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World

Bill introduced in Iraq parliament to lower marriage age for girls to...

A controversial bill that proposes to lower the age for marriage for both women and men has been introduced in the Iraq...

10 Aug 2024 10:07 AM GMT

Crime

Minor Girl Saved from Forced Marriage in Kurnool

Harmony Foundation, aided by police intervention, prevents the forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl in Kurnool district

18 July 2024 3:24 PM GMT

Nation

Eight held in Assam's Karimganj for solemnising child marriage

Guwahati: Continuing its drive against child marriage, the Assam police on Wednesday arrested a Kazi (marriage...

22 May 2024 1:15 PM GMT

Nation

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

Nation

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

Nation

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

Opinion

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Using stick isn’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

Nation

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

Nation

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

Nation

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

Nation

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

Opinion

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