Coronavirus

Korukonda: Even as COVID-19 outbreak is on the rise in Malkangiri, a 13-month-old boy Deepam Mandal who belongs to MV-45 village under Kalimela block in the district fought out COVID-19 Thursday. According to reports, the baby had returned from Chennai along with his mother few...

Daringbadi: Kandhamal district Thursday reported 74 new cases and with this, the district’s total infection cases have gone up to 772. Among the fresh cases, there are 11 COVID warriors and seven CRPF jawans. And of the 11 COVID warriors, Daringbadi block accounted for ten...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Thursday said that 118 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 71 of them are quarantine cases, 47 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 90 persons who earlier tested positive for the disease...

Berhampur: People in Ganjam district should be more careful as August is likely to be more challenging, district collector Vijay Amruta Kulange Thursday said. “The district is recently witnessing a gradual decline in daily spike of COVID-19 cases. But it can never be taken lightly....

Keonjhar: With 56 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from Keonjhar district Thursday, the district’s tally is fast inching towards the 1000 mark. The district’s tally now stands at 992. What has been the cause of concern for both the administration and local residents is...

Kolkata: Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Kolkata Thursday, party sources said. He was 76. Chakraborty, the three-time transport minister of West Bengal from 1982 to 1996, was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19 July...

Keonjhar:  The sarpanchs of Dalpaka, Kundula and Khajirapat panchayats under Saharapada block in Keonjhar district Thursday sealed 20 villages for 72 hours after several persons from the villages tested positive for COVID-19. The three sarapanchs made use of their discretionary power entrusted by the state...

Padmapur: This season in the past years, being an opera artiste she would always be at rehearsal camps. This time around, she is selling tea from a roadside kiosk, erected with bamboo poles with a polythene sheet stretched over it. The artiste in question is...

Bhubaneswar: The SP of Khurda Ajay Pratap Swain has tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, he informed in a tweet. A report said Singh contracted the virus from a staff of district headquarters office that had tested positive for the deadly virus before some days. Following this,...

Bhubaneswar: To avoid public congregation at Regional Transport Offices (RTO) across Odisha amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government has decided to start online renewal of Driving License (DL) services for customers. People can renew their DL by clicking on www.parivahan.gov.in. In the online procedure...