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₹ 50,000 Fine As Supreme Court Dismisses "Frivolous" Petition On Quran
Mon Apr 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A petition asking for some verses to be removed from the Quran was dismissed today by the Supreme Court, which also fined the petitioner ₹ 50,000 for filing a "frivolous" request. ...
"Genocide": Mamata Banerjee On Violence Outside Bengal Polling Booth
Sun Apr 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has labelled the killing of four people in central force firing at Cooch Behar "a genocide" and said the victims were "sprayed with bullets in...
"Accident" At Iran Nuclear Facility A Day After New Deal Breach: Official
Sun Apr 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An "accident" took place at an Iranian nuclear facility on Sunday but caused no casualties or damage, the Fars news agency reported, citing the spokesman of Iran's nuclear agency....
Minor Among 5 Terrorists Killed In J&K, Had Option To Surrender: Cops
Sun Apr 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Five terrorists were killed during two separate operations by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir today. Two security forces have also been injured, police said. A teenager, w...
Irish Prime Minister Warns Against Return To Violence In Northern Ireland
Sun Apr 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Irish prime minister Micheal Martin warned against a "spiral back" into sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland on Saturday, as a week-long streak of riots raised fears for the futu...
"Show Courage, Share Full Chat": Prashant Kishor Vs BJP On Clubhouse Clip
Sat Apr 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prashant Kishor, Mamata Banerjee's election strategist for the Bengal polls, appears to say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "as popular as" the Chief Minister in the state in ...
1.45 Lakh Cases In India In New 1-Day High, Active Cases Cross 10 Lakh
Sat Apr 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India witnessed an unprecedented surge of 1,45,384 coronavirus cases, the highest since the start of pandemic, as the country's tally surged to 1,32,05,0926. Night curfews and rest...
China Hits Alibaba With Huge $2.78 Billion Fine For Market Abuse
Sat Apr 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chinese regulators have hit e-commerce giant Alibaba with a massive 18.2 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) fine over practices deemed to be an abuse of the company's dominant market pos...
Trinamool Alleges 5 Shot Dead In Clashes, Election Commission Seeks Report
Sat Apr 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Five Trinamool Congress workers have been shot dead in Bengal's Cooch Behar, the ruling party alleged this afternoon amid polling in 44 seats of the state for the fourth phase of a...
Man Claiming To Be At Capitol Riot Wanted To Bomb Amazon Data Center: FBI
Sat Apr 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Texas man who boasted about being on the U.S. Capitol steps during the Jan. 6 insurrection has been arrested by the FBI and accused of planning to detonate a bomb at a data cente...
71 Vaccination Centres In Mumbai Shut Due To Shortage, Protests
Fri Apr 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than 70 vaccination centres have shut down in Mumbai after running out of Covid vaccine doses....
US Navy Holds Op Inside India's Exclusive Economic Zone "Without Consent"
Fri Apr 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a statement being looked at closely by the Indian government, the US Navy's 7th Fleet has said it conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations within India's exclusive economic zo...
Indian Techie, Wife Found Dead In US; Daughter, 4, Seen Crying On Balcony
Fri Apr 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
An Indian couple was found dead at their home in the US after neighbours saw their four-year-old daughter crying alone in the balcony of their house, family sources said on Friday....
1.31 Lakh COVID-19 Cases In India In New Daily High
Fri Apr 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has set another record of daily Covid cases with 1,31,968 infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the total case count to over 1.3 crore. The surge, much steeper than last y...
He Had $20 Billion, Then Lost It All In Two Days
Fri Apr 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The sudden implosion of Bill Hwang's Archegos Capital Management in late March is one of the most spectacular failures in modern financial history: No individual has lost so much m...
26 Mumbai Vaccine Centres Shut, Maharashtra Flags After Centre's Charge
Thu Apr 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-six vaccination centres have been shut in Mumbai, Maharashtra said today, adding that they are waiting for more vaccine doses from the Centre and the Union health ministry h...
Mysterious Plumes of Methane Gas Appear Over Bangladesh: "It's A Signal"
Thu Apr 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of the countries most vulnerable to climate change has also been revealed as a major contributor of methane, a greenhouse gas that's about 80 times more potent in its first two...
Video: EU President, Only Woman In Meet, Left Standing, Then Takes Sofa
Thu Apr 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was taken aback to find her fellow top EU official taking the only chair available next to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan when ...
Tesla Scouts For Showroom Space In India, Hires Executive For Lobbying: Report
Thu Apr 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tesla Inc is scouting for locations to open showrooms in three Indian cities and has hired an executive to lead its lobbying and business efforts ahead of its planned entry into th...
1,26,789 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India In New One-Day Record
Thu Apr 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India posted 1,26,789 fresh Covid cases, setting another grim one-day record as the county battles the second wave of infections. 685 deaths in the last 24 hour pushed the total de...