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"2-Day Lockdown?": Supreme Court Asks Centre For Delhi Air Emergency Plan
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With Delhi and nearby cities blanketed in smog for over a week now, the Supreme Court today told the central government to prioritise an emergency plan over long-term measures as C...
4 Maoists Killed In Encounter In Maharashtra's Gadchiroli Forest: Police
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least four Maoists were killed in an encounter with the police on Saturday in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, a senior official said....
Russia Sees US, NATO Black Sea Drills As "Serious Challenge": Vladimir Putin
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired Saturday that Moscow considered recent Black Sea exercises by US and other NATO ships as a serious challenge....
In Akhilesh Yadav Turf, Amit Shah's Endorsement For Yogi Adityanath
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today addressed a rally in Azamgarh - rival Akhilesh Yadav's turf - where they launched a relentless attack...
Trinamool Congress nominates ex-Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro to Rajya Sabha
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former chief minister of Goa and newly appointed national vice-president of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Luizinho Faleiro was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the party o...
Will favourably consider: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on wheat from India to Kabul
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than a month after India reached out to Pakistan for sending food grains to Afghanistan through the land route, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday told a Taliban delega...
Kangana Ranaut plays defiant card, asks which war took place in 1947
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Under attack for describing India’s Independence as “bheek”, a combative Kangana Ranaut on Saturday asked which war took place in 1947 and said she would return her Padma Shri and ...
Sachin Pilot meets Sonia Gandhi amid Cabinet reshuffle buzz in Rajasthan
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday met party chief Sonia Gandhi amid speculation over Cabinet reshuffle and organisation rejig in Rajasthan. His meeting came a day after Rajast...
Protesters Block Namaz Again In Gurgaon: 'Will Build Volleyball Court'
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Opposition to namaz at open spaces in Haryana's Gurgaon reared its ugly head again today, after members reportedly affiliated with Hindu groups occupied a site in Sector 12A to sto...
On Lakhimpur Farmers' Killing, Supreme Court Gives UP A Monday Deadline
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Friday granted time till November 15 to the Uttar Pradesh government for apprising its stand on the suggestion that a former judge of a "different high court" ...
Two Bangladeshis killed during cattle smuggling in Coochbehar border
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two Bangladeshis were shot dead at the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district in the early hours of Friday after they attacked a BSF patrol party that stopped them...
Money laundering case: Anil Deshmukh in ED custody till November 15
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A PMLA court Friday sent former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to further ED custody till November 15. Deshmukh was arrested on November 1 in a money laundering case. ...
A US Move To End Work Gaps For Spouses Of H-1B Visa Holders
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In yet another immigration-friendly move, the Biden administration has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to spouses of H-1B visas holders, a step that would be...
"Arrest Kangana Ranaut, Withdraw Padma Shri": Opposition Amid 'Azadi' Row
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Actor Kangana Ranaut's Padma Shri should be withdrawn and she should be charged with sedition, several political parties have said in a snowballing controversy over her comment tha...
COP26 Final Draft Statement Urges Curbs On Coal, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Fri Nov 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A draft final statement of the COP26 summit Friday called for nations to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, as two weeks of crunch climate negotiations approach their conclusio...
COP26: Cautious welcome for unexpected US-China climate agreement
Thu Nov 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Activists and politicians have cautiously welcomed an unexpected US-China declaration that vowed to boost climate co-operation. The EU and UN described the move as encouraging and ...
Deployed Nearly 3000 Police Officers In 24 UN Peacekeeping Operations: India
Thu Nov 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has paid tribute to all women and men peacekeepers, including the 14 police officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, said the country's Deputy Permanent Repre...
BJP Devendra Fadnavis Gets ₹ 5 Crore Defamation Notice Over Drugs Row
Thu Nov 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik's son-in-law Sameer Khan has sent a legal notice to the former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for levelling "defamatory" and "false allegations" ...
Game-Changing Made-In-India Anti-Covid Pills Could Be Cleared For Use In Days
Thu Nov 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Emergency Use Authorisation for the Merck drug Molnupiravir -- an oral antiviral medicine for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 -- is likely "within days", Dr Ram Vishwaka...
Supreme Court To Hear Future Group, Amazon Pleas Over Reliance Deal
Thu Nov 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Future Group's plea against the Delhi High Court's refusal to stay a Singapore tribunal order that froze the ₹ 24,731 crore transaction wit...