Coronavirus

Kolkata: Indian Air Force aircraft will shower flower petals over hospitals treating COVID-19 patients Sunday and also hold a flypast of Sukhoi-30 aircraft to express their gratitude towards the coronavirus warriors, an Eastern Air Command official said. An IAF helicopter will shower flower petals over...

Hatadihi: A bus carrying 56 migrant workers, including 45 from Keonjhar's Hatadihi block, has left Surat town in Gujarat for Odisha. The bus is expected to reach Keonjhar Saturday. According to a source, of the 56 passengers in the bus, while 45 belong to Kalinga,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded eight new cases of novel coronavirus Saturday taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 157. According to Information and Public Relations department of the state government, all eight patients tested positive Saturday are from Jajpur. All the infected...

Jammu: Dozens of stranded Kashmiris and some migrant labourers Saturday assembled outside the Divisional Commissioner office here and demanded early evacuation to their home, officials said. The protesters alleged that the administration was not paying heed to their pleas and are shuttling them from one...

Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar wishes that the story of Subhash Ghai's 1980 blockbuster Karz turns out to be true in real-life as she wants veteran actor Rishi Kapoor to come back. A veteran of Bollywood with over 150 films to his credit during his...

Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s heart surgery at a London hospital has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic as he is a “high-risk” patient, his daughter said. Sharif, 70, has been in the UK since November last after Lahore High Court granted...

Mumbai: Over 89,000 offences have been registered and 17,813 people arrested in Maharashtra so far for violation of lockdown in place for the novel coronavirus outbreak, police said Saturday. With police deployed in maximum numbers to enforce the lockdown, 342 personnel, comprising 51 officers and...

Tehran: Iran said Saturday there was a “clear drop” in the number of new coronavirus infections as it reported 802 fresh cases, the lowest daily count since March 10. The new cases brought to 96,448 the number recorded in Iran since it announced its first...

Bolangir: The district administration here Saturday declared Likhiria village and nearby 21 other villages as containment zones after the COVID-19 test reports of two youths from Likhiria village under Rushudda panchayat in Gudbhela block turned out to be positive. The villages declared as containment zones...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday sought cooperation from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to ensure safe return of Odias stranded in the southern states due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Patnaik made the request during separate video...