Bhubaneswar

State pulls up its socks to counter disease

Worried over the string of swine flu deaths, the state government on Wednesday constituted a technical committee, headed by the director, Regional Medical Research Centre, to prescribe restrictions on use of vaccine and also recognize vulnerable groups which shall be provided vaccines free of cost.

Victims’ family ostracized

After the death of Harihara Sethi, the assistant commissioner commercial tax and his daughter Manini Manaswini due to swine flu within 24 hours here on Wednesday, the family is facing social isolation.

Nun fails to depose yet again

The nun, who was allegedly raped during the Kandhamal riots in 2008, did not depose before the trial court even as the second phase of hearing in the sensational case came to an end here on Wednesday