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Opposition's Price-Rise Protest With Placards Angers Lok Sabha Speaker
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Speaker Om Birla was rather blunt today with Opposition members protesting inside the Lok Sabha against price rise: "The House is for discussion and raising issues, not for raising...
21-year-old US woman gang raped in Pakistan hotel
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 21-year-old American woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Tuesday....
Ranchi Woman Cop Crushed To Death
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A woman sub-inspector was crushed to death in Jharkhand capital Ranchi when she tried to stop cattle smugglers during a vehicle check exercise last night....
Record heatwave threatens EU food security
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A record heatwave in some of Europe’s key farming regions has put this year’s corn harvest at risk, Bloomberg reported on Monday....
SC refers Sena, rebel MLAs’ pleas to larger bench
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Wednesday said some issues related to the dispute between the two Shiv Sena factions — led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray — may be referred ...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public....
5 Senior Officers Under UP Minister Jitin Prasada Suspended Over Irregularities
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended five senior officers of the Public Works Department (PWD), including the departmental head for alleged serious irregularities in the depa...
Putin tells US to stop ‘looting’ Syria
Wed Jul 20 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US must stop “stealing” oil from the Syrian people, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday, after meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in Tehran....
European energy firms rack up debt to cover soaring costs
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
European energy and utilities companies are taking on more debt to offset soaring oil and gas prices, Bloomberg reported on Monday....
NEET-UG 2022: NTA to send team to Kerala to probe dress row
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is sending a team to Kerala to investigate the issue of a female NEET candidate being allegedly made to remove her innerwear before taking the exa...
Putin to visit Iran in rare international trip
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran on Tuesday in just his second foreign trip since he launched the invasion of Ukraine in February....
Woman delivers baby outside emergency wing of Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A woman delivered her baby on the floor outside the emergency department of Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday morning, with the family alleging that she spent the night there ...
Tourists stuck in China resort city after Covid lockdown
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than 2,000 tourists have been stranded in a Chinese coastal city after a surge in coronavirus cases....
Haryana Police Officer Run Over By Truck During Illegal Mining Check
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a horrifying incident that captures the terror of the mining mafia in Haryana, a senior police officer was run over by a stone-laden truck in Nuh today when he went to stop the ...
Russia sends record volumes of gas to China
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia delivered a record daily volume of gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline on Sunday, energy giant Gazprom announced....
"Need To Protect Her Life, Liberty": Supreme Court Relief For Nupur Sharma
Tue Jul 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma cannot be arrested in the nine cases against her over her comments on Prophet Muhammad, the Supreme Court said today. ...
Droupadi Murmu vs Yashwant Sinha In Presidential Election Today
Mon Jul 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Elections to choose the 15th President of India are being held today -- a race between NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and the opposition's Yashwant Sinha. The contest, though, is see...
Jagdeep Dhankhar Files Papers For Vice-President Polls; PM Modi By His Side
Mon Jul 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jagdeep Dhankhar, the BJP-led NDA's candidate for Vice-President, filed his nomination papers today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was with him, as were Cabinet Ministers Rajnath Si...
"Judge Focused On Other Things": Supreme Court Relief For Karnataka Officer
Mon Jul 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a relief for senior Karnataka cop Seemanth Kumar Singh and bureaucrat J Manjunath, the Supreme Court today stayed observations made by Karnataka High Court calling the former a ...
Russia Prepares For Next Ukraine Offensive In Face Of New Western Weapons
Mon Jul 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in "all opera...