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"...Because He's My Friend's Son": Furious Nitish Kumar On Tejashwi Yadav
Fri Nov 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his cool at Tejashwi Yadav in the assembly on Friday after the opposition leader raised the criminal cases against him in a cutting attack da...
Farmers Allowed To Enter Delhi, To Be Escorted To Protest Site
Fri Nov 27 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thousands of farmers were allowed to enter Delhi today for a planned protest against new farm laws after a morning of clashes with the police at the border with Haryana. Even after...
India's COVID-19 caseload goes past 92 lakh
Thu Nov 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload went past 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 86.42 lakh, the health ministry said on Wednesday....
Rishi Sunak allocates funds for UK's new Counter Terrorism Operations Centre
Thu Nov 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced to set aside millions of pounds to establish a world-leading Counter Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) based in London....
Iran says British-Australian academic freed for 3 Iranians
Thu Nov 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Iran has freed a British-Australian academic who had been detained in the country for over two years in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, state TV announced....
Farmers Marching To Delhi Enter Haryana, Get Past Tear Gas, Water Cannons
Thu Nov 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thousands of farmers, some armed with sticks and swords, flung barricades into a river, threw bricks at cops and physically pushed vehicles as they were stopped by Haryana on their...
Suspension Of Scheduled International Flights Extended Till December 31
Thu Nov 26 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Country's aviation safety regulator DGCA today extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights to December 31....
India Records 44,376 New Covid Cases In A Day, Total Cases At 92.2 Lakh
Wed Nov 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India recorded 44,376 new coronavirus infections and 481 deaths because of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, government data shows. The daily case count was 16.8 per cent higher than ...
China Accuses India Of "National Security Excuse" To Block Its Apps
Wed Nov 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China today said it "resolutely opposed" India's move to block more of its apps and its "repeated use of national security" while doing so. On Tuesday, the government blocked 43 mo...
Sushil Modi Tweets A Phone Number In Poaching Charge Against Lalu Yadav
Wed Nov 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav is trying to induce MLAs of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar to switch sides, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi has alleged in a p...
Cyclone Nivar To Hit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry At 145 Kmph After Midnight
Wed Nov 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for Cyclone Nivar, which has intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm", expected to intensify further and is barrelling towards the s...
"Charm Of A Mass Leader": President Kovind On Ahmed Patel
Wed Nov 25 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said he was distressed to know of the demise of veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel, whose amiability won him friends across party lines. Ahm...
Arvind Kejriwal Asks PM To Intervene Over Farm Fires At Covid Meet
Tue Nov 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Coronavirus cases in Delhi have been decreasing since hitting all-time high of 8,593 cases on November 10, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said at a meeting called by Prime Mi...
Senior Haryana Cop Accused Of Abetment After BJP Leader's Suicide
Tue Nov 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A police case has been filed against a senior police officer of Haryana's Panipat, Manisha Choudhary, for allegedly abetting the suicide of a senior BJP leader and former municipal...
Elon Musk Adds $100 Billion To Wealth, Topples Bill Gates As 2nd Richest
Tue Nov 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Elon Musk's year of dizzying ascents hit a new apex Monday as the Tesla Inc. co-founder passed Bill Gates to become the world's second-richest person....
"No Idea": Canada Police On How They Got Huawei Executive's Home Security Code
Tue Nov 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
An officer revealed Monday Canadian police obtained the security code to Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's Vancouver house -- not merely passcodes to her electronic devices, which de...
Australia Hits Back At "Needless" Worsening Of Ties With China
Tue Nov 24 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Australia has hit out at "needlessly" worsening relations with China, with the country's prime minister appealing for smaller nations not to be caught in the crossfire of Sino-US r...
COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 91-lakh mark
Mon Nov 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload went past 91 lakh with?44,059 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 85,62,641, according to the Union Health Mini...
"Situation May Worsen": Supreme Court Wants Covid Report From 4 States
Mon Nov 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
"Worse things will happen in December if states aren't well prepared," the Supreme Court warned today as it sought status reports from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Assam in two ...
"Very Weak President": Chinese Advisor Says Joe Biden Could "Start Wars"
Mon Nov 23 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China must drop its illusion that its relations with the United States will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden's administration, a Chinese government advisor has...