Serious crime dips across nation but Capital still most unsafe for women, kids
Delhi remained the most unsafe city for women and children in 2015 but nationwide, serious crime dipped by a significant 5%.
By Aloke Tikku | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 31, 2016 09:40 AM IST
Delhi remained the most unsafe city for women and children in 2015, but serious crime nationwide dipped by a significant 5%.
The national crime statistics released on Tuesday reveal that there were fewer murders, rapes and robberies across the country in 2015 as compared to the previous year. The national capital, however, wasn’t getting any safer.
Delhi, along with Maharashtra, was among the few states where rapes showed no sign of a decline.
The increase in rapes was 4% in the Capital. But this is already a city where women are four times more likely to be raped than, on average, anywhere else in the country.
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Across the country, murders (32,127 in 2015), rapes (34,651) and robberies (36,188) declined by an average of around 5% as compared to the previous year. Overall, crimes against women decreased from 3.37 lakh cases in 2014 to 3.27 lakh. Crimes where children were the victims went up from 89,000 to 94,000.
It is rare for crime figures to come down, particularly when police forces are short of boots on the ground. And the endlessly long trials ensure that stiff jail terms stipulated in the law are hardly a deterrent.
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PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 05:09 AM IST
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PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 04:47 AM IST
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By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 04:42 AM IST
The BJP – which leads all three municipal corporations in the capital -- dismissed the allegations as “baseless” and said the money assured by the AAP government is not even one-third of what it actually owes the MCDs for the third quarter of the financial year 2020-21.
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UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 04:20 AM IST
Staff and technicians at Lok Nayak hospital worked till late evening on Friday to ensure that the vaccination drive on Saturday goes without a hitch. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will flag off the vaccination drive from the hospital at 12 noon.
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UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 04:08 AM IST
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HC asks Delhi MCDs to list non-essential expenses
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The court on Friday said employees are being denied their fundamental right of receiving salaries, a move that would affect the quality of life of the workers, as well as those dependent on them.
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Nod for protest can’t be given as prohibitory orders in place, police inform HC
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2021 03:40 AM IST
The police also said their commissioner had taken out a standing order in 2018 with respect to the protests at important places in accordance to the orders passed by the Supreme Court.