Bhubaneswar

2 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha, total rises to 23

10:07 pm April 5, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Two persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bhubaneswar, raising the number of cases of the pandemic in Odisha to 23 on Sunday, an official said. A 70-year-old man from the Kapila Prasad Housing Board Colony Phase II, who had returned from Australia on March 22, tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 (coronavirus […]

19-year-old man recovers from COVID-19 in Odisha

11:57 pm April 1, 2020

Bhubaneswar: A 19-year-old COVID-19 patient who was undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here was discharged on Wednesday after he recovered, officials said. The man, a resident of Bhubaneswar, was diagnosed with the deadly disease after he returned from London. He was the second person in the state to test […]

COVID-19: All 103 samples test negative in Odisha

3:17 pm March 31, 2020

Bhubaneswar: All 103 samples examined for coronavirus infection on Monday have tested negative in Odisha, officials said. Though it comes as a big relief, the authorities will not be complacent in their fight against COVID-19, they said. With this, a total of 473 samples have been tested for COVID-19 of which three have tested positive […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

EZC meet chaired by Amit Shah underway

3:01 pm February 28, 2020

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council (EZC), chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is underway here on Friday, with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren skipping the meet. The 24th EZC meeting is being attended by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his West Bengal and Bihar counterparts Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar […]

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

MeT forecasts heavy rainfall in Odisha coastal districts

8:07 pm February 24, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Met department on Monday forecast heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsingpur, Kendrapada and Puri in the next two days. The IMD in its bulletin said heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsingpur, Kendrapada and Puri till Wednesday morning. […]