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Punjab Must Bring Order To Stall Centre's BSF Move, Farm Laws: Akali Dal
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked the Congress government in Punjab to issue an executive order for non-implementation of the centre's move of extending the BSF's jurisdict...
Amid Climate Crisis, Nuclear Power Finally Has "Seat At Table": UN Agency
Sun Nov 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For more than two decades, promoters and purveyors of nuclear energy felt shunned at UN climate change conferences. At the COP26 summit underway in Glasgow, however, they have been...
Amid Resignation Row, Top Punjab Government Lawyer Attacks Navjot Sidhu
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab Advocate General APS Deol has hit back at Congress leader Navjot Sidhu - who has demanded he resign from his appointed post for representing two accused cops in the 2015 sac...
Maharashtra Ex Minister's Further Custody Sought In Money Laundering Case
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Enforcement Directorate will today seek extended custody of former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh, who was arrested by the agency earlier this week over a money laundering ...
Joe Biden's $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Passed Amid Approval Slump
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Democrats rescued President Joe Biden's faltering domestic agenda Friday, passing a giant infrastructure package that is one of the pillars of his $3 trillion economic vision after...
Russia, Iran, Central Asian NSAs will attend Delhi meet on Kabul
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Days after Pakistan’s NSA declared he would not be attending the conference on Afghanistan in India, New Delhi said Friday that Russia, Iran and Central Asian countries have confir...
Anti-Drugs Agency To Challenge Minister's Son-In-Law's Bail: Sources
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A drugs case involving Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik's son-in-law was among six transferred out of the Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai unit on Friday evening, and handed to a ...
China Successfully Launches 3 New Remote Sensing Satellites Into Space
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China on Saturday successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the country's southwestern Sichuan province, official media ...
Delhi, Neighbouring Cities Wrapped In Smog Blanket 2 Days After Diwali
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A thick blanket of toxic smog gripped Delhi and nearby cities for a second consecutive day today as the national capital region continued to suffer from a post-Diwali hangover. ...
Latin Grammy-Winning Singer Marilia Mendonca Dies In Brazil Plane Crash
Sat Nov 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Marilia Mendonca, one of the hottest young stars of Brazil's answer to country music, died in a plane crash on Friday, officials said. The 26-year-old mega-popular "sertanejo" sing...
India raises issue of overflight clearance for Srinagar-Sharjah flight with Pakistan
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has raised the issue of overflight clearance for Srinagar-Sharjah flight with Pakistan through diplomatic channels and asked them to grant it “in the larger interest of commo...
Delhi air pollution: PM2.5, PM10 levels shoot through the roof morning after Diwali
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi’s air turned severely polluted the morning after Diwali, with the city having witnessed bursting of firecrackers despite the ban. Levels of pollutants rose sharply from Thurs...
Aryan Khan appears before NCB as part of bail conditions set by Bombay HC
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday as part of one of the conditions set by the Bombay High Court wh...
PM Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath temple, unveils Adi Shankaracharya statue
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Kedarnath temple Friday and unveiled a magnificent 12-feet statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya weighing 35 tonnes, work on which h...
Former Trump Justice Dept official to testify before Capitol riot panel on Friday
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A former senior Trump administration Justice Department official will testify on Friday before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a c...
Farmers Protest, BJP MP's Car Smashed Over "Jobless Alcoholics" Remark
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BJP Rajya Sabha member Ram Chander Jangra faced slogans and black flags by a group of farmers in Haryana's Hisar district today as he arrived in Narnaund city to inaugurate a dharm...
Facebook "Knew What It Was Doing," Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to sh...
Father, Imam Arrested After Kerala Girl's Death. They Refused Treatment
Fri Nov 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Days after the death of an 11-year-old girl, her 55-year-old father Abdul Sathar, and a 30-year-old Imam Mohammad Uwaiz have been arrested by the police in Kerala's Kannur. Accord...
Delhi air quality could deteriorate to ‘severe’ on Nov 5
Thu Nov 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The air quality in Delhi is set to deteriorate and reach the “upper end” of the ‘very poor’ category on Thursday, going by a morning bulletin issued by the Air Quality Early Warnin...
Air Force Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, Who Shot Down Pak Jet, Promoted
Thu Nov 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian Air Force has approved the rank of Group Captain for Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman who had downed an enemy jet during an aerial combat with Pakistan in February 20...