-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The NCRB data projects the national capital as crime hub when compared to 18 other metropolitan cities, however, Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik feels otherwise. Speaking to TOI, Patnaik said, "We have free and fair registration of crime due to which our numbers look so high. Also, over the past two years, we have facilitated online registration of property and motor vehicles-related crime, which form a...
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Uttar Pradesh tops the list on crimes against women in 2016 -Shaswati Das
-Livemint.com Uttar Pradesh recorded 14.5% of the total cases of crimes against women, it accounted for 12.4% of the total number of rape cases, shows NCRB data New Delhi: Led by Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the incidence of rape registered a sharp increase in India in 2016—part of a general spike in crimes against women, according to annual figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Thursday. Rape cases shot...
More »Uttar Pradesh Tops Crime List, Delhi Least Safe Among Metros: NCRB Data
-News18.com Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala figured at the top of the crime data for 2016 released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh topped the crime stats for 2016, accounting for 9.5% of the total crimes committed in the country, showed data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh was followed by Madhya Pradesh (8.9%), Maharashtra (8.8%) and Kerala (8.7%). Here’s...
More »Puri defies economists, says Delhi Metro woes not due to fares -Jasmine Shah
-The Indian Express DMRC and Union minister for urban development Hardeep Singh Puri are right that the daily ridership of Delhi Metro hasn’t declined by 3 lakhs due to fare hike. It has declined by 4.8 lakhs. Economists are frequent targets of ridicule by politicians for failing to predict crises or having vastly differing opinions of major economic events (e.g. demonetisation). But all economists agree on one fundamental tenet — demand reduces...
More »Delhi Metro ridership falls by 3.2 lakh during fare-hike month
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro witnessed a massive dip of more than three lakh in daily ridership in October this year as compared with the previous month. This is the steepest month-to-month fall in Metro ridership ever and appears to be linked to the fare hike in October. On October 10, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) implemented the second phase of fare hike after the first round of...
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