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Dip in sedition FIRs, rise in UAPA cases pending probe: NCRB data

Sedition cases saw a dip across India last year, declining from 76 FIRs in 2021 to 20 cases in 2022, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s latest annual report released on Sunday. With five FIRs, West Bengal saw the highest number of these cases, followed by three each in…

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Highest cases of sexual violence make Delhi most unsafe for women

Delhi is the most unsafe metropolitan city for women, recording 3 rape cases daily on avg. It recorded 14,158 incidents of crime against women in 2022, with 186.9 crimes per 1,00,000 women. Police are conducting awareness drives & self-defence training camps to reduce unreported cases & increase reporting. Cyber crime…

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‘It’s no better than Delhi’: Women in Rajasthan on Gehlot govt, safety in public

Crimes against women, including cases of rape, have emerged as one of the biggest election issues in Rajasthan. The state recorded the highest incidents of rape, as per the latest NCRB data. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his lieutenants have also targeted the Ashok Gehlot government over the rampant crime…

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Why will police stations install DNA systems? | Explained

CrPI Act passed in April 2022 enables police to collect, store & analyse physical/biological samples. NCRB preparing guidelines & SOPs to implement. DNA samples & facial-recognition tech to be rolled out in 1,300 locations.

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Centre to roll out DNA, face matching systems at police stations across country

More than a year it was passed by parliament, provisions of the after the Criminal Procedure Identification Act are yet to be implemented entirely on the ground.

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Modi government crushed hopes of youth, leading to suicides: Congress

Congress attacks Modi government over unemployment; alleges manipulation of NCRB data. Congress claims data from EPFO, Azim Premji University and CMIE show formal sector employment down and PM's rozgar melas a "mockery" of government functioning.

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Explained | Counting deaths in India’s prisons

The Hindu explains deaths in prisons, the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’ deaths and why courts and experts think this classification is vague.

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The blind spots in India’s ‘missing women’ calculations

More than 13.13 lakh girls and women went missing in the country in the three years between 2019 and 2021, the government informed the Parliament recently. The Hindu explains how the NCRB defines ‘missing’ women and why experts think the figure misrepresents the crisis.

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Kota: District administration stays tests, coaching exams for 2 months after NEET aspirant kills self

Amid rising suicide cases among students in Rajasthan's Kota, the district administration has issued directions staying tests and examinations at coaching centres for two months with immediate effect. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Andhra Pradesh DGP brushes aside talk on ‘missing women’, urges political leaders to check facts

Director-General of Police K.V. Rajendranath Reddy brushed aside the talk by a section of politicians that 30,000 women have gone missing in Andhra Pradesh and appealed to them to check the facts. Addressing the media after a crime review meeting with the officials of Kadapa and Annamayya districts here on…

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Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?

As the world celebrated United Nations World Day Against Child Labour 2023 on June 12, we took a look at what measures India has taken to prevent the trafficking of children and forced child labour

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Blaming technology for deaths by suicide is misguided

It takes the focus away from a comprehensive understanding of the issue

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West Bengal Government retracts RTI reply on farmer suicides

Earlier it had said 122 farmers had committed suicide in a single district in the State

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Explained | Rules for identifying criminals

What do the recently notified rules of the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 state? Is there scope for misuse?

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122 farmer suicides in a single district in WB in 2021, reveals RTI query

In contrast, State Government has been maintaining that there were no deaths by suicide in agricultural sector; NCRB data also concur

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Fast and furious: T.N. road saga

Chennai was the only city to cross the 5,000-mark in road accidents last year among over 50 metros analysed, according to the National Crime Records Bureau data. With close to 1,000 lives lost and over 5,000 injured in 2021, Tamil Nadu’s capital topped many undesirable lists as far as road…

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Rear guard action: on car accident-related deaths

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Preventive detentions in 2021 up by 23.7% compared to year before

Number of people in custody or still detained at the end of the year highest since 2017

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Data | In 2021, over 1.5 lakh died in road accidents, most were young men speeding on two-wheelers

A median road accident victim is a male aged between 18 and 45 who drives a two-wheeler and carelessly drives or overtakes other vehicles or is speeding

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Assam records most violent crimes: NCRB data

Assam police attributed the crime rate to the high reporting and registration of cases, especially in crimes against women.

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Crimes against women in Jammu & Kashmir go up by 15.62% in one year; more than 7,000 accused arrested: NCRB

“The conviction rate remained low as only 95 people were awarded sentences, while cases under investigation touched 6,275 by the end of last year, the National Crime Records Bureau said in its latest report.

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India lodged more than 5,100 offences against State in 2021; 8,600 pending investigations: Government data

“The maximum cases under the broader ‘offences against the State’ category were lodged in Uttar Pradesh with 1,862 cases in 2021, down from 2,217 in 2020 and 2,107 in 2019,” the report stated.

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India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data

Among states, Rajasthan (6,337) was on top of the list followed by Madhya Pradesh (2,947), Maharashtra (2,496) and Uttar Pradesh (2,845), while Delhi recorded 1,250 rape cases in 2021.

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Average 82 murders a day, 11 kidnappings, abduction every hour in India in 2021: NCRB data

Murder rate highest in Jharkhand; Delhi tops in kidnapping

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Nearly 60% of fake money seized in 2021 were of ₹2,000 denomination: NCRB

Post-2016, there has been an increase in seizure of fake money, data reveal

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