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London : Scuffle between police and counter-protesters
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
People opposing and supporting asylum seekers in the UK gathered for competing rallies at the government district of Croydon in South London. Tensions escalated into an altercation...
Delhi : BJP & AAP launch massive outreach programmes
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eyes on the upcoming Delhi municipal corporation polls, both the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have launched massive outreach programmes to connect to their voters....
Ethiopia: Thousands of Tigray rebels killed, military claims
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Ethiopian military claims it has killed more than 5,600 members of the Tigray rebel forces it is fighting in the north of the country....
Farmers Resolve To Continue Protest At Mega Gathering In UP's Muzaffarnagar
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws held a mega meeting at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, today, where they reiterated their resolve to continue with the protest. ...
French riot cops brutally arrest 2 women
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
French riot police officers have been scolded for brutally arresting two women, after backing away when confronted by a big group of protesters against the so-called coronavirus he...
India reports 42,766 new Covid-19 cases
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported 42,766 new Covid-19 cases and 308 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. ...
Taliban break up women's rights protest in Kabul
Sun Sep 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taliban officials have broken up a demonstration by dozens of women in Kabul demanding rights following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan....
NASA Begins Testing Electric Air Taxi
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has begun testing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with Joby Aviation to serve as an air taxi...
History beckons IAS officer Suhas Yathiraj at Tokyo
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
History beckons Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj when he steps into the court for the badminton finals at the Paralympics in Tokyo on Sunday wi...
Terrified civilians, shots fired & smashed gear: Leaked VIDEO of US Afghan exit
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Footage posted online by a US Marine provides a behind-the-scenes look at America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, showing images of panic and chaos at the Kabul airport in stark con...
West Africa faces up to policing its terror triangle
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With Chad's withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa - where jihadist groups continue to stage attack afte...
5 Crore Postcards, Hoardings To Thank PM: BJP's 20-Day Mega Event
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 20-day mega event- "Seva and Samarpan Abhiyan" - will begin from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 71st birthday on September 17 to mark his "20 years in public service", the ruling...
Iran tells US to drop ‘addiction to sanctions’
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Iran's Foreign Ministry has said the US is resorting to “Hollywood scenarios” in order to justify new sanctions against Tehran. Washington blacklisted Iranians accused of planning ...
EC announces bypoll in Bengal and Odisha
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Election Commission Saturday announced the bypoll for the Bhabanipur constituency — Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s home turf — in Kolkata. The bypoll is set to be held on Sep...
Fresh fighting in final anti-Taliban stronghold
Sat Sep 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Fresh fighting has been reported in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, the final pocket of territory which remains out of the hands of the Taliban....
"Not Said By Me": Ratan Tata On Post Linking Liquor Sale To Aadhaar Card
Fri Sep 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Industrialist Ratan Tata took to Instagram once again this afternoon to flag a quote wrongly attributed to him. The widely-shared quote seems to suggest that Mr Tata had advocated ...
Death toll climbs to 45 across four US north-east states
Fri Sep 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden says "historic investment" is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 ...
US used secret CIA base outside Kabul to evacuate Americans
Fri Sep 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US reportedly used a secret CIA compound to rescue Americans, along with members of elite Afghan special forces, amid the chaos in and around the Kabul airport....
JDU MLA seen wearing undergarments on Patna-Delhi train
Fri Sep 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Janata Dal (United) MLA Gopal Mandal stirred up a storm onboard a New Delhi-bound express train on Thursday, after several passengers complained that he was roaming around in his c...
Kerala Class 11 Exams Paused, Supreme Court Says "Situation Alarming"
Fri Sep 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Worried by an "alarming" COVID-19 situation in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a state government decision to hold offline Class 11 exams. ...