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Occupying Public Places Like Shaheen Bagh Not Acceptable: Supreme Court
Wed Oct 07 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Protesters cannot occupy public places indefinitely, the Supreme Court said this morning in a hugely influential verdict on a batch of petitions against the anti-citizenship law pr...
Single-day spike of 61,267 COVID-19 infections
Tue Oct 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The daily spike in coronavirus infections dropped below 65,000 on Tuesday and the total recoveries surpassed 56 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 84.70 per cent, according to the U...
Trump discharged from hospital after 4 days
Tue Oct 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Donald Trump has returned to the White House after being discharged from a military hospital where he was under treatment for the deadly coronavirus since Friday, tell...
Kerala Journalist, 3 Others Arrested By UP Police On Way To Hathras
Tue Oct 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A journalist, who is a contributor for a popular Kerala-based website, and three other men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Monday over alleged links to the Popular Fron...
Dilip Ray, Former Union Minister In NDA Government, Convicted In Coal Scam Case
Tue Oct 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Former Union minister Dilip Ray was today convicted by a special court in Delhi in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999...
50% Occupancy, Seat Markings, Other SOPs As Cinemas Open On October 15
Tue Oct 06 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Fifty per cent occupancy, staggered show timings, social distancing, thermal screening, adequate protection gear for the staff, and compulsorily providing phone numbers for "contac...
COVID-19 cases in India breach 66-lakh mark
Mon Oct 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload went past 66 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 55,86,703, pushing the recovery rate to 84.34 per cent, acco...
"How Dare He...?" BJP Leader's Tweet On Cop Manhandling Priyanka Gandhi
Mon Oct 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra BJP vice president Chitra Wagh on Sunday demanded that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath take "strict action" against a policeman who held Congress leader Pr...
"I Get It," Says Trump, Then Briefly Exits Hospital For "Little Surprise"
Mon Oct 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Donald Trump unexpectedly left the hospital where he's being treated for Covid-19 to greet supporters on Sunday, waving to them from his motorcade in a bid to demonstrate...
CBI Raids Congress's DK Shivakumar's Premises In Alleged Corruption Case
Mon Oct 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The CBI began raids this morning in an alleged corruption case against Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar in Karnataka, Mumbai and Delhi. Today's raids - being carried out at 1...
Tokyo Meltdown: A Piece Of Hardware Took Down $6 Trillion Stock Market
Mon Oct 05 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
At 7:04 a.m. on an autumn Thursday in Tokyo, the stewards of the world's third-largest equity market realized they had a problem. A data device critical to the Tokyo Stock Exchange...
Delhi Schools To Remain Shut Till October 31 Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Sun Oct 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
All schools in Delhi will remain shut till October 31 because of the coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said Sunday afternoon. The Delhi government had earl...
Demands For 'Justice For Accused' At Gathering Near Hathras Victim's Home
Sun Oct 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Justice should be given to the men accused of gang raping the 20-year-old woman from Hathras, a meet of the so-called upper caste men in Hathras has demanded. The demand came days ...
"We Won't Let Them Destroy Farmers": Rahul Gandhi Hits Out At Government
Sun Oct 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Congress will not let the Narendra Modi government destroy farmers, Rahul Gandhi said in Punjab's Moga today as he kick-started a three-day tractor rally to protest against the...
Union minister Paswan undergoes heart surgery
Sun Oct 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party patron Ram Vilas Paswan has undergone a heart surgery, his son Chirag Paswan said on Sunday. Ram Vilas Paswan (74), who has been in active po...
Five pubs raided in Bengaluru to check drug menace
Sun Oct 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Central Crime Branch police raided five pubs in the city as part of its crackdown against the drug menace. The searches were carried out on Saturday night, they said. "In the d...
COVID-19 cases in India breach 65-lakh mark
Sun Oct 04 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload went past 65 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 55 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated o...
PM Modi inaugurates world's longest highway tunnel in Rohtang
Sat Oct 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the strategically important all-weather Atal Tunnel, which reduces the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 km and the travel ...
Trump doing well, undergoing Remdesivir therapy: WH doctor
Sat Oct 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Donald Trump, who was shifted to a military hospital after being tested positive for COVID-19, is undergoing Remdesivir therapy and is "doing well", the White House ph...
Hathras case: Are Indian state police trying to discount a woman's story of rape?
Sat Oct 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Days after the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang raped and assaulted in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, a senior state police official appeared to imp...