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Which city recorded the highest number of road accidents in India?

Delhi, the national capital, recorded the maximum number of road accidents in the country in 2022, resulting in the deaths of 1,412 people

Cruelty by husband, kidnapping & more: How crimes against women are on the rise again in India

The NCRB report indicates a four per cent rise in crimes against women, with 4,45,256 cases reported in 2022. Most of the cases were related to cruelty by husband (31.4 per cent) followed by kidnapping (19.2 per cent), assaults with intent to outrage modesty (18.7 per cent), and rape (7.1 per cent)

How many people were murdered in India in 2022? Which state tops the list?

India reported a total of 28,522 murder cases in 2022, indicating a slight decrease from the previous years. The primary motives behind these cases were disputes, personal vendetta or enmity, and gain

Supreme Court criminalising sex with minor wife ends conflict in rules, but verdict is too simplistic for a complex problem

Supreme Court order criminalising sex with minor wife ends conflict in rules on child abuse and child marriage, but it also makes sexually active adolescents vulnerable

Cyrus Mistry’s death brings back focus on fatal road accidents in India

According to NCRB data released recently, over 1.55 lakh people were killed in road crashes across India in 2021 – the highest death figures recorded in such accidents in any calendar year so far

Cybercrimes in India sees 5% hike in 2021, online fraud tops list, says govt data

The charge-sheeting rate in cybercrime cases in 2021 was recorded at 33.8, the report showed, suggesting that the police probe was completed only in one-third of the cases registered across the country

Over 47,000 POCSO cases were registered in 2020, 1.7 lakh cases pending trial: Govt tells Lok Sabha

According to the information received from the National Crime Records Bureau, 47,221 POCSO cases were registered in 2020 and 1,70,271 cases were pending trial by the end of the year

Indian prisons need gender-sensitive reform as women inmates face double marginalisation

It is only when we acknowledge this double marginalisation of women and address it differentially, that we will be able to bring a gender-sensitive prison reform

Mamata Banerjee forgets West Bengal leads in political murders, ahead of UP, Gujarat, MP, Bihar

As per crime statistics maintained by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), West Bengal accounts for the maximum number of people killed under political murders

Explained: The row in Parliament over the new bill that lets police take bio samples of accused

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, seeking to replace The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, permits authorities to collect biometric data along with 'physical and biological samples' of convicts, and those arrested or detained