![]() | 2,278 arrested in three days in Assam's child marriage crackdownChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on Saturday asserted that the drive against child marriage will continue till the next assembly elections in 2026. |
![]() | Assam Police arrests 1,800 people in massive crackdown on child marriagePolice have registered 4,004 cases of child marriage in less than a fortnight, with the arrest of offenders and a simultaneous launch of an extensive awareness campaign. |
![]() | Kerala: Child marriage in tribal settlement, 47-year-old man weds 15-year-oldHe said the incident has been reported to the Munnar police and they have requested to produce her before the committee after carrying out necessary legal procedures like her medical check-up. |
![]() | Pocso for Assam men marrying girls under 14Those who would marry girls aged between 14 and 18 years would be dealt with under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, the CM added. |
![]() | Child marriages have not reduced despite campaigns: Tiruppur activistsAccording to data shared by Social Welfare Department (Tiruppur), 97 child marriages were stopped in 2019. |
![]() | Dharmapuri: Girl files case of child marriage, parents bookedOn Monday, the wedding took place at a temple in Dharmapuri. Based on the complaint, the Social Welfare Office staff filed a complaint with the Dharmapuri AWPS. |
![]() | Child marriage ban: Karnataka Cabinet clears release of funds for Spoorthi schemeMadhuswamy said taluks in Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Belagavi, Kalaburgi and Raichur districts have been identified where the programme will be implemented. |
![]() | Subarnapur collector takes to stage for child marriage causeNot every day does one see a collector performing on stage to sensitise people on a burning issue which is a roadblock to the district’s social development. |
![]() | '35.4% child marriages in AP recorded in Guntur’The officials identified that the deteriorated financial conditions of the parents due to the pandemic are making the parents desperate to marry their underage daughters. |
![]() | Educating girls up to intermediate level can reduce child marriages: CSD StudyThe bulletins highlighted that around half of the women who had no education or less than 5 years of education reported being married off before the age of 18 years. |
![]() | 15-year-old girl married off, subjected to domestic abuse, DCW issues notice to copsThe DCW has issued a notice to the city police in connection with the girl’s allegation that she was married off and subjected to domestic abuse. |
![]() | Kailash Satyarthi calls for stricter laws to curb child marriagesLater, speaking to the media, Satyarthi said that the government has to enforce strict law to counter the menace of trafficking in women and children and also child marriage. |
![]() | 13-year-old girl rescues minor friend from getting married in JharkhandAfter the news was flashed, the Jharkhand High Court took suo-motu cognisance into the matter and directed District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to take required action. |
![]() | Hubby, lover slapped with POCSO, child marriage cases in Tamil NaduHowever, the victim filed another complaint against Arun Kumar and Naveen Kumar and both were arrested on Friday under the POCSO Act and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. |
![]() | Bengal girl prevents her marriage by dialling Childline; dreams of becoming nurseIn the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS), conducted in 2015-16, it was found that the rate of child marriage in Purulia district stood at 43.7 per cent. It came down to 37 per cent in NFHS-5. |
![]() | Law Commission inactive, UCC fate in limboWith only four months left for its tenure to end, commission is yet to get chairman and its members. For the first time since 1955, the law commission is functioning without a chairperson. |
![]() | Monitor children rescued from early marriages: WCD deptA decision was taken after it came to fore in a majority of the child marriage cases that the child marriage prohibition officers are preventing, |
![]() | Two dikshithars from Chidambaram temple arrested in child marriage caseThe case was against the bride’s father dikshithar secretary CSS Hemasabesa (42) and the groom’s father Vijayabalan alias Vengateswara Dikshithar (49). |
![]() | Campaign against child marriageAs part of the campaign, the participants will take out a march from Station Square to Ram Mandir at 10 am. |
![]() | Marriage of minor daughter: Parents of girl, man bookedThe parents of a Class 9 girl were booked on Wednesday for allegedly marrying her off to a 22-year-old man. Sendamaram police also booked the man and his parents. |
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