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Minister who killed farmers should be punished, says Rahul Gandhi; both houses adjourned
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress on Wednesday issued a whip to its Rajya Sabha members to be present in the House on Thursday. “Very important issues will be taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha...
Army Chief Gen Naravane Takes Charge As Head Of Chiefs Of Staff Committee
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Army Chief Gen MM Naravane has assumed the charge as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee that comprises the three service chiefs, people familiar with the development sai...
Treats From Rashtrapati Bhavan Bakery: President's Gesture In Bangladesh
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Ram Nath Kovind has brought with him a wide assortment of sweets, cakes and savouries prepared at the Rashtrapati Bhavan's in-house bakery for his Bangladeshi counterpart...
North Korea Trying To Hide Executions: Rights Group Raises Alarm
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has tried to stop leaks to the outside world about its public executions in recent years, suggesting Pyongyang may be responding to international scrutiny of its human ...
Told Sheena Bora Alive, In Kashmir, Indrani Mukerjea Tells CBI: Sources
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
ailed former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012, has written to the CBI claiming that she is alive and has asked for an investiga...
Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of Western criticism
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping praised their countries’ cooperation during a 90-minute video chat Wednesday. The two leaders agreed their nations...
Minimum Age For Marriage Of Women From 18 To 21: Cabinet Clears Proposal
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plan during his Independence Day address of 2020, the Union Cabinet Wednesday passed a proposal to raise the legal...
"Khela Hobe" In 2024; Will Defeat BJP In Lok Sabha Polls: Mamata Banerjee
Thu Dec 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the BJP will be defeated across the country in the next Lok Sabha polls due in 2024, and claimed that the part...
Rahul Gandhi gives adjournment notice in Lok Sabha over SIT report on Lakhimpur violence
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday gave an adjournment of business notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss a report submitted by the Special Investigation Team of the Uttar Prade...
Group Captain Varun Singh Dies, Was Sole Survivor of Chopper Crash
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Group Captain Varun Singh, who was rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on December 8, died today. Group Captain ...
What data shows about vaccine supply and demand in the most vulnerable places
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The detection of the omicron variant has brought renewed attention, and a new urgency, to the worldwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign, which experts say remains among the most powe...
What Kim Jong Un's 10 Years In Power Mean For North Korea And The World
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After 10 years in power, North Korea's once youthful Kim Jong Un is now one of the world's more experienced leaders, and will look to defy the West for decades to come with his nuc...
Twitter India Ex-Boss Manish Maheshwari Quits. Here's What He Plans Next
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Twitter India Head Manish Maheshwari has quit the company to work on an ed-tech venture. Mr Maheshwari, who had been transferred to the US in August this year, shared the de...
On India's S-400 Missile Deal With Russia, Biden's Envoy Pick Said This
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The growing defence trade between India and the US is one of the major success stories of the bilateral relation, US President Joe Biden's nominee for next envoy to New Delhi has t...
Terrorists Killed 1,724 In J&K In 31 Years, 89 Kashmiri Pandits: RTI Reply
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Terrorists in Kashmir killed 1,724 people - of whom 89 were Kashmiri Pandits and the rest were "people of other faiths", including Muslims - over the past 31 years, the Srinagar di...
For Businessman Raj Kundra, Supreme Court Relief In Porn Films Racket Case
Wed Dec 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Mumbai businessman Raj Kundra four weeks' protection from arrest in connection with the one of many cases involving allegations of shooting a...
3 Cops Dead, 11 Injured In Terror Attack On Police Bus Near Srinagar
Tue Dec 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three Jammu and Kashmir armed police personnel have died and 11 have been injured after two terrorists attacked a police bus near a police camp at Zewan on the outskirts of Srinaga...
US nuclear sub pulls in for repairs after collision in South China Sea
Tue Dec 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US Navy submarine that stoked international tensions after colliding with an underwater mountain in the South China Sea pulled into the California coast on Sunday, bearing visi...
PM Modi holds late-night inspection of infra works in Varanasi
Tue Dec 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a surprise inspection of infrastructure development works in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, late on Monday night....
"Chak De Phatte, India": Says Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu After
Tue Dec 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Moments after being crowned the Miss Universe, India's Harnaaz Sandhu, hardly able to contain her joy, screamed, “Chak de phatte, India. Chak de phatte”. ...