Rather than stricter provisions, enforce the current law, be sensitive to victims, and ensure certainty of punishment read more

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on missing children for 2016 --- the last available record --- reports higher number of missing children (63,407) than what is estimated through the WCD ministry’s child tracking website. read more

According to the information police gathered from the villagers, about a dozen people forcibly entered the houses of three families in the village and dragged them out near the village Anganwadi Centre, where they were beaten brutally with sticks and... read more

The technology, which the NCRB is keen to use, is ineffective and discriminatory. Reconsider it read more

The Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) will only be used for identifying criminals, missing children and unidentified dead bodies, two officials of the Union home ministry said on Thursday. read more

The NCRB and the ministry officials will build a data bank on instances and cases listed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, to find correlations and other specifics as part of the plan. read more

Scrapping the sedition law was one of the key poll promises of the Congress party and figured in the party’s manifesto as well. The Prime Minister had in his election campaign severely criticised the Congress and questioned its intention over this. read more

ROAD TO RUIN: As per the NCRB data, 3,670 people ended their lives due to drug and alcohol addiction across the country in 2015. read more

Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai said that the Centre had issued advisories to states on July 4 last year, to keep a watch on the circulation of fake news which can incite violence. read more

Statistics suggest that while there has been an increase in the cases of sexual assault on children, the conviction rate has remained low and the number of people who were out on bail while being tried under Pocso increased. read more

Women, especially those who are empowered, cannot have it both ways. They cannot be victims, however hurtful it may be to realise that the men they invested in are cads read more

Six rapes and multiple molestations are reported in Delhi every day, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2016. read more

Delhi Police data shows that last year, till November 15, 919 cases of child rapes were reported in the city. In 2017, the figure stood at 921. The cases of molestation and abuse were much higher. read more

According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, in 2016, of the 1,863 firearms recovered in Haryana, 1,799 were countrymade weapons (crude\/ improvised). read more

From 2010 to 2014, NCRB recorded 80,904 suicides in Maharashtra, of which 8,009 were farmers. read more