Odisha

COVID-19: Lockdown set to be extended as 1,000-plus new cases push India tally above 8,000

9:14 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly coronavirus looks set to be extended by two more weeks till April-end after a consensus emerged among states on Saturday for continuing the curbs amid the tally of confirmed infections crossing 8,000 with a record increase of over 1,000 cases within 24 hours. While Prime Minister […]

Migrant workers in Delhi survive on government food

Lockdown: 80 migrant workers detained for rampage in Surat

3:18 pm April 11, 2020

Surat: Police have detained around 80 migrant workers, mostly from Odisha, for allegedly going on a rampage and setting many handcarts afire in Surat demanding that they be allowed to return to their native places amid the lockdown, an official said on Saturday. Hundreds of migrant workers stuck in Surat due the lockdown torched handcarts […]

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 […]

Odisha puts 82,248 in self-quarantine

12:47 am March 26, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked 82,248 people to remain in self-quarantine as they have recently returned either from abroad or from other states in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 patients remained two in Odisha. The state governments chief COVID-19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi said 78,233 […]

India observes Janata curfew, millions stay indoors

4:01 pm March 22, 2020

New Delhi: Millions of people across the country stayed indoors, streets wore a deserted look and bare number of vehicles were on the road on Sunday in an unprecedented shutdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for a ‘Janata curfew‘ to help check the spread of coronavirus. As the 14-hour ‘Janata curfew’ got underway at […]