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Updated – April 12, 2026 08:43 pm IST
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle performs during the Nagpur Mahotsav in Nagpur, Maharashtra. File | Photo Credit: PTI
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle passed away on Sunday (April 12, 2026) in a hospital in Mumbai. She was 92. Ms. Bhosle passed away due to multi-organ failure, Breach Candy Hospital confirmed to The Hindu. Ms. Bhosle was admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai’s Breach Candy on Saturday (April 11) evening following a chest infection and exhaustion. She also suffered a cardiac arrest and pulmonary complications, the hospital said.
The U.S. and Iran failed to reach a peace deal at their historic 21-hour talks in Pakistan, leaving the fate of a tenuous two-week ceasefire in doubt, with both sides attempting to hold each other responsible for the collapse of the negotiations. Vice-President J.D. Vance, who led the U.S. delegation at the negotiations in Islamabad, said the Iranian side did not accept Washington’s terms for ending the war even as the U.S. presented its “final and best offer”.
The suspected campus death of R.L. Nithin Raj, a first-year student at the Anjarakandy Dental College in Kannur district, on Friday (April 10, 2026), has caused a public outcry and raised questions about casteism in classroom interactions and student-faculty relations in higher-education campuses, including professional colleges, despite constitutional protections against social discrimination.
Ahead of the extended sitting of the Budget session to clear amendments to the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to the heads of all political parties seeking their cooperation, calling it a moment to demonstrate responsibility towards women.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the RSS-BJP on Sunday (April 12, 2026), alleging their main objective is to finish off the Constitution because they don’t want everyone in India to be considered an equal. Mr. Gandhi made the remarks before flagging off the ‘Run For Ambedkar, Run For Constitution’ marathon in Delhi, ahead of Ambedkar’s birth anniversary on April 14.
The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir will commence on July 3 and conclude after 57 days on August 28, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said. Pilgrims between the ages of 13 and 70 can undertake the yatra, and registrations will begin from April 15, the L-G told reporters at the Lok Bhavan in Jammu. The dates for the yatra were decided at a meeting of the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB) under the chairmanship of Mr. Sinha.
The BJP has issued a three-line whip to all its MPs, urging them to remain present in their respective Houses during the extended Budget session of Parliament starting Thursday (April 16, 2026). The Modi Government has convened a special three-day sitting from April 16 to 18, during which proposed amendments to the Women’s Reservation Act are likely to be brought for consideration and passage.
Pakistan on Sunday (April 12, 2026) said it will continue to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran, while urging both sides to uphold the ceasefire. In a brief statement to the media after marathon negotiations between the U.S. and Iran ended without a breakthrough, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Pakistan has helped mediate several rounds of “intense and constructive” discussions over the past 24 hours.
Hungarians were casting ballots on Sunday (April 12, 2026) in what is widely seen as Europe’s most consequential election this year, a vote that could unseat populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, after 16 years in power.
The government on Saturday (April 11, 2026) hiked export duty, or windfall tax, on diesel to ₹55.5 per litre and on aviation fuel ATF to ₹42 a litre. The duty hikes would be applicable with immediate effect, the Finance Ministry said in a notification. The Government had, on March 26, imposed an export duty of ₹21.50 a litre on diesel and ₹29.50 per litre on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). The duties were levied to increase the domestic availability of the fuel amid the war in West Asia.
Published – April 12, 2026 07:20 pm IST
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