Month: August 2022

Experts, however, expressed apprehension over Kolkata’s dwindling crime numbers in the report. Kolkata: Kolkata has topped the list of cities with the least number of cognisable offences per lakh of its population, making the metropolis the safest city of India in 2021, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The city scored […]

Kolkata: The National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) annual report — ‘Crime in India 2021’ — released recently shows the number of crimes against women has dropped both in Kolkata as well as the rest of the state. Bengal has seen cases dipping from 36,439 in 2020 to 35,864 last year. In Kolkata, the dip is […]

 Kolkata has topped the list of cities with the least number of cognisable offences per lakh of its population, making the metropolis the safest city of India in 2021, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The city scored 103.4 per 1-lakh people in terms of the number of cognisable offences, marching […]

By PTI KOLKATA: Kolkata has topped the list of cities with the least number of cognisable offences per lakh of its population, making the metropolis the safest city of India in 2021, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The city scored 103.4 per 1-lakh people in terms of the number of […]

Rich and poor, Hindu and Muslim, joy and anguish, books reveal the many facets of a city of opposites    Rich and poor, Hindu and Muslim, joy and anguish, books reveal the many facets of a city of opposites    People of this city are used to the extreme reactions she provokes. One day, she […]

Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS): The Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed Maneka Gambhir, sister-in-law of Trinamool Congress’s national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, to appear for questioning at the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Kolkata office instead of its New Delhi office. Earlier, the ED had summoned Gambhir at its Delhi office on September 5 for questioning on […]

Representative Image Photo : PTI Kolkata: According to the newly released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report for the year, Kolkata emerged as the safest city in 2021, making it the second year in a row. This is due to the low number of cognisable offences reported per lakh of its population. Depending on how […]

According to latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, Kolkata reported the least number of rape cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India last year. The West Bengal capital reported 11 cases of rape in 2021. Kolkata was also among the cities where no attempt-to-rape cases were registered. Kolkata had reported 14 rape cases in […]