News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The COVID count in Odisha is yet to settle down. The State health department has identified as many 23 COVID-19 suspects during the last 48 hours. The tally of COVID-19 suspects in the State have risen to 44 now. Sources say most of the identified suspects have a contact history with the earlier detected […]

Baghdad: Suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Saturday blew up an oil well in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, police said. The targeted well is part of the Bai Hassan…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today decided that stranded labourers, who wish to travel within the State for work, will be allowed to do so in an organised manner. The State Revenue and Disaster Management Department said stranded labourers, both from the state and outside, who have already completed 14-day quarantine period would be allowed to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Saturday arrested a youth along with his associate for allegedly making amorous advances towards a girl by posing as a police inspector. A team of Khandagiri Police arrested the youth from Badagada area of the capital city, Bhubaneswar in connection with the incident and also nabbed his aide who is […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government on Saturday announced to set up more centres for evaluation of this year’s Matric Exam answer sheets while maintaining social distancing. The development comes at a time while Odisha is mulling to resume certain activities by gradually easing COVID19 lockdown restrictions. School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Sameer Dash informed that […]

Berhampur: Defying the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, as many as 38 labourers including some fishermen reached Odisha from Chennai on Saturday after a five-day journey along the sea route, all in an attempt to be back to their respective villages. However, as soon as they arrived in Sonepur under Chikiti block of Ganjam district, they […]

Bhubaneswar: With 33 West Bengal returnees testing positive for COVID-19 in a span of only a week, Odisha government is using mobile tracking to trace the persons who visited or have returned from the neighbouring state during the lockdown period, officials said on Saturday. Using technology to trace the West Bengal returnees is another strategy […]

Bhubaneswar: Has the ongoing lockdown helped in minimising the spread of coronavirus? While we can strike a positive note on the COVID-19 situation in 27 districts of Odisha, the rest three- Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore- which are currently under shutdown reportedly seem to have failed in cutting the transmission of the lethal virus. As on […]

Washington: Global coronavirus deaths have surpassed the 200000 mark, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, there were a total of 202,846 fatalities across the globe, the university’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. The US currently accounts for the highest number of fatalities at 53,755. It […]

Geneva: Governments should not issue so-called “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” as a way of easing lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The WHO’s guidance is based on evidence from researchers all around the world. But it could well change as we rapidly learn more about this virus, the BBC reported. There isn’t currently […]

7th Pay Commission: A day after Congress lashed out at the Narendra Modi government for freezing dearness allowance (DA) of Central government employees, the BJP has clarified that there is no cut in DA and dearness relief (DR). The additional hike over 17% currently paid will be reinstated prospectively, effective Jan 2020. “There is no […]

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt have been constantly making the headlines in the last couple of months and mostly because of their relationship. Earlier when Ranbir was absent on the birthday of Alia there was a hue and cry about their breakup. But later on, news about Ranbir baking a cake for his girlfriend became […]

Dhaka: At least five workers in a Chinese joint venture coal-fired power plant were killed in police firing in Banshkhali of Bangladesh’s Chittagong region on Saturday, the police said. More…

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic is people-driven. Speaking in the 64th edition of his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, the Prime Minister said people have been taking lead in various sectors in fight against the deadly virus such as distribution of food […]

New Delhi: Indian has reported a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases with 1990 new positive cases and 49 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Department. The number of active COVID-19 cases now stood at 26,496 including 19868 active cases, 5804 cured/discharged/ migrated and 824 deaths, the […]