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Plea in Delhi high court to use Aadhaar biometrics to identify unnamed dead bodies
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON NOV 11, 2018 05:07 PM IST
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the Centre and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to utilise Aadhaar biometrics to identify unnamed dead bodies.
Lifting the time bar will act as a deterrent to sexual abusers
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON OCT 17, 2018 06:58 PM IST
This is in keeping with the opinion of the WCD ministry that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, does not lay down a time limit. It adds clarity to the Act which was earlier somewhat ambiguous.
Out of every 10 children going missing in Delhi 6 remain untraced: Report
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON SEP 25, 2018 07:27 PM IST
As many as 26,761 children went missing in Delhi in the last five years, and of them only 9,727 could be traced, the report titled ‘Missing Children In Delhi 2018’ stated.
30,000 shelter home children under watch, Aadhaar cards linked to Track Child portal
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2018 11:51 AM IST
Track Child functions as a central database of all those children who have gone missing in different parts of the country
Govt will try to share Aadhar data with police for crime solving
Press Trust of India, Hyderabad | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 22, 2018 08:43 AM IST
Hansraj Ahir was responding to a specific suggestion made by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Director Ish Kumar at the event that limited access to Aadhaar data was needed to be given to police for the purposes.
Was targeted and humiliated in the BJD: Baijayant Panda
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji
UPDATED ON JUN 22, 2018 10:11 AM IST
Baijayant Panda resigned from the BJD last month. In January this year, the party suspended Panda from its membership for alleged “anti-party activities”.
Home ministry creates new division to address issues of women security
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 25, 2018 08:57 PM IST
A home ministry statement said the division would deal with all aspects of women safety in coordination with the relevant ministries, departments and the state governments.
Reforms to free crowded state prisons of undertrials
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Shalaka Shinde
UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2018 03:36 PM IST
Five-member committee to look at issues ranging from over-crowding in prisons to absence of sound legal aide for undertrials.
12-year-old gangraped in Jharkhand when she went to attend nature’s call
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By Sanjoy Dey, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 07, 2018 06:19 PM IST
Hospital authorities said tests were being done to determine if the girl suffered any internal injury.
Maharashtra plans law to encourage intercaste/inter-religion marriages
Press Trust of India, Mumbai | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 06, 2018 03:49 PM IST
The law will focus on giving protection to such couples, in the backdrop of instances of honour killing, and also ensure that the child born out of wedlock receives reservation benefits if either of the parents belong to a backward caste.
MP minister blames porn sites for fuelling rapes, asks Centre to take steps
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Ranjan
UPDATED ON APR 23, 2018 11:35 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh says existing laws have not effective in checking the growth of pornographic sites.
Congress attacks PM Modi for ‘silence’ over Unnao rape case
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2018 03:54 PM IST
Congress leader Kapil Sibal asks PM to observe fast over rape incidents, seeks arrest of rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
SC/ST Act is like an umbrella, it ensures we are safe, say Mirchpur Dalits
Hindustan Times, Mirchpur, Hisar | By Niha Masih
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2018 02:55 PM IST
Despite a rare, legal victory, Dalits of Mirchpur are back on the streets — to fight for the SC/ST Act that helped them win a case seven years ago.
Make Mumbai safer, fix the criminal justice system
Hindustan Times | By Smruti Koppikar, Mumbai
UPDATED ON MAR 29, 2018 12:18 AM IST
The crime rate for assault on women was 25.6 per lakh people compared to the average of 19.3 for metro cities, in the NCRB report.
5 years of Dec 16 gangrape: Myopic reading of crime records likely to overshadow finer points, positive trends
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Roshan Kishore
UPDATED ON AUG 21, 2019 11:54 AM IST
The increase in numbers might be a result of better reporting and recording of crime by sufferers and police.