-The Business Standard We have built city roads only for cars to move. Cars rule the road I write this column from my bed, recovering from an accident that broke my bones. I was hit by a speeding car while cycling. The driver fled the scene of the accident in the car, leaving me bleeding on the road. This is what happens again and again, in every city of our country, on...
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Man beaten to death for protesting noisy firecrackers in West Bengal -Sayantan Bera
-Down to Earth Disabled youth on wheelchair severely thrashed in Kolkata; police arrest over 1,600 people for violating noise rules, unruly behaviour Pintu Biswas is the seventh person to die in West Bengal since 1997 for protesting against noisy firecrackers Last Saturday, the night of Kali Puja, was witness to the gruesome murder of a 40-year-old trader, Pintu Biswas, as he protested the bursting of noisy chocolate bombs outside his house. The incident...
More »145 Odisha Officials Dismissed Over Corruption in 5 Yrs
-Outlook Bhubaneswar: As many as 145 government officials were dismissed and 424 others convicted in corruption charges in Odisha in last five years after being booked by vigilance department. This was stated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while addressing the Vigilance Awareness Week celebration today. "The continued emphasis on effective prosecution in Courts has started yielding dividends, and I am happy to learn that conviction percentage in vigilance cases has reached a record...
More »India has 414 death row convicts: National Crime Records Bureau -Ch Sushil Rao
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: There are as many as 414 death row convicts in jails across the country. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has reported that there as are many as 106 death penalty convicts are in jails in Uttar Pradesh. Those on the death row in other states include 63 in Karnataka, 51 in Maharashtra, 42 in Bihar, 27 in Delhi, 19 in Gujarat, 16 in Punjab, 14...
More »Bihar not alone in denying justice to dalits -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The recent acquittal of all accused in the Laxmanpur Bathe massacre case is not an isolated example of justice denied to dalits. In terms of conviction rate in cases of crimes against Scheduled Castes, the national average is quite disappointing, with Bihar among the bottom rankers. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, while the national conviction rate for overall IPC crimes stood at...
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