt ...' Rijiju on women's reservation bill not clearing LS

The government faced a setback as the women's reservation bill failed to pass in the Lok Sabha, requiring a two-thirds majority. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju blamed the Congress and opposition parties, calling it an anti-women stance and a significant blow to the nation. The opposition, while supporting reservation, opposed its linkage with delimitation and census.

نت‌بلاکس: قطع اینترنت در ایران وارد پنجاهمین روز خود شده است

وب‌سایت نت‌بلاکس، نهاد ناظر بر اختلال‌های اینترنتی در جهان، صبح شنبه، ۲۹ فروردین گزارش داد ایران اکنون به مدت هفت هفته است که از اینترنت جهانی جدا شده و قطعی اینترنت پس از ۱۱۷۶ ساعت، وارد پنجاهمین روز خود شده است.

Dems sidestep past ‘refuse illegal orders’ demands as they challenge Trump’s Iran war authority

Amid ongoing hostilities with Iran, Democrats brushed off past calls from some figures in their party for U.S. armed forces to "refuse illegal orders," even as they broadly maintained that President Donald Trump's use of the military is on shaky footing without lawmaker approval."The troops are in no way to blame for this illegal war. Responsibility lies solely and simply with the president," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said."We support the troops always. They’re following orders," Rep. Da...

Iran could use detained Americans as ‘sweetener’ in nuclear talks, ex-hostage envoy warns

A former lead hostage negotiator under the first Trump and Biden administrations warned that the Iranians are tougher negotiators than the Russians, Chinese and even the Taliban, noting that several Americans are still wrongfully detained in Iran and should be included in any peace talks. Roger Carstens, the U.S. former Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, said in an interview with Fox News that six American citizens are being held captive in Iranian prisons — each of them previously...

Peace out: is Takaichi putting Japan’s pacifist constitution on the chopping block?

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pursuing the first ever revision of her country’s post-World War II pacifist constitution, a step that observers say is likely to be welcomed in Washington and condemned in Beijing. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured a historic two-thirds majority in the National Diet’s lower house in February’s election, passing the threshold needed to pass constitutional amendments without other parties’ support. “An independent constitutional amendment....

Venezuela’s Machado to hold Madrid rally as opposition frozen out after Maduro capture

Exiled leader to revive push for change amid US backing of Delcy Rodríguez and delays to democratic transitionVenezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, will seek to revive her push for political change with a rally in Madrid on Saturday, having found herself sidelined by Donald Trump after the abduction of the president Nicolás Maduro.“Venezuela will be free,” the Nobel peace prize winner insisted in an interview on the eve of this weekend’s demonstration in the Puerta del Sol square,...

Russian blogger’s fierce critique of Kremlin goes viral: ‘People are afraid of you’

Victoria Bonya says authorities too scared to raise issues with Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings are decliningThe Kremlin is grappling with the fallout from the viral spread of a celebrity blogger’s criticism of Russian authorities, as Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings register their sixth consecutive weekly decline.Victoria Bonya, a household name in Russia who rose to fame in 2006 on Dom-2, the country’s answer to the reality TV show Big Brother, posted a video on Monday warning the Russ...