Rising Crime Rates in Delhi: Dacoities & Burglaries cases surge over 50 percent in two yearsCrime targeting homes in Delhi has surged in 2024, with dacoities up by 23% and burglaries by 25.2% compared to last year. Attempted murder...
25 Sep, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
Child rape cases soar by 96 per cent from 2016 to 2022 due to higher reporting: CRY analysisChild rape cases, covering various forms of penetrative assaults, have increased by 96% from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of NCRB...
28 Jan, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
On 7th anniversary of Nirbhaya case, rape conviction rate low at 32 per centAccording to the NCRB data available for 2017, the total number of rape cases that went to trial in that year was 1,46,201 but only 5,822 o...
16 Dec, 2019, 01.04 PM IST
Women's safety concerns: US, UK issue advisories on India travelThe British government on November 26 issued a detailed information sheet for “survivors of rape and sexual assault” for its citizens stayi...
04 Dec, 2019, 10.23 PM IST
Bengaluru 3rd among Indian cities in molestation casesBengaluru reported the third highest attacks -718 -against women with an intent to outrage their modesty among 53 Indian cities, according ...
17 Sep, 2016, 11.17 AM IST
Is the government cooking up economic growth data?The question has been raised by critics after the news that statistical “discrepancies” in the January-March quarter were as high as 4.8% o...
12 Jun, 2016, 12.10 PM IST
UK has fifth highest number of rapes, claims new videoThe video begins with dramatic music and pictures of cowering, traumatised women, as subtitles highlight the scale of Britain's grim rape a...
15 Mar, 2015, 01.40 PM IST
Storm over interview of December 16 gangrape convict in jail, government takes a serious viewThe filmmaker Leslee Udwin on her part said the film is her attempt to examine the attitude of men towards women and that there was nothing...
03 Mar, 2015, 08.05 PM IST
Cyber crime increasing in Hyderabad, data showsWhile the overall crime cases registered an increase of 10 per cent, from 19,110 last year to 21,035 this year, there was a sharp rise in r...
27 Dec, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
Patriarchy in India reflects even in gender-wise time spent on household choresAs per OECD survey Indian men spend only about 19 minutes every day on domestic work as compared to 161 minutes by their peers in US.
12 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Tata Tea launches second phase of 'Power of 49' campaignTata Tea, today launched the second phase of its 'Power of 49' initiative to encourage women to cast an "informed" and "independent" vote.
11 Feb, 2014, 04.58 PM IST
Where is the change, ask women as safety remains key issueAccording to Delhi police data, a total of 1493 cases of rape were registered in the national capital till November 30 which is more than d...
15 Dec, 2013, 01.29 PM IST
Delhi gang rape case: Rapes prevalent in 'urban' India, not in rural "Bharat': RSS ChiefBhagwat claimed that the incidents of rape were the result of adoption of western culture in society.
05 Jan, 2013, 11.41 AM IST
- Hundreds of rape victims in J&K wait for justice
A division bench of the J&K high court directed the state government to file a status report on the steps it has taken for implementing ape...
25 Dec, 2012, 10.02 PM IST
Delhi Gang rape case: Never underestimate angry young people, say sociologistsSociologists such as Ashis Nandy call the response of the young people a 'spontaneous reaction' to unimaginable brutality.
24 Dec, 2012, 10.32 AM IST
- One in five hate crimes in US due to religious bias
US law enforcement agencies reported 6,222 hate crime incidents involving 7,254 offenses, according to the Hate Crime Statistics, 2011.
11 Dec, 2012, 11.14 AM IST
- Gender equality integral to development: Aga
In this regard, CII has been conducting workshops to create awareness and sensitise all.
10 Jan, 2007, 05.46 PM IST