Nobody of consequence from the BJP condemned the lynchings. Nor have the Akalis. Nor has the Aam Aadmi Party. And nor, for that matter, have Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi who are now deeply immersed in Punjab politics, observes Vir Sanghvi.
Uttar Pradesh accounts for the maxmium dowry deaths -- 11,800 women -- followed by Bihar at 5,992.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the operation of sedition law, and ruled that all pending cases, appeals and proceedings with respect to charges framed for sedition should be kept in abeyance.
The project, in its entirety, is estimated to be about Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion).
Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have earned the dubious distinction of being at the top two spots in the list of child marriages in the country accounting for 40 percent of such incidents in a single year.
According to the latest statistics one married man commits suicide in India every nine minutes. Tell us whether women handle stress better than men?
The decision to extend the tenure of the two intelligence chiefs was taken due to the forthcoming general election by the prime minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
A map showing the rate of insult to women's modesty as reported in 2014 in Indian cities.
The Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and some smaller parties will contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls together, and an announcement in this regard would be made soon, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday.
Rediff labs team analyses the data from the National Crime Records Bureau on cyber crimes that have been reported across the country.
Experts point out that most cases of suicide are related to stress and people's inability to cope up with the city's rapid growth.
'Is baar vote jati par nahi, kaam par milega.'
Travelling in trains passing through Bihar and Uttar Pradesh is full of risk for passengers. The safety of passengers are threatened by frequent train dacoities and other crimes.
The Jat vote is crucial in winning at least 40 assembly seats in Western UP, which has been in the grip of a widespread farmer movement, reports Nitin Kumar.
Addressing poll rallies at Gayas Sherghati and Aurangabads Rafiganj, Kumar said, "There are some people who know nothing but are promising these many jobs. Where will the money come from?
While the total capacity of 1,336 jails is 2,63,911, the facilities had 3,73,271 inmates, the report by the National Crime Records Bureau for 2006 said. Among the total inmates in the country, males accounted for 3,58,614, which is 96.1 per cent of the total prison population.
For the first time in 67 years, after the Narendra Modi government came to power, the National Crime Records Bureau added 'sedition' as a head under which data on crime were collected.
West Bengal and Maharashtra have retained the dubious distinction of having the highest number of suicides in the country, according to statistics available with National Crime Records Bureau.
A report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau shows that the largest state of the country has 1,048 convicts who are graduates
Statistics with the National Crime Records Bureau indicate that at least 23 people die everyday in Karnataka out of which five are in Bangalore.
The national capital also reported 38.8 per cent of the total number of crimes under the Indian Penal Code.
A Delhi court drew a unique analogy over enhancement of punishment in road accident death cases.
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over the misuse of "colonial era" penal law on sedition and sought response of the Centre on pleas including the one filed by the Editors Guild of India challenging the validity of the provision.
Had Finance Minister Sitharaman thought a little more about the middle class, disadvantaged sections, and the poor who are struggling, it would have been an inclusive Budget that would have made history, notes Ramesh Menon.
The Rediff Labs team analysed the National Crime Records Bureau data on crime against women for the past decade.
In its latest report, "Crime in India", the bureau says a total of 5,531,172 cognisable crimes were registered, of which 1,780,330 were crime covered by the Indian Penal Code.
One police officer's initiative has led to reuniting 92 people with their families.
The FIR against him was re-registered in January 2020, and Navlakha had surrendered before the NIA on April 14, last year. According to the prosecution, some activists allegedly made inflammatory speeches and provocative statements at the Elgar Parishad meet in Pune on December 31, 2017, which triggered violence at Koregaon Bhima in the district the next day.
The map, above shows the number of firecracker deaths per 10 crore people and the 10 year change in firecracker deaths per 10 crore people.
What is perhaps more worrisome is that while the conviction rate in rape cases has increased marginally in recent years, the chargesheeting rate has gone down -- which means cases are not going to court.
Findings of the National Crime Records Bureau on crimes recorded in the country in 2015.
Between 2014 and March 3, 2018, 45 people were killed in 40 cases of mob lynching across nine states, and at least 217 persons had been arrested, data compiled by the home ministry show.
The women between 32 years and 50 years were beaten to death with sticks by residents of Kanjia village late Friday night.
Children between the ages of 10 and 14 continue to be brought to Garden City from villages in north India after their parents are paid a nominal amount and promised a job, shelter and work in Karnataka.
'If the minister does not resign, then it will be the darkest incident of Indian democracy where power prevailed over the people.'
Aslam Hunani analyses the train mishaps that will mark Suresh Prabhu's tenure as railway minister.
'Defence, development and democracy is the formula to defeat Naxalism.'
Rediff Labs analysed Kerala state's number of crime against women under different crime heads such as rape, kidnapping, assault to outrage her modesty, dowry deaths, immoral traffic for the last 10 years.
Alleging that there had been politicisation and criminalisation of government officers in the state, the BJP leader, who was on a two-day visit, said the TMC government had stopped sending crime statistics to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) after 2018.
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