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COVID-19 tally in India breaches 48-lakh mark
Mon Sep 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 case tally crossed 48 lakh with 92,071 new infections being reported in a day, while over 37.8 lakh people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate to 78...
Kolkata Metro resumes services after over 5 months
Mon Sep 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Metro rail services in Kolkata resumed on Monday after a gap of more than five months, a senior official said. The regular services were suspended due to the COVID- 19 outbreak. Sp...
Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace
Mon Sep 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China's Defense Ministry on Sunday blasted a critical U.S. report on the country's military ambitions, saying it is the U.S. instead that poses the biggest threat to the internatio...
UP's New Special Security Force Can "Search, Arrest Without Warrant"
Mon Sep 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A special force will be set up in Uttar Pradesh, with powers similar to the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force), that can search and arrest without a warrant, the state govern...
"Not Running Away": Government As Opposition Protests Question Hour Move
Mon Sep 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
An 18-day monsoon session of parliament started today with unprecedented precautions against the coronavirus, including staggered sittings of both houses and social distancing betw...
COVID-19 tally in India breaches 47-lakh mark
Sun Sep 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 tally of cases sprinted past 47 lakh with 94,372 new infections being reported in a day, while 37,02,595 people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate ...
Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House
Sun Sep 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump is going on the offense this weekend in Nevada, which hasn't supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. T...
Home Minister Amit Shah Admitted To Delhi's AIIMS Again
Sun Sep 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS last night, nearly two weeks after he was discharged from the hospital. He was earlier admitted to the national capital'...
Maharashtra Covid Centre Attendant Arrested For Allegedly Raping Woman
Sun Sep 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 27-year-old attendant at a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Maharashtra's Thane district has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman at the facility, police said on Sunday. The i...
Bihar Man Carves Out 3-Km Long Canal In 30 Years To Irrigate Parched Fields
Sun Sep 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A man has carved out a three-kilometre long canal to take rainwater coming down from nearby hills to fields of his village, Kothilawa in Lahthua area of Gaya in Bihar. "It took me ...
No All-Party Meet Before Tomorrow's Parliament Monsoon Session
Sun Sep 13 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The traditional all-party meet before a parliament session has been scrapped for the monsoon session, which begins tomorrow. The departure from convention - probably a first in two...
India's Covid Cases Pass 46 Lakh With Record 1-Day Jump Of 97,570 Cases
Sat Sep 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India COVID-19 Cases: Maharashtra, the worst-affected state in the country, crossed 10 lakh cases on Friday with a record spike of 24,886 new cases....
Nitish and Nadda hold seat-sharing talks for Bihar polls
Sat Sep 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday held a crucial meeting with BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda on seat-sharing among the NDA alliance partners for the assembly electio...
Five youths 'abducted' by PLA handed over to Army
Sat Sep 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Five youths who were allegedly abducted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China near the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Subansiri were released on Saturday in Anj...
NCB conducts raids in Mumbai against drug traffickers
Sat Sep 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday conducted raids on drug traffickers at some locations in Mumbai, an official said. The Mumbai zone of the NCB conducted these raids b...
Bail For 6 Accused Of Assaulting Ex-Navy Officer Over Uddhav Thackeray Cartoon
Sat Sep 12 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Shiv Sena leader and five others, who were in arrested in connection with the attack on a retired naval officer in Mumbai, have been given bail. The retired officer was beaten on...
COVID-19 cases in India cross 45-lakh mark
Fri Sep 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload sprinted past 45 lakh and the death toll climbed to 76,271 with a record 96,551 infections and 1,209 fatalities being reported in a day, while the recover...
Revised SOP issued for conducting exams amid COVID-19
Fri Sep 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The government has issued a revised SOP for conducting examinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, removing the provision that allowed symptomatic candidates who insist on taking an e...
Pak targets forward areas in J-K's Poonch
Fri Sep 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Pakistan Army on Friday opened heavy fire and shelled mortars at forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said. This is the third consecuti...
Trump says US has incredible N-weapons
Fri Sep 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Donald Trump has said the US has some "incredible" nuclear weapon systems that nobody knows about but refuted allegations of leaking classified information about them to...