Virus Scare

Kalahandi: A team from Vedanta’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery has reached out to over 14 villages to raise awareness about coronavirus.  Informative banners and communiques have been placed at strategic locations...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gave a slew of suggestions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.  Among them were: Scaling up coronavirus testing facilities at government and private...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the coronavirus threat, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday decided to adopt the odd-even scheme for public transport services to restrict plying of vehicles on...

Bhubaneswar: All schools operating under the ST and SC Development Department of the state government will be closed from March 25 till June 16 amid COVID-19 outbreak in the state....

Paralakhemundi: At a time when coronavirus fear has gripped the entire nation, an Odisha youth was detained for spreading rumours about the infection on social media. The accused, Surya Pradhan,...

Bhubaneswar: In wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Odisha government on Friday ordered the immediate closure of all stand-alone restaurants, bars, coffee shops, canteens and eateries where large number of...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the second coronavirus positive case was detected in Odisha, the government spokesperson on COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi on Friday told the media that the 19-year-old youth with...

Lucknow: Singer Kanika Kapoor tested positive for COVID-19 in Lucknow on Friday, becoming the first Bollywood celebrity to be confirmed with coronavirus. The 'Baby Doll' singer, who returned from London...

Kolhapur: The fear over the coronavirus pandemic has become all-pervasive with a motorcyclist being beaten in in Kolhapur in Maharashtra because he sneezed in public. The matter came to light...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced that all offices and shops in Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Nagpur have been closed till March 31 to prevent the...