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14 Arrested In Assam For "Supporting Taliban" On Social Media: Police
Sat Aug 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Fourteen people were arrested from across Assam for alleged social media posts "supporting the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan", police said today. The arrests were made since Frid...
No Deaths Due To Oxygen Shortage In State: Haryana Government Tells Assembly
Sat Aug 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
No deaths due to a lack of oxygen have been reported in Haryana during the Covid pandemic, the state government informed the assembly on Friday. In a written reply to a question, H...
Taliban Co-Founder Baradar In Kabul For Talks On Setting Up Government: Official
Sat Aug 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new "inclusive" government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. Other seni...
Farmers' Protest Hits Train Movement, National Highway In Punjab's Jalandhar
Sat Aug 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers seeking hike in sugarcane prices blocked rail tracks and a national highway in Jalandhar today, impacting movement of trains and vehicular traffic. According to railway off...
Taliban "Ransacked" 2 Indian Missions, Took Away Cars: Government Sources
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban entered at least two of India's consulates in Afghanistan on Wednesday, searched for documents and took away parked cars, government sources said today, expressing worr...
Taliban Kill DW Journalist's Relative While Hunting For Him: Broadcaster
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have shot and killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist while hunting for him, the German public broadcaster said. The terrorists were conduc...
Facebook removes Rahul Gandhi’s post with family of Dalit victim, cites policy violation
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Facebook on Friday took down a post shared by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which had pictures of him with the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped, killed,...
Antony Blinken, S Jaishankar Discuss Afghan Situation 2nd Time This Week
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the chaotic situation in Afghanistan for a second time this week and agreed to continue th...
3-Member Panel Probing Gangster Vikas Dubey's Encounter Gives Clean Chit To Cops
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A three-member commission investigating the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey has given a clean chit to police, stating their version of events about his death were supported by ev...
Taliban Chief May Be In Pak Army Custody: Sources Cite Foreign Intel
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Where is Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada? The Indian government has been studying information shared by foreign intelligence agencies and monitoring chatter from with...
Navjot Sidhu's 'Roster For Ministers' Plan In Meet With Amarinder Singh
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than a week after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi and complained about his critic Navjot Singh Sidhu's "barbs", Mr Sidhu this mo...
2 Terrorists Killed In Gunfight Near Srinagar, 2nd Encounter In 24 Hours
Fri Aug 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two terrorists were killed during a security operation at Khrew near Srinagar today, making it the second encounter in Jammu and Kashmir within a span of 24 hours....
West Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into murder, rape cases
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday called for a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the cases of murder and rape that allegedly took place during post...
Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis : US Reiterates Ashraf Ghani "No Longer A Figure In Afghanistan"
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States reiterated Wednesday that it did not see Ashraf Ghani as a player in Afghanistan, after the ousted president vowed to return. "He is no longer a figure in Afghani...
Supreme Court dismisses Maharashtra ex-minister plea against CBI FIR
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed former Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh’s plea challenging the FIR registered by CBI against him in connection with the allegations of ...
Bihar minister disputes Centre data, flags higher number in state scheme
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BIHAR WATER Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Wednesday disputed figures reported by the Centre on the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) dashboard, saying only 8.44 lakh tap water conn...
Afghanistan crisis: How India, US worked the lines to evacuate the mission staff
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As tension mounted the night before the airlift of Indian diplomats and civilians from Kabul, the Indian establishment worked closely with the US for the evacuation Tuesday. In New...
Memory of migrant crisis haunts Europe as first Afghan refugees land
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Even before the first group of 19 Afghan refugees landed in Germany on Wednesday, the line was making the rounds in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party: “2015 mustn’t be ...
India On Track To Meet Paris Agreement Goals, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met UN Climate Change Conference President Alok Sharma and discussed various issues related to climate change....
Pegasus Row: P Chidambaram Calls Centre's Statement A "Confession" In Court
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the solicitor general telling the Supreme Court that the government has information which he cannot divulge in public by way ...