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"Crucial Link": CBI To Write To Mumbai Police For Sushant Singh's Phone
Mon Aug 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Investigating the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to write to the Mumbai Police for custody of the actor's cellphone. The probe ag...
SC rejects plea seeking postponement of JEE (Main) & NEET-UG exams
Mon Aug 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of JEE (Main) April 2020 and NEET-Undergraduate examinations, which are scheduled to be conducted in September, am...
Some Delhi hospitals seeing COVID re-emergence in recovered patients
Mon Aug 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Some hospitals in the national capital have said they are are seeing recovered coronavirus patients returning to them with recurrence of the infection. Earlier this month, the Delh...
New Zealand delays election after virus outbreak in Auckland
Mon Aug 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand's national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city, Auc...
Japan's economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
Mon Aug 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Japan's economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government da...
Facebook Executive In Delhi Alleges Threat To Life Amid Row Over Report
Mon Aug 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A top Facebook executive has alleged threat to her life in a police complaint filed in Delhi, which names five people. Ankhi Das, 49, has linked the alleged threats, which have be...
"Consider Me Retired": MS Dhoni Announces End of An Era
Sun Aug 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, as he brought the curtain down on his over 15-year career as an India cricketer when he posted on Instagra...
13-Year-Old Raped, Strangled In UP; Cops Deny Eyes Gouged, Tongue Cut
Sun Aug 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district and her body found in a sugarcane field, the police said on Saturday, in yet another horrific ca...
If elected, will stand with India in confronting threats facing it: Biden
Sun Aug 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden asserted that if elected, his administration will stand with New Delhi in confronting the threats it faces and called for strengthening t...
I stand before you as first candidate for US vice-president of South Asian descent: Kamala Harris
Sun Aug 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris, during her maiden address to the Indian-American community, reflected on her proud Indian heritage and recalled how her...
Devotees start thronging Vaishno Devi Shrine as authorities reopen religious places in J-K
Sun Aug 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Khushvinder Singh is part of a 12-member group from Jammu who reached Katra before dawn to pay obeisance at the famous Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district...
COVID-19: Over 63,000 fresh cases in India
Sun Aug 16 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 25,89,682 with a single-day spike of 63,490 infections, while the total number of recoveries rose to 18,62,258 pushing the recovery rate to 71.91 per...
From LoC to LAC, armed forces given befitting replies to those challenging India's sovereignty: PM
Sat Aug 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Indian soldiers have given befitting reply to those who challenged the country's sovereignty "from LoC to LAC", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, in a subtle message t...
India's COVID-19 tally crosses 25 lakh with 65,002 cases
Sat Aug 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A spike of 65,002 cases took India's COVID-19 tally past 25 lakh on Saturday, just a day after it crossed the 24 lakh mark, while the number of fatalities neared 50,000 with 996 de...
Trump orders Chinese owner of TikTok to sell US assets
Sat Aug 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
President Donald Trump on Friday gave the Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support the popular TikTok app in the United States. Trump's exec...
PM announces launch of National Digital Health Mission
Sat Aug 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission under which every Indian will get a health ID that will store the individual's ...
"I Have More Indians Than She Has": Trump Taunts Kamala Harris
Sat Aug 15 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The president, in his speech, took a sharp aim at Kamala Harris as being hostile to police, and suggested that she and Joe Biden were at the center of "a left-wing war on cops."...
France to be added to UK quarantine countries
Fri Aug 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thousands of holidaymakers have seen their plans thrown into chaos after UK quarantine measures were imposed on France from Saturday. The 14-day isolation requirement begins at 04:...
Amazon To Launch Online Pharmacy In India
Fri Aug 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it will launch an online pharmacy in India that will serve the city of Bengaluru, the latest move by the e-commerce giant to widen its reach in a key ...
Varun Dhawan Joins Actors Demanding CBI Probe In Sushant Rajput's Death
Fri Aug 14 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Actor Varun Dhawan is the latest to join a social media campaign seeking a CBI investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, sharing the hashtag "CBIforSSR". Varun Dhawan p...