Tag: White Paper

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a marginal surge in overall crimes as per the White Paper which was tabled by the Home department in the Assembly on Wednesday. As many as 1, 03,866 cases were registered in 2017 as against 1,03,702 cases in 2016. Out of the total, 87,297 cases were registered under various sections of Indian […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though the number of cases registered dropped marginally in 2016, on an average alarmingly at least six cases of rapes were filed every day, raising concerns over the safety of women in State. According to the White Paper tabled in the Odisha Assembly, 2,144 rapes were reported last year. The number of cognizable […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a marginal surge in overall crimes with registration of 1,03,702 cases in 2016 as against 1,03,200 cases in the previous year. The White Paper which was tabled by the Home department in the Assembly today, however, claimed a fall in rape cases in 2016. Rape cases nosedived to 2144 last year from […]

Puri: Sankaracharya swami Nischalananda Saraswati today expressed grief over government’s move in undertaking various works for the maintenance of Sri Mandir without his notice and indirectly sought a White Paper on the same. On the sidelines of unveiling a book here, the Hindu seer criticised Naveen Patnaik-led government for ignoring him in the Sri Jagannath […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the fact that the Chhattisgarh government is yet to give detailed information about the completed and upcoming projects built in the upper catchments of Mahanadi, the Odisha government has sent a reminder to the former. Talking to media persons at the State Secretariat here today, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said it would release a white paper on Mahanadi water, the sharing of which has become a contentious issue between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Addressing a press meet here, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said; “Very soon, BJP will release a white paper on the status of water […]

Bhubaneswar: While the White Paper prepared by the Home department, which was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, painted a rosy picture of the law and order situation in the state, opposition parties alleged that the assessment by the state government is far from the reality. Terming the White Paper misleading, Leader of Opposition Narasingha […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,03,200 cognisable offences were registered in Odisha in 2015, the White Paper on crimes in the state prepared by the Home department and tabled in the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday revealed. According to the White Paper, 1473 murder cases, 486 dacoities, 1787 loots, 4,046 snatching, 10,055 theft, 2,935 fraud, 1,976 riots, […]

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating that fulfilling the aspirations of people holds supreme place, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced that Sachivalaya or the State secretariat will now be called as ‘Lok Seva Bhawan’. “I am highly indebted to the people of the State and will continue to work hard to fulfill the aspirations of our people. […]

Bhubaneswar: Questions like what is actually spent towards treatment of COVID-19 patients and what is the share of the Centre and the Odisha government and how much is being paid to private hospitals for treating COVID patients are being heaved at increasing frequency and velocity. All this was triggered by an audio clip of a […]