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Mass Looting In Chicago, Shots Fired, Over 100 Arrested
Tue Aug 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Chicago police exchanged gunfire with looters and arrested more than 100 people after crowds swarmed Chicago's luxury commercial district early Monday, looting stores, smashing win...
Trump abruptly escorted from press briefing after shooting near White House
Tue Aug 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Donald Trump was abruptly evacuated by a Secret Service agent from a live press briefing in the White House after shots were fired outside the highly-secured building....
Odisha reports 1,341 new COVID-19 cases
Tue Aug 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Odishas COVID-19 tally rose to 48,796 with the detection of 1,341 new cases, a health department official said on Tuesday. Ten more patients lost their lives, following which the t...
In India single day COVID-19 cases dip below 55,000
Tue Aug 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
COVID-19 cases in India dipped below 55,000 in a single day on Tuesday after the country recorded over 60,000 cases daily for four days on the trot, according to the Union Health M...
Topper From UP, Studying In US, Dies In Accident After Alleged Harassment
Tue Aug 11 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 20-year-old woman from western Uttar Pradesh, who overcame many odds to secure 98 per cent marks in her class 12 board exams in 2018 and then went on to receive a full-time scho...
Former Prez Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for COVID-19
Mon Aug 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a tweet, Pranab Mukherjee, who was India's president between 2012 and 2017, urged all those, who have come in contact with him in the last week, to isolate themselves...
62,064 new COVID cases; 1,007 deaths
Mon Aug 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's novel coronavirus tally crossed the 22-lakh mark on Monday with 62,064 new cases, while the death toll climbed to 44,386 with 1,007 more fatalities, the Health Ministry sai...
Loss in Karnataka due to floods and torrential so far is
Mon Aug 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
According to preliminary estimates, loss due to torrential rains and floods in several parts of Karnataka so far is to the tune of Rs 3,500-4,000 crore and the state government wil...
Pakistani troops fire at border posts along LoC
Mon Aug 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistani troops opened fire on forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in violation of a ceasefire agreement, a defence spo...
Congress Sources Claim 'Breakthrough' In Rajasthan, Team Pilot Denies
Mon Aug 10 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Team Pilot, however, has denied reports of a "breakthrough" and insisted that their core issue remained - Ashok Gehlot, they say, must be removed as Chief Minister....
Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan PM
Sun Aug 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in on Sunday as the country's new prime minister at a historic Buddhist temple, days after his party won a landslide victor...
10 patients killed in fire at COVID care facility in AP
Sun Aug 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As many as 10 patients died at a star hotel converted to a coronavirus treatment centre here on Sunday when panic-stricken inmates tried to flee a fire suspected to have been caus...
Delhi's education board to be operational by next year: Sisodia
Sun Aug 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Delhi's own school education board is expected to be operational by next year, however, unlike other states it will not be imposed on government schools, according to Deputy Chief ...
Cong MLA booked for tweeting tampered image of PM
Sun Aug 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A case was registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress working president and MLA Jitu Patwari for allegedly posting a doctored image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which the ruling...
Record 64,399 new COVID cases; 861 deaths
Sun Aug 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
With a highest single-day spike of 64,399 cases, India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past 21 lakh on Sunday, while the death toll climbed to 43,379 with 861 more fatalities, the Health M...
ED Questions Rhea Chakraborty's Brother For 18 Hours
Sun Aug 09 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Showik Chakraborty, brother of actor Rhea Chakraborty, for about 18 hours in connection with a money laundering case linked to the death...
Death toll in Air India Express flight crash rises to 18
Sat Aug 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The death toll in the Air India Express flight crash at the airport here, rose to 18 on Saturday with one more passenger succumbing to injuries....
BSF kills Pak intruder along IB in Barmer
Sat Aug 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistani infiltrator was killed by the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday along the India-Pakistan International Border in Rajasthan's Barmer district, officials said....
61,537 new COVID cases in India, 933 deaths
Sat Aug 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Registering 61,537 more cases in India, the coronavirus tally reached 20,88,611 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 42,518 with 933 more fatalities, the Health Ministry said....
Rhea Chakraborty Wrong In Trying To Transfer Case: Sushant Rajput's Father
Sat Aug 08 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Sushant Singh Rajput's father said the question of jurisdiction of the First Information Report (FIR) comes at the trial stage not while the case is under the investigation stage...