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Khurram case: NIA arrests a key officer, says he ‘leaked’ info to LeT
Sat Feb 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Investigation Agency Friday arrested its former Superintendent of Police P Arvind Digvijay Negi, one of the agency’s top investigators, for allegedly sharing a confide...
21% Of Candidates In Phase 1 Polls In Manipur Have Criminal Cases: Report
Sat Feb 19 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Political parties in Manipur seem to have promoted candidates with money power and criminal backgrounds, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms or the A...
Death Sentence To 38 Out Of 49 Convicts In 2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thirty-eight out of 49 convicts have been sentenced to death by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. Nearly 80 accused were on trial. The terror attack in 2008...
Suspects Took Delhi Flat With Fake Papers, Kept 3 Kg Explosives: Sources
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Police on Thursday recovered 3 kg of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) inside a bag in Delhi's old Seemapuri. The explosive items were later defused while the owner of th...
Ukraine shelling renews invasion fears as Russia expels US diplomat
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Shelling in Ukraine Thursday renewed Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion as US President Joe Biden said Moscow is preparing a pretext to justify a possible attack and the...
AAP Slams Video Attacking Arvind Kejriwal, Poll Body Removes Ban
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Election Commission on Thursday removed its ban on the video of a leader attacking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, just a day after it restricted its broadcast ahe...
CBI Files Charge-Sheet Against 160 More Accused In Vyapam Scam
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge-sheet against 160 more accused, including the chairmen of three medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly riggi...
Singapore PM’s remarks on Indian MPs: MEA summons envoy
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Days after Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that almost half of the lawmakers in Lok Sabha have criminal charges pending against them and suggesting a decline in the c...
Citizen safety is focus, not evacuation: MEA on Ukraine-Russia tensions
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
India does not have any immediate plan to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine and its focus has been on ensuring their safety rather than on anything “larger”, the Ministry of Exter...
Omicron Surge Declining, But WHO Warns Against Sub-Variant BA.2
Fri Feb 18 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Omicron variant, which led the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, is slowing down across the world. Many countries are removing the strict restrictions put in place to che...
Satellite Pics Show New Military Bridge, Heavy Russian Troops Near Ukraine
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
New satellite images continue to show heightened military activity in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia, dismissing Moscow's claims that it was withdrawing troops from Ukraine's b...
PM Attacks CS Channi, Priyanka Gandhi Over "UP, Bihar Ke Bhaiye" Remark
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over his "UP, Bihar ke bhaiye" comment and even targeted Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Va...
India Removes Curbs On Number Of Ukraine Flights Amid Russia Tension
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian government has removed restrictions on the number of flights to/from Ukraine under air bubble arrangement amid the prevailing situation in the former Soviet state and it...
Congress Broke Flag Code: Karnataka Chief Minister On Protest In Assembly
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai yesterday accused Congress of violating the flag code in the Assembly. The Chief Minister charged that Congress failed to act as a respons...
Supreme Court sets aside HC order staying 75% quota for Haryana locals in private jobs
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Thursday, while setting aside the High Court order staying the Haryana government’s law reserving 75 per cent of private sector jobs for residents of the state...
"More Than Partner...": US State Department Says Eager To Work With India
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Top US State Department officials on Thursday said that India is more than just a partner in the vision laid out by the Biden administration to restore American leadership in the I...
BJP Leader Summoned By Mumbai Police Over FIR For Covid Norms Violation
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mumbai Police have issued summons to former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, asking him to appear before them in connection with an FIR registered against him for alleged violation of COVID-1...
US Billionaire Announces 3 More SpaceX Flights
Thu Feb 17 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who chartered the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, announced Monday three more private missions with SpaceX -- which will include spacewalking...
Russian Troops Leaving After Military Drills Near Ukraine: Report
Wed Feb 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia on Wednesday said military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea had ended and that soldiers were returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback fro...
Behind the fractious collaboration steering the Canada protests
Wed Feb 16 2022 | By Cobrapost Desk
Since the big rigs entrenched in the core of Canada’s capital first pulled in nearly three weeks ago, they have arranged themselves in a semblance of order, parking in evenly space...