Tag: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Bhubaneswar: As many as 91 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area in the last 24 hours with 26 of them linked to a single positive case in Mancheswar area. Out of the 91 fresh positives, 72 are quarantine cases while 19 are local contacts. Similarly, 99 patients have recuperated […]

Bhubaneswar: As of now, Bhubaneswar city has reported more COVID-19 cases from non-slum areas as compared to the slum pockets. According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner, Prem Chandra Chaudhary 657 COVID positive cases have been reported from non-slum areas as against 201 cases from slums. “We are laying more emphasis on slum areas […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Television Ltd (OTV) has never deviated from its charter and always presented news in an unbiased manner since its inception. As a responsible media house, OTV has been at the forefront bringing to limelight issues including government information and the problems faced by people even during the COVID-19 pandemic. This clarification is in […]

Bhubaneswar: Is bringing out the problems of the people, their allegations, and loopholes in the system to the public eye, a crime? Targeted aggression of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation towards the largest media house in the State-Odisha Television Limited (OTV)-bears testimony to the highhandedness of the state government. Showing gross intolerance towards being pointed out […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s attempt to muzzle the voice of OTV, that stands its ground without compromising its integrity by being a puppet of the administration, has been widely criticised by people from across all quarters of society. Several experts who are in the know of things have rubbished BMC’s allegations against OTV and said that […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after police reportedly detained two persons for bringing COVID mismanagement allegations in a viral audio clip, a woman who claimed to be the wife of one of the detainees alleged that the police may force her husband to change his statement. Speaking to OTV, the woman said, “Coming under the pressure, the police […]

By Sandeep Sahu The 9.36 minute long audio clip that has gone viral on social media, especially on WhatsApp, over the last five days has let the cat out of the bag. Of course, the veracity of the conversation between two purported friends is yet to be verified. But in acting vengefully and going to […]

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 cases in the capital city breached all previous records on Wednesday with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) reporting the highest single-day spike of 370 cases in the last 24 hours. With the sharp spike in the cases, the coronavirus tally in BMC crossed the 6000 mark and reached 6,077 today. Of […]

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 situation in Khordha district is steadily turning grim with a sharp rise in the daily positive cases and deaths since the beginning of the month of August. A record 524 positive cases were detected in Khordha today, taking the total number of cases in the district to 10,370. The death toll has […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the city, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a fresh Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and said that it will keep a hawk-eye on the virus infected persons at homes and paid isolation centres. According to the SOP, BMC has launched 24-hour helpline numbers where COVID-19 patients […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has geared up to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 on September 13. BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary informed that the examination will be held at 31 centres across the State capital. 15,000 students will be appearing the test amid the present pandemic scare. The civic body […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 342 new COVID19 cases were reported from the capital city in the last 24 hours taking the total tally of the city to 21,197. According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), two COVID19 patients also died in last 24 hours taking the death toll in the city to 88. As per […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), which had sealed the office of MP Aparajita Sarangi for 15 days for alleged violation of COVID-19 norms, de-sealed the office on the eighth day on Saturday. Terming the sealing of her office as illegal, Sarangi said she might file a defamation case against the Odisha government for trying […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government banned the sale and bursting of firecrackers this Diwali, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today prohibited sale of diyas on roadside and at temporary stalls to avoid crowd in view of COVID-19 pandemic. BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary on Wednesday informed that a separate open space will be identified […]

Nayagarh: A youth from Nayagarh district has been arrested on charges of duping several job aspirants to the tune of Rs 5 lakh by promising them postings at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office. The accused, identified as Abhijit, was arrested on Saturday based on a complaint filed by one Monali Priyadarshini, who happens to […]