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‘Murder of democracy’: Rahul Gandhi on abrupt end to Parliament session
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders held a march outside Parliament building on Thursday to protest the abrupt end to the Monsoon Session and alleged manhandling ...
‘Modiji, how afraid are you’: Congress hits out after Twitter locks official handle
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress party, via a post on Instagram on Thursday morning, said their official Twitter handle has been locked by the microblogging site. According to the screenshot of the lo...
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman retires today, focus back on appointments deadlock
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court, retires Thursday and his exit, apart from adding to the vacancy list, will return the spotlight on...
Taliban Battles Afghan Forces As US Fears Kabul Could Fall In 90 Days
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Afghan government forces battled Taliban fighters in and around several cities on Thursday, officials said, as the Taliban pressed on with their offensive that U.S. intelligence be...
Country records 41,195 cases, 490 deaths in last 24 hours; Kerala top contributor
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Covid-19 tally of India rose to 3,20,77,706 after 41,195 people were found to have tested positive in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Thursday. The number was a significant...
'Taliban Won't Talk As Long As Ashraf Ghani Is President': Imran Khan
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid large-scale fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the terror group would not talk to the Afghanistan government until As...
China Criticises Meeting Between US Envoy, Dalai Lama Representative In Delhi
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US should stop "meddling" in China's internal affairs on the pretext of the Tibetan issue, a Chinese embassy spokesperson said on Wednesday, a day after US Charge d'Affaires At...
Sonia Gandhi's Virtual Meet Next Week In Another 'United Opposition' Show
Thu Aug 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has invited Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray and other Chief Ministers and opposition leaders to a meeting aimed at consolidating the unity display...
Wagner: Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A new BBC investigation has revealed the scale of operations by a shadowy Russian mercenary group in Libya's civil war, which includes links to war crimes and the Russian military....
Landslide in Himachal’s Kinnaur, 40 feared buried under debris
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As per news report of The Indian Express, over 40 persons are feared buried under the debris of a major landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Wednesday, Deputy Commis...
"They've Got To Fight": Biden On Afghan Leaders As Taliban Gains
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday, now controlling 65% of the country, as US President Joe Biden urged the nation's leaders to fight f...
Briton suspected of spying for Russia arrested in Germany
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A British man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for Russia. German federal prosecutors said the man - named only as David S - worked at the British embassy in Ber...
MeToo case: Delhi HC issues notice to Priya Ramani on M J Akbar’s appeal
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to journalist Priya Ramani in an appeal filed by former Union minister M J Akbar against a trial court order acquitting Ramani in the d...
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account locked, tweet violated our policy as well: Twitter to Delhi HC
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it has deleted the tweet of senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that had a photograph of the parents of a nine-year-old Dalit gi...
President Ghani Flies Into Mazar To Rally Forces As Taliban Inches Closer
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Wednesday to rally his beleaguered forces, with Taliban fighters having now taken more than a qua...
Canadian jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges
Wed Aug 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A court in China has convicted a Canadian businessman of espionage and sentenced him to 11 years in prison....
Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV reporter
Tue Aug 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Men claiming to speak for Mexico's most powerful drug cartel have released a video threatening to murder a news anchor over what they deem to be unfair coverage....
Bihar denies SC/ST scholarship for 3 years, says ‘technical issues’ with portal
Tue Aug 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For three years now, Bihar has not received a single application for the Post-Matric Scholarship, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students....
'No Parallel Social Media Debates': Supreme Court To Pegasus Petitioners
Tue Aug 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Tuesday told petitioners seeking a probe into the Pegasus scandal that they should "have faith in the system" and not take part in "parallel debates on social ...
BBC studios STORMED by anti-Covid passport protesters
Tue Aug 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BBC studios at Television Centre in West London were targeted by an agitated group of protesters opposing the government’s Covid-19 plans. The crowd attempted to break into the bui...