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Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of India's greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, has died from Covid-related complications, aged 91....
Indians’ funds in Swiss banks: Govt seeks details from Swiss authorities
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The finance ministry on Saturday asserted that Indian customer deposits in Swiss banks have fallen since 2019, but said it is seeking details from Swiss authorities on the relevant...
Former Bureaucrat AK Sharma Made UP BJP Vice President
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former bureaucrat AK Sharma, known to be among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aides, has been made the BJP's vice president in Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections will be...
Centre calls all-party meet on J&K delimitation
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In what could be a renewed — and more substantive — push to the political process in Jammu and Kashmir after the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the Central governmen...
‘Expiry date too close’: Palestinian Authority scraps deal for Israel to swap 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine pledged by Israel were already too close to their expiration date when deliveries started on Friday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said, cancelling...
Iran election: Hardliner Raisi set to become president
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is set to be Iran's next president after winning most of the votes counted so far....
JNUSU office bearers get proctorial notices for allegedly violating Covid-19 norms
Sat Jun 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has sent proctorial notices to several students, including students’ union office bearers, for allegedly violating Covid protoc...
"Joining Kejriwal A Mistake": AAP's Punjab Ally Merges With Congress
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Punjab Ekta Party, led by former AAP leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira, announced its merger with the Congress on Thursday, with its leaders calling on Rahul Gandhi in Delhi....
TikTok owner ByteDance sees its earnings double in 2020
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the smash-hit video app TikTok, saw its earnings double last year....
American motorbike daredevil Alex Harvill dies during practice run for 351ft world record jump
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
American motorbike stunt rider Alex Harvill has died after sustaining injuries during preparations for an ill-fated world record attempt at the Moses Lake Airshow in Washington Sta...
Chhattisgarh: Woman Naxal killed in encounter; AK-47 rifle, two pistols seized
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A woman Naxal was killed in a gun-battle with security forces inside a forest in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, a senior police officer said....
"Pan-India Ramifications": Supreme Court On Delhi Police vs 3 Activists
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would not immediately interfere with a Delhi High Court order granting bail to student-activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal...
Iranians vote in presidential election marred by disqualification row
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates regarded as hardliners....
Pyongyang must be ready for ‘both dialogue & confrontation’ with US: Kim
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korea needs to be ready for both dialogue and confrontation with Washington, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said in his first direct statement on policy towards the “newl...
‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ owner in Safdarjung Hospital following suicide bid, says Delhi Police
Fri Jun 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The owner of the famous “Baba Ka Dhaba” in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area, Kanta Prasad (80), was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday night following a suicide bid, polic...
Stolen car to missing man: farm stir issues go hyperlocal
Thu Jun 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After six months of agitation against the three Central farm legislations, protesting farmers are now also starting to slowly focus on local problems plaguing Haryana while continu...
Delhi's Chandni Chowk Road To Be No-Car Zone From 9 am to 9 pm
Thu Jun 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The busy Chandni Chowk Road, which is currently under redevelopment, has been notified as a non-motorised zone, with motorised vehicles only being allowed during emergency....
Complaint of sexual abuse against rebel Chirag cousin
Thu Jun 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four months after Prince Raj, Lok Janshakti Party MP from Samastipur, filed an FIR against two persons, including a woman, for allegedly demanding Rs 1 crore after threatening to i...
Complaint Against Swara Bhasker, Twitter India Head Over UP Assault Posts
Thu Jun 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A complaint has been lodged in Delhi against actor Swara Bhasker, the Managing Director of Twitter India and two others over "inflammatory tweets" on the assault on a Muslim man in...
Several airlines and banks hit by online outage
Thu Jun 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Several airline websites in the US and Australia suffered an outage early on Thursday, according to the tracking site Downdetector....