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Was On Phone For Two Straight Hours With Xi Jinping: Joe Biden
Fri Feb 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that his first phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since taking office lasted two hours. "Last night, I was in the phone for two straight...
Delhi Man, 25, Stabbed To Death After Birthday Party Fight, 4 Arrested
Fri Feb 12 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by four men following a quarrel at a birthday party in outer Delhi's Mangolpuri area, police said on Thursday....
Bhima Koregaon case: shocking data forensics report
Thu Feb 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Lawyers for a human rights activist who has spent almost three years in prison for alleged plots to incite violence and eliminate Prime Minister Narendra Modi have given Bombay Hig...
No excise duty relief plan from Centre to curb fuel prices
Thu Feb 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre has refused to offer any relief to the public from soaring petrol and diesel prices in the form of an excise duty relief....
Big Breakthrough In China Standoff At Key Pangong Lake
Thu Feb 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement at Pangong Tso in Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said today in parliament, giving details of a breakthrough afte...
"Aggressive Surveillance": US Expert On Activist Rona Wilson's Laptop
Thu Feb 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Writer-activist Rona Jacob Wilson's computer was hacked two years before his arrest in the Bhima-Koregaon case, and the purpose was "aggressive surveillance" and inserting fake doc...
Amazon Goes To Supreme Court In Battle Over Future Group-Reliance Deal
Thu Feb 11 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amazon has approached the Supreme Court seeking to stop Future Group's $3.4 billion retail assets sale to Reliance Industries, days after the Delhi High Court revoked a previous si...
Have withheld ‘a portion’ of accounts identified by govt, won’t block media: Twitter
Wed Feb 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Explaining its stand on the blocking orders for certain handles from the Indian government, micro-blogging platform Twitter on Wednesday said it had now “withheld a portion of the ...
Govt doing vote bank politics in Budget, note bank politics outside, says Kapil Sibal
Wed Feb 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Speaking on the Union Budget, Congress leader Kapil Sibal Wednesday said while the NDA government accuses its predecessor UPA government of doing vote bank politics, they themselve...
Enforcement Directorate raid on portal facing Adani suit
Wed Feb 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Enforcement Directorate has launched searches at NewsClick, a news portal that has been slapped with a Rs 100-crore defamation suit by the Adani group, and premises associated ...
"Proud Andolanjeevi": P Chidambaram, Others Give PM Jibe Life Of Its Own
Wed Feb 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today sought to wear "Andolanjeevi", a term pejoratively used in Parliament two days ago, as a compliment. Purported...
"Why Fuel's Cheaper In Sita's Nepal, Ravana's Lanka," Minister Asked
Wed Feb 10 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A jibe floating on social media featured in Parliament today as the government faced questions on soaring fuel prices. An opposition MP questioned why the prices of petrol and dies...
V K Singh LAC remark counters India position, China says trespass clear
Tue Feb 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A DAY after Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Gen V K Singh (retd) said that India has transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) more often than the Chinese sid...
Before Himalayan Flood, India Ignored Warnings of Development Risks
Tue Feb 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Long before the floods came, washing away hundreds of people and wiping out newly constructed dams and bridges, the warning signs were clear....
US: Crowdfunded ad on farmers’ protest gets ‘Superbowl Sunday’ spot
Tue Feb 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Tapping into the massive audience that tunes in to watch ‘Super Bowl Sunday’ in the US, members of the Sikh community in California aired a crowdfunded commercial to highlight the ...
Top Court Bars Arrest Of Shashi Tharoor, 6 Journalists In Sedition Case
Tue Feb 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court today barred any agency from arresting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists in cases relating to their tweets in connection with the Republic Day tracto...
In Call With PM Modi, Biden Mentions "Desire To Defend Democratic Norms"
Tue Feb 09 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden have committed to working together to achieve their two nations' common goals on the global arena. As per news report of NDT...
From Karnataka to Ghazipur, fresh boost for protest
Mon Feb 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A group of 50 farmers from Karnataka arrived at the Ghazipur border on Sunday, set up tents, and joined the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and other farm unions to protest against the...
Ensure democracy norms: US Congress members tell India
Mon Feb 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For the first time since the farmers’ protests began late last year, top US Congress members in the India Caucus have asked the Indian government to ensure that norms of democracy ...
"Modi Is There, Seize The Chance," PM Quips In Jibe At Opposition
Mon Feb 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad in parliament while taking a swipe at the opposition party's internal tensions and the letter controver...