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Mumbai Police Special Team Formed To Probe Ex-Top Cop In Extortion Case
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thane police commissioner has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe an extortion case registered against former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh, said police...
Farmers Gather At Delhi-UP Border In Large Numbers On Protest Anniversary
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hundreds of farmers in tractors started arriving at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as Friday marked one year of the ongoing farmers' protest against the central laws.Ma...
Karnataka Medical College Party Turns Super-Spreader As Cases Rise To 182
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A medical college in Karnataka's Dharwad has become a COVID-19 cluster after the number of students and staff infected with coronavirus went up to 182 today from 66 a day before, o...
Saudi lifts suspension of direct entry for travellers from 6 countries including India
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Saudi Arabia will allow direct entry to travellers from Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt and India from Dec. 1, lifting a requirement that they first spend two weeks out...
Amazon Alleges $1.5 Billion Diverted From Future Retail Amid Dispute
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amazon.com Inc., which is trying to block India's richest man from taking over a struggling retail chain, fired a fresh salvo by alleging that money from the local firm was possibl...
TMC moves SC alleging violation of court orders for free and fair Tripura municipal polls
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Trinamool Congress moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking a probe by a court-monitored panel into the alleged large-scale violence during the municipal polls in Tripura....
Family Of 4 Murdered In UP's Prayagraj, Teen Was Allegedly Gang-Raped
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, including a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, were found murdered at their home on Thursday morning.Relatives of the fa...
WHO to meet on Friday to assess new Covid-19 variant detected in South Africa
Fri Nov 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The World Health Organisation is monitoring the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 first detected in South Africa and will hold a “special meeting” on Friday to discuss if the heavi...
'Bulldozer' Andersson: Sweden's Short-Lived First Woman Prime Minister
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, who quit just hours after becoming the first woman elected Sweden's prime minister, is a "bulldozer" who faces a tough battle fending off an un...
Amazon's Unexpected Move In Supreme Court In Fight Over Future Retail
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amazon.com Inc has asked Supreme Court to pause an expedited review of allegations that the US firm concealed information while seeking antitrust clearance for a 2019 deal with Fut...
JPMorgan CEO Made A China Joke. Then Came The Big Damage Control
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
JPMorgan Chase & Co chief Jamie Dimon knew as soon as the words came out of his mouth that the joke about China could land him in hot water....
Foundation stone for Jewar airport to be laid by PM today
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
PM Modi will be laying the foundation stone for Jewar Airport on Thursday afternoon. A large-scale event has been organised in Jewar’s Rohi to mark the occasion. As per officials, ...
Ex-CM Mukul Sangma among 12 of 17 Cong MLAs set to join TMC in Meghalaya
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress is headed for a major setback in Meghalaya with the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday claiming that 12 of the 17 MLAs of the principal Opposition party are set to join i...
Farm laws repeal: Cabinet begins process, clears Bill, to take up on ‘priority’ in House
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Union Cabinet Wednesday began the process of repealing the three contentious farm laws against which farmers have been protesting for a year, days after Prime Minister Narendra...
Extortion case: Ex-Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh appears before crime branch
Thu Nov 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Thursday morning appeared before the crime branch of the Mumbai Police, which is probing an extortion case against him. The IPS...
Look at signal we are sending to world: SC pulls up Centre for air pollution crisis
Wed Nov 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hearing a petition pertaining to the air pollution crisis in Delhi NCR on Wednesday, a special bench of the Supreme Court expressed concern that the air quality could deteriorate f...
Biden Invites Taiwan To Democracy Summit, China Not Included In List
Wed Nov 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Joe Biden has invited Taiwan to a virtual summit on democracy alongside more than 100 countries -- a move bound to anger China, which is not on the list. The conference was a campa...
Govt plans Bills to bar pvt cryptocurrency with a few ‘exceptions’, repeal farm laws
Wed Nov 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Heading into what could be a stormy winter session of Parliament, the government intends to bring a Bill to repeal the three new agriculture laws and another on prohibiting “all pr...
BJP, TMC role reversal: Mamata likely to raise Tripura violence issue with PM
Wed Nov 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
During her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to raise the issue of attacks on TMC leaders and workers i...
Oil Steadies As Release Of Reserves By US, India, Others Underwhelms
Wed Nov 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Oil edged higher as a planned coordinated release of strategic reserves by the U.S. and other nations fell short of expectations....