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Akali Dal, Mayawati's Party Form Alliance Ahead Of Punjab Polls
Sat Jun 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has formed an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the Punjab Assembly elections in 2022 after breaking ties with BJP last year over the Ce...
More users receive Twitter notice on law enforcement agency seeking action
Sat Jun 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nearly a week after cartoonist Manjul and retired Indian Administrative Services officer Surya Pratap Singh were sent notices by Twitter informing them that law enforcement agencie...
Teen who filmed George Floyd's murder given journalism award
Sat Jun 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer has been given a special journalism award by the Pulitzer Prize board....
‘They’re trying to kill Assange because he spoke the truth’: Roger Waters calls on Biden
Sat Jun 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With the brother and father of the jailed WikiLeaks co-founder on a US tour to raise awareness of Julian Assange’s plight, legendary Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters challenged Joe...
China has created a dystopian hellscape in Xinjiang, Amnesty report says
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has said China is committing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the north-western region that is home to the Uyghurs and other...
US FDA rejects EUA for Covaxin
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday rejected emergency use authorisation for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine, instead recommending that the vaccine manufacturer’s...
Lakshadweep Filmmaker Faces Sedition FIR For "Bio-Weapon" Remark
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana has been named in a case of sedition and hate speech for her comments criticizing Administrator Praful Khoda Patel's Covid handling and alleging...
Material seized in Bokaro not uranium and not radioactive: MEA
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Days after Bokaro Police in Jharkhand arrested seven persons for ‘possessing and planning to sell mineral uranium’, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the ‘seized material ...
Details Of Pak Link Emerge After Wanted Drug Smugglers Killed In Bengal
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Days after two wanted drug smugglers from Punjab were gunned down in Kolkata in an encounter, details have emerged of their link to Pakistan with the recovery of some weapons, sour...
Delhi: 4 held for assaulting, blackmailing man they lured through dating app
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Four people were arrested from Greater Noida for allegedly assaulting a man after befriending him on Grindr, a dating app for gay, bisexual and trans people. ...
Yogi Adityanath's One-Hour Meet With PM Modi Amid Talk Of UP Changes
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid tumult in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in Delhi as murmurs grow against him in the party and his government's handling ...
Congress Needs "Major Surgery": M Veerappa Moily On Jitin Prasada Exit From Party
Fri Jun 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the Congress needs to undergo a "major surgery" and not depend just on legac...
India sees record 6,148 Covid-19 deaths in last 24 hours, fresh cases remain below 1 lakh
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India, in the last 24 hours, has reported 94,052 Covid-19 cases, and 6,148 deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of deaths that the country has seen in a day sinc...
Biden warns Russia against 'harmful activities' at start of first official trip
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden has launched his first official overseas trip with a warning to Russia that it faces "robust and meaningful" consequences if it engages in "harmful activitie...
Aliens like our NUKES, former intel official admits, claiming that UFOs ‘interfered’ with US atomic capabilities
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
UFOs aren’t just real, they’re capable of mind-bending feats of flight and have a keen interest in toying with the US’ nuclear facilities. That’s according to an intelligence offic...
Bihar Revises Covid Deaths By 72% To More Than 9,000, Sets Off New Row
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bihar's massive revision in its Covid deaths figure to over 9,000 has become controversial with the 72 per cent jump raising more questions. Because of Bihar's update, India report...
Delhi Police increase deployment at borders after inputs that 50,000 farmers plan to enter capital
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Police on Thursday stepped up security deployment at all the border points connecting the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh after they received intelligenc...
Meat giant JBS pays $11m in ransom to resolve cyber-attack
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The world's largest meat processing company has paid the equivalent of $11m (£7.8m) in ransom to put an end to a major cyber-attack....
11 Dead, Including 8 Children, As Building Collapses On Another In Mumbai
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Eleven people, including eight children, were killed when a double-storey apartment building collapsed on another structure at a slum in Mumbai's Malad late last night. At least se...
UP govt seeks IIT, IIM students help to train madarsa teachers about online mode of teaching
Thu Jun 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to conduct training for madarsa teachers to make them more adept in online mode of teaching, officials said on Wednesday. ...