Patna (Bihar) [India], May 11 (ANI): Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav was arrested in Patna on Tuesday for allegedly violating the COVID-19 lockdown in the state.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 11 (ANI): Odisha reported as many as 9,793 new COVID-19 cases, 9,706 recoveries, and 18 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Tuesday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 10 (ANI): In a major decision, the Odisha cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday approved a proposal to issue a global tender for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines from several companies.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 10 (ANI): Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Monday said the Central government has sanctioned 15 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plant to be set up in the state.
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], May 9 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sanctioned Rs 60 lakh from Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) to feed stray animals during the COVID-19 lockdown in five municipal corporations, 48 municipalities and 61 Notified Area Councils (NACs).
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 9 (ANI): Bihar commenced its COVID-19 vaccination drive for people aged above 18 years on Sunday as part of the third phase of the nationwide inoculation drive.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Bihar government on Saturday capped the price for High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) Scan conducted by the private laboratories in the state.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 8 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the demise of Janata Dal (United) leader and Legislative Council member Tanveer Akhtar due to COVID-19 infection on Saturday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging the exemption of Goods and Service Taxes (GST) on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccine.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 6 (ANI): Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav will chair a virtual meeting with party MLAs on May 9 to discuss the COVID situation in the state.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 6 (ANI): We have given five companies of police force to Bihar's capital to implement the lockdown strictly to curb the COVID-19 infection across the state, said Additional Director General of Police, Jitendra Kumar on Thursday.