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Taliban spokesman says Afghan war is over
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With Taliban militants roaming Kabul’s presidential palace with impunity, the group has declared victory in its two-decade fight against the US and Afghanistan’s Western-backed gov...
"Eyes Wide Shut": Kapil Sibal Aims At Congress Bosses Over Latest Exit
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Sushmita Dev's resignation drew a stinging, public attack on the party's leadership from Kapil Sibal, one of the veterans rooting for big changes in the organisatio...
Deny all allegations, expert committee to probe all claims: Centre to SC on Pegasus row
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre, while denying all allegations linked to recent reports that the Israeli Pegasus spyware was used to target opposition leaders, journalists and others, informed the Supr...
Deaths reported at Kabul airport
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eyewitnesses have told the BBC that at least two civilians have been killed as hundreds of people attempting to leave Afghanistan continued to gather at Kabul's international airpo...
Received WhatsApp threat warning probe by central agencies: Maharashtra CM’s secretary
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Mumbai Police are investigating a complaint lodged by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s personal secretary Milind Narvekar alleging that he has received a threat on...
Maharashtra Governor Meets Amit Shah Hours After High Court Ruling On Him
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, hours after the Bombay High Court ruled that the Maharashtra Governor was dut...
Russia-China joint military exercise was ‘complete success’ & demonstrated two nations’ ‘unbreakable bond’ – Beijing defense head
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia’s joint military exercise with China, the first time servicemen from both nations have participated together on operational and strategic drills, was a “complete success” an...
Full Vaccination Or Negative Covid Report A Must For Entering Punjab
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Only those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus or have a negative RT-PCR test report will be allowed to enter Punjab from Monday, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said today...
ONGC net soars 800% in Q1
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) net profit soared by nearly 800 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal after more than doubling of oil prices compensated f...
Taliban Near Gates Of Kabul, Embassies Prepare To Evacuate Staff
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the terror group's relentless offensive flooded the capital and US Marines re...
Japan issues highest emergency alert for over 1mn people
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Japan's meteorological service has put three prefectures and the city of Hiroshima on the highest possible emergency alert, which means it’s too late to evacuate elsewhere, as torr...
Navy cancels unfurling of Tricolour on Goa island after locals oppose
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Navy on Friday cancelled the unfurling of the national flag at Sao Jacinto Island in south Goa after residents said they did not want the Central or state government to carry o...
Taliban take Kandahar, country’s second largest city; US sends marines to evacuate citizens
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, the country’s second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital on Thursday, further squeezing the embattled g...
‘Attack on democracy’: Rahul Gandhi on Twitter blocking his account
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Calling it an “attack on the democratic structure of the country”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Twitter for shutting down his Twitter profile. “This is not an ...
Kinnaur landslide : Search and rescue operations resume; 2 more bodies recovered
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Kinnaur landslide live news updates: Two more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district as search and rescue operations resumed early mor...
J&K's Rajouri Tense After Grenade Blast At BJP Leader's Home Kills Child
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A two-year-old child was killed and six people injured after a grenade exploded inside the home of Jasbir Singh, a local BJP leader, in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri yesterday evenin...
Lookout Notice Against Ex-Mumbai Top Cop Param Bir Singh In Extortion Case
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A lookout notice has been issued against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in an alleged extortion case, said Mumbai Police on Friday. "A lookout circular has been ...
3 Indians Rescued In Afghanistan From Area Not Under Control Of Afghan Forces
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three Indian engineers, who worked at a project site in an area not under the control of Afghan government forces, were rescued by air recently, according to the Indian embassy in ...
Rajya Sabha Interim Security Report Names Some Opposition MPs For Unruly Behaviour
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An internal interim report of Rajya Sabha security is learnt to have named some opposition MPs, including those of Trinamool, Congress and CPI(M), for allegedly indulging in unruly...
3 Deaths In Maharashtra From Delta+ Variant, Mumbai Sees 1st Death
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three deaths from the Delta Plus Covid variant have been reported from Maharashtra, including one in Mumbai, at a time the state is trying to ease tough restrictions in place for m...