Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) enforcement squad Tuesday sealed Tech Mahindra office located at Maitri Vihar in Chadrasekharpur area here after seven employees tested positive for COVID-19, said a top BMC official. BMC zonal deputy commissioner Pramod Prusty said that 67 employees of the company...

Purusottampur: A female teacher and an employee of energy department of Purusottampur NAC area in Ganjam district have tested positive for COVID-19, Ganjam district Administration informed Tuesday. With the new cases, the total number of infected people in the NAC has gone up to 11. The...

Ganjam: Ganjam NAC administration Tuesday sealed an area after it reported its first COVID-19 patient. Despite rapid surge in COVID-19 positive cases in Ganjam district, Ganjam NAC had been in green zone till Monday. The NAC administration swung into action after a patient tested positive...

Mumbai: In yet another disturbing development, the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Mumbai has now oustripped China, where the pandemic reared its head in late 2019, according to the official data here Tuesday. The country's commercial capital, Mumbai currently has 4,938 COVID-19 deaths...

Angul: Odia singer Humane Sagar has again landed in trouble by allegedly singing an anti-feminist song ‘Chhendipada Rani’. The release of the song has sparked an atmosphere of tension in Angul. This happened after a case was registered against him for allegedly singing a song...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID tally in Odisha crossed the 10,000 mark with 571 new COVID-19 positive cases reported Tuesday. It is the biggest single day spike in the state till date. The total tally in the state has reached at 10,097 after the surge in cases Tuesday,...

Sambalpur: In view of the rising COVID-19 cases in Sambalpur district, the authorities of Sambalpur University at Jyoti Vihar here Monday decided to close down the varsity for a week starting Tuesday. The university will remain closed from July 7 to July 13, a letter...

Balasore: Union Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Pratap Sarangi has gone under home quarantine from Monday, the minister informed in a tweet. Sarangi has quarantined self after Nilgiri MLA Sukant Nayak tested positive for COVID-19 Monday. The minister said that...

New Delhi: She flies the ‘Boeing 787 Dreamliner’. She is also the wife of a footballer who plays for the Indian squad. Yet Commander Pushpanjali Potsangbam has not been able to physically meet her husband for the last four months. She has been busy airlifting...

New Delhi: New Zealand is the latest country after UAE and Sri Lanka which has offered to host the IPL. It has agreed to host the IPL in case the billion dollar league can’t be held in India due to coronavirus. The postponement announcement of...