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South Africa: Authorities charge seven over gang rape
Thu Aug 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
South African authorities have charged seven men with 32 counts of rape after a mass assault at an abandoned mine near Johannesburg....
"Even Animals Won't Eat This" - UP Cop Breaks Down Over Mess Food
Thu Aug 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A police constable in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday drew a huge crowd as he stood on the road and wept bitterly over the quality of food served in the police mes...
Russia On Global Shopping Spree For Weapons For Its War In Ukraine: Report
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A merchant ship under US sanctions passed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait on its way from Syria to Russia late last month. European intelligence officials who tracked the Sparta II say i...
Nitish Kumar's Oath Today For Record 8th Time
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nitish Kumar will take oath as Chief Minister of Bihar today at 2 pm, after he ditched the BJP on Tuesday and announced a new "Grand Alliance" which includes Tejashwi Yadav and oth...
"Like My Sister, I Realise Mistake": Noida Politician On Abusing Woman
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Shrikant Tyagi, the Noida politician arrested after he was filmed verbally abusing and assaulting a woman, has said that the woman was "like his sister" and that he "realises his m...
In Dig At China, India Slams "Double Standards" On Terrorists At UN
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taking a dig at China, India has told a UN Security Council meeting chaired by Beijing that it was "most regrettable" that genuine and evidence-based proposals to blacklist some of...
Joe Biden Will Expedite India Sanctions Waiver Over Russian Missile Deal
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The recent India-specific CAATSA sanctions waiver by the US House of Representatives is the most consequential vote since the civilian nuclear deal, an influential Indian-American ...
China's Landmark #MeToo Case Against State TV Host Returns To Court: Report
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A landmark sexual harassment case in China was set to return to court Wednesday after an earlier ruling dealt a blow to the country's fledgling #MeToo movement....
Elon Musk Sells $7 Billion Worth Of Tesla Shares: Report
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to legal filings published Tuesday, amid a high-stakes legal battle with Twitter over a $44 billion buyout dea...
High Court grants bail to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia
Wed Aug 10 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday granted bail to senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who has been in jail over his alleged involvement in a...
Nitish Kumar Ends Alliance With BJP, Again
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nitish Kumar has ended his alliance with the BJP in Bihar; he's set to meet the Governor this evening with Tejashwi Yadav, sources said....
China preparing for invasion: Taiwan
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China is using its large-scale militarily exercises around Taiwan to prepare for an invasion of the self-governed island, Taipei’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on Tuesday....
Cabinet expansion in Maharashtra
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
For Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, the Cabinet expansion exercise on Tuesday proved to be an exercise in managing expectations as the num...
Russia halts US inspections of nuclear arsenal
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia has told the US it has "temporarily" suspended on-site inspections of its strategic nuclear weapons, under an arms control treaty known as New START....
Noida Politician Shrikant Tyagi Arrested
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Noida politician Shrikant Tyagi, who was on the run after a video of him verbally abusing a woman went viral, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police from Meerut today. ...
FBI raids Trump’s residence
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
FBI agents raided Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-A-Lago, Florida on Monday, in a move the former US president called “political persecution.” ...
Bellary Reddy wants to restart mining, Andhra tells SC ‘no objection’
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Andhra Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court it has no objection to resumption of iron ore mining in Bellary reserve forest where it was banned in 2010 over encroachmen...
12th Century idol stolen from temple found in US after 50 years
Tue Aug 09 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A statue that was stolen in 1971 from a temple in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been traced to New York, police say....
UN Chief Demands Access To Ukraine Nuclear Plant After New Russian Attack
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations...
Nitish Kumar vs BJP Reaches Clear-And-Present-Danger Stage
Mon Aug 08 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The long-standing conflict between Nitish Kumar and the BJP has reached an off-the-charts scale. Sniping at each other is par for the course since they got together in 2017. But fo...