Coronavirus

Berhampur: Ganjam Police arrested nine people while they were on the verge of performing ‘Danda Nacha’ at two different places in the district thereby flouting the COVID-19 social distancing norms by the government. Some participants of the ‘Danda Nacha’ of Palakasandha village under Gangapur police...

Srinagar: As corona virus pandemic spreads many living at the fringes of poverty are finding it absolutely difficult to make ends meet. A lockdown has also meant no work for many who are now on the verge of breaking down and cannot sustain it any...

Ganjam: The world is in panic-stricken since the outbreak of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic and the residents of this town are also living in fear. That fear has increased manifold due to the stranded trucks from other states near the tehsil office in this town....

Gop: Discontent brewed over 50 Gop vegetable market vendors who were recently shifted to the Gop Melan Ground in Puri district for a makeshift vegetable market during the coronavirus outbreak crises. The bone of contention being a vendor’s attempt to collect electricity charges for the...

Rasulpur: Dharmasala police have identified the second person of this block Wednesday, who had attended the Tablighi Jammat congregation at Nizammudin in New Delhi. Even though 18 days has elapsed since his return, block health department officer Dr Sudhir Kumar Sahoo has advised the man...

Bamra: Twelve persons belonging to Murshidabad district in West Bengal and living here alleged that they have been going without food for the past few days. They said they have not benefitted from the Odisha government’s scheme to provide food to migrant workers and others...

Mumbai: Amid the lockdown due to the outbreak of coronavirus, actor Vicky Kaushal indulged in a chat with his fans on social media and shared that his first crush was Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit-Nene. Vicky Wednesday took to his Instagram stories to treat his fans...

Bhubaneswar: Even though life has been severely disrupted due to the coronavirus outbreak, 39.51 lakh women under the Jan Dhan Yojna scheme in Odisha will receive Thursday the monthly financial assistance of Rs 500 in the first phase under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana...

Keonjhar: In a bid to prevent large gathering of people in local markets here, the Keonjhar district administration has launched home delivery service for all its residents. However, the delivery will be restricted to vegetables only and not non-vegetarian products. Orders will be placed through...

Shergarh: Shergarh block in Ganjam district received two ambulances exclusively for COVID-19 patients. The importance of this block getting these ambulances lies in the fact that as many as 1,114 labourers of this block who had been working in different states have returned home. All...