Bhubaneswar: Following the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases in the State and the Capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) started conducting random testing all over the city from Thursday to identify the spreaders. BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary said, “From today onwards we are starting random COVID-19 testing program in several parts of Bhubaneswar […]
Cuttack: The Ravenshaw University authorities have postponed the examinations for Under Graduate (UG) and Post-graduate (PG) students scheduled for today. The decision to put the test on hold was taken following detection of two Covid-19 positive cases in the varsity, Examination Controller Trilochan Mishra said. The exams would be rescheduled after the covid situation improves, […]
Bhubaneswar: The number of Covid-19 positive cases has climbed to 45 at the Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB) in Bhubaneswar even as the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) sealed the institute in the Capital City on Monday. “As many as 45 cases have been detected from XIMB. Travel history of all the infected persons are being […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha Government imposed restrictions on celebration of Holi and Dola Melana in Public places, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today issued guidelines for the same in its jurisdiction. In view of a spike in fresh covid-19 cases, the civic body has restricted large gathering while taking out palanquin (Dola Biman) […]
Bhubaneswar: After drawing flak from several quarters over the hike in holding tax effected by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Odisha government on Monday put the revised tax on hold. Speaking to media, Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena said that holding tax in the Capital city will continue to be collected as […]
Bhubaneswar: Clarifying on the directive issued by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) regarding sealing of houses of the holding tax defaulters, deputy commissioner (Revenue) of the civic body, Srimant Mishra on Sunday said that the tax pending more than three years attracts action known as certificate case as per OPDR (The Orissa Public Demands Recovery) […]
Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of BJP workers from Bhubaneswar district unit took out a rally in the capital city on Friday protesting the steep hike in the holding tax and demanded its revocation within a month. The saffron party workers took out a massive procession from Mausi Maa Square to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office and submitted […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress on Tuesday threatened to gherao the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office on March 15 if the revised holding taxes levied on the residents of the city are not withdrawn. Hundreds of Congress activists led by district president Biswajit Das and others staged a demonstration at Master Canteen Square today over hike in […]
Bhubaneswar: The Jagara Jatra (Maha Shivaratri) celebrations at the famous Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar will be held with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday held a preparatory meeting with the representatives of the sevayat groups and trust bodies of the 11th century shrine to discuss the festival arrangements in […]
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 graph in Odisha on Friday registered a steep rise following detection of 94 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours. On February 21, the State had reported 58 new COVID-19 cases while the daily case load jumped to 68 on February 22. As many as 89 new cases were […]
Bhubaneswar: Two symptomatic travellers who arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Wednesday have tested positive for Covid-19 even as the Bhuabeswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) begins screening of all passengers on their arrival at the airport from today. While one of the two Covid-19 positive passengers, who came from Mumbai, has been kept under […]
Bhubaneswar: With the new confirmed cases of Covid-19 exhibiting an upsurge in as many as seven states, the Bhubaneswar Civic body has on Monday decided to implement the COVID appropriate behaviour in the city limits very strictly. Issuing a fresh advisory, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has today directed the authorities here to ensure the […]
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide smart address to the residents in Capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated processing for digitisation of houses, a survey for which has already been commenced. Under the initiative, the city residents will be provided with a special house number called Digital Door Number (DDN) which could […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared a roadmap to make the State capital free of beggars by rehabilitating the people involved in begging in the city. Moreover, BMC is also planning to shift homeless and destitute people to shelter homes. According to sources, BMC will initiate a drive under which it will identify […]
Bhubaneswar: After handing over two key parking lots in the city to transgenders to collect parking fees, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday initiated process to revise the parking charges in the State capital which will be implemented from April 1. According to sources, the BMC has invited tender for 32 parking lots in […]
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to make the transgender community self reliant, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday handed over two prime parking lots in the city to a transgender organisation to collect parking fees. According to sources, BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary allotted two parking lots to TG Swikruti organisation where 17 transgender will […]
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has lodged a complaint against Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, alleging that he has converted a residential building in Juhu into a hotel without permission, a police official said on Thursday. #Maharashtra: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has filed a police complaint against actor Sonu Sood (in file photo) for allegedly […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday formed six especial search teams to trace and contact the 62 UK returnees who are still ‘untraceable’ following their arrival in the city. The ‘untraceable’ UK returnees are believed to have been spread across 18 districts in the State, of which a majority are in Bhubaneswar, said […]
Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 continues to cast its shadow over celebrations as the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday strictly prohibited Zero Night celebrations in the city on New Year’s eve. In a fresh notification, the BMC said, “The Odisha government in its order issued on November 30 had explicitly prohibited large social gatherings to contain the […]
Bhubaneswar: Another traveller, who had recently returned from the United Kingdom (UK), has tested positive for COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar. The newly detected COVID-19 positive is the father of the 4-year-old who had earlier tested positive for the coronavirus, informed Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary on Sunday. The four-year-old girl, who had returned […]
Bhubaneswar: A day before the reopening of the famous Lingaraj Temple, the precincts of famous 11th century shrine here has been sanitised by the Fire Services personnel on Saturday. The ancient temple which has remained shut for devotees for last nine months due to Covid-19 pandemic will reopen from tomorrow in a phased manner. As […]
Bhubaneswar: A four-year-old child, who had recently returned to Bhubaneswar from the United Kingdom (UK) has tested positive for COVID-19, official sources said on Friday. As per reports, the girl along with her parents had returned to Odisha from UK on December 20. Though the COVID-19 reports of the girl’s parents stated negative, she has […]
Bhubaneswar: Tightening the noose around erring shop keepers and roadside vendors, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) directed officials to cancel trading license, if shop keepers are found littering the streets. Strict implementation of this initiative will start from Monday, December 28, informed BMC Commissioner, Prem Chandra Choudhary. As per Choudhary, despite repeated warnings and awareness […]
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the reopening of the Lingaraj temple on December 27, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for devotees and servitors to keep COVID-19 at bay. As per the official decision, the gates of the Lingaraj temple would be initially thrown open for the sevayats and their families […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a special provision for Christmas celebrations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhury on Tuesday informed that people can celebrate Christmas this year by strictly adhering to the COVID-19 norms. “Members of the Christian community had earlier approached us over Christmas celebrations this […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday informed that a whopping Rs 180 crores will be spent for the construction of the much-awaited Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Baramunda in Bhubaneswar. After reviewing the progress of the project, Patnaik said that there are plans to complete all the pending works of the project in […]
Bhubaneswar: Plastic is energy and we just need to dispose it at the right place so that it is recycled and reused for ensuring a clean and green environment. To ensure that students play a crucial role in this regard, special plans have been drawn up by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to keep the city […]
Bhubaneswar: A private school at Chintamaniswar area in the Smart City was sealed by the authorities of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday for allegedly violating COVID-19 norms. A senior BMC officials informed that despite a strict directions that all educational institutions will remain closed till December 31 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Mumabi: The Bombay High Court has granted relief to actress Kangana Ranaut in her plea challenging demolition activity by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on her property in Bandra last September on Friday. The HC said BMC’s ction of demolishing part of Kangana Ranauts bungalow here smacks of malafide and was done to cause substantial […]
Bhubaneswar: A contractual peon attached to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was on Wednesday disengaged from service following arrest after being caught red-handed with brown sugar. The peon was arrested by a drug task force of Commissionerate Police earlier today. Brown sugar weighing 7.64 grams, 40 grams of gold, cash of Rs 42,050, 5 cell phones […]
Bhubaneswar: Tension gripped the Old Town area in Bhubaneswar after several devotees staged an impromptu agitation protesting the decision of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ban the rituals of ‘Paya Sraddha’ & ‘Pinda Dana’ at the Bindusagar Lake and near Lingaraj Temple in the city today. Two platoons of police force was rushed in […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday revised COVID-19 guidelines for marriage and funeral in the Capital city. As per the revised guidelines, BMC has restricted the number to 100 persons in marriage functions and 50 in funeral rites in the Smart city. The new guidelines will come into effect from November 25. The […]
Bhubaneswar: With detection of 81 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the total virus tally in the capital city rose to 29,153, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, 62 are local contacts while the remaining 19 are from quarantine, the civic body said […]
Bhubaneswar: Sanitation and effective Solid Waste Management (SWM) systems are the major prerequisites towards making a smart city smarter. In an effort to ensure segregation of waste, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated a campaign through which the civic body aims to create awareness among people about separating dry and wet waste and not dump […]
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in the smart city of Bhubaneswar neared the 30,000 mark after 189 new cases of coronavirus infections were reported in the last 24 hours. It is for the first time that the daily caseload was below 200-mark this month. Of the 189 new cases, 47 are quarantine and 142 are local […]
Bhubaneswar: With 233 new COVID-19 positive cases getting detected in the last 24 hours, the total cases in the capital City rose to 27,228, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, a whopping 182 were local contact cases while the remaining 51 were quarantine cases, the civic […]
Bhubaneswar: The daily Covid-19 cases continued downward trend in Bhubaneswar with 216 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours. Of the total new cases, 161 were identified as local contact cases while 55 were quarantine cases, informed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). 216 new #COVID19 cases reported in #Bhubaneswar Local contact cases- 161 […]
Bhubaneswar: Two Covid Care Centres at Jamujhari and Jatani have been closed on account of declining cases of coronavirus infections, informed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday. Briefing the media about the Covid-19 situation in Bhubaneswar, BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary said, “We have closed down two Covid Care Centres at Jamujhari and Jatani […]
Bhubaneswar: With 243 persons testing positive for Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar in the last 24 hours, the total number of infected persons in the Odisha capital climbed to 26779 on Friday. As per the information provided by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), out of the total 243 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, 175 […]
Bhubaneswar: With the festive season approaching, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday decided to allow reopening of the shops which were earlier closed for violating COVID-19 norms. In a tweet, BMC stated that as a goodwill gesture it has decided to de-seal all such shops and business establishments in view of the upcoming festive […]
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