Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday warned that strong action would be taken against persons who violate quarantine norms in the state. He said people returning home from outside the state must remain in prescribed quarantine and strictly abide by all government rules. "People coming...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has issued new time schedules for the subordinate courts of different zones. As per direction of the HC, the subordinate courts in red zones and orange zones would function for one hour and two hours respectively. Meanwhile for the green...

Bhadrak: The Bhadrak District Administration Monday withdrew containment zone tag from Rahania and Tesinga gram panchayats. The containment zone order was lifted as no fresh cases were reported during surveillance. Active surveillance, however, will continue in the areas for some days as a precaution to...

Bhubaneswar: The 163rd COVID-19 patient of the state and 11th of Sundargarh district is a 29 years old woman of Nala Road area in Rourkela town, informed Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department of the state government. Sundargarh district first reported its COVID-19 infected case April 12 when...

Lucknow: Independent MLA Aman Mani Tripathi was detained by the Uttarakhand police for allegedly violating lockdown rules. The incident occurred at Gauchar of Chamoli district where the entourage was stopped for screening by officials on Sunday night. Tripathi, along with ten others, was on a...

Bhadrak: A woman gave birth to a female baby on a bus which was ferrying migrant workers from Surat to Odisha Sunday night. The woman has been identified as Dalilata Bal, wife of Sushant Behera. Dalilata who was stranded in Surat amid the ongoing lockdown...

Berhampur: In a bid to ensure that Odia expats who are quarantined, both at home and institutional quarantine centres, do not stray from the confines of their homes or quarantine centres, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has developed a mobile application to keep track on proceedings....

Washington: The number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 3.5 million mark, according to the Washington-based Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the overall number of cases worldwide stood at 3,507,053, the university's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) said in its...

New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi Monday slammed the Central government over the reports of the Indian Railways charging for tickets from the migrants and contributing Rs 151 crore in the PMCARE fund to combat the spread of COVID-19 and asked the government to...

Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh): It was love across the borders that culminated on a wedding on the borders. Arvind Kumar, 28, wanted to marry Chhaya Rani, 25, but the problem was that he lives in a corona red zone in Uttar Pradesh while his bride to-be...