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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On average, Delhi logged 88 weekly economic offences in 2023, top among UTs: NCRB reportDelhi reported 4,586 economic offences in 2023, the highest among Union Territories, averaging nearly 88 new cases weekly. Cheating and fra...
Over 10,700 people involved in farming committed suicide in 2023, 38 pc from Maharashtra: NCRBOver 10,700 individuals in India's farming sector died by suicide in 2023, with Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting the highest numbers. Th...
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Uttar Pradesh and Bihar top murder chartDelhi (1168) reported maximum numbers of rapes among the metropolitan cities in 2017. Disputes’ (7,898 cases) followed by ‘personal vendett...
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...
5,650 farmers, 6,750 agri labourers committed suicide in 2014As many as 5,650 farmers and 6,750 agricultural labourers committed suicides in 2014, according to National Crime Records Bureau report.
Assam tops 2012 list of custodial deaths in IndiaAndhra Pradesh came second in the category with five such cases, followed by Maharashtra with four deaths, as recorded by the national agen...