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UP Top Cop To Visit Hathras Amid Row Over Handling Of Alleged Rape-Murder
Sat Oct 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Director-General of Uttar Pradesh Police, HC Awasthy, will visit Hathras today amid controversy over the local administration's handling of the alleged gang rape and murder of ...
Bihar Dalit Teen Dies By Suicide After Alleged Gang Rape, Case Filed
Sat Oct 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid nationwide outage against the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, a Dalit teenage girl in poll-bound Bihar's Gaya district died by ...
"Only Solution": Centre To Waive Interest On Loans Up to Rs. 2 Crore
Sat Oct 03 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
In a huge reprieve for borrowers, the government has told the Supreme Court that it is ready to waive interest on the repayment of loans of up to ₹ 2 crore, frozen by the Reserve B...
US President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19
Fri Oct 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted on Friday, a development that is likely to bring to standstill his ...
India's COVID-19 tally comes close to 64 lakh-mark
Fri Oct 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload inched closer to 64 lakh-mark with 81,484 infections reported in a day, while the number of people who recuperated from the disease crossed 53 lakh pushin...
"Ray Of Hope": Priyanka Gandhi On Summons To UP Officials Over Hathras
Fri Oct 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kept up her attack on the Uttar Pradesh government over the Hathras gang rape and the late night cremation of a Dalit woman as she welcomed th...
Pentagon Okays $90 Million Sale Of Spares For India's Super Hercules Fleet
Fri Oct 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Pentagon has approved India's request to buy USD 90 million worth of equipment, spare parts and logistical support for its fleet of C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft. In its...
Actor "Hijacking MeToo": Anurag Kashyap, Accused Of Rape, Hits Out
Fri Oct 02 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A day after he was questioned by the Mumbai police in a rape case filed by an actor last week, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap today issued a statement denying any truth in the allegation...
COVID-19 tally in India crosses 63-lakh mark
Thu Oct 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 caseload crossed the 63-lakh mark with 86,821 infections being reported in a day, while 52,73,201 people have recuperated so far, according to the Union Health Min...
State-level wrestler shot dead in UP's Baghpat
Thu Oct 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A state-level wrestler was shot dead and his friend seriously injured in Luhari village here, police said on Thursday. Akash (19) and Bharat (21) were shot at by four people on Wed...
Amid Hathras Outrage, UP 22-Year-Old Drugged, Allegedly Gang Raped, Dies
Thu Oct 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid outrage in the country over the gang rape and death of a young woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, another similar case has been reported from the state. A little more than 500 ...
Hathras Sealed Ahead Of Gandhis' Visit; Officials Cite Covid
Thu Oct 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra plan to visit Hathras in Uttar Pradesh today to meet the family of the 20-year-old woman who died after being gang-raped and tortured and who...
"Car Can Overturn Anytime In UP": BJP Leader's Hint In Hathras Remark
Thu Oct 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amid spiraling outrage over the death of a woman gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and her 2.30 am cremation by policemen against her family's wishes, a BJP leader...
Japan 'Twitter killer' pleads guilty to murders
Thu Oct 01 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to murdering nine people after contacting them on Twitter, in a high-profile case that has shocked the country. Dubbed the "Twitter killer", Takah...
Babri Masjid demolition case: What actually happened in 1992
Wed Sep 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Cobrapost revisits the Conspiracy and the People behind Babri Masjid Demolition on December 1992 to find it to be an Act of Planned Sabotage. Cobrapost brings to light how certain ...
In UP Gang-Rape Tragedy, 2.30 am Cremation By Cops, Family Kept Out
Wed Sep 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 20-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday in Delhi two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was cremated by policemen last night, allegedly as her...
Babri Demolition Case: All 32 Accused Including LK Advani Acquitted
Wed Sep 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Babri Demolition Case: The verdict in the 28-year-old case involving the demolition of Babri Masjid, which stood at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya was announced by a special c...
"Will You Shut Up Man!": Joe Biden-Trump Face-Off At Presidential Debate
Wed Sep 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Democrat Joe Biden told a raging President Donald Trump to "shut up" in an opening debate that turned almost immediately into a shouting match 35 days ahead of the most tense US el...
Video: UP Woman's Family Threw Themselves On Ambulance To Stop Cremation
Wed Sep 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
As the Uttar Pradesh police drove to a funeral ground to cremate the 20-year-old woman who had died after her gang-rape and torture, her family, relatives and villagers made many a...
Reliance Industries Retail Unit To Sell Rs. 3,675-Crore Stake To US-Based General Atlantic
Wed Sep 30 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries said on Wednesday that US-based General Atlantic will invest Rs.3675 crore for a 0.84 per cent stake in its retail arm, Reliance R...