Day: July 28, 2020

Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas welcome first child together

10:18 pm July 28, 2020

Los Angeles: Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner and her husband, musician Joe Jonas, have become parents to their first child together. According to TMZ, Turner gave birth to the baby girl last Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles. Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are delighted to announce the birth of their baby, a […]

Planning for Olympics in a pandemic has echoes of 1920 Games

10:10 pm July 28, 2020

Dusseldorf: Olympic athletes competing for gold medals in a world reeling from a pandemic? It won’t be the first time. A century before the Tokyo Games were postponed because of coronavirus, the Olympics were held in the Belgian city of Antwerp following the Spanish flu pandemic. The 1920 Games were meant to symbolize a recovery […]

Five-foot-long python rescued near Saket bus stop

10:02 pm July 28, 2020

New Delhi: A five-foot-long Indian rock python was rescued near a bus stop in Saket here, non-profit Wildlife SOS said Tuesday. A passerby first noticed the large reptile sidle underneath the foot-over bridge near the bus stop. The incident was then reported to Wildlife SOS, a member of the NGO said. A Wildlife SOS team […]

Yesteryear star Kumkum passes away

9:49 pm July 28, 2020

Mumbai: Veteran actor Kumkum, who featured in classic Hindi movies such as “CID”, “Mr X in Bombay” and “Mother India”, passed away on Tuesday. She was 86. Kumkum, whose real name was Zaibunnissa, died at around 11.30 am at her Bandra residence due to age-related issues, her sister-in-law Shenaz told PTI. “Her last rites took […]

3 held for robbing Rs 5 lakh from shop owner in Delhi

9:25 pm July 28, 2020

New Delhi: A 27-year-old man and his two associates were arrested for robbing Rs 5 lakh from a sweet shop owner here, police said on Tuesday. Varun Chaudhary supplied milk to 60-year-old Vijay Karan Sharma, who owns a sweet shop in Rohtash Nagar. He had borrowed Rs 3 lakh from the shop owner and had […]