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Chief Of Afghan Central Bank Flees Kabul, Blames Ashraf Ghani For Chaos
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The head of Afghanistan's central bank has fled Kabul, questioned the loyalty of Afghan security forces and blamed President Ashraf Ghani and his inexperienced advisors for the cou...
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Approves Policy On Operations Of Airstrips
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a policy on the operations of airstrips by flying clubs and training academies in the state. The policy was approved at a cabinet meeti...
A Historic Church Bears Testimony To Damage Caused By Haiti Earthquake
Tue Aug 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Its bell tower and yellow walls a sharp contrast with Haiti's blue tropical sky, the historic Immaculee Conception church was the pride of Les Anglais, until it was destroyed by an...
China Says Ready For "Friendly Relations" With Taliban
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
China is ready to deepen "friendly and cooperative" relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said Monday, after the Taliban seized control of the country....
‘Hacked’ account of Afghan embassy in India denounces self-exiled ‘traitor’ president in unprintable tweet
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The official Twitter handle of Afghanistan’s embassy in India has blasted the country’s ex-President Ashraf Ghani for ‘effing’ everything up and fleeing the country. The account wa...
Man, woman set themselves ablaze outside Supreme Court
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A man and a woman allegedly tried to set themselves on fire outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Monday morning. The incident took place outside the court complex at Bhagwan D...
Meghalaya minister quits amid unrest over former rebel leader's death
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The home minister of the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya has resigned amid violence over the death of a former rebel leader....
Taliban spokesman says Afghan war is over
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With Taliban militants roaming Kabul’s presidential palace with impunity, the group has declared victory in its two-decade fight against the US and Afghanistan’s Western-backed gov...
"Eyes Wide Shut": Kapil Sibal Aims At Congress Bosses Over Latest Exit
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Sushmita Dev's resignation drew a stinging, public attack on the party's leadership from Kapil Sibal, one of the veterans rooting for big changes in the organisatio...
Deny all allegations, expert committee to probe all claims: Centre to SC on Pegasus row
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre, while denying all allegations linked to recent reports that the Israeli Pegasus spyware was used to target opposition leaders, journalists and others, informed the Supr...
Deaths reported at Kabul airport
Mon Aug 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eyewitnesses have told the BBC that at least two civilians have been killed as hundreds of people attempting to leave Afghanistan continued to gather at Kabul's international airpo...
Received WhatsApp threat warning probe by central agencies: Maharashtra CM’s secretary
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Mumbai Police are investigating a complaint lodged by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s personal secretary Milind Narvekar alleging that he has received a threat on...
Maharashtra Governor Meets Amit Shah Hours After High Court Ruling On Him
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, hours after the Bombay High Court ruled that the Maharashtra Governor was dut...
Russia-China joint military exercise was ‘complete success’ & demonstrated two nations’ ‘unbreakable bond’ – Beijing defense head
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia’s joint military exercise with China, the first time servicemen from both nations have participated together on operational and strategic drills, was a “complete success” an...
Full Vaccination Or Negative Covid Report A Must For Entering Punjab
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Only those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus or have a negative RT-PCR test report will be allowed to enter Punjab from Monday, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said today...
ONGC net soars 800% in Q1
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) net profit soared by nearly 800 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal after more than doubling of oil prices compensated f...
Taliban Near Gates Of Kabul, Embassies Prepare To Evacuate Staff
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the terror group's relentless offensive flooded the capital and US Marines re...
Japan issues highest emergency alert for over 1mn people
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Japan's meteorological service has put three prefectures and the city of Hiroshima on the highest possible emergency alert, which means it’s too late to evacuate elsewhere, as torr...
Navy cancels unfurling of Tricolour on Goa island after locals oppose
Sat Aug 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Navy on Friday cancelled the unfurling of the national flag at Sao Jacinto Island in south Goa after residents said they did not want the Central or state government to carry o...
Taliban take Kandahar, country’s second largest city; US sends marines to evacuate citizens
Fri Aug 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, the country’s second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital on Thursday, further squeezing the embattled g...