Rape statistics from National Crime Records Bureau's Crime in India 2011 report plotted on an interactive map of India. ...
04:55 PM, Jan 04, 2013
In an attempt to name and shame rapists, the government has decided to prepare a data base of all rape convicts across the country and their photographs, names and addresses would be made public. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said he has directed the National Crime Records Bureau to prepare a directory of all rape convicts and upload their photographs, names and addresses on its website. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Of the 24206 victims of the crime in 2011, 22549 knew the rapists from before. ...
05:29 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal has topped the list of states that registered the maximum number of crimes against women last year, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday. "West Bengal recorded 29,133 cases of crime against women. The highest number of cases registered among 28 states in 2011," Jitendra Singh, minister of state for home affairs, told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question. According to a National...
09:17 PM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: As the nation tries to come to terms with the shocking molestation of a minor girl in Guwahati who was also beaten by her molesters, national crime statistics show a rise in incidences of crime against women. According to the Union ministry of home affairs' compendium on crime statistics, compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the incidence of crime against women in India has shot up...
10:42 AM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: Kerala is the most literate state in the country but when it comes to posting obscene articles or photos on the Internet, people from God's own country seem to be also on top, if one goes by government data. 27 per cent (136) of the 496 cases of obscene publication registered in the country last year were from the southern state, topping the list in this regard. Around...
03:17 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Mumbai: The Supreme Court may have said our children are our greatest national asset, but these abandoned children at a child protection home in Mumbai tell a different story. Superintendent, Bal Asha Trust Madhavi Karandikar said, "Many of them are brought from different parts of the country, or just come on their own looking for a better life, and find themselves on the street." Figures from the National Crime Records...
08:57 AM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: India's Silicon Valley Bangalore is by far the suicide capital of the country with 1,778 cases reported, according to the crime statistics for 2010 published by the National Crime Records Bureau. The figures show that 70 per cent of those who commit suicide in the country are married and there are 15 suicides taking place in the country every hour. West Bengal also leads the states with the...
05:33 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Gwalior: Maharashtra Police has no records of India's most wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's fingerprints, despite the fact that he was in its custody several times in the past, a top police officer has said. "Though Dawood Ibrahim was in the custody of Maharashtra Police number of times, it doesn't have any record of his fingerprints," National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Director General, NK Tripathi told PTI. "If the police...
12:02 AM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: The capital reported 489 cases of rape last year and the figure for Mumbai was 189. Little surprise then that a court's suggestion of surgical and chemical castration for rapists has found favour with some Indian women. However, there are just as many who feel it will not serve the purpose. "I fully agree with the judge's view to castrate the rapist rather than sentence him to jail....
12:56 PM, May 04, 2011
Johannesburg: Former South Africa captain Ali Bacher has lauded Graeme Smith, terming the present Proteas’ skipper as the strongest on-side player he has ever witnessed. [Smith is] a fiercely strong on-side player, probably the strongest on-side player I have ever seen. [He] couples this with a penchant for often playing across the line, Bacher wrote in an article in the daily The Star. In all my years of cricket, I...
10:06 PM, Jun 10, 2008
Chittagong: In a must-win match against the Netherlands at Chittagong on Monday, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan elected to go in with Shahriar Nafees and Suhrawadi Shuvo in place of Raqibul Hasan and Naeem Islam. The Dutch skikpper Peter Borren - who won the toss and decided to bat first - also made two changes, bringing in Adeel Raja and Atse Burrman. Teams: Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique,...
04:37 PM, Jan 01, 2008
The National Crime Records Bureau says UP had a 12.5 per cent share in all kinds of crime across the country last year. ...
01:54 AM, Jan 05, 2007
With no public campaigns for justice for them, Dalit oppression is a dark reality, especially in the rural hinterland. ...
04:22 PM, Nov 12, 2006
