Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: To contain the spread of COVID-19, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday formed 39 rapid response teams (RRTs) for 67 wards in three zones. According to the BMC...

Cuttack: Micro-containment zones are being created to contain the fast emerging COVID-19 clusters in Odisha's Cuttack district. The district reported 304 fresh infections on Wednesday with the highest of 196...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader AK Walia breathed his last on Thursday morning at Apollo Hospitals, where he was admitted after contracting COVID-19. A doctor by profession, he was elected...

Bhubaneswar: The office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Thursday clarified the timings of weekend shutdown to be enforced in all urban areas of Odisha from April 24. Responding to...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 1965 on Thursday as seven more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. According to the Health and Family Welfare...

New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday informed about the death of his elder son due to COVID-19. "It is with great sadness that I have to inform...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload breached the 6000-mark on Thursday as Odisha saw the highest-ever spike of 6164 new infections in the last 24 hours. The state had been reporting...

New Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday made an interim allocation of Remdesivir for 19 states including Odisha and UTs having  high burden of COVID-19 cases for the period from...

Bhubaneswar: The enforcement squad of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday imposed penalty on two restaurants in the city for violating the COVID-19 guidelines. The BMC squad carried out COVID-19...

New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor has tested positive for COVID-19. “After waiting two days for a test appointment and another day & a half for the results, I finally have confirmation:...