Good morning. Here are the top news updates for April 13, 2026, bringing you key developments from across India and the world.

NATIONAL

  • From classical to cabaret: Music legend Asha Bhosle dies in Mumbai hospital at 92

Asha Bhosle, the legend who refused to be bracketed into any one genre and stepped out of the shadows of her sister's greatness to create her own universe in Hindi playback singing, died in a Mumbai hospital on Sunday. She was 92.

  • Important to implement women's quota in 2029: PM Modi's letter to LS, RS floor leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said it is imperative that the 2029 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are conducted with women's reservation in place and asked all political parties to come together in one voice to pass the amendments to the women's reservation law

  • BJP struck Rs 1,000-cr deal to unseat TMC from power in Bengal: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP has struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power in the state.

  • Modi govt wants to put caste census in cold storage: Congress

The Congress on Sunday alleged that the government wants to put the caste census in "cold storage" and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to amend the women's reservation law with the agenda of "misleading" the country.

  • BJP wants to carry out delimitation exercise to trifurcate Bengal: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre wants to carry out a delimitation exercise to trifurcate the state.

  • TMC supports 'tukde-tukde' gang, which threatened to snap Siliguri Corridor, due to appeasement: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the "tukde-tukde" gang had threatened to snap the strategic Siliguri Corridor to cut off the Northeast from the rest of the country, and the TMC gave them support from the streets to the Parliament because of its "appeasement politics".

  • From fake PAN cards to forged passports: JK police unravels LeT's pan-India logistical web

Widening its crackdown on the inter-state network of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, in coordination with central intelligence agencies, has detained several people from Haryana and Rajasthan for allegedly facilitating the acquisition of fraudulent identities, including passports, by terrorists.

  • RSS-BJP's main objective is to finish off the Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the RSS-BJP on Sunday, alleging their main objective is to finish off the Constitution because they don't want that everyone in India is considered an equal.

  • 163 minors boys being trafficked to Maharashtra rescued from train in MP's Katni; 8 held

As many as 163 minor boys allegedly being trafficked from Bihar to Maharashtra were rescued from an express train in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district by the railway police, officials said on Sunday.

  • World Bank releases USD 340 mn for Amaravati development, additional USD 150 mn likely in April

The World Bank has released USD 340 million so far for the Amaravati Capital Phase-I development, a top official from the international financial institution has said.

  • SC to hear on Monday pleas related to SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas pertaining to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal.

  • Jaishankar meets UAE Deputy PM, discusses regional situation

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and discussed the evolving regional situation and its implications.

  • India rejects China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh; says move could impact process to normalise ties

India on Sunday said China's move to assign "fictitious names" to Indian territory to manufacture "baseless narratives" cannot alter the reality but could impact ongoing efforts to normalise bilateral ties.

  • Netaji kin Chandra Bose joins TMC ahead of Bengal polls

Chandra Bose, grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose and a former BJP leader, joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday, days ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections.

  • Mamata alleges BJP 'struck Rs 1,000-crore deal' to unseat TMC from power in Bengal 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged the BJP has "struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal" to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power in the state.

INTERNATIONAL

  • US-Iran peace talks collapse after 21-hour negotiations; Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz

The US 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.

  • Trump announces immediate blockade of Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that the US Navy would immediately begin a blockade on ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the peace talks with Tehran failed on the issue of nuclear weapons.

  • US-Iran peace talks collapse in Pakistan after 21-hour negotiations

The US 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.