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Ukraine Sends 45 Buses To Evacuate Civilians From Besieged Mariupol City
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ukraine said Thursday it was sending dozens of buses to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol after a Russian ceasefire announcement, but dismissed Kremlin promises...
Mysterious Bill Gates Photo Highlights Imran Khan's Army Crisis
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
When Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan released a photo of a luncheon with Bill Gates last month, social media users noticed something odd: The round table had 13 seats, but only ...
Pak PM Imran Khan Loses Majority As Key Ally Strikes Deal With Opposition
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government received a massive blow by key ally and the main coalition partner Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM) after it struck a deal...
Putin’s demand for trade in rubles, and how it could work
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
On March 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that European countries must pay for all natural gas imports in rubles instead of the US dollar or the euro. The European Uni...
Woman hurls bomb at CRPF bunker in Kashmir’s Sopore
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A woman wearing a burqa was caught on camera throwing a bomb at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district yesterday even...
48 Hours On, Fire At Delhi's Ghazipur Landfill Still Not Under Control
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two fire tenders are involved in dousing the fire that has been raging in several pockets of East Delhi's Ghazipur dumping yard for close to 48 hours, an official said on Wednesday...
Challenge Bail For Minister's Son, Farmers' Killing Probe Chief Tells UP
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a development that could make things tougher for Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the ex-judge monitoring t...
Russia's Foreign Minister Arrives In China For Meeting On Afghanistan Situation
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, where China was set to host two days of meetings o...
6 Security Personnel Killed, 22 Injured In Terror Attack In Pak: Report
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least six security personnel were killed and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a terrorist attack on a security headquarter located inside a fort in northwest Pakistan's restive...
"Russia May Single Out, Detain Americans": US Warns Its Citizens
Wed Mar 30 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US State Department issued a travel advisory on Tuesday warning that Moscow "may single out and detain US citizens in Russia" and repeating earlier warnings for Americans not t...
Russia pounds Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv as face-to-face talks resume in Turkey
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least three people were killed and 22 wounded in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday when a rocket struck a regional administration building, news agency Reu...
On Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's Peace Offer
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, who is acting as Russia's unofficial envoy in talks with Ukraine, was told by President Vladimir Putin that he will "thrash" the Ukrainians, a...
"Vehemently Opposed" Minister's Son's Bail Plea: UP In Supreme Court
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The bail application by Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, accused of running over farmers during a march last year, had been "vehemently opposed", the Uttar Prad...
Mamata Banerjee Calls For Opposition Meet Over Probe Agencies' "Misuse"
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mamata Banerjee has written to opposition leaders across the country expressing "deep concern" over what she alleges is central agencies misused by the ruling BJP to target rivals,...
Bhushan Power and Steel Ex-Director Gets Bail In ₹ 5,500 Crore Fraud Case
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Special Court in Delhi has granted bail to Aarti Singal, the former Director of Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL) in the fraud case of ₹ 5,500 crores. The case is being invest...
US Proposes Hike In Assistance To India In Clean Energy, Digital Economy
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden has proposed to increase the developmental assistance to India in clean energy, digital economy, and also in combating increasing authoritarianism....
S Jaishankar, "Disturbed" By Lankan Hospital's Crisis, Asks Envoy To Help
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar today asked the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka to help a hospital that has suspended surgeries because of the shortage of medicines. Mr Jaishan...
Shanghai Bars All From Leaving Homes, Allowed Out Only To Get Covid Test
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Shanghai cranked up lockdown restrictions for people residing in the eastern half of the city, barring everyone from leaving their homes even to walk their dogs as local daily Covi...
On Camera, Trinamool MLA's "Vote At Your Risk" Message For BJP Supporters
Tue Mar 29 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The BJP has targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over a video in which a party legislator is seen asking Trinamool workers to threaten BJP supporters against votin...
Trinamool, BJP Come To Blows In Assembly Over Bengal Killings
Mon Mar 28 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chaotic scenes were witnessed in West Bengal Assembly today as legislators of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Opposition BJP came to blows after the BJP demanded that Chief M...