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Farmers Start Heading Home, Cops To Remove Barricades From Protest Sites
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders will take out a victory march today as they return to their villages in Punjab and Haryana after a 15-month agitation ...
2nd Omicron Case In Delhi, Traveller From Zimbabwe Tests Positive
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Omicron Scare: The traveller had also visited South Africa, one of the countries affected by the new variant said to be more infectious....
Offering Namaz In Open Spaces Won't Be Tolerated: Haryana Chief Minister
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Muslims should not offer Friday prayers in open spaces in Gurgaon, Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar said on Friday, withdrawing an earlier agreement - reached after clashes with m...
Amid Omicron Alarm, Mumbai Bans Large Gatherings For 2 Days
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
On a day when the city reported three new cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant that took Maharashtra's tally to 17 and India's to 32, the police in Mumbai ordered a two-day ban...
"Government Guests" Expected At My Home Soon, Tweets Maharashtra Minister
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Friday night said in a cryptic tweet that he had learnt that some "government guests" were going to pay him visit soon. "Friends, I have heard t...
"Weapon Of Mass Destruction...": China Slams US After Biden's Summit
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China branded US democracy a "weapon of mass destruction" on Saturday, following the US-organised Summit for Democracy which aimed to shore up like-minded allies in the face of aut...
Bodies Of 6 Officers, Killed In Chopper Crash, To Reach Home Today
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The coffins of six defence personnel killed in the chopper crash that also claimed the life of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat will reach their homes today. Thirteen liv...
Twitter Has Banned Posting Images Of People Without Consent - Why That's A Good Thing
Sat Dec 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter recently announced that it will no longer allow “the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent”. The move takes effect...
Hundreds reach to pay last respects to CDS, funeral to be held at Brar Square in Delhi
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
CDS Bipin Rawat Funeral Updates: Hundreds of people have gathered outside the residence of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in Delhi to pay their last respects. General R...
Nagaland: Down the road where 6 killed in ambush, mines a lifeline for Tiru
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Every single week between October and May, for years, Phonei, 29, and Mary, 18, have followed the same routine. To the mine on Monday, back on Saturday, at Church service on Sunday...
PM Modi Discusses Strategy For Winter Session In Meet With Top Ministers
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with senior ministers in Parliament to discuss strategy for the ongoing winter session.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance ...
Don’t allow BSF, Mamata tells police; Dhankhar says ‘alarming for security’
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday once again brought up the Centre’s decision to extend the BSF’s jurisdiction in border states, asking state police to not ...
Al-Qaeda numbers in Afghanistan up ‘slightly’, says US commander
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The al-Qaeda extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since US forces left in late August, and the country’s new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill th...
Goa Congress Hit By Several Resignations On Day Of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Visit
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Goa Congress faced a spate of resignations and confusion prevailed over its alliance with like-minded parties for the upcoming polls in the coastal state as the opposition part...
China Says Not Worried About Any "Domino Effect" Of Olympic Boycotts
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China is not worried about a "domino effect" of diplomatic boycotts of the Beijing Winter Olympics, it said on Thursday, after Australia, Britain and Canada joined the United State...
Delhi Police Arrests Former Religare CEO In ₹ 2,400 Crore RFL Scam Case
Fri Dec 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has arrested a former Group CEO of Religare Enterprises Limited in connection with siphoning off public money of nearly ₹ 2,400 crore, of...
Black Box Of General Bipin Rawat's Crashed Chopper Recovered
Thu Dec 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today made a statement in both houses of Parliament on the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu that killed 13 people, including Chief Of Defence Staff Genera...
Delhi pollution: Indoor air worse than outside, says study
Thu Dec 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's capital Delhi has alarmingly high levels of indoor air pollution, new research has found....
Nuclear submarine ‘spies’ invoke Trump defense
Thu Dec 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Maryland woman charged in connection with selling US nuclear submarine secrets to a foreign power wanted to flee the country because she despised President Donald Trump, not beca...
Boss says sorry for 'blundered' Zoom firing of 900 staff
Thu Dec 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The boss of a US mortgage company, who fired hundreds of his staff in a Zoom meeting has said he is "deeply sorry" for the way the lay-offs were handled....