-The Hindu The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics for 2011 said Bangalore ranks fourth among cities of the country in recorded rape cases. The city accounted for 3.8 per cent of the reported cases in the country. When all crimes against women were considered, Bangalore went up a couple of notches to occupy the second place. The latest reports of gang rape — on three women, which came within a week...
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Four women raped every day in A.P, says data -Swathi V
-The Hindu While the whole nation is shocked by the news of 15 rape incidents in Haryana in the past one month, our own State, which outdoes it by many times, is basking in the shadow of relative anonymity. If one is to be outraged by numbers, there are more outrageous numbers here in the State, with incidents of rape committed against Dalits and Adivasis themselves amounting to 14 per month! According to...
More »Safety of children in UP, MP, Delhi a concern: Report -Priyanka Kotamraju
-The Indian Express If the latest report on status of children by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is any indication, then the fate of children in India is grim. While child sex-ratios have dipped and child labour continues to be a problem, the report states that crime against children have scaled up with no end in sight to the plight of girl child. The report, Children in India 2012 -...
More »Feticide claimed 3 million in the last decade: Govt -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India India's love for a male child has led to cold-blooded murder of three million girl children over the last decade. By government's own admission, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation in its latest report on state of children says three million girl children have gone missing in 2011 compared to 2001. Even as the world celebrates the maiden " International Day of the Girl Child", India doesn't seem...
More »Crime against children up by 24% in 2010-11 -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India India is fast earning the label of a country unsafe for children, with an alarming 24% increase in crimes against children in 2011 compared to the previous year. Nearly 33,100 cases were reported in 2011 against 26,694 cases in 2010. Uttar Pradesh accounted for 16.6% of total crimes against children in 2011, followed by Madhya Pradesh (13.2%), Delhi (12.8%), Maharashtra (10.2%), Bihar (6.7%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.7%). Maharashtra accounted...
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