The rate of crimes against women is on the upswing constituting 18.9 per cent of the total IPC crimes in the country. The government data portrays a worrisome picture as the conviction rates for all crimes against women in the country stands at a dismal 26.3 per cent. This includes rape, molestation, cruelty by husbands and relatives, sexual harassment , kidnapping and abduction of women and girls and importation of girls.

After the nationwide furore over the brutal gangrape incident in the national capital, the Union home ministry has called a special meet with DGPs and chief secretaries of all states and UTs on January 4 to take stock of measures for safety of women across the country and the need to strengthen police response in such cases.

Jolted by the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old woman, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde has decided to conduct monthly review meetings with the Delhi police brass on the safety of women and prevailing law-and-order situation in the city.

The Union ministry of home affairs has decided to formalise a proposal suggesting the “death penalty” for those held guilty in the most brutal cases of rape.

The Union ministry of home affairs has decided to formalise a proposal suggesting “death penalty” for those held guilty in the most brutal cases of rape.

Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Monday that the need for Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice was “emphasised as being of paramount importance” as both countries move

Pakistan’s lie on Lashkar-e-Tayyaba patron and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed stands exposed as documents provided by Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik to the Union home ministry clearly show Islamabad never detained or arrested Saeed in the 26/11 terror attack case.

Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik, who continued to raise the issue of the Babri Masjid demolition on Saturday by claiming that its “fallout” was felt even in Pakistan, put a spanner in the peac

The Union home ministry has written letters to eight political parties of Andhra Pradesh formally inviting them for an all-party meet on the Telangana issue on December 28.

The government is all set to establish new Army bases in four major Naxal-afflicted states in a bid to prevent the CPI(Maoist) from having a free run in their so-called “liberated zones”.