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Pune Police arrest Kiran Gosavi, NCB’s ‘independent witness’ in Aryan Khan case
Thu Oct 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Pune city police have ‘nabbed’ Kiran Gosavi, the self-styled detective cited as an “independent witness” by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case invol...
3 Agra students held for cheering Pakistan win; college shuts over outsider entry
Thu Oct 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three Kashmiri youths, studying at an Agra engineering college under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K students, were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly shar...
Meet members of the SC-appointed committee to probe Pegasus
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A three-member committee has been appointed by the Supreme Court to look into allegations of unauthorised surveillance using Pegasus, a spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO Group....
Delhi Schools To Reopen From Monday For All Classes, Online Classes Stay
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
All schools in the national capital can be reopened from Monday for students of all classes, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday after a meeting of the D...
Bombay High Court to shortly begin hearing Aryan Khan’s bail plea
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bombay High Court will on Wednesday continue to hear the bail plea of Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, in connection with the alleged seizure of drugs on ...
India determined to protect legitimate rights in its territorial waters: Rajnath Singh
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The rise of serious threats such as terrorism, drug trafficking, piracy and climate change have thrown new challenges for the Indo-Pacific at a time when the competition over its r...
2013 Gandhi Maidan blasts case: NIA Court convicts 9 out of 10 accused
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A special NIA court convicted nine out of the 10 accused in the 2013 Patna serial blasts case Wednesday. One accused was acquitted due to lack of evidence. ...
Sonia Gandhi's 'Let's Fix It' Call To Lalu Yadav After He Taunts Congress
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress president Sonia Gandhi dialled Lalu Yadav on Tuesday amid signs that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader considers his long-time ally a dead weight in Bihar, especially ...
Anti-Drugs Officer's Nikah At Centre Of Maharashtra Minister's New Attack
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Anti-drugs officer Sameer Wankhede - who has been accused of extortion, illegal tapping and forgery of documents for a job at the NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) by Maharashtra Mini...
Agra College Suspends 3 Kashmiri Students For WhatsApp Post On Pak Win
Wed Oct 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three Jammu and Kashmir students have been suspended by an engineering college in Uttar Pradesh's Agra for allegedly posting a WhatsApp status praising Pakistan players after their...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Offers Prayers At Ayodhya Ram Temple
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday offered prayers to Ram Lalla at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya....
Mundra Drug Seizure: Afghan National In Probe Agency Custody For 3 Days
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A special court in Ahmedabad has remanded an Afghan national in the NIA's custody for three days in connection with a case pertaining to the seizure of 2,988 kg of drugs at the Mun...
Amazon Signs Deal With UK Spy Agencies To Host Classified Material: Report
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Britain's spy agencies have given a contract to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host classified material in a deal aimed at boosting the use of data analytics and artificial intellige...
Ex-Governor Tathagata Roy's 'Vodafone Pug' Post In Jibe At BJP Leader
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tathagata Roy, a former Governor, has likened BJP leader Kailash Vijayavargiya with a dog in social media posts that have stunned the party. A former Bengal BJP chief, Tathagata Ro...
Sonia Gandhi Meets Congress Leaders Over Upcoming Polls
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress leaders have arrived at the Congress party headquarters for the meeting to be presided by Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi t...
China's Mystery 'Authoritative Person' Resurfaces to Explain Crackdowns
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In 2016, an unnamed "authoritative person" gained international prominence by laying out the long-term economic thinking of China's top leaders, saying in state media that the gove...
Aryan Khan Case: Nawab Malik accuses Sameer Wankhede of illegal phone tapping
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Tuesday made fresh allegations against NCB’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede, accusing him of illegal phone tapping. ...
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC directs Uttar Pradesh govt to give security to witnesses
Tue Oct 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to grant protection to witnesses of Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which a convoy of SUVs ran over farmers on October ...
Sudan's civilian leaders arrested amid coup reports
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Members of Sudan's transitional government and other civilian leaders have been arrested amid reports of a military coup. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is among those reported to ...
Mumbai : Sameer Wankhede moves court against ‘lurking threat of arrest’
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
NCB’s Mumbai-based Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede filed an affidavit before the special NDPS court, saying that he is is under a ‘lurking threat of arrest’ due to malafide intent. ...