Coronavirus

Jharsuguda: Continuing its fight against coronavirus, the Jharsuguda district administration has banned selling of roadside fast food and other edibles Friday onwards. District Collector Saroj Kumar Samal said roadside vending of fast food and other cooked edibles will not be allowed for 15 days in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused Friday to entertain a plea seeking to postpone the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The plea sought the postponement of the Assembly elections in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy...

Chennai: Famed playback singer and Padma awardee S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, popular as SPB or Balu in the movie world, who recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 languages over a period of five decades, died Friday afternoon, his son S.P.Charan said. Speaking briefly to the media outside...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Friday 4,208 new cases of COVID-19 infections from various districts across the state. There were also 15 new fatalities due to COVID-19 in Odisha which took the death toll in the state to 767.  Currently the number of active case in the...

Budapest: Bayern Munich beat Sevilla 2-1 after extra time Thursday to lift the UEFA Super Cup. With the win Bayern Munich completed a quadruple under coach Hansi Flick. Incidentally this was the first European game played with fans in the stands since the sport returned...

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload zoomed past the 58-lakh mark. However, more than 47 lakh people have recuperated from the disease. This development has pushed the COVID-19 national recovery rate to 81.74 per cent. This information was given by the Union Health Ministry on its website...

Cuttack: As many as 299 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Thursday. While 85 of them were home quarantine cases, 71 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 143 were local contact ones....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 3,779 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 3,779 persons, 550 are from Khordha, 427 from Cuttack, 158 from Puri, 155 from Balasore, 152 from Bargarh, 152 from Jharsuguda,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 349 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Thursday. While 120 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 229 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 373 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

New Delhi: The CBSE informed Thursday the Supreme Court that it will declare the results of class 12th compartment exams on or before October 10. The CBSE will do so keeping in mind the interest of the students. A bench headed by Justice A M...