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Centre prompts, Twitter blocks accounts using farmer genocide hashtag
Tue Feb 02 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter on Monday blocked nearly 250 accounts and tweets after the Narendra Modi government asked it to act against those using the #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide hashtag and posting ...
Editors Guild of India demands release of Mandeep Punia
Mon Feb 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned over the incarceration of freelance journalist Mandeep Punia who was reporting on the farm protest from Singhu border....
Budget: Focus On Vaccine, Farmers, Polls
Mon Feb 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman is announcing Budget 2021 in Parliament. Ms Sitharaman said the Budget was prepared in circumstances -like never before- and that the government ...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Detained In Military Coup, 1-Year Emergency Declared
Mon Feb 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Myanmar's military staged a coup on Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency....
Delhi police arrests freelance journalist
Mon Feb 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi police on Sunday arrested freelance journalist Mandeep Punia who had in a Facebook Live session on Friday accused BJP workers of posing as local people and unleashing violenc...
BJP chorus in west UP: Ghazipur mishandled, can boost movement
Mon Feb 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The move by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh to get the farm protest site at Ghazipur vacated has the potential to revitalise the agitation against the Centre’s new agriculture ...
Webinars on internal matters can only be conducted with govt’s nod
Mon Feb 01 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Government institutions can hold virtual conferences on subjects touching on India’s security and internal matters, including topics related to the country’s borders, Northeast...
"India Was Saddened By Insult To Tricolour On Republic Day": PM Modi
Sun Jan 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In his first radio address Mann ki Baat of 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today referred to the events at the Red Fort during the farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day. "India...
Police Case Against Editor Over Tweet On Farmer's Death At Tractor Rally
Sun Jan 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A police case has been filed against "The Wire" editor Siddharth Varadarajan over his tweet sharing a news report filed by the web portal regarding the death of a farmer during the...
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Calls All-Party Meet To Show Unity With Farmers
Sun Jan 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Alleging that farmers from Punjab are being beaten up by police and assaulted by goons at their protest site on Delhi borders, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh called an all-party me...
Delhi Police Detain Two Journalists At Farmers' Protest Site In Singhu
Sun Jan 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Two journalists covering the farmers' protests at Singhu (on the Delhi-Haryana border) were detained Saturday night, for allegedly misbehaving with police personnel stationed there...
"Nobody Will Be Left In Trinamool By February 28," Says Suvendu Adhikari
Sun Jan 31 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that Trinamool Congress (TMC) is a private limited company and by February 28 nobody will be left there. "Trinam...
Supreme Court Holds Judge's Confirmation Over Sex Assault Orders: Sources
Sat Jan 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a rare instance, the Supreme Court Collegium has withdrawn its recommendation to confirm the permanent status of a Bombay High Court judge who had passed two controversial order...
2 Spotted In CCTV After Blast Near Delhi's Israel Embassy, Probe On: Report
Sat Jan 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A CCTV footage of the Israel Embassy blast site has revealed that a cab had dropped two people near the embassy and it is yet to be ascertained whether they have any role in the ex...
Why US Is "Flying Blind" To Covid Mutations Racing Across The World
Sat Jan 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
America currently has so little of the genetic sequencing needed to detect new variants of the coronavirus - like the ones first identified in Great Britain and South Africa - that...
Pressure mounts on Khattar govt as ally JJP, Jat leaders extend support to Tikait
Sat Jan 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Compounding the problems for the ruling BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana, several leaders from the Jat community, including Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s younger brother, Fr...
BJP chorus in west UP: Ghazipur mishandled, can boost movement
Sat Jan 30 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The move by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh to get the farm protest site at Ghazipur vacated has the potential to revitalise the agitation against the Centre’s new agriculture ...
Clashes At Farmers' Protest Site After Group Barges In, Cop Injured
Fri Jan 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A group of around 200 people, threw stones and vandalised tents erected by farmers at the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu, the epicenter of farmers' protests since over two months. ...
Protest But Come To Parliament: Minister On President's Address Boycott
Fri Jan 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday appealed to the opposition parties boycotting the President's address ahead of the budget session to respect the instit...
"This Budget Will Be Seen As Part Of 4-5 Mini Budgets Of 2020": PM
Fri Jan 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the upcoming Union Budget was the next in a series of mini-budgets presented by Finance Minister Nimala Sitharaman in 2020. He also spelt ou...