A video from the 2024 wedding of Fatemeh Shamkhani, daughter of Ali Shamkhani—one of Iran’s senior defence officials and a close aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—has ignited widespread criticism and debate. The clip shows the bride and several women at the ceremony flouting Iran’s strict hijab laws by wearing revealing, Western-style dresses, highlighting glaring contradictions within the Islamic Republic’s leadership.
The Congress in Haryana on Thursday (April 16) suspended five of its MLAs from the party’s primary membership with immediate effect over alleged cross-voting during last month’s Rajya Sabha elections. The party’s Haryana unit Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC), headed by former MP Dharampal Malik, recommended the suspension of MLAs Mohammad Ilyas (Punahana), Mohammad Israil (Hathin), Renu Bala (Sadhaura), Shalley Chaudhary (Naraingarh), and Jarnail Singh (Ratia).
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The Supreme Court on Thursday issued significant directives while uploading its order regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case in West Bengal. Exercising its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to implement the decisions rendered by the Appellate Tribunal.
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