news
New Indian Strains Of COVID-19 Could Be More Infectious, Says AIIMS Chief
Sun Feb 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Herd immunity for coronavirus is a "myth" in India because at least 80 per cent people need to have antibodies for the whole of the population to be protected, Dr Randeep Guleria t...
"Nothing Unscientific About It": 5 Lakh Likely To Take "Cow Science" Exam
Sun Feb 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than 5 lakh people in the country will take an online exam on the "holy cow" on Thursday. The University Grants Commission has written to Vice Chancellors of 900 universitites...
Plane With 200+ Passengers On Board Suffers Engine Failure, Lands Safely
Sun Feb 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A United Airlines plane suffered a fiery engine failure Saturday shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residential area before a safe emerge...
PM Attending Strategy Session Ahead Of Coming Round Of State Elections
Sun Feb 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is participating in a daylong election strategy session in Delhi today. Elections in five states are due over the coming months. Among these the bigges...
BJP Youth Leader Arrested In Bengal For Allegedly Carrying 100 gm Cocaine
Sat Feb 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A BJP youth leader was arrested Friday evening in Bengal's Kolkata for allegedly carrying 100 gm cocaine. In dramatic developments, Pamela Goswami, General Secretary of Bengal BJP ...
"A Week More": ULFA Threatens To Execute 2 Kidnapped Oil Firm Employees
Sat Feb 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Assam-based terrorist organisation United Liberation Front of Asom - Independent (ULFA-I) has said it will execute next week two persons it had kidnapped last December. The ultimat...
Ahead Of Crucial Election, BJP Ally Merges With Tripura Royal, Demands Separate State
Sat Feb 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pra...
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...