At least two people were killed and another was critically injured as a portion of the approach road to an old bridge connecting Chhatra Bazar and Malgodown in Odisha's Cuttack city caved in on Wednesday, police said.
Ahead of the Durga Puja festival, Odisha witnessed a slight rise of Covid-19 cases, as the state reported 652 fresh infections on Sunday, 126 more than the previous day, a health department official said. The coronavirus tally rose to 10,31,696 in the coastal state, while the death toll also climbed to 8,249 with seven new fatalities - Khurda (5), Angul and Nabarangpur (1