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Union Minister Helps Shooter Board Flight After "Insult" By Air India Officials
Sat Feb 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian Olympian and shooter Manu Bhaker was allegedly refused permission to board an Air India flight from Delhi on Friday unless she coughed up over ₹ 10,000 as she was carrying w...
"Inaccurate, Deplorable": India Rejects UN Special Reps Over J&K Remarks
Sat Feb 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India on Thursday hit out at two UN Special Rapporteurs for criticising its policies towards Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the region is an "integral and inalienable" part of ...
Covid-19: Several Maharashtra Ministers, Leaders Test Positive Amid Surge In Cases
Fri Feb 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid a marked resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Maharashtra over the past few weeks, a number of the state's political leaders and ministers, including the health in-charge, Raj...
Gun-Waving Man Robs Reporter Live On Air. Shocking Video Is Viral
Fri Feb 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A news reporter and TV crew were robbed at gunpoint during a live broadcast in Ecuador last Friday. Shocking footage that has gone viral on Twitter shows a gun-waving man demanding...
Caught On CCTV, 2 Cops Shot Dead By Terrorists At Srinagar Tea Stall
Fri Feb 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two policemen died today after being shot at close range by terrorists in Srinagar. The incident, the second such in three days, was captured on CCTV cameras located in the area....
Disha Ravi Case: High Court Caution For Delhi Police, Media Over Probe
Fri Feb 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after three news channels got notice over activist Disha Ravi's petition - linked to the coverage of her arrest in a case filed related to the farmers' protest toolkit shared...
Discussed Situation With PM Modi, Says Australian PM Amid Facebook Row
Fri Feb 19 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia and Facebook held high-stakes talks Friday after the social media giant sparked global outrage by blacking out news for its Australian users, as Canberra insisted it woul...
Bengal Minister Injured In Bomb Attack, CID Takes Over Probe
Thu Feb 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal CID takes over the case, in which state Labour Minister Jakir Hossain suffered injuries, after unidentified people hurled a bomb at him in Murshidabad on Wednesday, sou...
2 Girls, Cousins, Found Dead In UP Field, Bodies Tied Up, Third Critical
Thu Feb 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two girls were found dead in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao last evening, the police said today, adding that a third girl found with them is critical in hospital....
No Electricity, No Water As Texas Shivers With More Dark Days Ahead
Thu Feb 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Texas officials warned of "disasters within the disaster" of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for en...
Satellite Pics Show 500 Oil Tankers Destroyed On Afghanistan-Iran Border
Thu Feb 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
High resolution satellite imagery shows the impact of a massive fire that engulfed hundreds of trucks on February 13 at Afghanistan's Islam Qala, a key border crossing between Afgh...
Amazon Deployed Secret Strategy To Dodge Indian Regulators: Report
Thu Feb 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform, publicly misrepresented its ties with the sellers and used them to circumvent i...
Journalist Priya Ramani Acquitted In Defamation Case Filed By MJ Akbar
Wed Feb 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Union Minister MJ Akbar's defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani -- filed over her allegations of sexual misconduct against him -- could not be proved, a Delhi Cour...
Congress Sweeps Punjab Urban Body Polls, BJP Routed Amid Farmers' Protest
Wed Feb 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress party today made a clean sweep of Punjab's seven municipal corporations in the state local body polls. The party bagged all the bodies for which the results were decla...
Team Biden Downgrades Saudi Crown Prince To "Recalibrate" Ties
Wed Feb 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden intends to “recalibrate” the US relationship with Saudi Arabia while emphasizing outreach to King Salman, in a move that signals a downgrade in ties with Cro...
Kiran Bedi's Sudden Removal As Puducherry Lieutenant Governor, Explained
Wed Feb 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Kiran Bedi's sacking as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry last evening, with the state government on the brink, surprised many but top sources say the decision was not as abrupt as...
2 Claiming To Be Cops Take Hard Disk From Activist Shantanu Muluk's Home Over "Toolkit": Report
Wed Feb 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two persons claiming to be the personnel of Delhi Police seized a computer hard disk and other items from the house of activist Shantanu Muluk, a suspect in the "toolkit" case rela...
'Don't Tweet Toolkit,' Disha Ravi Told Greta Thunberg, Claim Cops: Report
Tue Feb 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After Greta Thunberg shared the "toolkit" on Twitter, climate activist Disha Ravi asked the Swedish environmental activist to delete her post fearing action under the stringent law...
Saudi Arabia Adds Pressure On Firms To Move To Riyadh, Challenges Dubai
Tue Feb 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Saudi Arabia is increasing pressure on international firms to shift their Middle East hubs to the kingdom, posing a direct challenge to neighboring Dubai as a regional rivalry heat...
Australian PM Apologises After Woman Alleges She Was Raped In Parliament
Tue Feb 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised on Tuesday to a woman who alleged she was raped in the country's parliament by an unnamed colleague, and promised a thorough in...