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Vedanta's Anil Agarwal Raises Open Offer Price For India Unit To Rs. 235 A Share
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Anil Agarwal, billionaire founder of the Vedanta Group, has pledged his stake in a cash-rich Indian unit to help sweeten terms for a takeover attempt that's key to his debt-repayme...
BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma Found Dead At Delhi Home, Suicide Suspected
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Swaroop Sharma, was found dead at his residence in Delhi today, the police said, adding they are investigating whether it was a case of suicide....
Ambani Bomb Scare: Key Recoveries From A Mercedes, Cop Allegedly Drove It
Wed Mar 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Investigation Agency, which is probing the recovery of an explosives-laden Scorpio SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai last month, has seized a ...
Ambani Bomb Scare: Mumbai Cop 'Seized' Own Housing Society's CCTV Footage
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Suspended Mumbai policeman Sachin Vaze, arrested for his suspected role in the placement of an explosives-laden car outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence, is found to hav...
Maharashtra "In Beginning Of 2nd Covid Wave", "Limited Effort" Flagged
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra is "in the beginning of a second wave of Covid", the centre has said in a letter to the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, urging the state to focus on containment strate...
No Stop On Covishield: Government Sources As Nations Suspend AztraZeneca
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
There is no question of stopping AstraZeneca's vaccine against coronavirus as of now, sources in the Union Health Ministry said amid blood clot fears that prompted several European...
Swiss Probe If Late Saudi King's $100 Million "Thank You" Gift Broke Law
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008....
"If You Wish To Sleep Well...": Kim Jong's Sister's Warning For Joe Biden
Tue Mar 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister warned the United States against actions that could make it "lose sleep", state media reported Tuesday, as top Biden administra...
Chinese-Financed Factories Set On Fire, 39 Killed In Myanmar: Report
Mon Mar 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Security forces killed at least 22 anti-coup protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar's main city on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze...
India Adds 26,291 New Covid Cases, Highest 1-Day Rise In Almost 3 Months
Mon Mar 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
ndia recorded 26,291 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike in 85 days, taking the country's infection tally to 1,13,85,339, according to Union Health Ministry ...
Security Scare For Kamal Haasan After Tamil Nadu Public Meeting
Mon Mar 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Kamal Haasan, veteran Tamil movie actor and founder of the fledgling Makkal Needhi Maiam, faced a brief security scare on Sunday after a man allegedly attempted to open window of h...
Mumbai Cop On "BJP Hit List": Sena On Ambani Security Scare Probe
Mon Mar 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Shiv Sena on Monday said the arrest of Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze by the National Investigative Agency over the recovery of explosives from a car near industrialist Muke...
2-Day Nationwide Bank Strike From Today, Key Services Hit
Mon Mar 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions, has called for a two-day nationwide strike on March 15 and 16 against the privatisation of Public Secto...
Mumbai Cop Arrested Over Alleged Role In Ambani Security Scare Case
Sun Mar 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Maharashtra Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze for his alleged role in placing an explosives-laden vehicle near the residen...
"Pronounced Guilty By Seekers Of TRPs": Activist Disha Ravi Hits Back
Sun Mar 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twenty-two-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, whose arrest last month earned the Delhi Police one of its most embarrassing judicial rebukes in recent times and triggered an inte...
India Logs 25,320 Fresh Covid Cases In A Day, Highest In Nearly 3 Months
Sun Mar 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India reported 25,320 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours - the highest daily rise in almost three months - taking the total tally to over 1.13 crore cases, the Health ...
Asian-American Woman, 83, Punched, Spit On At Busy New York Street: Cops
Sun Mar 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Authorities in White Plains, N.Y., arrested a suspect they say spit on and punched an 83-year-old Korean American woman on a busy street in the New York City suburb this week, mark...
'Am BJP's Target, Can Swing 35% Votes': Chief Of Congress Ally In Assam
Sun Mar 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, the chief of AIUDF, has said he is the only target of the BJP in Assam. He said he can sway 35 per cent votes in favour of the Congress-led alliance or mah...
Deboard Passengers Not Wearing Mask ''Properly'': Aviation Body To Airlines
Sat Mar 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The latest directives come against the backdrop of rising number of coronavirus cases in certain parts of the country even as domestic air traffic is improving....
"Lakshman Rekha Drawn": Top Assam Congress Leader On Key Ally AIUDF
Sat Mar 13 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Badruddin Ajmal has been tagged by the ruling BJP as "communal" and the party has been questioning the Congress on its alliance....