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Nagaland Villager, An Ex-Jawan, Was Shot In Army Firing. His Account
Fri Dec 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
''Bullets were coming from all directions, not only from the jawans who were fleeing.'' Chongmei Konyak had seen it all before - his training as an Indian Army jawan instinctively ...
Hindu Religious Leader Arrested After Remarks Against Gandhi, Islam
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Hindu religious leader from Maharashtra who insulted Mahatma Gandhi and praised his assassin, Nathuram Godse, has been arrested by the Chhattisgarh Police from Madhya Pradesh's K...
CIA-backed secret experiments conducted on hundreds of Danish orphans – documentary
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) allegedly backed secret experiments into schizophrenia on 311 Danish children, many adopted or from orphanages, during the early 1960s, accord...
Signs That Omicron "Gradually Spreading In Community": Delhi Minister
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
People with no travel history are being infected with the Omicron Covid variant and this suggests it is now spreading in the community, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said Th...
Chinese satellite snaps hi-res imagery of San Francisco in seconds
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Chinese satellite has snapped high-resolution imagery around the US city of San Francisco in just 42 seconds. ...
Sex Assault Case: Fresh Demands For Probe Against Actor Dileep
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Women in Cinema Collective, an organisation working for women in the Malayalam cinema industry, has sought action from the law enforcement agencies in Kerala on the recent statemen...
Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein....
Robbery At SBI Bank In Mumbai, One Employee Dead
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A bank in Mumbai was robbed this evening and an employee was shot dead, police said. The shocking incident was captured on the surveillance cameras, and the footage is now being in...
Pak buys 25 China-made J-10C fighter jets
Thu Dec 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan has acquired a full squadron of 25 Chinese multirole J-10C fighter jets in response to India’s purchase of Rafale aircraft, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on W...
781 Omicron Cases, Most In Delhi
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The total count of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant Omicron has reached 781 in India. The variant of concern that was first detected in South Africa in November has now...
Nagaland Firing: Army OKs Probe Team Access To Jawans, Say Police Sources
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The army has agreed to give access to Nagaland's Special Investigation Team, or SIT, to examine and record the statements of officers and jawans who were involved in an ambush that...
P Jain and P Jain: Tale of 2 perfume merchants raises some stink in UP
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
They have the same first initial, P; the same surname, Jain. They hail from the same neighbourhood Jain street in UP’s Kannauj. They are in the same trade, perfumes. And in a bitte...
50 Covid Cases In Maharashtra Assembly During 5-Day Winter Session
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra Assembly was hit by COVID-19 during the Winter Session with nearly 50 people, including two ministers, testing positive for the virus. "Nearly 50 people, including two ...
200 Officers, 6 Arrests: Hong Kong Police Targets "Seditious" News Outlet
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hong Kong police raided the office of local media outlet Stand News and arrested six current and former staff on Wednesday for "seditious publication". Suppression of Hong Kong's l...
Apple's Move On Supplier Foxconn's Tamil Nadu Unit In Food Poisoning Row
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group today said it is restructuring its local management team, after the recent mass food-poisoning incident at Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur factor...
Chinese City Of 13 Million Faces New Challenge: Covid Surge Despite Curbs
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A lockdown of 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xian entered its seventh day on Wednesday, with many unable to leave their homes and virtually dependent on deliveries of nec...
Reliance in process of momentous leadership transition: Mukesh Ambani
Wed Dec 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reliance Industries (RIL) CMD Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday indicated that the group is “in the process of effecting a momentous leadership transition.” “Achieving big dreams and imposs...
India Clears 2 New Vaccines And Merck's Covid Pill
Tue Dec 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The centre cleared two more vaccines today and one anti-viral drug to boost the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Boeing & Airbus sound alarm over 5G rollout
Tue Dec 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Airplane makers Boeing and Airbus have renewed their warnings that 5G cell phone signals – scheduled to be rolled out in earnest in early January – may threaten the ability of airc...
More Curbs In Delhi, "Yellow Alert", Detailed Order Soon: Arvind Kejriwal
Tue Dec 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
New restrictions with a "yellow alert" will take effect in Delhi amid a rise in Covid cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said, adding that a "detailed order" will be share...