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Nepal PM Offers Prayers At Kashi Vishwanath Temple In Varanasi
Sun Apr 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
After offering prayers at Kaal Bhairav temple, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife Arzu Deuba accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went to K...
Ukraine's Strategic Port Bombed, Mass Grave Found Near Kyiv
Sun Apr 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Air strikes hit Ukraine's strategic Black Sea port Odessa this morning, after Kyiv had warned that Russia was trying to consolidate its troops in the south. "Odessa was attacked fr...
Social media platforms blocked; Govt imposes 36-hour curfew
Sun Apr 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sri Lanka has restricted access to major social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter, internet monitoring organisation NetBlocks said on Sunday, after the government impo...
Pak PM Imran Khan Seeks Early Elections After No-Trust Vote Dismissed
Sun Apr 03 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a rapid twist of events today, asked the Governor to dissolve the national assembly and announced fresh elections. His move came shortly afte...
Ship Carrying Diesel Reaches Lanka Amid State Of Emergency
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A ship carrying 40,000 tonnes of diesel under a $1 billion credit line given to Sri Lanka by India has reached the island nation. The fuel will be distributed across Sri Lanka this...
On Strike In Russia, Ukraine's Zelensky Says "I Don't Discuss My Orders"
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Responding to Russian accusations that Ukraine mounted a helicopter attack on a fuel depot inside Russian territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said 'I do not...
Pakistani PM commends India’s ‘independent foreign policy’
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has complimented regional rival India for maintaining an “independent foreign policy” amid US and allied pressure to adopt a harsher stance towa...
Petrol, Diesel Prices Up 80 Paise, Total Hike ₹ 7.20 In Last 12 Days
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked today by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 12 days to ₹ 7.20 per litre....
US Cancels Missile Test That It Had Delayed Amid Russia Nuclear Tensions
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US military has canceled a test of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile that it had initially aimed only to delay in a bid to lower nuclear tensions with Russia...
PM Modi Holds Bilateral Talks With Visiting Nepalese Prime Minister
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held extensive talks with his visiting Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba covering various key facets of close neighbourly ties between the ...
Australia-India trade deal to open ‘biggest economic door’: Morrison
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a trade agreement with India due to be signed on Saturday represented “one of the biggest economic doors there is to open in the world...
Witness In Drugs Case Linked To Aryan Khan Dies Of Heart Attack At 37
Sat Apr 02 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prabhakar Sail, an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan, died of a heart attack at his residence in Mumbai, po...
45 Arrested For Protests As Crisis Worsens In Sri Lanka, Curfew Lifted
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
An overnight curfew imposed in several parts of Colombo, after protests outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence over the worsening economic crisis turned violen...
Russia Offers Discounts On Oil To India Amid Global Sanctions: Report
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
ussia is offering India steep discounts on the direct sale of oil as mounting international pressure lowers the appetite for its barrels elsewhere following the invasion of Ukraine...
If China breaches LAC again, Russia won’t help, says US Deputy NSA Daleep Singh
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hours before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Delhi, United States Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh, the chief architect of the sanctions imposed on R...
As Opposition joins hands against K-Rail, CPM alleges ‘unholy political nexus’
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
With protests led by the Opposition and civil society organisations disrupting the survey and social assessment for the proposed K-Rail Silverline project, the ruling CPI(M) in Ker...
"Immediately Transfer Chandigarh To Punjab": Bhagwant Mann vs Centre
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today moved a resolution in Assembly, seeking the immediate transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab, accusing the centre of trying to "upset the balanc...
Centre Extends Controversial Law AFSPA In 3 Districts Of Arunachal Pradesh
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre today extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh including Tirap, Changlang, and Longding from April 1 to September 30 this y...
China's Shanghai Expands Covid Curbs. 26 Million People In Lockdown
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China's commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city's 26 million residents to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as officia...
Commercial LPG Cylinder Price Hiked By ₹ 250, To Cost Over ₹ 2,250
Fri Apr 01 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices for commercial cylinders were hiked by ₹ 250 on Monday. In the national capital, 19-kg commercial cylinders will cost ₹ 2,253, according to new...