Puri: The famed Jagannath temple in Puri will remain closed from January 10 in view of the increasing Covid-19 cases, a senior official said Friday. The Jagannath temple will remain closed till January 31, as per the decision taken at the meeting of Chhatisa Nijog...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena Friday said that all colleges, universities and technical educational institutions in the state except medical colleges operating under Odisha government will remain closed from January 10. Hostels of these institutions will also remain closed from January 10....
New Delhi: India Friday revised the existing guidelines for all international arrivals in India in view of the rising Covid cases and the Omicron threat, to make seven days home quarantine mandatory. The new guidelines will be effective from January 11 till further notice. Travellers...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday cleared the decks for postgraduate medical counselling and admissions, including the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and economically weaker sections (EWS) reservations for the current academic year, 2021-22. A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna upheld the...
New Delhi: In a massive surge, Delhi Thursday recorded 15,097 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 8, and six deaths while the positivity rate mounted to 15.34 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. The number of new...
New Delhi: India Thursday saw the biggest single-day jump of 495 Omicron cases, taking the total number of infections of the new variant of coronavirus to 2,630, according to Union health ministry data. Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by...
Bhubaneswar: With the surge in COVID-19 caseload and detection of more Omicron cases in the state in the past 72 hours, Odisha government Wednesday decided to extend the night curfew in towns by an hour and stopped physical classes up to standard twelve. The new...
Hyderabad: Dr Reddy's Laboratories Tuesday announced that Molflu, the oral anti-viral drug for treatment of Covid-19, will be priced at Rs 35 per capsule with 10 capsules contained per strip. The total course of 40 capsules over 5 days will cost Rs 1,400, the Hyderabad-based...
Bhubaneswar: With the aim to ensure availability of every urban amenity to people on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city, the Odisha government has begun implementing 45 town planning (TP) schemes in different areas of the capital city. This decision came to light after a high-level...
Patna: At least 72 more doctors of the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital in Patna have tested positive for Covid-19. With the fresh infections detected Monday night, a total of 168 doctors and PG medical students have tested positive for the virus in the last...
The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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