-The Hindu Over 3,000 of the 2.8 lakh have been behind bars for more than five years Two of every three persons incarcerated in India have not yet been convicted of any crime, and Muslims are over-represented among such undertrials, new official data show. Despite repeated Supreme Court orders on the rights of undertrials, the jails are filling ever faster with them, shows Prisons Statistics for 2013 released by the National Crime Records...
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Home most unsafe place for women -Abhinav Garg
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Over 60% offences of rape, Molestation and 'eve teasing' (sexual harassment) recorded across Delhi till mid-September occurred inside the house and the accused were known to the survivors. A unique court-ordered study by Delhi Police of 44 police stations throughout the capital has revealed that women are most unsafe at home with their relatives or acquaintances. The report on police's "analysis and conclusions" was submitted as...
More »Crimes Against Women Confined to Pockets of Delhi: HC
-Outlook The Delhi High Court today said crimes against women in the national capital occur more often in a few "pockets" of the city, particularly areas which have undergone rapid urbanisation. A bench of acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice S Mridul made the remarks after going through the crime-mapping charts and tables submitted by Delhi Police pursuant to the court's order to undertake the exercise. "On going through the charts...
More »Murders, accidents dipped in Delhi in 2013, police commissioner BS Bassi says -Raj Shekhar
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Here's a good note on which to start the New Year. Fewer people were killed in Delhi in 2013. The number of murders, a prime indicator of the crime situation in a city, dropped. So did the number of accidents, Delhi police commissioner B S Bassi announced in a press conference on Friday. A total of 487 people were murdered in the city last year, compared...
More »Rs 1,000 crore Nirbhaya fund remains untouched -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It has been a year since Nirbhaya shook the country's conscience with her courage in the face of the brutal gang-rape on the night of December 16. However, the government is yet to shake off its lethargy and has not spent a rupee from the much-touted Rs 1,000-crore Nirbhaya fund. The fund was announced by the Centre with much fanfare in the Union Budget earlier this...
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