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Video: Official Beats Driver With Belt On Delhi Road, Passersby Hit Back
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A dramatic clash broke out in south Delhi on Monday afternoon, between Delhi government's civil defence volunteers and passers-by, as the volunteers were carrying out a mask-checki...
96,982 Fresh Covid Cases In India Day After 1-Lakh Mark Was Breached
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A single-day spike of 96,982 infections, a day after India breached the one-lakh mark in daily cases, has taken the India's coronavirus caseload to over 1.26 crore, data from the U...
Covid Mutants Multiply As Scientists Race To Track Shape-Shifting Virus
Tue Apr 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
When Bette Korber, a biologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spotted the first significant mutation in the Covid-19 virus last spring, some scientists were skeptical. They did...
Preliminary CBI Probe In Ex-Mumbai Top Cop's Plea Against Minister: Court
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bombay High Court today ordered the CBI to carry out a preliminary probe within 15 days into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations against Maharashtra Home M...
"INS Viraat Now Private Property": Supreme Court Hints At Lifting Stay On Its Dismantling
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court today indicated that it may lift the stay on the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat. It had in February barred the process of pulling apart...
"If No Intel Failure, Then It Means..." Rahul Gandhi On Maoist Attack
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh was "poorly designed and incompetently executed", said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, a day after a senior official denied "intelligence fa...
India Crosses 1-Lakh Mark In Daily COVID-19 Cases For First Time
Mon Apr 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
With 1,03,558 fresh Covid cases, India has seen the biggest-ever daily surge, taking the tally to 1,25,89,067. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a high-level meet to revi...
Take Custody Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari By April 8: Punjab To UP
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjab's home department has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from Rupnagar jail by April 8....
Jordan Prince Confined Amid Arrests Over Alleged Plot To Unseat King
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jordanian authorities on Saturday arrested as many as 20 people and sought to restrain the movement of a former crown prince amid what officials called a threat to the "security an...
"Micro Lockdowns, Travel Curbs Necessary To Stop Surge": AIIMS Chief
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A new strategy is required to battle the Covid surge in the country that is fueled by laxity in maintaining safety measures and a mutant strain of the Covid, Dr Randeep Guleria - t...
PM Modi Chairs High-Level Meet Amid Surge In Coronavirus Cases
Sun Apr 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting today to review the Covid-related issues including the ongoing vaccination drive in the country as the infection is seeing a ...
After Bank Issue, Mumbai Bus Operator Pays Salary In Coins, Staff Protest
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A banking issue with the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has left around 40,000 of its employees getting a sizable portion of their salaries...
7 Deaths In UK From Blood Clots Among Millions Who Got AstraZeneca Shot
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died....
Delhi "Cyber Stalker" Who Harassed Girls, Uploaded Pics Online, Arrested
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 25-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly stalking a minor girl in Delhi-NCR and later uploading her morphed pictures on social media, the police said....
89,129 Fresh Covid Cases In India, Biggest One-Day Jump Since Late September
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India added 89,129 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours amid a worrying surge in Covid cases that has prompted states like Maharashtra to consider lockdown. Today's surg...
Man Accused In Gang-Rape Of UP Girl Shot As He Tried To Escape: Cops
Sat Apr 03 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of four men accused of the gangrape of a Class 10 student in western UP's Meerut has been shot by police as he and his accomplice attempted to escape custody while being taken ...
"Room 1964" Of Mumbai 5-Star Hotel Adds New Twist In Sachin Waze Case
Fri Apr 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Arrested Mumbai cop Sachin Waze was running his alleged extortion racket from a room in a Nariman Point five-star hotel booked for him for 100 days at a cost of ₹ 12 lakh by a busi...
Pune 6 pm-6 am Curfew From Tomorrow For A Week
Fri Apr 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Faced with an alarming spike in Covid cases, authorities in Maharashtra's Pune have ordered a 12-hour night curfew starting 6 pm tomorrow for a period of at least one week, with a ...
Karnataka 23-Year-Old Stabbed For Travelling With Woman Of Other Religion
Fri Apr 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 23-year-old man was beaten and stabbed in Mangaluru in coastal Karnataka on Thursday for travelling on a bus with a young woman from another religion in an incident that comes in...
UK's Richest Woman Gets $648 Million Pay From Betting Empire
Fri Apr 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Denise Coates has hit the jackpot yet again. The 53-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Bet365 Group Ltd. pocketed 468.9 million pounds ($648 million) in pay and divide...