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Sabotage, says engineer in complaint to Jammu cops: 14 patients in ward, hospital loses O2 supply for 8 mins
Sabotage, says engineer in complaint to Jammu cops: 14 patients in ward, hospital loses O2 supply for 8 mins

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Fourteen Covid-19 patients at an isolation ward of Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here had a miraculous escape last week when oxygen supply to them was switched off for ...

Members Of Saudi Hit Squad That Killed Jamal Khashoggi Were Trained In US: Report
Members Of Saudi Hit Squad That Killed Jamal Khashoggi Were Trained In US: Report

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Four members of the Saudi hit squad that killed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had received paramilitary training in the United States that had been approved by the St...

Tamil Nadu refuses ONGC permission to drill oil wells in two districts
Tamil Nadu refuses ONGC permission to drill oil wells in two districts

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Tamil Nadu government Tuesday said its Environment Impact Assessment Authority (TNSEIAA) has rejected ONGC’s application to drill and explore 10 oil wells in Ariyalur and five ...

China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US leaving post
China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US leaving post

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Cui Tiankai announced on Tuesday through a farewell letter that he is leaving his position as China’s ambassador to the US just as the two nations are facing a “critical crossroads...

Covid: Sydney faces new restrictions as cluster grows
Covid: Sydney faces new restrictions as cluster grows

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Sweeping new restrictions will be imposed across Sydney as Australia's largest city grapples with a fast-growing Covid outbreak....

Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's Assets Worth Rs. 9,371 Crore Transferred To State-Run Banks
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's Assets Worth Rs. 9,371 Crore Transferred To State-Run Banks

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Assets worth Rs. 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred to state-run banks to realise the losses on account of t...

Delta Plus is now ‘variant of concern’, three states told to keep a watch
Delta Plus is now ‘variant of concern’, three states told to keep a watch

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday categorised the Delta Plus variant of the novel coronavirus, so far detected in three states in the country, as a ‘variant of concern’ and dire...

US government ‘SEIZES’ website of Iran’s Press TV, multiple other media outlets
US government ‘SEIZES’ website of Iran’s Press TV, multiple other media outlets

Wed Jun 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

US authorities have apparently seized the web domains of Iran’s international media outlets Press TV and Al-Alam, along with the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah, run by the Houthi fac...

Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king
Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

A court in Cambodia has charged three environmental activists with plotting against the government and insulting the king....

Will Participate In PM's Kashmir Meeting On Thursday: Gupkar Alliance
Will Participate In PM's Kashmir Meeting On Thursday: Gupkar Alliance

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Jammu and Kashmir's Gupkar Alliance, led by veteran politician Farooq Abdullah, today said they will attend an all-party meeting this Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

Centre starts action against West Bengal ex-chief secretary
Centre starts action against West Bengal ex-chief secretary

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Three weeks after his retirement, the Centre has initiated major disciplinary proceedings against former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who now faces the prospec...

Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those refusing Covid shots
Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those refusing Covid shots

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Angered by the country’s low vaccination rate, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he may jail people who refuse to get the shot against coronavirus....

Second Supreme Court Judge Drops Out Of Bengal-Related Case
Second Supreme Court Judge Drops Out Of Bengal-Related Case

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

One more Supreme Court Judge has dropped out of a case involving West Bengal. Justice Aniruddha Bose, who is from Kolkata, today withdrew from a case involving Chief Minister Mamat...

Fuel prices hit fresh record high
Fuel prices hit fresh record high

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, after a gap of one day, touching fresh record highs across the country. In the national capital, the petrol price ...

US Has "Wrong" Expectation For Dialogue: Kim Jong Un's Sister
US Has "Wrong" Expectation For Dialogue: Kim Jong Un's Sister

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday that Washington had "wrong" expectations for dialogue with Pyongyang and was facing "greater disappointment",...

UP Police arrests two from Delhi for ‘hundreds of conversions’
UP Police arrests two from Delhi for ‘hundreds of conversions’

Tue Jun 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two clerics from Delhi for allegedly converting more than a thousand people to Islam in the state by luring them with mone...

Top LeT militant among 3 killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Baramulla
Top LeT militant among 3 killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Baramulla

Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

One of the most wanted militants Mudasir Pandit was among three terrorists killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and K...

US Navy Tests Warship's Metal With Megablast
US Navy Tests Warship's Metal With Megablast

Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war....

Saudi Aramco representative may get inducted to Reliance Industries board: HSBC Global Research
Saudi Aramco representative may get inducted to Reliance Industries board: HSBC Global Research

Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Saudi Aramco chairman and Governor of the Kingdom’s wealth fund Public Investment Fund, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, may be inducted on the board of Reliance Industries Ltd, a precursor to a...

Case Against Journalist Who Accused Ram Temple Trust Member Of Land Grab
Case Against Journalist Who Accused Ram Temple Trust Member Of Land Grab

Mon Jun 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The police in Uttar Pradesh have listed a staggering 18 charges against a journalist and two others who flagged an alleged land grab case. The case was filed on a complaint by the ...