Odisha

India’s COVID-19 recoveries close to 48 lakh

7:37 pm September 25, 2020

New Delhi: India’s total COVID-19 recoveries have surged to over 47.5 lakh with 10 states and union territories including Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal accounting for 73 per cent of the new recovered cases, the Union health ministry said on Friday. A total of 81,177 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 in a span of 24 […]

14-year-old boy beaten to death by friend’s mom over Rs 500

12:00 am September 24, 2020

Baripada: A 14-year-old boy was beaten to death in Odisha‘s Mayurbhanj district by the mother of his friend who suspected him of having stolen Rs 500, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened in Kiapanoposhi village in the Karanjia police station area, they said. Rajan Behera, a student of class 7, had gone to his […]

Indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile testfired

10:11 pm September 23, 2020

Balasore (Odisha): India on Wednesday conducted a successful night testfire of its indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a base in Odisha, defence sources said. The state-of-the-art missile was testfired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here in darkness and the […]

3 arrested with leopard head, wild boar meat in Odisha

11:47 pm September 20, 2020

Bhawanipatna (Odisha): Three persons were arrested from Odisha’s Nuapada district on Sunday with a leopard head and skin, wild boar meat and several articles meant for poaching, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest department personnel conducted a raid at Tipajhar village in the Dharambandha police station area near Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary […]

COVID-19 tally in India past 52 lakh, recovery rate 78.86 per cent

1:32 pm September 18, 2020

New Delhi: India‘s COVID-19 tally raced past 52 lakh with 96,424 people testing positive in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 41,12,551 on Friday,according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country’s recovery rate stands at 78.86 per cent The total coronavirus cases mounted to 52,14,677, […]