Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across Odisha, the state reported two pore positive cases taking the total to 44. According to a tweet from the Health and Family Welfare Department, one of the cases is a 69-year-old from Medinipur in West Bengal who was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday extended the lockdown that was supposed to end April 15 till April 30 in light of the rise in number of positive COVID-19 cases across the state. A decision to this effect was taken at the state Cabinet meeting held...

Bhubaneswar: Chairman of Telecom Commission and Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash has written to the Chief Secretary of Odisha, Asit Tripathy requesting him that the customers be allowed to access mobile services without recharge during the lockdown period. Amid the lockdown, the customers are faced with...

Berhampur: Amid the 21-lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, former corporator of ward no.31 Surendra Moharana of Kamapalli Kholasahi under Purushottampur tehsil of Ganjam district played the role of a Good Samaritan for a new mother. It was when her condition deteriorated after delivering...

Lucknow: Kanika Kapoor, who was discharged from hospital on April 6 after being successfully treated for coronavirus, will be interrogated by the Uttar Pradesh Police after she completes the 14-day quarantine period, as advised by the doctors. A case had been registered against the singer,...

New Delhi: “Times like these bring friends closer,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump thanked him for clearing the export of anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, to the US. The drug has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as...

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 166 and the number of cases to 5,734 in the country Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,095, as many as 472 people were...

New Delhi: A man in his early 40s has been arrested in connection with the incident relating to the alleged assault on two female doctors in South Delhi’s Gautam Nagar area. The 42-year-old was arrested in the intervening night of April 8 and 9, Deputy...

New Delhi: "Times like these bring friends closer," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump thanked him for clearing the export of anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, to the US. The drug has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a...

Phulbani: Khajuripada police Thursday arrested a fake fire brigade official. The arrested youth was identified as Babul Kanhar of Gurupada village in Kandhamal district. Sources said that Babul pretended to be an employee of the fire brigade department and dressed in khaki uniform. Khajuripada IIC...