National Crime Records Bureau
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Over 13 lakh girls, women went missing in India between 2019-2021, says Home Ministry data
India | Jul 30, 2023, 06:33 PM ISTIn Madhya Pradesh, around 1,60,180 women and 38,234 girls went missing between 2019 and 2021, according to the data provided to Parliament.
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Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases
India | Oct 29, 2021, 02:10 PM ISTSuicide rate (per lakh population) also increased from 10.4 in 2019 to 11.3 last year, NCRB, which functions under Ministry of Home Affairs stated.
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Crime against women down by over 21% in cities: NCRB report
India | Sep 15, 2021, 02:08 PM ISTAs per the data, a total of 35,331 cases of crime against women were registered in 2020 whereas the number of cases in 2019 was 44,783, showing a decrease of 21.1 pc.
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About 9% of cases on harassment of women false: Govt
National | May 13, 2015, 05:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: About nine per cent of cases of cruelty or harrassment of women registered in 2013, were false or bad in law, Rajya Sabha was informed today.However, “there is no direct evidence or study
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Traffic violations to attract steeper fines; half-baked, say experts
India | Apr 10, 2015, 01:27 PM ISTNew Delhi:Dangerous driving that causes the death of a child would now attract a penalty of Rs.50,000 ($805) as well as imprisonment under proposed legislation that suggests an over 40 percent increase in existing fines
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135 farmer suicide cases in 58 days from Aurangabad division in Maharashtra
India | Mar 13, 2015, 07:13 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra has reported 135 cases of farmers' suicide in the Aurangabad division during a short period of the first 58 days in 2015 due to successive natural calamities and scarcity situation.In a written reply
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Equality still a far cry for Indian women, say activists
India | Mar 05, 2015, 12:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Despite several success stories, Indian women continue to be bogged down by the dual problems of violence and denial of access to resources, remaining largely deprived of the coveted status of "equality", activists
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132 per cent increase in cases of attack on women by juveniles
India | Aug 18, 2014, 03:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Assault by juveniles on woman to outrage her modesty saw a 132 per cent increase and rapes committed by juveniles witnessed an increase of 60.3 per cent last year.The report of the National
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Crimes against women in Bengal have dipped: NCRB
India | Jul 02, 2014, 07:05 PM ISTKolkata: The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report that said incidents of crimes against women have dipped in West Bengal came as a respite for the state government facing flak over Trinamool Congress MP
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15 Suicides An Hour In India, Says National Crime Records Bureau
India | Oct 28, 2011, 04:53 PM ISTNew delhi, Oct 28: Ram Babu's last days were typical in India's growing rash of suicides.The poor farmer's crop failed and he defaulted on the $6,000 loan he had taken to buy a tractor. The