Day: August 30, 2020

Global coronavirus cases top 25 million

2:04 pm August 30, 2020

Washington: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally has topped 25 million. That’s according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The US leads the count with 5.9 million cases, followed by Brazil with 3.8 million and India with 3.5 million. The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much […]

Undertrial prisoner dies in district jail in UP’s Muzaffarnagar, 2nd such death in two days

2:01 pm August 30, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: In the second such incident in two days, an undertrial prisoner has died in the district jail here, officials said on Sunday. According to Jail Superintendent AK Saxena, Rampal (58) was rushed to the district hospital in a serious condition, where he was declared dead on Saturday evening. The deceased, who had high blood pressure, was […]

12-year-old raped, murdered in UP’s Maharajganj; one held

1:58 pm August 30, 2020

Maharajganj: A minor was allegedly raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh‘s Maharajganj district, police said on Sunday. The body of the 12-year-old girl, missing since Friday evening, was recovered from a forest in Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday evening, they said. Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said a case was registered against Manoj […]

MP rain: 1 killed in house collapse, 60 rescued by IAF chopper

1:55 pm August 30, 2020

Bhopal: A 35-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured when a house collapsed after heavy rains at Sehore in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, while nearly 60 stranded people were airlifted from a village in the district by an IAF helicopter, officials said. Following heavy showers in several parts of Madhya Pradesh in the […]

Nick Robinson to star opposite Margaret Qualley in Netflix series ‘Maid’

1:51 pm August 30, 2020

Los Angeles: “Love, Simon” star Nick Robinson has been cast as the male lead in Netflix’s upcoming dramedy series “Maid” , fronted by “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Margaret Qualley. The project reunites Robinson and Qualley after Rashid Johnson’s HBO film “Native Son”, which premiered last year at Sundance Film Festival, reported Deadline. Written by Molly Smith Metzler, the film […]