Coronavirus

Ganjam/Titlagarh: Over 5000 migrant workers stranded in Surat, Rayanapadu of Andhra Pradesh and Chennai will reach their native state Odisha in five Shramik Special trains, Monday. The Shramik Special trains will reach Titlagarh Station in Bolangir district and Jagannathpur station in Ganjam district. For this the...

Cuttack: While disobedient returnees have continuously been a cause of headache for most district administrations, the news of 15 returnees getting down at OMP Square Monday morning caused panic among people. Sources said that a bus carrying 30 returnees from Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu was...

Bhograi: A sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases in coastal pockets of Bhograi in Balasore district has left people panicked. Fifteen people lodged in 11 quarantine centres tested positive for coronavirus. Eleven of them returned from West Bengal; three from Kerala and one from Bangalore. All...

Angul: At least seven migrant workers were detained by Angul police when they were trying to flee from a special train coming from Ahmedabad to Khurda Road, Sunday night. All the unruly migrant workers have been shifted to a quarantine centre in Angul district, police...

New Delhi: As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday asserted the importance of technology in the fight against coronavirus as Technology Day was observed. "Today, technology is helping many in the efforts to make the world free from...

San Francisco: Nearly 600 Amazon employees have been tested coronavirus positive, a company employee has told CBS News, and at least six of those infected are dead. Jana Jumpp, 59, who works at an Amazon warehouse in Indiana, told the �60 Minutes' TV show host...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 14 new COVID-19 cases Monday to take the state’s tally to 391, according to the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Government of Odisha. Of the 14 new cases, 12 are from Ganjam, and one each from Sundergarh and Kendrapara. With...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled a "conditional plan" to reopen society, allowing people in England to spend more time outdoors from Wednesday. The Prime Minister also said people who could not work from home should return to the workplace - but avoid...

Beijing: Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 17 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which seven were imported cases reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Ten cases were domestically transmitted, with five reported in Hubei Province,...

Cuttack: Lawyers in the state, hit by the novel coronavirus-induced lockdown, can now avail an assistance of up to Rs 10,000 with the Bar Council of India (BCI) approving the Odisha State Bar Council Emergency Financial Assistance Rules, 2020. According to sources, the Odisha State...