-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Crimes like rape, abduction and abandonment of children have recorded a sharp spike in the state in the last couple of years. Data recently released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) highlights more than 70% rise in rape and abduction of minors, while there has been a jump of over 40% in cases of desertion. According to the report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 'Crime...
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High Time Odhisha adopted rural housing policy-Manas Jena
-The Pioneer Bhubaneswar: Home is an integral part of life and determinant of standard of living and progress of society. Rural Odisha witnesses a very poor standard of habitation and lack of proper housing for lakhs of poor people who are dreaming of a house of their own to live with dignity. Socio-cultural barriers, landlessness and lack of credit for housing are some of the major reasons which deprive rural poor of...
More »India women activists remind Modi of promises-Betwa Sharma
-Al Jazeera Activists and feminists seek implementation of law to check violence against women as new government is sworn in. New Delhi - Two days after Narendra Modi emerged victorious in India's national elections, Kiran battled the heat and crowd to see the man she had voted for in the ancient city of Varanasi. Modi, a leader of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, who took oath as the prime minister of India on...
More »526,000 internally displaced in India: UN-backed report
-PTI The report said conditions in displacement camps remain dire across the country The United Nations: India at the end of last year had about 526,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), uprooted from their homes due to communal violence and armed conflict, according to a new UN-backed report. "India continued to experience new and protracted displacement during 2013 as a result of communal violence and armed conflict with a total of at least 526,000...
More »Gujarat worse than neighbours in dalit justice
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Gujarat fares poorly when it comes to dispensation of justice to dalits in atrocity cases. Its neighbours Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh fare much better. Data released by NGO, Navsarjan Trust, on Monday showed that the conviction rate in atrocity cases in Gujarat is as low as 7.8%. According to the data received by the NGO through RTI, 8,884 cases of atrocity were registered in the state...
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