Most non-consensual intimate images being removed in two hours: officialsSocial media platforms are now removing non-consensual intimate imagery within two hours of complaints, a significant improvement from the ...
11 May, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
Bengaluru, India's IT capital, has highest dowry-related cases among metro cities: NCRB reportBengaluru leads metropolitan cities in dowry-related cases with 878 incidents reported in 2024, accounting for 87% of metro cases. Delhi, h...
09 May, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
Farm sector suicides at 10,546 in 2024, second straight yearly decline: NCRB reportFarmer suicides saw a slight decrease in 2024. Over 10,500 individuals in the farming sector died by suicide. Maharashtra recorded the most...
08 May, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
Delhi records highest suicides in India, most victims married; Bengaluru second highest: Crime dataDelhi reported the highest number of suicides in 2024 with 2,905 cases, though this marks a decline from previous years. Family-related iss...
08 May, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
NCRB data shows drop in Delhi crime, but offences against children remain highDelhi saw a 15.1% drop in overall registered crimes in 2024, with total cases falling to around 2.8 lakh. However, concerning trends persis...
07 May, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
West Bengal Phase 2 polls: Will anti-incumbency, scam charges and SIR row end TMC's 15-year run?West Bengal Elections Phase 2 key issues: West Bengal heads into Phase 2 of its assembly elections on April 29. This phase is crucial for d...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
Beti Bachao from real foeticideDespite positive strides in the sex ratio at birth, female foeticide in India remains a pressing issue. Laws alone can't solve this deep-ro...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.52 PM IST
After NCRB data shows Kolkata safest metro, TMC slams BJP for 'maligning' Bengal on law and orderKolkata emerged as India's safest metropolitan city in 2023, according to new NCRB data. The city reported the lowest cognisable crime rate...
04 Oct, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
Crimes by non-Indians jump 21% in 2023: NCRBThe NCRB report 2023 indicates a significant 21.2% increase in crime by foreign nationals, largely under the Foreigners Act, and a 31.2% su...
02 Oct, 2025, 12.22 AM IST
Crimes against Dalits increased by 46.11 pc since 2013, Adivasis by 48.15 pc: Mallikarjun KhargeKharge shared a graphic on 'X' about the atrocities on Dalits and Adivasis, and remarked that the continuous oppression of Dalits and Adiva...
08 Dec, 2023, 10.33 AM IST
Over 75 per cent UAPA cases in 2022 from J-K, Manipur, Assam, UP; Bengal had 25 pc sedition cases: NCRBNotably, sedition cases have come down since 2020 while those lodged under the UAPA saw a rise in the last three years, according to the da...
06 Dec, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
664 crimes against women per million: NCRB dataThe rate of crime against women per lakh population stood at 66.4 while the charge sheeting in such cases was logged at 75.8, showed data f...
05 Dec, 2023, 12.04 AM IST
Woman-child safety in UP, Haryana, Rajasthan on parliamentary panel’s radarUnion home ministry officials are likely to be present during the meeting to be held at the Parliament House, said people aware of the matt...
05 Jan, 2021, 07.51 AM IST
Centre to brief parliamentary panel headed by Congress leader Anand SharmaThe committee was recently reconstituted with Sharma as the chairman. Besides this, the reconstituted panel may further discuss issues rela...
26 Oct, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
At 744, West Bengal tops crimes by foreignersWest Bengal recorded the highest number of crimes (744) committed by foreigners in 2018 followed by Karnataka (175) and Himachal Pradesh (1...
10 Jan, 2020, 09.36 AM IST
Government creating national registry of crimes against womenThe NCRB functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
21 May, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
MHA report confirms women, kids most unsafe in Akhilesh rule, crimes up by 50% in Uttar Pradesh in 2013This report is likely to be cited by the Central government to reinforce its claims of a breakdown of law and order situation in UP.
01 Jul, 2014, 09.27 AM IST