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France Hits Record 1 Lakh Covid Cases In A Day Amid New Variant Concerns
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Covid infections in France hit six figures Saturday, health officials recording 104,611 cases over the previous 24 hours, the third consecutive day the numbers have been record hig...
Poll Body To Meet Centre's Top Health Official For UP Preps Amid Omicron
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Election Commission will meet Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday, poll body sources told NDTV this morning, to discuss the Covid situation - specifically the threa...
In Gujarat, 10 students among 93 AAP members still in jail for protest
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
AT LEAST ten college students are among 93 AAP members who have been lodged for the past four days at the Sabarmati Central Prison for protesting outside the BJP headquarters in Ah...
Rs 150 crore seized from office of UP businessman; BJP, SP trade charges
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
GOODS AND Services Tax (GST) authorities have marked their biggest cash recovery so far with Rs 150 crore seized from multiple locations in Kanpur allegedly linked to Piyush Jain, ...
Over 33,000 Cases Filed Under SC/ST Act In Madhya Pradesh In 4 Years: Centre
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than 33,000 cases have been registered in Madhya Pradesh under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the the last four years, the state g...
Congress May Not Announce Chief Ministerial Face For Punjab Polls: Report
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a big move ahead of Punjab Assembly polls, the Congress party is unlikely to announce a chief ministerial face of the party for the state elections and is likely to opt for coll...
Caller Taunts Biden With 'Trumpist' Insult At White House Christmas Event
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Joe Biden was trolled by a caller Friday who said "Let's Go Brandon" -- a coded insult that has become a rallying cry for supporters of Donald Trump -- during a White Hou...
Ludhiana blast suspect was sacked cop, tattoo helped identify his body
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Based on a tattoo and a mobile phone, the body recovered from the blast site at the Ludhiana district court has been identified as that of a former Punjab Police Head Constable who...
Indian-Origin Judge Appointed To South Africa's Highest Judicial Bench
Sat Dec 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Narandran 'Jody' Kollapen, who is Indian origin, has been appointed to South Africa's highest judicial bench, the Constitutional Court. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday announce...
Omicron scare: Starting tomorrow, night curfew in Uttar Pradesh from 11 pm to 5 am
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A night curfew has been announced in Uttar Pradesh from 11 pm to 5 am, starting tomorrow (Saturday) amid growing concern over the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The dec...
₹ 150 Crore (And Counting) Found At UP Businessman's Home In Tax Raid
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Raids at premises linked to Piyush Jain, a Kanpur businessman who is part of the perfume industry, have recovered ₹ 150 crore cash, so far, IT department sources said on Friday mor...
Harish Rawat's Meet With Rahul Gandhi Earns Him An Assurance After 'Sulk'
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Rahul Gandhi met with Harish Rawat in Delhi today after the Uttarakhand Congress leader gave his party a scare ahead of polls with tweets complaining that his "hands are tied" and ...
After Massive Outrage Over Haridwar Hate Speeches, Case Filed, 1 Named
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A case has been registered in connection to the hate speeches at a religious conclave in Haridwar after outrage and condemnation on social media over the open calls for genocide an...
Myanmar Declines Foreign Secretary's Request To Meet Aung San Suu Kyi: Report
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Myanmar's ruling junta did not allow a meeting between visiting Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. News agency ANI said it has learnt tha...
Kapurthala Lynching: An Arrest Soon After Punjab Chief Minister's Remark
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
There is no evidence of sacrilege in the mob-killing of a man in Punjab's Kapurthala, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said today, shortly before a case of murder was filed ag...
US Drops In-Person Interviews For H-1B, L-1 Visas For Now As Covid Surges
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid growing concerns of COVID-19 surge, the US on Thursday (local time) is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for some work-visa categories - H-1B, L-1 and O-...
Former Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Leader Binay Tamang Joins Trinamool
Fri Dec 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Months ahead of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) election, former GJM leader Binay Tamang, who had quit the hills-based party earlier this year, joined the ruling Tr...
Report Alleges 'Land Grab By BJP Leaders In Ayodhya', UP Orders Probe
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into reports of relatives of BJP leaders and government officials allegedly "usurping" land near the upcoming Ram Temple in Ayodhya...
Millions of people sent into Covid lockdown in China
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a press conference on Wednesday, officials in Xi'an announced the implementation of new measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...
Kite Flying Takes Terrifying Turn As Man Is Swept 30-Feet Into The Air
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A man was - quite literally - left hanging by a thread during a kite-flying incident gone wrong in Sri Lanka. According to Newswire, Nadarasa Manoharan found himself unexpectedly a...