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Why India’s pact with Sri Lanka on a maritime rescue centre is significant
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India and Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Indian public sector Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to set up a state of the art Maritime Rescue Co-ordination C...
In Historic Reform, Express Checkout From Jail For Prisoners With Bail
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chief Justice N V Ramana today launched a software, which will facilitate quick and secure communication of court orders through electronic mode. ...
Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi protest against fuel price hike
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
As petrol and diesel rates continue to soar for the ninth consecutive day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a group of his party MPs to stage a protest against the fuel...
Supreme Court strikes down 10.5% reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the Madras High Court judgement striking down the law brought in Tamil Nadu last year providing 10.5 per cent reservation to Vanniyars, within the...
P Chidambaram's Goa Guess Earns A Sharp Comeback From Chief Minister
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Recently appointed Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant today snapped at Congress MP P Chidambaram for his crack at the newly formed BJP-led government in the coastal state. ...
AAP Moves High Court, Demands Probe Over Attack At Arvind Kejriwal's Home
Thu Mar 31 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bhardwaj on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against the alleged attack and vandalization at the official residence of the Delhi Chief Minis...
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,...