Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The capital city witnessed a marginal drop in daily COVID cases as 581 persons tested positive for the diseases in the last 24 hours compared to 638 cases on...

Berhampur: In view of the prevailing COVID situation, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) on Saturday banned entry of devotees to temples, churches and mosques. "All places of worship will remain...

Rourkela: With Sundargarh district bracketed in top three districts having high CVID infection cases in the state in the third wave of the pandemic, the local administration has geared up...

Puri: The Shri Jagannath Temple will remain shut for devotees till January 31. On the last day of public viewing on Saturday before the closure, there was a large crowd...

Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is the latest from the Bollywood fraternity to test positive for COVID-19. On Saturday, the ‘Fashion’ director took to Twitter to announce that he had contracted...

New Delhi: Four judges of the Supreme Court have tested positive for the virus, the Bar and Bench reported. Notably, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday precautionarily...

Texas: A teacher at Harris County, Texas, in the US, was arrested for allegedly locking her 13-year-old COVID-infected son in a car boot. Sarah Beam (41) has been charged with...

Bhubaneswar: The Omicron tally in Odisha touched 75 with 14 more cases being detected on Saturday. The details of the cases are yet to be shared by Institute of Life...

Bhubaneswar: A hostel of a premier B-school in Odisha capital was declared a micro-containment zone on Saturday after more than 30 students tested positive for COVID-19. According to sources, the...

Bhubaneswar: With cases spiralling in Odisha, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday declared 17 more micro-containment zones to check the spread of the virus. Eleven among them are in...