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Billionaire Ajay Piramal's Conglomerate Wins Bid For Bankrupt Shadow Lender DHFC
Mon Jan 18 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Billionaire Ajay Piramal's conglomerate won bidding for bankrupt Indian shadow lender Dewan Housing Finance Corporation, advancing a keenly watched insolvency that's been a test of...
Opposition clamour to investigate Arnab Goswami’s leaked chats grows
Sun Jan 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Opposition party leaders are demanding a high-level probe into journalist Arnab Goswami’s alleged leaked chats, suggesting it pointed to collusion and leak of classified security i...
As Probe Agency Summons Punjab Farmers' Leader, Akali Dal Slams Centre
Sun Jan 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu and farmers' leader Baldev Singh Sirsa are among 40 people summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning in a case related to the ban...
13-Year-Old Raped Twice By 9 In Five Days In Madhya Pradesh: Police
Sun Jan 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped by nine men in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district twice within five days, the police have said, adding seven people have been arrested...
Gunmen Shoot Dead Two Women Supreme Court Judges In Kabul
Sun Jan 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court during an early morning ambush in the country's capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations c...
Farm Ordinances Passed Without NITI Aayog Appraising 'High-Powered' CMs Panel Report: RTI
Sun Jan 17 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Farm ordinances – which consequently paved the way for the three controversial farm laws in September 2020 – were promulgated and introduced in parliament in June 2020 without ...
Telangana Minister Decides Against Taking First Covid Shot After PM Warning
Sat Jan 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender, who had declared he would take the first vaccine shot in his state, did not do so today citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "strict ins...
"Will Prefer Covishield Over Covaxin": Delhi Hospital Doctors Concerned
Sat Jan 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Resident doctors at one of Delhi's biggest healthcare hubs, the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, today demanded they be administered Covishield vaccine and not Covaxin since the former ...
‘NSA, PMO hooked to Republic’ — Arnab Goswami ‘WhatsApp chats’ give TRP scandal new twist
Sat Jan 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Chief Executive Partho Dasgupta and journalist Arnab Goswami allegedly colluded to give the latter’s news channel, Republic TV, an...
Signal app goes down amid peak user traffic
Sat Jan 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The users of highly-encrypted Signal app faced trouble sending messages and the company said on Saturday that it was still working to bring additional capacity online to handle pea...
India Takes Its Shot. "Don't Fall For Rumours," Urges PM
Sat Jan 16 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launching India's vaccination drive today, paid tribute to Indian frontline workers and scientists and warned against falling for propaganda or rumour...
$100,000 For Toilet As Ivanka Trump Wouldn't Let Secret Service Use Hers
Fri Jan 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Many U.S. Secret Service agents have stood guard in Washington's elite Kalorama neighborhood, home over the years to Cabinet secretaries and former presidents. Those agents have ha...
In Trump Administration's Last Swipe At China, Xiaomi, Others Blacklisted
Fri Jan 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Trump administration in its waning days took another swipe at China and its biggest firms on Thursday, imposing sanctions on officials and companies for alleged misdeeds in the...
Kumbh Mela festival begins amid Covid concerns
Fri Jan 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thousands of pilgrims have gathered on the banks of India's Ganges river at the start of the Kumbh Mela, billed as the world's largest human gathering. One of the most auspicious e...
'Don't Make Mistake Of Testing Patience': Army Chief's Message To China
Fri Jan 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a clear message to China, Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Friday said no one should make any mistake of testing India's patience though it is committed to resolve the bor...
15-year-old Indian girl in Dubai helps recycle 25 tonnes of old electronic items
Fri Jan 15 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
When Dubai-based Indian teen Riva Tulpule was moving house a few years ago, she found lots of disused electronics while helping her mom clear out drawers. This sparked the beginnin...
PM To Launch Vaccine Drive, Shots For 3 Lakh On Day 1: NITI Aayog Member
Thu Jan 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the nationwide Covid vaccination drive on Saturday, a top official said today. Some 3 lakh people will receive shots on the first day, VK P...
Trump Impeached For 2nd Time, Senate May Hold Trial After He Leaves
Thu Jan 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The House made history Wednesday by impeaching a president for a second time, indicting President Donald Trump a week before he leaves office for inciting a riot with false claims ...
Banning Trump "Sets Precedent I Feel Is Dangerous": Twitter's Jack Dorsey
Thu Jan 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday that banning President Donald Trump from its social media platform after last week's violence at the U.S. Capitol was the ...
Mohan Bhagwat Celebrates Pongal In Tamil Nadu, Recites Couplet
Thu Jan 14 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday participated in Pongal celebrations here and made a surpise visit to the house of a functionary of the organisation where he recited a couplet f...