-The Hindu Sixteen Indians died in road accidents every hour in 2014, a quarter of them on two-wheelers, and a majority of them as a result of overspeeding or reckless overtaking, new official data show. Tamil Nadu, and Chennai in particular, have high levels of road fatalities. The National Crime Records Bureau’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report for 2014 was released late on Friday. The numbers show a slight increase...
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In Maharashtra, suicide figures shoot through the roof -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Farmer suicides in Maharashtra are intensifying with as many as 1,088 cases reported in 2015 by the end of May. This is almost twice the figure reported just two months ago. Between January and March, the state government had reported 601 cases. The suicide rate had already begun climbing steeply with the onset of the drought last year which destroyed large swathes of crops. The unseasonal rain...
More »‘Legal Friends’ Fight Gender Violence in Rural India -Stella Paul
-IPS News BETUL, India- Mamta Bai, 36, distinctly remembers the first time the police came to her village: it was December 2014 and her neighbour, Purva Bai, had just been beaten unconscious by her alcoholic husband, prompting Mamta to make a distress call to the nearest station. Once in the neighborhood, policemen pulled the abusive husband out of his home and asked the village women if they wanted him to be arrested. “Yes,”...
More »73% of Indian cops get no weekly off: Study -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: If a police officer in your area doesn't work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said. The study, 'National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations', carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than...
More »Rural stress affects farmers even in prosperous states -Mayank Mishra
-Business Standard Greater adoption of cash crops combined with a collapse in the prices of agri-commodities has led farmers to the brink in major agricultural areas According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data, nearly 64 per cent of all farmer suicides in the country in 2013 took place in the four states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, raising the question: why is rural stress resulting in farmer suicides...
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