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GUWAHATI Hotels and restaurants in Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, have been asked to rename their establishments by dropping any reference to specific animal meats, including pork, beef, chicken, and mutton. The Tuesday (March 31, 2026) order from the Itanagar Municipal Corporation also states that no new trade licences will be issued for eateries with names that refer to any meat type. The order, signed by IMC Joint Commissioner Datum Gadi, notes that several establishments have ...Read More >
Itanagar: A recent municipal order directing eateries to drop references to specific meats from licences and signboards has triggered a backlash in Arunachal Pradesh, where a vast majority eats non-vegetarian food and many see the move as intrusive and politically driven.Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) has told hotels and restaurants to remove words such as pork, chicken, beef and mutton from trade licence nomenclature and public signage, citing public decency, animal welfare norms and prev ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Odisha government has directed all departments, district administrations, and urban local bodies not to transfer officials and employees engaged in census duties to ensure the successful completion of the Census 2027, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Arabinda Padhee, has written to secretaries of various departments, heads of departments, district collect ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (PTI) With self-enumeration under Census 2027 commencing in Odisha, the state government on Thursday evening issued an order to all departments not to transfer officials engaged in the exercise till it is completed. The online self-enumeration exercise commenced on April 1. Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Arabinda Padhee, in a letter to heads of various departments, district collectors and commissioners of municipal corporations and chi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (PTI) With self-enumeration under Census 2027 commencing in Odisha, the state government on Thursday evening issued an order to all departments not to transfer officials engaged in the exercise till it is completed. The online self-enumeration exercise commenced on April 1. Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Arabinda Padhee, in a letter to heads of various departments, district collectors and commissioners of municipal corporations and chi ...Read More >
Gangtok, Apr 1 (PTI) Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday commenced the self-enumeration exercise under Census 2027, officials said. Mathur and Tamang completed the process here via the newly launched online census portal in the presence of State Census Directorate officials. "Census 2027 will lay a strong foundation for the development journey of the coming decade," the governor said. "Accurate and comprehensive data is the foundation of effecti ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Thursday reviewed preparedness for Census 2027, with Chief Secretary Anu Garg chairing the second meeting of the State Coordination Committee at Lok Seva Bhavan. Opening the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Arabinda Kumar Padhee, outlined the progress of Census 2027 and the ongoing House Listing 2026 exercise. Director of Census Operations, Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, presented a detailed status report, coverin ...Read More >
Bhiwandi, April 2: In a proactive step towards safeguarding women's health, the Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation (BMC) has intensified its public outreach, urging citizens to ensure HPV vaccination for adolescent girls. The appeal comes amid rising concerns over cervical cancer, one of the most common cancers affecting women in India. Health officials stress importance of vaccination Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sandeep Gadekar has called upon parents to come forward and vaccinate their daughters u ...Read More >
Nashik: Even as citizens of Nashik city are currently grappling with water scarcity, they now face a complete suspension of water supply for two consecutive days. The Public Health Engineering Department of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to suspend water supply across the entire city on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5. This measure is being implemented to facilitate ongoing water supply network improvement works undertaken as part of the Smart City Project and in prepar ...Read More >
The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has made four-stream waste segregation mandatory at the source as per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, notified by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, which came into effect on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Accordingly, solid waste will have to be segregated into wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste, and special care waste at the source. The Union government notified the new rules on January 27, 2026, superseding the Solid Waste ...Read More >
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has fallen short of its revenue target for the financial year 2025-26. The municipal corporation earned around Rs 9,200 crore against a target of Rs 12,600 crore, leaving a gap of nearly Rs 3,400 crore. Officials noticed that the biggest shortfall came from the building permissions department. It collected Rs 2,341 crore against a target of Rs 2,853 crore. This is a drop of about Rs 500 crore. In comparison, the department had exceeded its targets in t ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Core Urban Region (CURE) -- comprising GHMC, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) -- collected Rs 2,558.80 crore in property tax for 2025-26. Before the merger of 27 ULBs, the GHMC alone collected Rs 2,038 crore in 2024-25. Officials said the increase was driven largely by a 90% interest waiver on arrears under a One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme, which yielded Rs 548 crore. GHMC secured Rs 233 crore, CMC Rs 189 crore and MMC Rs 126 cror ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Core Urban Region (CURE) -- comprising GHMC, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) -- collected Rs 2,558.80 crore in property tax for 2025-26. Before the merger of 27 ULBs, the GHMC alone collected Rs 2,038 crore in 2024-25. Officials said the increase was driven largely by a 90% interest waiver on arrears under a One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme, which yielded Rs 548 crore. GHMC secured Rs 233 crore, CMC Rs 189 crore and MMC Rs 126 cror ...Read More >
The Haryana vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (SV&ACB) has arrested another accused in the ₹145-crore Panchkula municipal corporation FDR fraud case. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) and bank accounts maintained by Panchkula MC at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Sector 11, Panchkula. The accused has been identified as Kapil, a resident of Rajpura, Punjab, into whose account ₹2.36 crore was allegedly transferred into from the Panchkula MC's account. Kapil ...Read More >
Gurugram Municipal Corporation (MCG) collected over Rs 350 crore in property tax and Rs 56 crore in water bills for the 2025-26 financial year. Offices remained open on a holiday to facilitate last-minute payments, with arrangements made for senior citizens. GURUGRAM: MCG collected more than Rs 350 crore in property tax and about Rs 56 crore as water bills during the 2025-26 financial year. Officials said MCG offices saw heavy footfall from early morning on Tuesday as people arrived to pay pen ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that people removed political garbage to enable change and better governance, claiming that in nine years of reconstruction, Lucknow has now become one of the top three cleanest cities in the country.Flagging off 250 electric and CNG vehicles to strengthen the door-to-door waste collection in the city, the CM contrasted this with the period before 2017, stating that the city was marked by "darkness, insecurity and poor sanitation. He accu ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 2 (PTI) Civic bodies in Maharashtra's Thane district have reported a surge in tax collections for the 2025-26 financial year, driven by aggressive recovery drives, amnesty schemes, and a shift towards digital payments, officials said. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) recorded a collection of ₹878.37 crore, up from ₹810 crore last year, with 87.37 per cent of taxpayers using online or digital modes, a release said. The Majiwada-Manpada ward emerged as the highest contributor, ac ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 2 (PTI) Civic bodies in Maharashtra's Thane district have reported a surge in tax collections for the 2025-26 financial year, driven by aggressive recovery drives, amnesty schemes, and a shift towards digital payments, officials said. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) recorded a collection of Rs 878.37 crore, up from Rs 810 crore last year, with 87.37 per cent of taxpayers using online or digital modes, a release said. The Majiwada-Manpada ward emerged as the highest contributor ...Read More >
Mumbai: Even as the real estate sector is likely to be impacted by the war in west Asia, the state government has decided to increase ready reckoner (RR) rates by 4-5% on average for the 2026-27 financial year, officials aware of the matter told Hindustan Times. "The office of the Inspector General of Stamp and Registration is finalising the proposal and it is expected to be announced on March 31," a senior revenue department official said, requesting anonymity. The hike, effective April 1, is ...Read More >
HARIDWAR: Haridwar municipal corporation is gearing up to place a proposal in its board meeting this month to ban the sale of raw meat across the entire municipal area and shift all such shops to Sarai village on the city's outskirts ahead of the 2027 Ardh Kumbh. Civic authorities said the move was being planned since they wanted "tighter control over cleanliness and the stray dog menace in the city which was increasing due to the meat shops." The move aims to expand an existing restriction unde ...Read More >
Guntur: The Guntur Municipal Corporation collected Rs 9 crore property tax in a single day on March 31, securing the second position among municipal corporations in the state. According to official sources, while the total property tax collections for the previous financial year stood at Rs 152.14 crore, the current year has already surpassed this figure, reaching Rs 155.20 crore so far. In addition, GMC has recorded significant progress in media device display fee collections. Against a total ...Read More >
Jorhat: Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma on Wednesday successfully completed his self-enumeration under Phase I (House Listing and Housing Census) of the Census of India, 2027, at his official residence. Mizoram has become the first state in the northeast region to begin preliminary work for the Census of India, 2027, with the process officially starting on Wednesday. The state government said that the self-enumeration was carried out through a newly-introduced online portal and was facilitate ...Read More >
State election commissioner S Murali Krishna said the voting will take place via Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) from 7 am to 6 pm. The Model Code of Conduct has come into force immediately across the state. Krishna said about 41.8 million voters are eligible to vote for 15 municipal corporations -- including major hubs such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar, as well as newly formed corporations such as Nadiad, Surendranagar, Anand, Navsari, Vapi, Morbi, Gandhidham ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: As many as 4.19 crore of the state's 4.4 crore eligible voters will exercise their franchise on April 26 to elect representatives to 15 municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot; 84 municipalities; 34 district panchayats; and 260 taluka panchayats across the state.Voting will be conducted using electronic voting machines (EVMs) from 7am to 6pm on April 26, while counting of votes will take place on April 28, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced ...Read More >
Aizawl: CM Lalduhoma successfully completed his self-enumeration under Phase-I (house listing and housing census) of Census 2027 at his official residence at 6.30am on Wednesday, marking the commencement of the nationwide census exercise.The self-enumeration was carried out through the newly introduced online portal and was facilitated by officials from the Aizawl Municipal Corporation, general administration department, and the directorate of census operations.The initiative highlights a signif ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): A delegation of students from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, called on Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here today, a release said. The Chief Minister interacted with the students and apprised them of various reforms being undertaken in the education sector to enhance the quality of education in government institutions. Also Read | CBSE Rolls Out Curriculum on Computational T ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: In a major political development ahead of the civic poll season, the Gujarat State Election Commission has officially announced the schedule for the upcoming local body elections, setting the stage for one of the largest grassroots democratic exercises in the state. Polling will be conducted entirely through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), with voting scheduled for April 26 from 7 am to 6 pm. State Election Commissioner Dr. S. Muraleekrishna confirmed that elections will be held ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday completed his self-enumeration for the first phase of Census 2027 and appealed to people of the country to self-enumerate their household details themselves and participate in the Census process. The first phase of the country's 16th Census began on April 1 in some states besides Delhi. "Completed my self enumeration. Today marks the beginning of the first phase of Census 2027, relating to house listing and housing operations," P ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday morning flagged off 250 environment-friendly electric and CNG vehicles operated on green energy to strengthen waste management by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation. On this occasion, Chief Minister Yogi launched a sharp attack on the opposition, saying that when the people of Uttar Pradesh removed "political garbage" and laid the foundation for change, it resulted in successful cleanliness initiatives under the double-engine government, leadi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has ordered fast-tracking the expansion of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network across the state in line with instructions from the Centre amid concerns over global energy supply disruptions. City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks are an interconnected system of underground natural gas pipelines for supplying Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to domestic and industrial customers. According to a Government Resolution (GR) is ...Read More >
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