Tag: Coronavirus Lockdown

Ranbir-Alia
From Breaking Lockdown To Shooting & Staying With Each Other: Here's What Ranbir Kapoor & Alia Bhatt Are Doing Currently

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 […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
migrant-return
Odisha Govt Orders Probe Into Return Of Migrants From Chennai Via Sea Route During Lockdown

Bhubaneswar: Odisha transport minister Padmanabha Behera on Sunday ordered a probe into the return of several labourers including fishermen to the State from Tamil Nadu in violation of nation-wide lockdown clamped in the wake of SARS n-CoV pandemic. “Apparently the labourers were desperate to return home fearing the current lockdown situation and purchased a boat […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
HRD Minister Nishank Ramesh Pokhriyal
Big Announcement By HRD Ministry On Forthcoming Entrance Exams

New Delhi: The Human Resource Development Ministry on Monday announced that the entrance exams to different technical education courses that were postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposed lockdown to prevent transmission, will now be held after the lockdown ends. However, no dates have yet been announced for conducting entrance tests for different courses […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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After IIC, Contractor’s Entry Into Puri Srimandir Despite Ban Sparks Fresh Row

Puri: Barely a week after an inspector-in-charge had stirred a controversy by entering Lord Jagannath temple amid the ongoing restrictions imposed in view of novel-Coronavirus, a contractor and his associate also reportedly entered the 12-century shrine despite strict restrictions. According to sources, the contractor along with another person visited the shrine yesterday for construction of […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
wfh
Govt extends 'work from home' connectivity norms for IT, BPO firms till Jul 31

New Delhi: The government has extended the relaxed connectivity norms for ‘work from home’, applicable on IT and BPO companies, till July 31, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline for the easier norms was to end on April 30. Industry body Nasscom said the decision to extend the timelines on relaxed norms for other service […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Orissa HC Serves Notice To Centre, State After PIL On School, College Fee Exemption

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre and the State government seeking response on why all government as well as private educational institutions should not waive off monthly tuition fees and transportation charges of students in view of the lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. The HC served the notices […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Lockdown
Centre Gives Broad Hints Of Extending COVID-19 Lockdown Beyond May 3 But With 'Considerable Relaxations'

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday gave clear indications that the ongoing nationwide lockdown will be extended beyond May 3 but with “considerable relaxations” to people and services in “many districts”. The Ministry of Home Affairs, however, said there was a need to maintain a strict lockdown till May 3 so that the gains are […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Garima Kothari
'Master Chef: India' Finalist, Husband Dead In 'Murder-Suicide': US Prosecutor

New York: A “Master Chef: India” finalist Garima Kothari, whose restaurant had closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and her husband have died “in an apparent murder-suicide,” according to a prosecutor in New Jersey. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said that police found Garima, 35, who was five-months pregnant, dead in her residence in Jersey […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Lockdown 3.0: Odisha Identifies 12 Border Checkpoints For Returning Migrants

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has identified 12 border checkpoints through which its migrants left stranded in other states due to the nationwide lockdown can enter their native state by road, an official said on Saturday. The returnees and those passing through are required to enter the state only from these points. Officials at these checkpoints, […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Bus Carrying Migrants From Surat To Odisha Overturns In Maharashtra, 5 Injured

Maharashtra: As many as five persons were injured after the bus ferrying migrants from Surat to Odisha’s Ganjam district overturned near Karanja on Nagpur-Amravati National Highway (NH) in Maharashtra on Sunday. All the injured including two bus staff and three migrants have been admitted to the nearby Karanja hospital in Maharashtra, said sources. The bus […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Padmanabha-Behera
After Bus Mishaps, Odisha To Change Route To Bring Prabasi Odias

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Sunday decided to change the route to bring Prabasi Odias from Surat who are stranded in different parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. The move comes in the wake of two accidents in Kandhamal district involving buses engaged in transporting Prabasi Odias from Surat in Gujarat in less than […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Recovery Rate Improved, Lockdown 3.0 To Reap Good Results: Health Minister

New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday said at least 682 patients were cured of the highly contagious novel coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours. This has taken the recovery rate in the country up to 26.59 per cent. In a statement, the Ministry said: “So far, a total of […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Odisha bus fares
Odisha Govt Allows Plying Of Buses In Green Zones

Bhubaneswar: Putting an end to the confusion over the movement of buses during the extended lockdown period, Odisha government today announced that buses will be allowed to ply on both intra-district and inter-district routes in Green zones of the State. The bus services will, however, remain prohibited in Orange and Red zones, clarified Special Relief […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Private Buses
Not Feasible To Operate With 50% Seat Occupancy: Odisha Bus Owners

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association today decided not to ply buses in the Green Zones citing that it will be unprofitable and unfeasible to operate with 50 per cent seat occupancy as stipulated by the COVID19 lockdown guidelines. Clarifying its stance, treasurer of the association, Barada Acharya said though Odisha government was […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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Odisha Govt Plans Model Policy To Resolve Problems Of Industries

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to formulate a model policy to resolve the problems faced by industries due to the COVID-19 lockdown, said an official on Tuesday. It was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on COVID-19 situation in the state. Discussions will be held regarding the problems faced by […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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