Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Monday compassionate assistance of Rs 15 lakh to working journalists who die due to coronavirus infection. Patnaik said that coronavirus has created a huge health issue across the globe and journalists play a major role in creating awareness...

Puri: The ‘Pujapanda Nijog’ body of Jagannath temple suspended Monday servitor Laxminarayan Pujapanda. It has been alleged that he helped Barchana IIC Deepak Kumar Jena enter the temple premises breaking lockdown rules. Secretary of ‘Pujapanda Nijog’, Madhav Pujapanda said, “We have suspended Laxminarayan for flouting...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das Monday said that the COVID-19 lockdown should be extended for another month. "There is a need for the extension of lockdown and it should further be extended by one month," said Das after attending the video-conferencing of Prime...

Hatadihi: Youths attacked a police team in Keonjhar district for trying to enforce social distancing norms. They are residents of Aaitpur Panchyat under Hatadihi block. They assaulted police personnel with sticks and pelted stones resulting in injury to one policeman. The police had objected after...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work Monday after recovering from coronavirus. Johnson declared that the tide is being turned on the coronavirus pandemic. He also urged the public to contain their impatience against the lockdown. Boris Johnson optimistic “We are beginning to...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a long discussion with chief ministers of various states over video-conferencing Monday. During the meeting he stated that the lockdown has yielded positive results. He asserted that due to the lockdown, thousands of lives have been saved in...

Mahanga: The ongoing lockdown and poor road connectivity forced villagers of Jasanpur village under Mahanga block in Cuttack district to carry a pregnant woman on a cot, Saturday. Sources said that a woman of the village complained of labour pain early at 1:25 am Saturday....

Khaira: The Balasore district headquarters hospital and Khaira Government Hospital Medical Teams together have collected the swab samples of 81 people living at quarantine centres as a preventive measure against the spread of novel coronavirus. Earlier the Khaira block administration had collected swab samples of...

Bargarh: Amid the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus, as many as 47 migrant labourers are walking back from Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh to their houses in Bargarh, Bolangir and Rayagada districts. According to sources, these labourers had gone to Vizianagaram few months ago. The nationwide...

Chhatrapur: Reports sent by the medicine store owners of Ganjam district to the local drug inspectors of their respective areas have said that 81 people have shown COVID-19 symptoms. The information was declared by Ganjam District administration Monday. Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange had made...