During a heated second hearing of Supreme Court’s suo moto case concerning the rape and murder of a trainee doctor inside Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, cops, WB State in the line of apex court’s fire.

BY Avantika Mehta 22 August 2024

Already vulnerable, India’s transgender citizens are assaulted or ignored by the very institutions meant to serve and protect them

BY Avantika Mehta 16 August 2024

Neither light, nor outside air reaches the women trapped in Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya centres across India. Their guru is charged with human trafficking, but many remain

BY Avantika Mehta 25 July 2024

In 2017, based on complaints from neighbours, DCW began investigating the Delhi-based ashrams of Virender Dev Dixit which led to shocking revelations.

BY Avantika Mehta 22 July 2024

The new criminal code offers no legal protection to the LGBT+ community from sexual violence

BY Avantika Mehta 1 July 2024

While authorities lay blame on human error, The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has a different consideration of India’s railway accidents

BY Avantika Mehta 22 June 2024