Virus Scare

New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways has cancelled 28 pairs of long-distance special trains due to “poor patronisation” amid the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic across India. The...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in the capital city went up to 50,448 on Thursday with 1,118 new cases in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 185 are from...

New Delhi: A COVID Management Cell under an officer of Director General rank has been established which reports to the Vice Chief of Army Staff. The idea is to ensure...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday requested the Centre for exemption of GST on purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and financial assistance to the states from the cess and...

Jaipur: Ranji Trophy-winning cricketer Vivek Yadav lost his battle with COVID-19. He had been admitted in a city hospital for the past five days. Vivek, a leg spinner, was part...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said priority will be given to people waiting for second vaccination shot. Briefing mediapersons, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Pradipta Mohapatra said so far, 97%...

New Delhi: Passengers with fully waiting list ticket shall not be permitted to travel by train or enter the station. Unreserved tickets (UTS) shall be permitted on limited trains only...

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown in the state to break the chain of alarming coronavirus transmission. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the lockdown,...

Kolkata: The politics over post-election violence continues in West Bengal. After Union Minister V Muraleedharan alleged that his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons during his visit to...

Bhubaneswar: Construction of vaccine production unit has started at Andharua in the capital city and a target has been set to commence production of Covaxin by June, 2022. At a...