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Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis : US Reiterates Ashraf Ghani "No Longer A Figure In Afghanistan"
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United States reiterated Wednesday that it did not see Ashraf Ghani as a player in Afghanistan, after the ousted president vowed to return. "He is no longer a figure in Afghani...
Supreme Court dismisses Maharashtra ex-minister plea against CBI FIR
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed former Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh’s plea challenging the FIR registered by CBI against him in connection with the allegations of ...
Bihar minister disputes Centre data, flags higher number in state scheme
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
BIHAR WATER Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Wednesday disputed figures reported by the Centre on the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) dashboard, saying only 8.44 lakh tap water conn...
Afghanistan crisis: How India, US worked the lines to evacuate the mission staff
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As tension mounted the night before the airlift of Indian diplomats and civilians from Kabul, the Indian establishment worked closely with the US for the evacuation Tuesday. In New...
Memory of migrant crisis haunts Europe as first Afghan refugees land
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Even before the first group of 19 Afghan refugees landed in Germany on Wednesday, the line was making the rounds in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party: “2015 mustn’t be ...
India On Track To Meet Paris Agreement Goals, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met UN Climate Change Conference President Alok Sharma and discussed various issues related to climate change....
Pegasus Row: P Chidambaram Calls Centre's Statement A "Confession" In Court
Thu Aug 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the solicitor general telling the Supreme Court that the government has information which he cannot divulge in public by way ...
Taliban Say Won't Seek "Revenge", Co-Founder Back In Afghanistan
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban have pledged not to seek "revenge" against their opponents in Afghanistan in their first press conference since taking power, as the United States said they would hold ...
Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shashi Tharoor discharged by Delhi Court
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Delhi court has discharged Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who was booked under sections of subjecting a woman to cruelty and abetment to suicide in connection with the death of his ...
‘Release caged parrot’: Madras HC asks Centre to make CBI autonomous
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Issuing a slew of directions to improve the functioning of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday observed that the agency...
CBI lodges sexual abuse cases against Oomen Chandy, 4 other Congress leaders
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The CBI has registered cases against former Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal and three other Congress leaders in connection with allegations...
CCS meets on next steps, PM says need to assist ‘Afghan brothers, sisters’
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As India prepares itself for the reality of a Taliban-governed Afghanistan again, it is assessing its strategic policy given that both Pakistan and China will move to exercise infl...
Supreme Court Refuses Maharashtra Plea Against CBI's Anil Deshmukh Probe
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
he Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Maharashtra government plea against a CBI probe into Anil Deshmukh, the ex-Home Minister who faces corruption allegations. The top court u...
One-Person-One-Post Policy: Trinamool Replaces Many Civic Body Heads
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Keeping in line with the party's "one-person-one- post" policy, the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Tuesday initiated changes in about 100 municipalities and brough...
New Zealand, Under Lockdown Over Single Delta Case, Detects 6 More
Wed Aug 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
New Zealand began a strict nationwide lockdown as it faces an outbreak of the delta variant, which on Wednesday was linked to the worsening Covid-19 crisis in neighboring Australia...
Afghanistan crisis: Indian Embassy in Kabul to be evacuated
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid escalating tensions in Afghanistan, India Tuesday said that it has decided to evacuate its embassy staff in Kabul. “In view of the prevailing circumstances, it has been decide...
Have nothing to hide: Centre tells Supreme Court on Pegasus row
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has “nothing to hide” in the Pegasus row and that the matter concerns “national security.” A Bench headed by Chief Justice of Indi...
Delhi High Court asks for Centre’s reply on plea for CERT-In probe into data leaks
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
THE DELHI High Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition alleging inaction by Computer Emergency Response Team India (CERT-In) on a complaint seeking an investigation int...
Turkey drops Kabul airport plans but will assist if Taliban ask: Sources
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Turkey has dropped plans to take over Kabul airport after NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan but is ready to provide support if the Taliban request it, two Turkish sources said on ...
Union Minister Bharti Pawar Dances With Tribals During "Jan Ashirwad Yatra"
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union minister Bharti Pawar and BJP leaders accompanying her broke into an impromptu jig with tribals in Palghar district of Maharashtra on the first day of her ''Jan Ashirwad Yatr...