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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...
China fires up its ‘artificial sun’
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
According to the institute’s vice director, Song Yuntao, the experiment is aimed at upgrading the EAST auxiliary heating system to make the artificial sun “hotter” and more “durabl...
Blast Inside Court Complex In Punjab's Ludhiana, 2 Dead
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two people have died in a blast inside a court complex in Ludhiana in Punjab. Four people have also been reported to have suffered serious injuries in the explosion....
Amazon Sues Probe Agency ED For Going "Beyond Scope And Power"
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amazon has taken the Enforcement Directorate, or ED, to court seeking to cancel an investigation into its 2019 deal with Future Group for alleged violations of foreign investment l...
Another Church Vandalised In Karnataka
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A church has been vandalised in Chikkaballapur district in southern Karnataka. The 160-year-old St Joseph's church has a broken statue of St Anthony. ...
Yogi Adityanath Dials Akhilesh Yadav After Wife, Daughter Test Positive
Thu Dec 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hours after former Uttar Pradesh MP Dimple Yadav and her daughter tested positive for COVID-19, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke with her husband Akhilesh Yadav on the phone...
Punjab Ex-Top Cop Attends Virtual Hearing Lying On Bed, Warned By Court
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Punjab police chief Sumedh Singh Saini, accused in 1994 triple murder case, was "warned to be careful with his demeanour" by a court on Monday after he showed up at the virt...
Gurgaon Woman Shares Auto Ride Horror In Viral Twitter Thread
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A woman in Haryana's Gurgaon has posted a long thread on Twitter detailing an alleged attempt to kidnap her by an autorickshaw driver in the city near Delhi. ...
Bill Gates' Omicron Thread: "We Could Be Entering Worst Part Of Pandemic"
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bill Gates, in a series of tweets aimed at alerting the public to the worrisome surge in Omicron worldwide, warned on Tuesday of an abundant need for caution as we approach the pea...
Asian Champions Trophy Hockey: India Beat Pakistan
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India edged past Pakistan 4-3 in a thriller as they secured a bronze medal in the Asian Champions Trophy. ...
Minister swims for 12 hours after chopper crashes into ocean
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Madagascar’s secretary of state for police was forced to swim for around 12 hours back to shore after a helicopter surveying a shipwreck off the island’s northeast coast plunged in...
Tax Raids On Chinese Phone Makers In India
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a major crackdown on Chinese mobile companies, the Income Tax department is conducting searches on leading Chinese mobile companies across the country....
Europe faces full-blown energy crisis
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid a shortage of natural gas, lowered wind power output, outages at nuclear energy facilities and cold weather with winter just starting, power prices in Europe soared this week ...
Delhi Bans Christmas, New Year Gatherings As Covid Cases Rise
Wed Dec 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As Omicron cases steadily rise in the national capital, the Delhi government today banned all gatherings to celebrate Christmas and New Year. ...