It points to a sharp rise in crimes against children in the last decade — an increase of 351 per cent between 2011 and 2021, says CRY...

Rate of crime (per lakh population) for rape highest in Rajasthan (16.4) followed by Chandigarh (13.3), Delhi (12.9), Haryana (12.3) and Arunachal Pradesh (11.1), according to NCRB...

Readers write in from Hoogly, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ujjain and Calcutta...

Majority of deaths due to two-wheeler accidents are reported in Tamil Nadu (8,259) and Uttar Pradesh (7,429)...

Mumbai also reported a high number of crimes against senior citizens (987)...

A total 19,952 cases under Section 498A, popularly called anti-dowry law which deal with violence against women by husbands and their relatives, were registered in the state last year...

According to the latest report, as many as 1,55,622 people lost their lives due to road accidents in 2021...

Mumbai and Bangalore accounted for 12.76 per cent and 7.2 per cent of total crimes in 19 cities, respectively...

The rate of suicides has increased by 6.2 per cent...

Civil societies play caregivers for mental health patients in India that fares poorly in the domain with women being the acute sufferers due to the stigma associated with it ...