Crime in India Current Affairs, GK & News

NCRB data: Crime decreased; clashes increased in year of lockdown

September 17, 2021

National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) released its report titled “Crime in India”. According to the report, the year of lockdown (2020) witnessed lesser traditional crimes like against women & children but more of civil conflicts. Key findings of the report Communal Riots: It registered an increase of 96% in 2020 as compared to 2019. Caste ..

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Delhi: Crime against women rose by 63.3%, so far in 2021

July 8, 2021

Data shared by Delhi Police shows that, Crime against women in Capital has increased by 63.3% in first six months of 2021 against the crime rate in 2020. Key Findings As per data, rape cases have increase from 580 in June 2020 to 833 in 2021, accounting for an increase of 43%. Molestation cases have ..

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Maharashtra records highest number of missing women in past 3 years

February 11, 2020

According to the latest study by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Maharashtra records the highest number of missing women in the last three years, followed by West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. NCRB compiled this data on missing children and women, on the directions of the Supreme Court. The study was based on the annual ‘Crime ..

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Uttar Pradesh registers highest number of crimes against women, as per Crime in India Report 2017

October 22, 2019

The annual Crime in India Report 2017 has recently published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The statistics highlight the poor law and order situation in the country with 3.59 lakh cases of crime reported against women in 2017. Uttar Pradesh recorded the maximum number of crimes against women with 56,011 cases in 2017, ..

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India classifies Dawood, Azhar, Saeed as Individual Terrorists under UAPA

September 5, 2019

The Indian Government has classified several dreaded terrorists like Masood Azhar, Dawood Ibrahim, and Hafiz Saeed as individual terrorists under the UAPA Act. This decision was taken nearly a month after the Indian Parliament allowed this crucial amendment to the UAPA law. What has happened? The Indian Union Government has declared Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed ..

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