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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...
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...