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Karnataka Announces Night Curfew For 10 Days Starting Tuesday
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid fears of a rise in the number of Omicron cases, the Karnataka government has decided to impose a night curfew beginning Tuesday, December 28. The curfew will be imposed from 1...
Boosters For 60+, Frontline Staff; Vaccines For 15-18, Says PM Modi
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India will start giving booster shots to health and frontline workers and those above 60 from January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Saturday. He also said vaccinations...
"Judges Appointing Judges A Propagated Myth": Chief Justice of India
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The notion that "judges are themselves appointing judges" is a myth as the judiciary is just one of the many players involved in the process of selecting judicial officers, Chief J...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Icon, Dies At 90
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country's moral compass, died on Sunday aged 90, President Cyril Ramaphosa said....
6 Killed In Boiler Explosion At Factory In Muzaffarpur: Bihar Police
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Six people were killed in a boiler explosion at a factory in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. The police chief of the district has confirmed the incident, adding six were also injured....
Good Work Influences People To Convert, Not Fear: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Over the ongoing debate on the anti-conversion bills being introduced in states, senior Congress leader and former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam...
World Economy To Exceed $100 Trillion In 2022 For First Time: Report
Sun Dec 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The world's economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously thought to overtake the United States as t...
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...