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18 Dead In Uttarakhand Glacier Disaster, Search For 200 People
Mon Feb 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
18 people have been killed and over 200 are still missing, after a part of a glacier burst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the ...
India Orders 1,178 Accounts Blocked, Flags Twitter CEO's 'Likes': Sources
Mon Feb 08 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Indian government has asked microblogging platform Twitter to remove over a thousand more accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation and provocative content in connection ...
PM Modi To Raise Poll Pitch In Bengal Today, Launch Key Projects In Assam
Sun Feb 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today visit the poll-bound states of West Bengal and Assam, the second time in a little over two weeks. He was in Kolkata on January 23 to mark Ne...
"Bengal Deprived Of Railway Funds For Years": Trinamool's Derek O'Brien
Sun Feb 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Trinamool Congress today hit out at the BJP and its supporters for tom-tomming the budgetary allocation this year for railway projects in West Bengal, coming especially in the ...
Top of list, India has already seen ten Internet suspensions in 2021
Sun Feb 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
HE suspension of Internet services at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders of Delhi as well as adjoining areas again for a day on Saturday means that in less than 40 days of 2021, th...
Rakesh Tikait ups the ante, farm leader says his UP call hasty
Sun Feb 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior farmer leader Darshan Pal Saturday said the decision by BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to not hold a chakka jam in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand was taken in “a hasty manner” and ...
Bodoland People's Front Invites Tejashwi Yadav As Accord Day Chief Guest
Sun Feb 07 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) has invited Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav to be the chief guest for Bodoland Accord Day celebrations on February 10....
Rakesh Tikait, Balbir Singh Rajewal interview: ‘Govt failing us… We plan to stay here at least till Oct 2’
Sat Feb 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ever since his emotional outburst on January 28, RAKESH TIKAIT, spokesperson for the Bharatiya Kisan Union, has become the rallying point for protesting farmers at Ghazipur— the su...
Greta to cane dues: UP farmers rally in support of protesters
Sat Feb 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
From Greta Thunberg to sugarcane dues to communal harmony — a mahapanchayat in Shamli on Friday, meant to rally western UP support for the farm protests, saw speakers explain a hos...
In Baghpat, protest leaders get notices to sign Rs 2-lakh bond to ‘ensure peace’
Sat Feb 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
After Sambha and Sitapur in UP, the Baghpat district administration has issued notices to leaders linked to the farmers’ protests against the Centre’s new agriculture laws, asking ...
50,000 Personnel, Water Cannons: Delhi Braces For Chakka Jam-Not-To-Be
Sat Feb 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The national capital has fortified itself for a protest that it may not officially witness today. Ten days after unprecedented violence during a farmers' tractor rally marred India...
Provide Data Of "Toolkit" Creators: Delhi Police Writes To Google, Social Media Giants
Sat Feb 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Police on Friday asked Google and some social media giants to provide information about email ids, URLs and certain social media accounts related to the creators of a "to...
"Erratic" Trump Should Not Receive Intel Briefings, Says Joe Biden
Sat Feb 06 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Joe Biden said Friday that his predecessor Donald Trump, who is awaiting a Senate impeachment trial on charges of inciting an attack on the US Capitol, should not rece...
Rs. 103 Crore In 1 Account: Government Clarifies On Taxing PF Contributions
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
One of the highest contributors has more than Rs 103 crore in his account, and two second highest ones have more than Rs. 86 crore each, the government said, clarifying its decisio...
This State Decides To Check Social Media Behaviour Of Passport Applicants
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Uttarakhand Police has decided to scrutinise social media behaviour before giving their clearance for people applying for passports. Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said on Thursda...
Key Lending Rate Unchanged At 4%; RBI Says "Need Of Hour To Back Growth"
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain key policy rates at existing levels. The Reserve Bank has kept...
Two years imprisonment, fine for online gambling in Tamil Nadu
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or both, according to an amendment Bill introduced in ...
Essential supplies cut, protest sites fenced like Berlin Wall, says Congress
Fri Feb 05 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
On day 6 of the Budget Session in Rajya Sabha Friday, several opposition party members highlighted the lack of progress in the ongoing farmers agitation in the national capital. Co...
Peaceful Protests, Internet Access Democracy's Hallmark: US On Farm Row
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Unhindered access to information, including the Internet, and peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the US said on Wednesday in comments on the farmer protests ...
Mizoram Students' Body Stages Sit-In Against Coup In Neighbouring Myanmar
Thu Feb 04 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Mizoram's top students' body staged a sit-in on Wednesday, protesting the recent military coup in Mynamar and the human rights violation in the neighbouring country. The students s...