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"Culprit Won't Be Spared": Yogi Adityanath On Seer's Death
"Culprit Won't Be Spared": Yogi Adityanath On Seer's Death

Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

A day after Narendra Giri, the head of a top religious body - Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad - allegedly died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, his closest disciple has bee...

UK MoD shared more than 250 Afghan interpreters' details on email
UK MoD shared more than 250 Afghan interpreters' details on email

Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched an investigation into a data breach involving the email addresses of dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces....

Raj Kundra walks out of Mumbai jail after bail
Raj Kundra walks out of Mumbai jail after bail

Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday walked out of a Mumbai jail, a day after a magistrate court in Mumbai granted bail to the key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was...

Havana Syndrome: Mystery Illness Affecting US Officials Across The World
Havana Syndrome: Mystery Illness Affecting US Officials Across The World

Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

A Central Intelligence Agency official who accompanied CIA Director William Burns to India earlier this month suffered symptoms consistent with the so-called Havana Syndrome, a mys...

‘Dead lizard’ in noon meal, 17 Anganwadi children hospitalised in Cuddalore
‘Dead lizard’ in noon meal, 17 Anganwadi children hospitalised in Cuddalore

Tue Sep 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Seventeen Anganwadi children have been hospitalised after consuming a noon meal that allegedly had a dead lizard in it at Boothamkattikambalimedu in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district...

CARS24 raises $450 million funding
CARS24 raises $450 million funding

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

CARS24 on Monday said it has raised $450 million (about Rs 3,321.3 crore) in funding from DST Global, Falcon Edge, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and others, helping the pre-owned vehicles...

"Stabbed In The Back" France Vents Over Submarines
"Stabbed In The Back" France Vents Over Submarines

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Choosing a full-fledged confrontation with the United States due to the loss of a mega-contract for submarines for Australia, France is making a risky bet and other nations are not...

Volcano erupts on Spain’s Canary Islands
Volcano erupts on Spain’s Canary Islands

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

A volcano erupted on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands off Africa’s Atlantic coast, on Sunday, sending large plumes of grey smoke into the air....

In viral video, UP Speaker talks about Bapu, clothes & also Rakhi Sawant
In viral video, UP Speaker talks about Bapu, clothes & also Rakhi Sawant

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

In a video that went viral on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit said that if people could be venerated based on how few clothes they wear then actor Rakhi...

Kangana Ranaut, Javed Akhtar Face-To-Face In Court
Kangana Ranaut, Javed Akhtar Face-To-Face In Court

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Actor Kangana Ranaut has filed a counter-complaint against lyricist Javed Akhtar in a Mumbai court, alleging "extortion and criminal intimidation". ...

Military aircraft crashes in Texas
Military aircraft crashes in Texas

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

A military aircraft crash-landed in a Lake Worth, Texas neighborhood on Sunday, leading to damage to multiple homes as well as injuries to the two pilots, each of whom were forced ...

‘Withdraw farm laws,’ Punjab CM tells Centre
‘Withdraw farm laws,’ Punjab CM tells Centre

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

In his first address as the Punjab Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi urged the Centre to withdraw the three farm laws. ...

Aukus could trigger a 'nuclear arms race', says North Korea
Aukus could trigger a 'nuclear arms race', says North Korea

Mon Sep 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

North Korea has condemned a new security pact between the US, UK and Australia, saying it could trigger a "nuclear arms race"....

Punjab: Congress defers legislative party meet after no consensus on new CM
Punjab: Congress defers legislative party meet after no consensus on new CM

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Having failed to reach a consensus on the next chief minister of Punjab, the Congress has deferred it legislative party’s meeting scheduled on Sunday and has started calling up its...

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s OSD resigns after tweet triggers controversy
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s OSD resigns after tweet triggers controversy

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSD Lokesh Sharma submitted his resignation on Saturday night, hours after he posted a tweet which was seen as an indirect criticism of the ...

UP village empties out as 12 die after fever; officials test for dengue, malaria
UP village empties out as 12 die after fever; officials test for dengue, malaria

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Silence envelops Kursauli village under Kalyanpur Block of Kanpur Nagar district on Saturday afternoon, with many houses locked. With panic spreading due to the death of at least 1...

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway To Earn ₹ 1,000 Crore Revenue Per Month: Nitin Gadkari
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway To Earn ₹ 1,000 Crore Revenue Per Month: Nitin Gadkari

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Centre will get toll revenues worth ₹ 1,000 to 1,500 crore every month once the much-awaited Delhi-Mumbai Expressway becomes operational in 2023, Union minister Nitin Gadkari s...

All-weather border outposts: Ministries in blame game as Ladakh project fails
All-weather border outposts: Ministries in blame game as Ladakh project fails

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

At a time when Indian troops are still in a faceoff with the Chinese along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, an infrastructure project for troops guarding the region ha...

Vladimir Putin's Party Set To Retain Parliamentary Majority After Polls
Vladimir Putin's Party Set To Retain Parliamentary Majority After Polls

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Russian President Vladimir Putin's party was set Sunday to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin critics were barred from the...

Farmers Say No To Meeting Called By Haryana On Lifting Highway Blockade
Farmers Say No To Meeting Called By Haryana On Lifting Highway Blockade

Sun Sep 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The protesting farmers, digging in their heels, have refused to attend the meeting called by the Haryana government about opening passage to the Delhi border. The highway (NH-44) h...