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‘How can highways be perpetually blocked?’: Supreme Court
Thu Sep 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Thursday took a grim view of the continuing blockade of highways connecting the national capital to the neighbouring states by farmers protesting against the f...
Ecuador jail: Death toll in Guayaquil prison fight passes 100
Thu Sep 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 116 people are now known to have died in a fight between rival gangs in Ecuador's jail, officials say, making it the worst prison violence in the country's history....
"Coma From Injuries": Autopsy Report Of Man Allegedly Killed By UP Cops
Thu Sep 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As the controversy deepens over the death of a UP businessman, which has led to the suspension of six cops from Gorakhpur, the post-mortem report has now revealed he died because o...
Slovenian police use tear gas & water cannon on rally
Thu Sep 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tear gas and water cannon were deployed by police in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana after thousands of demonstrators upset over mandatory Covid-19 passes tried to block a major high...
"Subjected To 2-Finger Test": Air Force Officer On Rape Case Probe
Thu Sep 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Alleging harassment, a female Air Force officer has said she had to "relive the trauma" of the sexual assault after she complained against a 29-year-old colleague, a Flight Lieuten...
30 Mumbai Medical College Students Test Positive
Thu Sep 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least 30 students of civic-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have tested positive for COVID-19. ...
Taliban govt approaches India to resume flights
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority under the new Taliban regime has written to India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) seeking resumption of flights operated by ...
CNN denies Australians access to its Facebook pages
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
CNN has prevented people in Australia from accessing its Facebook pages, citing a risk of defamation, after a court ruling decreed that publishers were liable for the content of th...
On Camera, Pak Terrorist Says Handlers Gave Him Rs. 20,000
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Army today released video of a captured Pakistani terrorist, Ali Babar Patra, who has said that he was trained by the Lashkar e Taiba and the Pakistan Army....
North Korea says it fired new 'hypersonic missile'
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has claimed that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8 on Tuesday....
Have invited Sidhu for dialogue’: Punjab CM
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as Punjab Congress chief, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Wednesday said he has spoken to Sidhu and invited him for dialogue....
Toxic gases feared on Spain’s Canary Islands
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The molten lava flowing from a volcano on Spain’s Canary Islands has reached the Atlantic Ocean. Experts are warning that lava’s contact with ocean water can release toxic gases....
‘Locked up in house again’: Mehbooba Mufti
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday claimed she has been “put under house arrest again” as she had planned to visit Tral in Jammu and Kas...
Russia's Sputnik V Orders Cancelled By Indian Hospitals
Wed Sep 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some of India's private hospitals have cancelled orders for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as they struggle to sell COVID-19 shots amid surging supplies of free doses of other vaccines...
Ruckus inside Delhi’s Mandoli jail
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Around 51 jail inmates went on a “rampage” in Mandoli jail on Monday evening, deliberately injuring themselves, the jail staff claimed....
Pyongyang launches ‘unidentified projectile’
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea has fired an unidentified munition off its east coast, according to Japanese and South Korean military sources cited in local media, just as Pyongyang’s envoy took the ...
Bypoll That Mamata Banerjee Will Contest Won't Be Cancelled: High Court
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bhabanipur bypoll, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a contestant, won't be cancelled, the Calcutta High Court ruled today, dismissing a plea against the byp...
Army put on standby to ease UK fuel crisis
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures....
US Denies "Prisoner Swap" In Top Huawei Executive, 2 Canadians' Release
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The White House on Monday said a near-simultaneous release of a top Huawei executive and two Canadians detained shortly after her arrest was not a prisoner swap, but that their cas...
Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
They were the trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country's most marginalised. But now, more than 2...