COVID-19 Surge: BMC to augment call handling capacity of 1929 Call Centre soon

Bhubaneswar, April 27: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has chalked out a strategy to improve the capacity of its 1929 Call Centre, which has been operating round-the-clock at the Bhubaneswar Operations Centre (BOC) of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) office, said an official release. According to a BMC release, the objective behind the plan is […]

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COVID-19 active cases cross 50K-Mark in Odisha, infection count sees slight dip

Bhubaneswar, April 27: COVID-19 active cases in the State breached the grim milestone of 50,000 on Tuesday with 6,073 people testing positive for the infection in the last 24 hours. Today’s surge pushed the State’s virus positive tally to 4,20,129 while the death toll surged to 2,007. The active cases in the State now stood […]

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Odisha records 6,599 fresh COVID-19 cases, nine deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 25: Odisha on Monday recorded as many as 6,599 COVID-19 cases while nine patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours in the State, said an official release. According to data released by the State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department, of the fresh cases spread across all 30 districts, 3,827 […]

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Odisha CM announces free vaccine for all above 18 years

Bhubaneswr, April 25: In a major development, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced free vaccination for everyone in the State above the age of 18. In a video message to the people of the State, Patnaik said the Government will be spending Rs 2,000 crore towards vaccinating 2 crore people aged 18-44 years. […]

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6,116 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths reported in Odisha 

Bhubaneswar, April 25: A total of 6,116 more people tested positive for the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the State, said the Health & Family Welfare Department on Sunday. The State also reported 3,464 fresh recoveries and seven fatalities during the same period. Of the total 6,647 cases, 3,546 cases were detected from […]

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West Bengal returnees to undergo 14-day mandatory institutional quarantine in Odisha

Bhubaneswr, April 24: Now, Odisha-bound passengers from West Bengal, who are boarding trains to any places of the State, will have to stay in institutional or paid quarantine for 14 days mandatorily, as per the new guidelines issued by the Odisha Government. According to a notification issued by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, passengers who […]

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COVID-19 Resurgence: Puri Jagannath Temple closed for visitors till May 15

Puri, April 24: Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri will remain closed for public darshan till May 15 in view of the upward trend of the second wave of the COVID-19. Decision to this effect was taken in a high level meeting chaired by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar. Senior sevayats, district Collector […]

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Each ward of 114 ULBs in Odisha to have Rain water harvesting structures

Bhubaneswar, April 23: Rain water harvesting structures will now be constructed under the Urban Wage Employment Initiative (UWEI) in each ward of all 114 ULBs of Odisha with Mission Shakti Groups engaged as Implementing Partners, said an official release. According to a Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department statement, a State-level Task Force headed by […]

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