The Supreme Court on Thursday said its direction to delete the 'caste' column apart from any caste reference in undertrials or convicts' registers in jails will not impede the collection of data by......
On a day when both the West Bengal government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moved the Calcutta high court for admission of their appeals seeking capital punishment for RG Kar......
On average, 49 sexual harassment cases were reported every day in 2022. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India has seen over 400 cases of sexual harassment at work every year since......
'Till a few years ago, girls wouldn't take an autorickshaw alone. Now, things have improved.' IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi holds a roadshow in Hisar, October 3, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo......
Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Illustration: Dominic......
The government has deferred the implementation of the proposal to make six airbags mandatory in passenger cars by one year to October 1, 2023, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari......
Expressing concern over frequent internet shutdown without any empirical study, a Parliamentary panel has pulled up the Department of Telecommunications for not maintaining the record of incidents......
The number of cybercrime incidents in 2021 has gone up by 18.4 per cent since 2019, but the number of such cases against women has risen at a significantly steeper 28 per cent, data released by the......
After a dip in 2020, the number of economic offences rose 19.4 per cent to 174,013 cases in 2021, according to the Crime in India report by the National Crime Records Bureau. Illustration: Uttam......
The states recording the highest number of such deaths include Karnataka (14.3 per cent), Maharashtra (13.2 per cent), and Madhya Pradesh (11.3 per cent). Tamil Nadu (9.4 per cent) and Telangana......