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As Russian Troops Surround Kyiv, Ukraine President Sounds A Warning
Sun Mar 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russian forces they face a fight to the death if they try to occupy the capital Kyiv, as air raid sirens again woke residents on S...
Mamata Banerjee Names Shatrughan Sinha As Trinamool Bypoll Candidate
Sun Mar 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC's candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge ...
Mumbai Police Records Devendra Fadnavis' Statement In Phone-Tapping Case
Sun Mar 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A team of the BKC cyber police here on Sunday reached senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis's residence to record his statement in connection with a case of alleged illegal tapping o...
Congress's Big Meet Today Over Poll Debacle, Spotlight On Gandhis
Sun Mar 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress may advance its internal elections, amid fresh questions on leadership after its latest state election defeats. The party's top decision making body, the Congress Work...
Almost 3,400 New Covid Cases In China, Highest Daily Spike In 2 Years
Sun Mar 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
China reported 3,393 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the National Health Commission said, more than double the previous day, as the country faces its gravest virus outbreak in two years...
US Authorises $200 Million In Additional Military Aid To Ukraine
Sun Mar 13 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden authorized $200 million in additional military equipment for Ukraine Saturday, as Russia widens its bombardment and pummels civilian areas....
Spam website set up to reach millions of Russians
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Norwegian computer expert has created a website enabling anyone to send an email about the war in Ukraine to up to 150 Russian email addresses at a time, so that Russian people h...
"Punjab Is Invited" To Oath At Bhagat Singh's Village: Bhagwant Mann
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Punjab chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann met Governor Banwarilal Purohit today to stake claim to form the new government in the state. ...
Activity at closed North Korean nuclear site – Seoul
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The South Korean military announced on Friday that it had detected activity at North Korean nuclear test site Punggye-ri, which has been inactive since 2018, when some tunnels were...
Disney apologises for 'silence' on 'Don't Say Gay' bill
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Walt Disney's CEO has apologised for his "painful silence" on a Florida sex education bill critics warn will isolate LGBT youth....
Sonam Kapoor’s father-in-law firm duped of over Rs 27 crore in novel cyber fraud
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Faridabad police has busted a gang of highly-sophisticated cybercriminals involved in duping an export-import firm of the father-in-law of film actor Sonam Kapoor here of over ...
Russia Warns Sanctions Could Cause International Space Station To Crash
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Western sanctions against Russia could cause the International Space Station to crash, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warned Saturday, calling for the punitive measures...
Saudi blogger freed after decade in prison
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi - jailed and sentenced to 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam online" - has been freed, his wife says....
EPF rate at 8.10% for 2022, lowest in decades
Sat Mar 12 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation in its meeting in Guwahati has recommended 8.10 per cent interest rate for its subscribers for fin...
N Korea recently tested intercontinental missile system: US
Fri Mar 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US says N Korea recently tested parts of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, in what it called a "serious escalation"....
PM holds roadshow in Gujarat
Fri Mar 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after four of the five states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa — that went to polls voted the BJP to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Gujar...
Russia asks for UN Security Council meeting over Ukraine’s ‘biolabs’
Fri Mar 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia has called for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss purported US-backed biological weapons programs in Ukraine. ...
Pakistan Warns India About Flying Object That Crashed
Fri Mar 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan on Friday warned New Delhi of "unpleasant consequences" over what it said was an Indian-originated, but unidentified high-altitude supersonic object that crashed in Pakist...
Lavrov meets UN nuclear watchdog boss amid Ukraine crisis
Fri Mar 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in the Turkish resort city of Antalya on Thursday....
‘Anand Subramanian is Himalayan Yogi’: CBI tells court
Fri Mar 11 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The CBI Friday told a Delhi court that former group operating officer (GOO) of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Anand Subramanian was impersonating a “Himalayan Yogi” and influenc...