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India's COVID-19 tally crosses 38-lakh mark
Thu Sep 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 tally raced past the 38-lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing...
Select international passengers can avail COVID-19 tests on arrival
Thu Sep 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
International passengers who have to take connecting domestic flights after landing in India will have the option of getting themselves tested for COVID-19 at the entry airports, t...
Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither
Thu Sep 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Joe Biden is calling the struggle to reopen US schools amid the coronavirus a national emergency and accusing President Donald Trump of turning his back to instead stoke passions a...
"Feel Suicide Out Of Dejection": Sushant Rajput Father's Statement
Thu Sep 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The father of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in his statement to the Mumbai Police has said he "feels that Sushant might have done suicide out of dejection". Mr Rajput's father KK Sing...
78,357 new cases take India's COVID-19 tally past 37 lakh
Wed Sep 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 37 lakh on Wednesday with 78,357 new instances of the disease reported in a day, while the number of recoveries crossed 29 lakh pushin...
Sushant case: NCB arrests alleged drug dealer in Mumbai
Wed Sep 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday arrested an alleged contraband dealer who has "links" with the drugs trafficking case pertaining to the death case of actor Sushant ...
Anger Over Government's 'No Question Hour' Move For Parliament Session
Wed Sep 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A decision to cancel Question Hour in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning September 14 in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis has generated growing resentment among opposi...
PM-CARES Got Rs. 3,076 Crore In 5 Days; P Chidambaram Says Name Donors
Wed Sep 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The PM-CARES fund for Covid received 3,076 crore in five days, according to an audit statement made public by the government. The statement, for the financial year 2020, only recor...
China's "Coercive" Tactics Evident In Claims With India, Bhutan: Pentagon
Wed Sep 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China has been using coercive tactics in pursuit of territorial and maritime claims in the South and East China Seas, as well as along its border with India and Bhutan, the Pentago...
President, VP, Prime Minister pay last respects to Mukherjee
Tue Sep 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chiefs of three defence services were among the dignitaries who paid their last respect...
Allahabad HC quashes Kafeel Khan's detention under NSA
Tue Sep 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release. The bench, comprising Chief Justice G...
COVID-19 tally in India climbs to 36,91,166
Tue Sep 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With 69,921 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India's COVID-19 tally mounted to 36,91,166, while recoveries surged to 28,39,882 on Tuesday pushing the recovery rat...
Trump wades into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
Tue Sep 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Claiming the mantle of the law and order candidate, President Donald Trump is offering himself as the leader best positioned to keep Americans safe, a day after Democratic rival Jo...
New Twist In Sushant Rajput Case Over Sister's WhatsApp On Medicines
Tue Sep 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As multiple agencies focus on Rhea Chakraborty in their investigations into Sushant Singh Rajput's death, WhatsApp texts between the actor and one of his sisters reveal that his fa...
Rhea Chakraborty Reaches DRDO Guest House For CBI Questioning On Day 4
Mon Aug 31 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who has been questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for an average of eight hours a day over the last three days on the death of her boyfri...
78,512 new COVID cases in India, 971 deaths
Mon Aug 31 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The novel coronavirus tally in India crossed 36 lakh on Monday with 78,512 new cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 27,74,801, pushing the recovery rate to 76.62 per cen...
Landslides block J-K highway, 300 vehicles stranded
Mon Aug 31 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Landslides and mudslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway at several places in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. Over 300 v...
End of road for Suresh Raina in CSK?
Mon Aug 31 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
His exit from the IPL attributed to personal reasons this season, all-rounder Suresh Raina's stint with Chennai Super Kings seems in jeopardy even next year as the franchise might ...
Xinjiang govt forces unproven medicine on people in lockdown
Mon Aug 31 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
When police arrested the middle-aged Uighur woman at the height of China's coronavirus outbreak, she was crammed into a cell with dozens of other women in a detention centre. There...
China Must Build "Impregnable Fort" For Stability In Tibet: Xi Jinping
Sun Aug 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China must build an "impregnable fortress" to maintain stability in Tibet, protect national unity and educate the masses in the struggle against "splittism", President Xi Jinping t...