Coronavirus

Puri:  Despite the entry of IIC Deepak Jena into Puri temple by violating the lockdown norms stirring controversy earlier, a contractor and his associates reportedly entered the Puri temple Monday, violating serious lockdown norms. The incident sparked severe criticism from all quarters, with the servitors...

Aradi: Continuing its fight against coronavirus, Bhadrak district administration sealed its borders and all the boat jetties Tuesday. The move followed after Bhadrak was declared as a ‘deep red zone’. Aradi police sealed Bhadrak-Kendrapara border at Muan Ghat and Bhadrak-Jajpur border at Bodak. Tinitar and...

Chikiti: As many as 39 migrant workers who were stranded in mid -sea, managed to reach Ramyapatna beach under Chikiti block in Ganjam district Monday afternoon, after covering over 1000 kilometres on sea. Sources said that following the path of 38 migrant workers who reached Patisonapur...

Bhadrak: Out of the seven new cases Odisha reported Monday, three are from Bhadrak, taking the district’s tally to 19. As per information shared by the Health and Family Welfare Department on its website, all the affected persons are male and they are 45 years,...

New Delhi: With 1,543 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India's tally rose to 29,435 so far, including 934 deaths, the Union Health Ministry data said Tuesday. A total of 62 people have died of the disease in the last 24 hours, the...

Lucknow: Singer Kanika Kapoor has now approached the King George's Medical University (KGMU), offering to donate her plasma for treatment of other Covid-19 patients. The singer called up head of transfusion medicine department, Prof Tulika Chandra, and volunteered to help. "She called me up and...

Sundargarh: As Sundargarh reported four new COVID-19 cases Monday, the district administration has been put on high alert while mulling over increasing the area of containment zones. These new cases, all from Nala Road area, have taken up the district’s tally to 10. While Bisra...

Lucknow: Physically challenged Shabina Saifi (28) has given Rs 5,000 to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for COVID-19. She collected the money from the disability pension of Rs 500 per month that she gets form the government. Shabina was stricken by polio at the age...

New York: As the number of people killed by COVID-19 in the US reached 56,144, US President Donald Trump raised the forecast for deaths from the deadly disease sweeping the world to 70,000. "It's far too many... one person is too many for this," Trump...

New Delhi: Doctors in the US have sounded alarm about people in their 30s and 40s dying of stroke because of coronavirus. The Washington Post reported that young and middle-aged people, barely sick with COVID-19, are dying of strokes. The report said doctors sound an...