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China Will Uphold World Peace, Xi Jinping Asserts Amid Tensions With Taiwan
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the n...
Kashmiri students allegedly attacked in Punjab colleges after India vs Pakistan match
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Several Kashmiri students were allegedly attacked at two educational institutions in Punjab after Pakistan beat India in the ongoing ICC T-20 World Cup on Sunday night. ...
Findings on hate speech, misinformation in India led to deeper analysis, says Facebook
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The user account created by a Facebook researcher in Kerala two years ago that encountered several instances of hate speech and misinformation on the basis of algorithmic recommend...
PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Health Infra Mission in Varanasi
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission from Varanasi on Monday. The PMO said it would be one of the largest pan-India scheme for st...
3 Trekkers Dead After Heavy Snowfall In Himachal Pradesh, 10 Rescued
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three trekkers from Maharashtra have died after they were caught in a snowstorm in Himachal Pradesh Kinnaur district, officials said today. Ten other trekkers who were part of the ...
China's New Covid Outbreak, Driven By Delta, May Worsen: Official
Mon Oct 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China's new Covid-19 infections will increase in coming days and the areas affected by the epidemic may continue to expand, a health official said. The current outbreak in China is...
China Tightens Land Border Protection With New Law Amid Row With India
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China passed a law on Saturday to strengthen border protection amid a protracted standoff with India, worries about spillover effects from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and the sp...
Delhi: Man arrested for forging pass to enter Parliament building
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Police has arrested a 26-year-old college graduate from Bihar for allegedly forging an official pass to enter the Parliament building at Sansad Marg....
Success of vaccination program shows India’s capability to world: PM Modi
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the success of India’s vaccination programme in the 82nd edition of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday. The latest episode com...
Modi govt has created records in ‘giving trouble’ to people: Priyanka Gandhi on fuel prices
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked the Centre over rising prices of petrol and diesel, alleging that the Modi government has created records in “giving troubl...
Sidhu rakes up ‘real issues’, Manish Tewari says ‘chaos and anarchy’ in Punjab Congress
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid a slugfest in Punjab Congress over Aroosa Alam, PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday indicated that the Punjab government had forgotten the real issues concerning the state...
Colombia's most wanted drug lord Otoniel captured
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country's largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joi...
Turkey moves to throw out US envoy and nine others
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered 10 ambassadors, including those from the US, Germany and France, be declared persona non grata. It follows a statement from the ...
Twist In Aryan Khan Case: Witness Claims Payoff, Anti-Drugs Agency Denies
Sun Oct 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A witness in the drugs case against megastar Shah Rukh Khan's son, has made shocking claims about collusion and pay-offs against the Narcotics Control Bureau's senior officer Samee...
Record high migrant detentions at US-Mexico border
Sat Oct 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US says more than 1.7 million migrants were detained along its border with Mexico in the past 12 months - the highest number ever recorded....
‘Judicial infrastructure of courts always an afterthought’: Chief Justice
Sat Oct 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the new annex building of the Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad Bench in presence of Union Law Minister ...
Home Minister Demands Answers On Terror
Sat Oct 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prolonged encounters with terrorists, the growing threat of radicalisation, the killing of civilians, and an increase in cross-border infiltration - these were the key issues discu...
US drone strike in northwest Syria killed ‘senior Al-Qaeda leader’
Sat Oct 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced it used a Predator drone to kill Abdul Hamid al-Matar, described as ‘senior Al-Qaeda leader,’ in northwestern Syria. The US military ...
Aroosa’s ‘ISI links’ to be probed, says Punjab Deputy CM
Sat Oct 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa tweeted on Friday evening that police will carry out an investigation into former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s Pakis...
Hidden In Lehengas, Drugs Worth Crores Seized In Bengaluru
Sat Oct 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), based on a tip-off, seized around 3 kg of drugs worth crores in Bengaluru. The consignment, which was to be sent to Australia, was ...