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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...
Cabinet Calling? Chirag Paswan's Uncle, Shopping For Kurta, Said This
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In the buzz and anticipation raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected cabinet expansion, Bihar leader Pashupati Paras's confidence was on full display as he was seen shopp...
Sign Of New Cabinet Soon? Jyotiraditya Scindia Heads To Delhi From Indore
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Buzz about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet expansion grew stronger with reports of probable ministers heading to Delhi. Jyotiraditya Scindia is flying to Delhi from Indore a...
9 arrested over alleged plot to plant bombs around Hong Kong
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hong Kong police on Tuesday said they arrested nine people on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activity, after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and plant bombs across the...
Captain Takes Chopper To Delhi To Meet Sonia Gandhi Amid Congress Revolt
Tue Jul 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh took a chopper to Delhi this morning to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi amid infighting within the party's state unit, ahead of the state ele...
IT Rules ‘law of the land’, Twitter mandatorily required to follow: Centre to HC
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The IT Rules 2021 are the “law of the land” and Twitter is “mandatorily” required to comply with them, the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday. The central government also t...
Former President Pranab’s Mukherjee’s son Abhijit joins TMC in Kolkata
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee on Monday joined the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata. After joining the TMC, Mukherjee said she had full faith in the leader...
In first address since release, Lalu Prasad decries ‘threat to social fabric’ under Modi govt
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A frail-looking RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Monday addressed his first political meeting in a long time and castigated the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and Nitish Kumar admin...
America is undergoing seismic changes, but its politics barely budge
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Over a period of weeks, the coronavirus death rate plunged and the country considerably eased public health restrictions. President Joe Biden announced a bipartisan deal late last ...
12 BJP MLAs In Maharashtra Suspended For Abusing Assembly Speaker
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Monsoon Session of the Maharashtra assembly started with chaos today as the house suspended 12 MLAs of the BJP for a year for abusing and manhandling the Speaker-in-chair. Lead...
84-Year-Old Activist Stan Swamy Dies In Hospital Waiting For Bail
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old priest-activist arrested under an anti-terror law in the Elgar Parishad case last year, died today in the middle of his fight for bail on health grounds....
Pak Establishes Anti-Money Laundering, Terror Financing Cell To Exit FATF Greylist
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog has established an anti-money laundering and terror financing cell to check financial crimes and illegal transfer of resources as the country st...
No Contact From Washington Over Latest Ransomware Attack, Russia Says
Mon Jul 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Russia has not had any contact from the United States over a sophisticated ransomware attack that hit hundreds of American businesses and led to suspicions of Russian gang involvem...
Swedish Coop supermarkets shut due to US ransomware cyber-attack
Sun Jul 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some 500 Coop supermarket stores in Sweden have been forced to close due to an ongoing "colossal" cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world....