Suicide trends in India: 31% cases among daily wage workers, this state reports highest numbers, shows NCRB 2024 dataDaily wage earners now represent the largest group of suicide victims in India, accounting for 31% of all deaths in 2024, a decade-high. Th...
11 May, 2026, 01.49 PM 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
ET Graphics: India's economic offences surge, daily frauds rise to 117 in 2024Economic offences in Indian cities have surged, with an average of 117 daily cases reported in 2024, a significant increase from 86 in 2018...
08 May, 2026, 01.12 AM 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
Once an institution of warmth and wit, parties are now an embodiment of symbol over experienceA recent party at Gwalior's Jai Vilas Palace offered a glimpse of genuine connection, a stark contrast to years of superficial gatherings. ...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.14 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
NCRB data collection in prisons can go on, SC clarifies in caste bias matterThe Supreme Court clarified that its order to remove caste details from jail records won't affect data collection by the National Crime Rec...
07 Nov, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
'Hired killer, drug smuggler': Unusual professions found in UP Police app's tenant verification sectionThe UPCOP mobile app's tenant verification section, used by the Uttar Pradesh Police, has come under scrutiny for listing unconventional pr...
23 Apr, 2024, 08.47 PM 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
NCRB data shows 42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on accidental deaths and suicides, 10,281 farmers committed suicide in 20...
01 Sep, 2020, 10.44 PM IST
Accidents, suicides claimed lives of 2,200 CAPF personnel in 2014-2018 periodIn 2018 alone, 104 CAPF personnel died in accidents while 28 in suicides, totalling 132 deaths during the year, the National Crime Records ...
19 Jan, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
Alarming gap between Lancet & NCRB suicide dataExperts mainly attribute the lower figures provided by NCRB to under-reporting and the fact that NCRB draws its data from First Information...
14 Sep, 2018, 08.46 AM IST
Delhi among worst cities in the country on rape crimes: NCRBAmong 53 large cities, the rate of these crimes was 73.9 for Gwalior and 59.5 for Delhi -the two cities ranking first and second in the hal...
11 Dec, 2014, 12.54 PM IST