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Golfer Aditi Ashok Misses Medal By A Whisker, Finishes 4th In Women's Individual Stroke Play
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Aditi Ashok narrowly missed out on becoming the first Indian golfer to win a medal at the Olympics, finishing fourth in Tokyo on Saturday. She was in medal contention for much of t...
Terrorist Killed In Anti-Terror Operation In J&K's Budgam; Another Arrested
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir''s Budgam district on Saturday, while another escaped cordon but was arrested in Pulw...
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb Escapes "Attempted Murder", 3 Arrested: Report
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Three men have been arrested on the charge of "attempting to murder Tripura Chief Minister" Biplab Kumar Deb, police said today. The three men drove a car through the security cord...
Social media a ‘belagaam ghora’, prepare to control it: Yogi Adityanath to BJP IT cell
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said social media at present was like a “belagaam ghora [unbridled horse]”, and urged the workers and office-bearers of the B...
Bombay HC rejects Raj Kundra’s plea challenging arrest, refuses release from custody
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bombay High Court on Saturday dismissed pleas by businessman Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe challenging their remand orders passed by the Magistrate Court in the adul...
Mumbai: Bomb scare at 3 railway stations, Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Mumbai police late on Friday received a call from an unidentified person who threatened to blow up Dadar, Byculla, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway stations and actor Amita...
20 People Arrested, Case Against 150 Others Over Attack On Hindu Temple In Pakistan
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Police in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday said have arrest 20 people and have filed a case against 150 others for their alleged involvement in an attack on a Hindu temple in...
Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid vaccine gets approval for emergency use in India
Sat Aug 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Johnson & Johnson’s single dose coronavirus vaccine on Saturday was granted Emergency Use Authorisation, making it the fourth vaccine to be approved by the Indian government. ...
Israel is ready to strike Iran, says Defense minister
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Israel’s defense minister has said the country’s armed forces are ready to strike Iran should it become necessary, as tensions rise further after an Iran-linked attack on an Israel...
In Huge Battle With Reliance, Amazon's Big Win In Supreme Court
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a big win for Amazon, the Supreme Court today said Reliance cannot go ahead with its $3.4 billion deal to buy Future Group's retail assets. The Supreme Court said a Singapore ar...
Indian women lose hockey medal but win hearts
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian women's hockey team made history by qualifying for their first Olympic semi-final - they lost to Great Britain in a nip and tuck battle on Friday. But the journey has no...
J&K: Security forces seize arms and ammunition from Samba
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Security forces on Friday seized a packet containing arms and ammunition from a nullah near the international border in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir....
Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on US customers' devices....
Former MLA’s grandson held, niece suspected to have joined IS
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Following NIA raids, the grandson of the late Congress MLA B M Idinabba was arrested from Ullal in Mangaluru on Wednesday. Ammar Abdul Rahman, 35, was picked up in connection with ...
Mirabai Chanu's Treat For Truckers Who Helped Her Travel For Training
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mirabai Chanu, who won India its first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, did not have it easy growing up. Her village, Nongpok Kakching, was more than 25 km from the Sports Acad...
Delhi Court denies bail to nurse caught ‘assaulting infant’ on CCTV footage
Fri Aug 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Delhi court has denied bail to a nurse employed at a private hospital after police alleged she was caught on CCTV beating a two-month-old child, who sustained injuries and a frac...
India’s long medal wait in hockey ends after pulsating win in bronze playoff
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 41-year wait finally ended when the Indian men’s hockey team secured an Olympic medal by beating Germany 5-4 in a pulsating encounter in Tokyo on Thursday....
Allegations serious if media reports are correct: Supreme Court on Pegasus row
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court, while hearing a clutch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking a special probe into the Pegasus spyware scandal involving alle...
Prashant Kishor quits as Principal Advisor to Capt Amarinder Singh
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Political strategist Prashant Kishor has resigned as Principal Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ahead of the 2022 state Assembly election. He was appointed Principa...
Myanmar Envoy Alerts UN To Alleged "Massacre" By Military Junta
Thu Aug 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a "reported massacre" by th...