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Probe Ordered Against Senior UP Bureaucrat Over "Conversion" Allegations
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered an inquiry by a SIT, or Special Investigation Team, from state police against senior IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin, after videos were ...
Show-cause notice against Javed Akthar for comparing RSS to Taliban
Tue Sep 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Thane court has issued a show-cause notice to poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on a complaint by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member over the former “drawing parallel” between t...
Farmers block highways, rail tracks
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
To mark one year since they were passed, farmer organisations have called a “Bharat Bandh” today against the three contentious farm laws. The bandh began at 6 am and will continue ...
The #MeToo icon China is trying to silence
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Xianzi sounds exhausted. "Sorry. I've been crying the last half hour," she tells the BBC over the phone from Beijing....
Health ID For Every Indian, Digitally Secure Records: PM
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Every Indian will now get a digital health ID, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission....
CIA was ready to wage gun battle in London
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Under Obama, the CIA wanted to define Julian Assange and other journalists as “information brokers” in order to ramp up their spying on them. And during the Trump era, it prepared ...
Capital may lose over 5,000 trees for Delhi-Saharanpur highway project
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi’s green cover may have to take a beating, this time to facilitate a highway project. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has submitted a proposal to clear 14.08 h...
Power outages hit homes in northeast China
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Residents in northeast China are experiencing unannounced power cuts, as an electricity shortage which initially hit factories spreads to homes....
"Who Will Get Ventilator" - Tough Choices In Parts Of US Ravaged By Delta
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Parts of the U.S. health system "are in dire straits," as the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant forces some states to prepare for rationed medical care, Rochelle Walensky, head ...
‘Don’t worry about contempt of court, CM in charge of cops’: Biplab Deb’s exhortation to officials goes viral
Mon Sep 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-four hours after Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked civil service officials and executives to work for the people without “worrying about contempt of court” and s...
15 Ministers In New Punjab Cabinet Under Chief Minister Charanjit Channi
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab's new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today added six new faces to his cabinet and dropped some from his predecessor's team. The new ministerial team has 15 members in...
Yogi Adityanath Expands His Cabinet Today Ahead Of Polls
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A crucial expansion of the Uttar Pradesh cabinet will take place at 5.30 pm, with as many as 10 new faces expected to be inducted into Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's team. ...
"Jealous": Mamata Banerjee's Swipe After Centre's 'No' To Rome Meeting
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday accused the centre of jealousy after the Ministry of External Affairs refused permission for her to travel to Italy for an all-faith...
PM Has Made India A "Global Player": BJP's Huge Welcome After US Visit
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome from his party, the BJP, shortly after he landed in the country after a three-day visit to the US, where he addressed the Unit...
"Problems At Kabul Airport Resolved": Taliban Ask Airlines To Return
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been r...
Do Not Confuse Border Dispute With Boundary Question, India Tells China
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has told China not to "shift goalposts" and "confuse" managing the border affairs and restoring peace at the frontiers with the larger issue of the resolution of the boundary...
Terrorist With Links To "The Resistance Front" Arrested In Jammu: Police
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police arrested an active terrorist with links to the terror outfit "The Resistance Front" (TRF) near the Jammu railway stat...
As Cyclone Gulab nears coast, rain reported over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
Sun Sep 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Moderate intensity rainfall has commenced since Sunday morning over the southern coastal districts of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh in view of the approaching cyclonic storm ...
FBI probing reported assault of female US soldier by Afghan evacuees at New Mexico refugee camp
Sat Sep 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The FBI will investigate an alleged assault on a female American soldier by a group of Afghan males temporarily housed at a refugee encampment in New Mexico, the bureau and the mil...
India, US Send Clear Message To Taliban After PM Modi, Joe Biden Discuss Afghanistan
Sat Sep 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India and the US have called on the Taliban to adhere to its commitments and respect the human rights of all Afghans, including women, children and minority groups, and asked the n...