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BSP to fight solo in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand elections: Mayawati
Sun Jun 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Snubbing reports of a pre-poll alliance, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Sunday said that the party will go solo in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Rejecting the reports of a t...
Two blasts rock Indian Air Force station in Jammu, 2 sustain minor injuries
Sun Jun 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered an FIR under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in connection with two powerful explosions at an airport run by the India...
Johnson & Johnson To Stop Selling Opioids In US Under $230 Million Settlement
Sun Jun 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Johnson & Johnson, one of the pharmaceutical giants accused of fueling the deadly opioid crisis in the United States, will stop making or selling the drugs in the US under a $230 m...
India An "Incredibly Important" Partner To The United States: White House
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India is an "incredibly important" partner to the US in the region and globally, the White House has said, underlining that America is working with the country on wide-ranging issu...
Foreign Minister Meets Greek Counterpart, Discusses Regional, Global Issues
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a productive informal discussion on regional and global issues with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias as he arrived in Greece for the ...
Can't Say Delhi Exaggerated Oxygen Demand 4 Times: AIIMS Chief, Who Led Audit
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
It would not be correct to say that Delhi "exaggerated" its oxygen needs by four times during the second wave of Covid, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria - who heads the sub group tha...
PM Holds Virtual Meet With Yogi Adityanath To Review Ayodhya Projects
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ayodhya should manifest the "finest of our traditions and the best of our developmental transformations" Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today during his virtual meeting with Utt...
Seven months of agitation: Farmers plan march to Delhi, three metro stations shut
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Marking seven months of their agitation at Delhi’s borders against the farm laws passed by the Centre, farmers have decided to march towards the national capital on Saturday....
Omar Abdullah: Didn’t give up demands, foolish to expect return of Article 370 from this govt
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
It will be foolish to demand restoration of Article 370 — provision in the Constitution of India that provided Jammu and Kashmir a special dispensation, and was abrogated on August...
Former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh skips ED summons in money laundering case
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh skipped summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday for questioning in a money laundering case. His lawyer Jaywant Pati...
Delta plus variant of Covid-19 found in 48 samples in 10 states, Delta now in 174 districts
Sat Jun 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus is present in at least 174 districts of the country — and its sub-lineage, Delta plus, has been detected in 48 samples in ...
Biden Meets Afghan Leaders As US Troops Leave, Fighting Rages
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
U.S. President Joe Biden meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his former political foe, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday to discuss Washington's support for Afghanistan as the last ...
Kerala Court's Relief For Lakshadweep Filmmaker Aisha Sultana In Sedition Case
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a relief for Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana in a sedition case filed against her, the Kerala High Court today granted her anticipatory bail. The court had earlier given a t...
Philippines Approves Emergency Use Of Bharat Biotech COVID-19 Vaccine
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Philippines' food and drug agency said on Friday it has approved the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Indian company Bharat Biotech....
ED searches house of ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a search operation at the residence of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur in connection with a money laundering cas...
China’s troop amassing, bids to alter status quo behind standoff: India
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India on Thursday blamed China’s actions of amassing a large number of troops close to the border and attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo along the Line of Actual Control...
Statehood should be restored first, then elections: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior Congress leader and former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was among those who attended the PM’s meeting on Thursday, speaks to The Indian Express about the issues ...
1st 'Made-In-India' Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned Next Year: Rajnath Singh
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's first 'made-in-India' Aircraft Carrier - INS Vikrant - will be commissioned next year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at the southern naval command in Kochi today....
Delhi "Exaggerated" Oxygen Need By 4 Times: Row Over Interim Report
Fri Jun 25 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi government exaggerated the city's oxygen requirement by four times during the peak of the Covid crisis in April-May and the supply of excess oxygen "affected other states...
Brazil Supreme Court Confirms That Judge Was Biased Against Ex-President Lula
Thu Jun 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed its earlier ruling that a lower court judge had failed to treat ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fairly in graft probes, a decis...