Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was shut for a day on Friday after parents of an employee tested positive for COVID-19, informed Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro. "It will remain closed during...

New Delhi: India registered the highest single-day spike of 26,506 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s caseload close to the 8-lakh mark at 7,93,802 on Friday....

Ganjam: Coronavirus claimed four more lives in Odisha, taking the death toll to 56 on Friday. Details: A 41-year-old man of Ganjam district. He was suffering from hypertension. A 58-year-old...

Bhubaneswar: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha touched 11956 on Friday as the state reported the highest single-day spike of 755 cases from 23 districts in the last...

Rourkela: To contain the spread of coronavirus, the Sundargarh administration has announced shutdown on every Saturdays and Sundays in the district till July 31, Sundergarh district collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan...

Cuttack: A constable from the Commissionerate Police in Cuttack has tested positive for COVID-19, Cuttack DCP Akhileshwar Singh informed. The official has been identified as a constable serving at Mangalabagh...

Kalahandi: In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Sarpanch Kahnai Charan Das on Thursday announced a partial shutdown at Ladugaon panchayat under Koksara Block in the district. "Even though the...

The deadly COVID-19 doesn't discriminate. Rich or poor, urban or rural, male or female, powerful or weak -- it spares none. Political leaders have faced the brunt too, with a...

New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday defended the setting up of PM-CARES fund, arguing in the Supreme Court that the existence of the statutory National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF)...

Bhubaneswar: With 401 COVID-19 patients recovering from the disease on Thursday, the total recovered cases in Odisha have crossed 7400-mark. It’s the highest single-day recovery in the state till date....