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Agitating farmers begin day-long fast, to intensify protest against farm laws
Mon Dec 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmer leaders on Monday started their day-long hunger strike against the Centre's new farm laws and said protests will be held at all district headquarters later in the day, even ...
Trump helicopter buzzes supporters rallying in Washington
Sun Dec 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump returned to Washington for rallies to back his desperate efforts to subvert the election that he lost to Joe Biden. They cheered a...
Delhi-Jaipur Highway Shut As Farmers Begin March
Sun Dec 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers agitating against the centre's farm laws began a tractor march from Shahjahanpur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border Sunday morning, in efforts to block the Delhi-Jaipur highwa...
Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani Arrested In Mumbai In Fake TV Ratings Scam
Sun Dec 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Republic TV chief Vikas Khanchandani has been arrested by the Mumbai Police in the fake ratings scam -- the 13th person to be arrested in the case so far. The arrest of the top exe...
"New Parliament When Half Of India Is Hungry?" Kamal Haasan Asks PM
Sun Dec 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Hours before he launched his two-year-old party's campaign for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Tamil film star-turned-politician Kamal Haasan attacked Prime Minister Narendra M...
Hope To Rescue INS Viraat Fades, Nearly Impossible Terms Listed For Transfer
Sun Dec 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Gujarat-based company which intends to break-up the former Navy carrier Viraat for scrap continues to offer a sliver of hope for a rescue plan that involves its transfer to Env...
Farmers To Block Delhi-Jaipur Highway As Protests Intensify
Sat Dec 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Farmers' protest is set to intensify today as they plan to block Delhi-Jaipur highway, a day after one of the 32 protesting unions moved the Supreme Court against the centre's cont...
US Clears Pfizer Covid Vaccine, First Shot "In Less Than 24 Hours"
Sat Dec 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The US green lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world's hardest-hit country....
Farmer Union Goes To Supreme Court, Wants "Arbitrary" Farm Laws Scrapped
Sat Dec 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Bhartiya Kisan Union has filed a petition in the Supreme Court asking it to scrap three agricultural laws passed by Parliament in September. Thousands of farmers have over the ...
Farmers picket toll plazas in Haryana
Sat Dec 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Intensifying their protest against the Centre's new agri laws, farmers took over some toll plazas in Haryana on Saturday, not allowing authorities to collect fees from commuters....
Security at Delhi borders increased after farmers' announcement to intensify stir
Sat Dec 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi Police has increased security arrangements at the city's border points following the announcement by agitating farmers to block the Jaipur-Delhi and the Delhi-Agra Expres...
Rohit Sharma clears fitness test at Bengaluru's NCA
Fri Dec 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Senior India batsman Rohit Sharma on Friday cleared an eagerly-watched fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru ahead of the four-Test series against Australia sta...
"Don't Play With Fire": Governor To Mamata Banerjee Over Bengal Violence
Fri Dec 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, condemning Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comments after an attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy, asked her to withdraw them and warned today: ...
Home Ministry Summons Top 2 Bengal Officers After BJP Chief Convoy Attack
Fri Dec 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today submitted his report on law and order in Bengal, sought by Home Minister Amit Shah hours after an attack on party chief JP Nadda's convo...
Lalu Yadav, Seeking Bail In Fodder Case, Has To Wait For 6 More Weeks
Fri Dec 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav's bail hearing in a fodder scam case, to be taken up today, has been deferred by six more weeks. Reports suggest the hearing was put off as L...
"No Violation Of Human Rights": UP Cops' Defence After Stopping Muslim Couple's Wedding
Fri Dec 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two days after they stopped a wedding ceremony and took a couple from eastern Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar to a police station for "questioning", UP Police has said they did not brea...
Ground-breaking For New Parliament Today, PM Modi To Attend
Thu Dec 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
To mark the symbolic launch of the new parliament building on the Central Vista today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony at the heart of Delhi near...
India's COVID-19 tally rises to 97.64 lakh with 31,521 fresh cases
Thu Dec 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 97,67,371 with 31,521 fresh infections, while the total number of recoveries surged to 92.53 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.74 ...
Case Against BJP's Tejasvi Surya, Dilip Ghosh Over Bengal Violence
Thu Dec 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
West Bengal Police on Wednesday registered FIRs against veteran BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Tejasvi Surya, Dilip Ghosh, and several other party leaders on the allegation that...
Apollo Says Ready To Vaccinate 1 Million Daily, Needs Government Clarity
Thu Dec 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's largest hospital chain says it's ready to administer one million coronavirus vaccine doses a day, but the government has not made clear how vaccines will be distributed and...