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Morning showers continue in Delhi: IMD
Mon Jun 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Another spell of early-morning rains made the weather pleasant in the national capital on Monday, but the heavy showers left many areas in the city waterlogged. The IMD said rains ...
Defence Minister leaves for 3-day visit to Russia
Mon Jun 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday left for a three-day visit to Russia during which he will hold talks with top Russian military brass and attend a grand military parade in ...
India's COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases
Mon Jun 22 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Mini...
Trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections
Sun Jun 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
US President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally Saturday by defining the upcoming election as a stark choice between national heritage and left-wing radicalism. But his inten...
Delhi govt procuring oxygen cylinders, hospitals need not do it themselves: Govt order
Sun Jun 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi government has said it is in the process of procuring oxygen cylinders and concentrators and directed hospitals under it to not procure them for COVID-19 patients, accord...
Diesel price hits record high after rates hiked for 15th day in a row
Sun Jun 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Diesel price on Sunday hit a fresh record high after rates were hiked by 60 paise per litre while petrol price was up 35 paise, taking the cumulative increase in rates in 15 days t...
India's COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh
Sun Jun 21 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
A record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases took India's infection tally past the 4 lakh-mark on Sunday, while the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities, acc...
Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta deleted her social media profiles
Sat Jun 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s US-based sister Shweta Singh Kirti who recently took to Facebook to dedicate an open letter to her late brother deleted all her posts and opted for sev...
Centre asks states to strictly follow home-isolation guidelines
Sat Jun 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Centre has asked states to ensure implementation of its guidelines on home isolation at the field level "in letter and spirit" to effectively contain the spread of the coronavi...
Drugs worth Rs 4.5 crore seized in Odisha
Sat Jun 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
More than four kg of brown sugar worth Rs 4.5 crore was seized here and three people were arrested, police said on Saturday. Director General of Police Abhay said that acting on a ...
Geared up for any contingency: IAF chief
Sat Jun 20 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Air Force is determined to deliver and is well prepared and suitably deployed to respond to any contingency, IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said here on Saturday. A...
Mumbai Police grills Rhea Chakraborty for 9 hrs
Fri Jun 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The investigation into the death of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput has intensified with the cops reaching out to the late actors' close friends and recording their statements....
China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
Fri Jun 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
China has charged two detained Canadians with spying in cases linked to Canada's arrest of a Huawei executive on U.S. charges. Chinese prosecutors said Friday that Michael Kovrig a...
Reliance is net-debt free after Rs 1.69 lakh cr fund raising
Fri Jun 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Friday said his flagship firm Reliance Industries is now net-debt free after a record Rs 1.69 lakh crore fund raising in under two months. In a stateme...
India's COVID-19 tally crosses 3.80 lakh
Fri Jun 19 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India on Friday saw another record spike of 13,586 new COVID-19 cases in a single-day, pushing the tally to 3,80,532, while the death toll rose to 12,573 with 336 new fatalities, a...
Coronavirus cases in Pak cross 1,60,000-mark
Thu Jun 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Pakistan's coronavirus death toll crossed 3,000 with 118 more patients succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours, while the total number of infections surpassed the 1,60,000-m...
Shiv Sena wants Galwan valley standoff details to be made public
Thu Jun 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Shiv Sena on Thursday said it is "shocking" that a detailed account of the standoff in Galwan Valley has not been public and if it is true that the Chinese intruded into the In...
Paswan urges people to boycott Chinese products
Thu Jun 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Appealing people to boycott Chinese goods amid heightened border tensions in Ladakh, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said the Centre will strictly implement the BIS qua...
India returning to normal business activity: PM
Thu Jun 18 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said business activity in India is returning to normal levels with consumption and demand fast approaching pre-COVID levels. A protracted l...
India, China troops clash at Himalayan border, 'casualties on both sides'
Wed Jun 17 2020 | By Cobrapost Desk
India’s army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site, in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff between the...