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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma speaking at a conclave in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Saturday. (Image: DC)

Himanta Biswa Sarma Vows to End Child Marriage in Assam

Assam Chief Minister pledges to abolish child marriage, faces opposition in assembly.

26 Feb 2024 1:06 PM GMT

Another Underage Girl Married Under Kalyana Lakshmi

Another Underage Girl Married Under Kalyana Lakshmi

Hyderabad: Officials in Medak district found another case of a minor girl being married off under the state...

19 July 2023 6:30 PM GMT

Police searching for absconding child marriage couple

Police searching for absconding child marriage couple

NIZAMABAD: A 45-year-old man married a 13-year-old girl in Abbapur (B) thanda in Navipet mandal has absconded after...

9 July 2023 9:02 PM GMT

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses the media, at the state secretariat in Guwahati, Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Using stick isnâ€™t the way to deter child...

On the face of it, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is fighting the good fight against the social evil of child...

9 Feb 2023 7:06 PM GMT

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses the media, at the state secretariat in Guwahati, Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Men marrying girls aged below 14 years in Assam to be booked under...

The major reason for the high maternal and infant mortality rate in the state is child marriage, Assam CM said

24 Jan 2023 7:53 AM GMT

Around 27 per cent of women in Telangana get married before the legal minimum age of 18 years. (Representational image)

Jharkhand records country-'s highest percentage of child marriage...

The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand

8 Oct 2022 5:45 AM GMT

The lady officer, Ms Kala, had taken the child to a police station and filed a complaint under Section 10 and 11 of the Child Marri-ages Prevention Act.

Alipiri police books registrar, three others in child marriage case

The complainants alleged that the registrar Radhe Shyam got his 17-year-old son married to an 11-year-old girl in...

27 May 2022 6:16 PM GMT

Around 27 per cent of women in Telangana get married before the legal minimum age of 18 years. (Representational image)

Child marriages remain a bane for Telangana girls

The NFHS report states that 18 per cent of women reported that their husband was related to them by blood

19 May 2022 1:42 AM GMT

The bill, as it stands now, states that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event .

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil...

Ironically, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had once publicly pushed the cause of early marriages

23 Sep 2021 6:05 PM GMT

Statistics reveal there are 90,000 widows and about 50,000 households headed by women in Sri Lanka after 26 years of violence, with no support and no resources. The study says they are vulnerable to sexual violence. (Representational image)

Cabbages & Kings: Protect women just like you protect cows!

India, my brothers and sisters, is top of the list. It's the most dangerous country in the world for women.

30 Jun 2018 2:25 AM GMT

District child protection officers, who double up as child marriage prevention officers, have been ordered to initiate strict penal proceedings against parents pushing girls below 18 years into marriage. (Representational image)

Dev 360: End child marriages to build a real new India'

Now the Supreme Court has rightly taken away the fig leaf of tradition to conceal a barbaric practice.

13 Oct 2017 6:57 PM GMT