Patna (Bihar) [India], May 5 (ANI): The Health Department of Bihar on Tuesday cancelled all leaves except maternity and study leaves of health workers till May 31 this year in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 5 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the Health Department to take measures to increase testing capacity up to 15,000 per day.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 5 (ANI): Bihar Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra on Tuesday sent a legal notice to state Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, who had claimed that Congress and RJD MLAs have not made any contribution to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF).
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 4 (ANI): Bihar Education Minister Krishnandan Verma on Monday said that the government will consider demands of contractual teachers of government schools when the situation normalises.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 4 (ANI): Six more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Bihar, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 523, state Principal Secretary (Health) Sanjay Kumar said on Monday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 4 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday appealed to all returnees, coming from different states, to follow the quarantine norms and cooperate with the state government, and warned of strict action for violation of COVID-19 guidelines.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that stranded people of Bihar, including migrants and students, coming back to the state via special trains will not have to pay for rail tickets and their fare will be paid by the state government.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 3 (ANI): With 13 fresh COVID-19 cases being reported from across the state on Sunday, the total number of positive cases reached 516 in Bihar, according to the State Health Department.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 3 (ANI): Bihar Food and Consumer Protection Minister Madan Sahni has, in a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, stressed on the need for allocation of additional 75,000 metric tonnes of grains for 30 lakh new ration card beneficiaries in the state.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday came to the rescue of nine women, who sought help through Twitter saying that they were stuck at a lodge in Patna due to lockdown.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday spoke to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over sending migrant workers from Karnataka to Odisha.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 2 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday held a video conferencing with Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and CM of Andhra Pradesh, Jagan Mohan Reddy to discuss the return of the stranded people from Odisha and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan al