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Biden to host Iraq’s prime minister at White House on July 26
Sat Jul 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
U.S. President Joe Biden will host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on July 26, the White House said on Friday....
'Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders
Sat Jul 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A convicted murderer nicknamed the "Hollywood Ripper" has been sentenced to death for the killings of two women in the 2000s....
PM Modi, Sharad Pawar Meet For Nearly 50 Minutes
Sat Jul 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's residence. The meeting last 50 minutes, sources said....
3 Dead As 30 People Fall Into Well In Madhya Pradesh
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
At least three people have died after about 30 villagers fell into a well during a rescue operation in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district on Thursday, the police said. Nineteen peop...
Taliban offers ceasefire for return of prisoners
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Taliban have proposed a three-month ceasefire in Afghanistan in return for the release of 7,000 captured fighters, a government official said. Nader Nadery, an Afghan governmen...
WHO declares 3rd wave of Covid-19 pandemic
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The World Health Organization is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic has entered the "early stages of a third wave" as the fast-spreading Delta variant of the virus causes cases to ...
‘Terrorists may pose threat’, Delhi Police prohibits paragliders, hot-air balloons till Independence Day
Fri Jul 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi Police Commissioner Balaji Srivastava Thursday issued an order prohibiting flying of “sub-conventional aerial platforms” like paragliders, paramotors, UAV, hot-air balloons a...
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. ...