Kolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 5 pm.
Another COVID-19 positive case in Assam, count risesto 26
Guwahati : A new COVID-19 positive case related toNizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat congregation was reported in Assamon Tuesday, taking the number to 26, Health Minister HimantaBiswa Sarma said.
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Assam MLA held for remarks calling COVID 19 hospitalsworse than detention centres
Guwahati: An opposition MLA in Assam was arrested onTuesday for making "objectionable" remarks about the conditionof quarantine facilities and hospitals treating COVID 19patients, calling them worse than detention centres,police said.
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Odisha reports first COVID-19 death
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported its first COVID-19fatality as a 72-year-old man infected with coronavirus died,officials said on Tuesday.
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'Be infected with coronavirus,' lawyer curses judgeafter unfavourable verdict
Kolkata: In an "abominable" act of misconduct afterfailing to get a favourable order, a lawyer cursed a CalcuttaHigh Court judge, swearing he be infected with coronavirus,provoking the judge to recommend contempt action against him.
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COVID-19: IB office in Bhubaneswar sealed, employeesput under home quarantine
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation(BMC) has sealed the office of the Intelligence Bureau (IB)here and put all its employees under home quarantine after itwas found that one of the staff of the central agency had comein contact with a COVID-19 patient, an official said onTuesday.
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COVID-19: Mobile 'phone booth' sample collectioncentre introduced in J'khand
Ranchi: In a bid to ensure safety of health workers,the West Singhbhum administration in Jharkhand has introducedan innovative portable unit for collecting samples fromsuspected coronavirus-infected persons, an official said.
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Separate doctors, hospitals for COVID-19 patients,suspects: Odisha govt
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday said ithas separated novel coronavirus patients from other sickpersons in the state-run medical facilities.
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COVID-19: Ordnance Factory Board comes up withisolation tents
Kolkata: As the country is scrambling to increaseinfrastructure for isolation and quarantine facilities tocontain the spread of coronavirus, the Ordnance Factory Board(OFB) has come up with a two-bed tent with necessary medicalfacilities that can be set up in any place, an official saidhere on Tuesday.
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Lockdown: Nagaland not to celebrate Easter in churchesfor first time since statehood