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Samajwadi Party Strongman Azam Khan Gets Bail, May Be Released
Thu May 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Citing unusual facts presented before it, the Supreme Court today granted interim bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in an alleged cheating case. The interim bail will contin...
Kashmiri Separatist Leader Yasin Malik Convicted In Terror Funding Case
Thu May 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case today. This comes after Yasin Malik last Tuesday pleaded guilty to all charges, inclu...
US Confirms 1st Case Of Monkeypox - Man Who Recently Travelled To Canada
Thu May 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, sparking concern the disease endemic in parts of A...
Concern Grows For Ukrainian Soldiers After Surrender To Russia In Mariupol
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate res...
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Perarivalan To Walk Free After 31 Years
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, who has been behind bars for 31 years, will be released, the Supreme Court ruled on Wedne...
Hardik Patel resigns as working president of Gujarat Congress
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hardik Patel Wednesday resigned as the working president of Gujarat Congress and from the primary membership of the party....
Flight data from China Eastern jet points to intentional nosedive, says report
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Investigators probing the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining whether it was due to intentional action taken on the flight deck, with no evidence so far of a techni...
Day after raids on Chidambarams, CBI arrests Karti aide Bhaskararaman
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested alleged chartered accountant and close aide of Karti Chidambaram, S Bhaskararaman, in connection with the fresh ‘bribe for vi...
US Preps $500 Million Package To Wean India From Russian Weapons: Report
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US is preparing a military aid package for India to deepen security ties and reduce the country's dependence on Russian weapons, people familiar with the matter said....
Kashmir: One killed, 3 injured in grenade attack at Baramulla liquor shop
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
An employee at a wine shop was killed and his three colleagues injured when suspected militants hurled a grenade at a shop in the high-security zone of north Kashmir’s Baramulla....
Kim Jong Un May Greet Biden With Missile Test During South Korea Visit
Wed May 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Despite battling a wave of suspected COVID-19 infections, North Korea appears to be preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ahead of US President Joe Biden's...
NATO starts drills near Russian border
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Large-scale NATO military drills started in Estonia on Monday. The exercise dubbed ‘Hedgehog 2022’ is one of the largest in the Baltic nation’s history, according to the military b...
US warns over risk of hiring North Korea IT workers
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US has warned that IT workers from North Korea are trying to get remote working jobs by hiding their true identities for the purpose of stealing money for Pyongyang....
Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in th...
CBI Raids Karti Chidambaram In New 'Bribe-For-Visa' Case
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's home and offices were searched today by the CBI over allegations of bribery. ...
Ruble nears five-year high against euro
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Russian ruble is edging towards a five-year high against the euro on Monday, demonstrating unprecedented resilience amid the most drastic sanctions ever imposed on Moscow by th...
Turkey could block Finland and Sweden Nato bids
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Turkey's president has restated his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato - just hours after they said they would seek membership....
In $60-million UN scandal, a $2.5-million housing investment in Goa — and no house to show for it
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which deals with operational projects, had entrusted the entire sum to a single British businessman and now faces $22 millio...
Sri Lanka To Sell Airline, Print Money To Pay Salaries
Tue May 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sri Lanka's new government plans to sell its national airline to stem losses, part of efforts to stabilize the nation's finances even as authorities are forced to print money to pa...
"Another Grave Mistake": Russia On Finland, Sweden Joining NATO
Mon May 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia warned Monday that decisions by Finland and Sweden to join the NATO military alliance were serious mistakes and Moscow would take measures....