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Wheat Purchase Price Up By 2%, Lowest In A Decade
Wed Sep 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The centre has raised the price it will pay to buy new-season wheat from farmers by 2 per cent - the lowest in a decade – to Rs.2,015 per 100 kg. ...
‘It was not only sexual abuse, it was also verbal and mental abuse’
Wed Sep 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After a 19-year-old national-level runner filed a sexual harassment complaint against Chennai-based athletics coach P Nagarajan in May, seven more women athletes, among them India ...
Afghanistan: Don't recognise Taliban regime, resistance urges
Wed Sep 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan have asked the international community not to recognise the new government announced by the Islamists on Tuesday....
Haryana farmers reach Karnal in large numbers, protest march to begin soon
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid heavy rainfall on Tuesday, Haryana farmers have started reaching Karnal on Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s call to gherao mini-secretariat. Karnal also happens to be the constituency r...
Pegasus row: Supreme Court adjourns hearing till September 13 as Centre seeks time
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till September 13 the hearing in a batch of cases seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping row after the Centre sought ...
Centre to raise farmer database from 5.5 cr to 8 cr by Dec with help of states: Tomar
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre has created a database of 5.5 crore farmers, which will be increased to 8 crore by December this year, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Monday....
Mehbooba Mufti Says Under House Arrest, "Fake Claims Of Normalcy Exposed"
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tweeted today that she is under house arrest and the administration's "fake claims of normalcy" have been exposed. Ms Mufti w...
4 Americans Leave Afghanistan, "Cross Border Into Third Country": Report
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States has evacuated four Americans from Afghanistan, a State Department official said on Monday, in the first US-facilitated overland evacuation since the pullout from ...
Brazil President Bolsonaro's Supporters Breach Police Blockade During Protest
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro will take to the streets Tuesday in hundreds of cities across Brazil for a high-risk national holiday -- but opponents of the far-right leade...
Time for son Chirag to vacate, late Ram Vilas Paswan’s bust installed in bungalow
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
It’s a small bust — the late LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan wearing his trademark bandhgala and smile. Yet, the statuette that greets visitors to 12, Janpath, where Paswan lived for o...
New Afghanistan Government Will Be Announced Soon, Says Taliban: Report
Tue Sep 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taliban spokesperson Ahmadullah Muttaki on Tuesday said that preparations for the announcement of the new Afghanistan government's formation have been completed, Sputnik reported....
Taliban Say Resistance Holdout Panjshir Valley "Completely Captured"
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep up their struggle against the...
‘Testing our patience’: SC raps Centre over Tribunals Reforms Act
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the government over the delay in filling up the vacancies in Tribunals, Live Law reported. The bench also came down harshly on the Centre for pas...
Muzaffarnagar farmers protest: Away from the stage, guarded voices, pointed questions
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
THE MEERUT Expressway on Sunday had banners put up by Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal, greeting “farmer brothers” to the Muzaffarnagar Mah...
AAP reluctant to name him CM face, Mann flexes political muscle
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
There are whiffs of a muted rebellion brewing between the central leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the party’s Punjab unit president and Sangrur MP, Bhagwant Mann. The A...
Shiv Sena Defends RSS After Javed Akhtar's 'Taliban' Comparison
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Shiv Sena has come to the defence of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (the BJP's ideological mentor) after poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar's comments comparing the RSS to the Tal...
Taliban Kills Pregnant Afghan Policewoman In Front Of Her Family: Report
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Afghan policewoman was shot dead by the Taliban in front of her family in Ghor province, an Afghan journalist informed in a tweet. Nigara was 6 months pregnant and was shot in f...
NEET To Be Held On Sunday, Supreme Court Rejects Request To Delay Exam
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a writ petition filed seeking directions for rescheduling of NEET UG 2021 examination to a date after the declaration of the CBSE comp...
"Will Cooperate": Mamata Banerjee's Nephew On Money Laundering Probe
Mon Sep 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Abhishek Banerjee, TMC MP and nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for questioning in a money laundering...
Pakistan ISI Chief In Kabul
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, is in Kabul to meet the Taliban leadership, which is in advanced stage of government formation....