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Mumbai Cop Caught On Camera Feeding Cake To Criminal, Probe Ordered
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An inquiry was ordered on Thursday after a viral video showed a senior inspector posted in suburban Jogeshwari feeding cake to a notorious criminal during the latter's birthday cel...
Nuclear reactor shut down manually in Belgium following possible hydrogen leak
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Belgium’s Doel 2 nuclear reactor was manually shut down overnight Wednesday, after its operator suspected there was a hydrogen leak in the generator, the nation’s nuclear watchdog ...
Ex-Shia Board chief booked for ‘raping’ former employee’s wife, case registered
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Shia Waqf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi has been booked for rape after a woman, whose husband used to work for him, lodged a complaint....
Reconsider Kanwar Yatra, "Right To Life Paramount": Supreme Court To UP
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ruling that the health and right to life of citizens is paramount, the Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider its decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra a...
After Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's Firm Message On Ladakh Situation, China's Reply
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a "negative manner", Beijing said...
Uttar Pradesh’s handling of second Covid wave unprecedented: PM Modi in Varanasi
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday lauded the Uttar Pradesh government for successfully handling the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic. During his address, PM Modi also lauded...
Navjot Singh Sidhu Likely To Be Named Punjab Congress Chief: Sources
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to be appointed as chief of the Congress' Punjab unit shortly, sources said Thursday afternoon, as the party closes in on a formula to quell the intens...
Mamata Banerjee Plans Trip To Meet Sonia Gandhi, Other Opposition Chiefs
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be in Delhi on July 25 as political activity, targeted at the 2024 national elections, spikes in the national capital, sources said. This...
Coronavirus : India records 41,806 new Covid-19 cases, 581 deaths in last 24 hours
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India, in the last 24 hours, recorded 41,806 new Covid-19 cases, a slight increase from Tuesday’s 38,792. The country also witnessed 581 Covid-related deaths on Wednesday. There ar...
China Senior Diplomat Urges Pakistan To Investigate Bus Blast
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi urged Pakistan to investigate a blast on a bus that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, but stopped short of calling it an attack, acc...
Sedition Law "Colonial", Why Don't You Drop It, Supreme Court Asks Centre
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Describing the British-era sedition law as "colonial", the Supreme Court today questioned whether the law was "still necessary after 75 years of Independence". The law is a serious...
Rishabh Pant tests positive for Covid-19 in England, quarantined
Thu Jul 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has tested positive for Covid -19 virus in England and is staying in home isolation at the moment, The Indian Express has learnt. Pant is h...
9 Chinese Among 13 Dead In Pak Bus Blast, Beijing Says "Punish" Attackers
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nine Chinese workers were among 13 people killed on Wednesday when a blast on a bus sent it careering down a ravine in northwestern Pakistan, government and police officials said. ...
Kanwar Yatra in UP: Supreme Court issues notice to Yogi govt
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of a report in The Indian Express of the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to allow ‘Kanwar Yatra’ and issued notice to the s...
In PM’s Tokyo pep talk: Ice-cream for Sindhu and biopic on Vinesh
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
These were some of the questions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked India’s top athletes in a motivation and farewell session before they left for the Tokyo Olympic Games set ...
South Korea extends Covid curbs far and wide as new cases spike to record
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
South Korea tightened social distancing rules across most of the country on Wednesday to tackle its worst-ever outbreak of coronavirus a day after new cases soared to a new daily p...
Prashant Kishor To Join Congress? Big Hint After Meeting With Gandhis
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after Prashant Kishor held discussions with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, speculation has intensified over whether the poll strategis...
Internet Snapped, Curfew In Pulwama After 3 Lashkar Terrorists Killed In Encounter
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A curfew has been imposed and internet services suspended in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district after security forces killed three terrorists during a pre-dawn operation today. S...
S Jaishankar Attends Key Meeting In Dushanbe Amid Afghan Crisis
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Foreign ministers of India, China, Pakistan, and five other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) began a key meeting of the grouping in Dushanbe on Wedne...
300 Units Free Electricity To Goa Families If AAP Wins: Arvind Kejriwal
Wed Jul 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said each family in Goa will get up to 300 units of electricity free per month if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in t...