Coronavirus

Chandigarh: An officer’s hand was chopped off with a sword and two other Punjab policemen injured Sunday when a group of Nihangs attacked them after being asked to show curfew passes at a vegetable market in Patiala district, police said. Seven people, including five attackers,...

Madrid: Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus rose to 619 Sunday, after falling for three straight days, the government said. The country, one of the worst hit by the pandemic, has now recorded 16,972 deaths from COVID-19. The daily toll was from 510 Saturday,...

Chhatrapur: Odisha DGP Abhay visited various police stations in Ganjam district Sunday to review the preparedness of police force in meeting challenges posed by COVID-19 situation and subsequent lockdown. He encouraged police officials to take greater interest in improving the functioning of police control room, patrolling...

Bhubaneswar: To help people confined to their homes during the ongoing lockdown in ‘containment zones’, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) deployed two ‘Mo Buses’ to supply essential commodities to the residents of these localities. The buses...

Sundargarh: The district administration Sunday sealed Bisra town in the district and marked it as a ‘containment zone’ to arrest the spread of COVID-19 as two persons in the locality were tested positive for COVID-19. “Two positive cases of COVID-19 were detected in Bisra locality recently....

Loisingha: Three hundred and 32 people who returned to this district from outside Odisha have completed their home quarantines, public health officer (PHO) Ramesh Sahu said Sunday. However, three of the returnees are still under quarantine, he added. When contacted on what steps the district...

Mumbai: Film actors took to Twitter to deliver a robust ovation to policemen working round the clock to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak in Mumbai. It started after Mumbai police put out a video in which personnel on the streets were asked what they would...

Bhubaneswar: Police arrested two couples Saturday near Tankapani road in the state capital for violating lockdown norms. The two couples were found sitting under an overbridge in close proximity without wearing masks and chatting when the police nabbed them. They had also violated social distancing norms...

Kendrapara: One of the four persons who were tested Saturday in this district has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Giving this information Sunday, District Collector Samarth Verma said that the woman belonged to Rajnagar area of the district. The number of positive coronavirus cases...

New Delhi: Thanks to the novel coronavirus lockdown, hoarding was the first reaction. Millions of people resorted to panic buying around the world; and grocery stores were emptied out in a matter of hours. But, what have they been hoarding and buying online the most?...