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States must work towards a Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat: Annpurna Devi
Devi pointed out the government’s sustained interventions, which have contributed to an improved sex ratio at birth, increased girls’ enrolment in...
Pak: Father forces minor girl to marry 72-year-old in Khyber...
16 Jun 2024 7:55 AM ISTHowever, the case has been registered against the girl's father, the 72-year-old man and the 'Nikkah Khwan' under the Child Marriage Act, according to...
To curb child marriage, Assam announces monthly stipend for girls...
12 Jun 2024 10:00 PM ISTAssam's 'Nijut Moina': Monthly stipends for girl students from class 11 to post-graduation, aiming to prevent child marriages
36-yr-old held under Pocso act for marriage and sexual assault
13 March 2024 3:30 AM ISTAccording to police, D Raja, resident from Chullankudi village near Elakurichi in Jayankondam was in love with the girl from the neighbourhood but the...
Pudhumai Penn effect: 7,400 minor marriages stopped
9 March 2024 7:00 AM ISTThe authorities have managed to stop as many as 7,486 marriages and initiated legal actions against the family members and relatives of 2,924 victims...
Stakeholders consult on 'child marriage free TN' by 2030
29 Feb 2024 11:12 PM ISTAs per TN government data, in the last three years, 7,640 girls were rescued from child marriage in TN. And, 1,178 rescued girls received skill...
Assam to bring UCC through 'front door', says Himanta
26 Feb 2024 5:45 PM ISTReplying to a discussion on ‘Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024’, Sarma claimed that the government was only trying to curb...
Will not let child marriages happen, says Assam CM
26 Feb 2024 4:30 PM ISTHe was speaking in the Assam Assembly on the issue of scrapping the much-old Assam Muslim Marriage Act