Baghpat has a low sex ratio, and women from other states--many who are trafficked--are married off to men here, face several forms of abuse.

Kolkata is reeling from the shocking rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College, exposing the urgent need for systemic reforms and legislation to protect doctors from violence.

India's laws on rape, rooted in antiquated principles, continue to exempt marital rape from criminalisation, leaving millions of married women vulnerable to sexual violence by their spouses.