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Cairn Energy secures French court order to seize 20 Indian government properties
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Britain’s Cairn Energy Plc has secured a French court order to seize about 20 Indian government properties in France to recover a part of USD 1.7 billion arbitration award, sources...
Need 8 Weeks To Appoint Grievance Officer: Twitter To Court After Warning
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter today sought eight weeks' time to appoint a grievance officer in India, telling the Delhi High Court that it has appointed an interim chief compliance officer, who is a res...
Coronavirus India Live Updates: Global death toll crosses 4 million mark
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The global coronavirus death toll has crossed the grim four million mark. This comes as countries around the world rush to vaccinate their populations in the wake of more virulent ...
Himachal Declares 3-Day State Mourning To Condole Virbhadra Singh's Death
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to observe three days of state mourning as a mark of respect to former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who passed away earlier today due...
Bengal BJP MP Quits Party Post, Retracts 'Under Amit Shah's Instruction'
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hours after resigning as BJP's Bengal youth wing chief and taking to Facebook to launch a blistering attack on the state party leadership, MP Saumitra Khan on Wednesday decided to ...
"One Of The Most Brilliant...": Wharton Classmate On New IT Minister
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has named a former bureaucrat who graduated from the country's top engineering school its new Information Technology minister, appointing a new point person in an increasingl...
Will Work To Fulfil PM's Vision: Ashwini Vaishnaw, New Railways Minister
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, Ashwini Vaishnaw, took charge as the new Railways Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday. After taking charge, the new Minister ...
"Deliberate Neglect": US Right Body On Death Of Elgar Case Accused Stan Swamy
Thu Jul 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A federal American body has condemned the "deliberate neglect" by the government of India that it said led to the death of Jesuit priest Stan Swamy. Stan Swamy, 84, who was arreste...
2 Hizbul Mujahideen Terrorists Killed In Encounter In Jammu And Kashmir
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Another Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani has been killed by the police in an encounter at Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara district, the police informed on Wednesday....
Two soldiers arrested for ‘links to drug racket, ISI’
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Punjab Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a “cross-border espionage network” with the arrest of two Army personnel — Sepoy Harpreet Singh, 23, (19 Rashtriya Rifles), and ...
Nitish Kumar's Party Raises An Old Demand To Join PM's Cabinet: Sources
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet reshuffle, Bihar ally Nitish Kumar's party raised an old demand. A top Janata Dal United leader said today the party will not ac...
Tesla's Fall From Grace In China Shows Perils Of Betting On Beijing
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Huang Jiaxue, a businessman in Wenzhou in eastern China, was thrilled when he got his Tesla Model 3 late last year. The car was good-looking, environmentally friendly, and even dom...
PM Modi's Big Cabinet Reshuffle: Read Here On What To Expect
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet reshuffle at 6 pm today, the first in his second term, will bring in big changes with an eye on political and administrative challenges, besi...
Don’t return to the era of ‘your terrorists’ and ‘my terrorists’: India cautions UN
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has cautioned that 20 years after the 9/11 terror attacks, there are attempts again to divide terrorism into different terminologies such as violent nationalism and right win...
ED arrests NCP leader Khadse’s son-in-law in money laundering case
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Girish Chaudhary, son-in-law of NCP leader Eknath Khadse, in connection with a case pertaining to a 2016 land deal in Pune. Chaudhary ...
Dilip Kumar had advanced prostate cancer, suffered kidney failure
Wed Jul 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar passed away early on Wednesday morning in Hinduja hospital, Khar, in Mumbai. The actor, aged 98, was admitted to the hospital for the last 15 days. Doctor...
"Hope God'll Allow Next Time": Supreme Court Says Rath Yatra In Puri Only
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid concerns that mass gatherings could spark a third wave of Covid infections, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that this year the Rath Yatra could only be held at Odisha's Puri...
Cabinet reshuffle this week, eye on coming polls, Covid control
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than two years after he returned to a second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to revamp his Council of Ministers, a move that is expected to take into consideration i...
Coronavirus: 34,703 New COVID-19 Cases In India, Lowest In Almost 4 Months
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India logged 34,703 new cases in the last 24 hours, its lowest in 111 days as the second wave of Covid infections appears to be ebbing. The recovery rate stands at 97.17 per cent a...
Contact Lost With Plane In Russia's Far East, 29 On Board: Reports
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying more than two dozen people in Russia's Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, local officials said Tuesday.The An-26 was flying f...