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Congress Fumes As Senior Ministers, Veep, Speaker Skip Nehru Anniversary
Sun Nov 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress was hugely upset today, with its leaders pointing out that no senior minister was present at the traditional function in parliament to mark the birth anniversary of Ja...
Women Journalists Accuse Tripura Cops Of "Intimidation", Named In FIR
Sun Nov 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two women journalists in Tripura have been named in an FIR (first information report) after a complaint by a supporter of the right-wing group Vishva Hindu Parishad. The journalist...
Priyanka Gandhi Meets Mayawati, Offers Condolences For Her Mother's Death
Sun Nov 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today met Mayawati and offered condolences to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president on the death of her mother. The Congress General Secreta...
US Warns China Over Pressure On Taiwan Ahead Of Biden-Xi Summit
Sun Nov 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States has warned China over its pressure on Taiwan, the State Department said Saturday as the two powers gird for a hotly awaited summit....
Punjab BJP Leaders To Meet PM Today, Likely To Discuss Assembly Polls
Sun Nov 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 am in Delhi on Sunday, informed the party sources....
CBI, Enforcement Directorate Chiefs' Tenures Extended Up To 5 Years
Sun Nov 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government has brought an ordinance to extend the tenure of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate chiefs to up to five years. The chiefs of the central agencies currently have a ...
Colonel, His Wife And Son Among 7 Dead In Ambush By Terrorists In Manipur
Sat Nov 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The terror attack - one of the deadliest...
"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...