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- India
Amid drive against child marriage in Assam, girl kills self as wedding plans go awry
Hailakandi: A 17-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide in Assam’s Cachar district after her family prevented her from going ahead with wedding plans with her lover, police said on Monday. The incident…
- India
Assam: Families point to erroneous’ data in ID cards behind child marriage arrests
Morigaon: As more and more young men find themselves behind bars with the Assam government continuing its crackdown on child marriage, their wives are running from pillar to post to find documents…
- India
‘There was a knock on the door at 2 am’: Assam’s child bride recounts crackdown
Morigaon: Nimee’s eyes do not sparkle with the joy of new motherhood, instead, they reflect the fear, insecurity and sense of foreboding that stalks her village in Assam’s Morigaon district. Rezina Khatun…
- India
Assam Police arrests 2044 in crackdown against child marriage; faces protest by women
Guwahati: In a massive crackdown on child marriage in Assam, the police on Friday arrested 2,044 people including Hindu and Muslim priests who conducted such weddings which, the authorities said, will be…
- India
Assam to launch massive crackdown on child marriage from Friday
Guwahati: The Assam government will launch a massive crackdown from Friday on child marriage, arresting offenders and also undertaking extensive awareness campaigning, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Police have registered 4,004…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: WhatsApp text saves a girl from child marriage trap
Hyderabad: Timely message from a minor girl from Hayathnagar to the WhatsApp number of the Rachakonda police control room saved her from a child marriage trap on Wednesday. A 17-year-old girl had…
- India
Kailash Satyarthi launches nationwide campaign for ‘Child Marriage Free India’
Jaipur: Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has endorsed the idea of the Central govt to extend the marriageable age of girls to 21 from 18 while launching the nationwide campaign for a…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: 52-year-old man held for marrying 1-year-old minor
Bengaluru: The police in Karnataka have arrested a 52-year-old man for marrying a 16-year-old minor girl, officials said on Saturday. The Women and Child Welfare Department on Saturday served notice to 60…
- India
WB: Govt, UNICEF rope in SHGs to stop child marriage, teenage pregnancy
Kolkata: The West Bengal government in collaboration with UNICEF will form child-friendly sanghas’ (clusters), comprising members of self-help groups, to curb child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the state, which is the…
- India
Child Marriage: Karnataka Police arrest husband, parents of girl
Bangalore: Karnataka Police said on Saturday that it arrested the 46-year-old husband and parents of a 14-year-old girl on charges of child marriage in Yelahanka New Town of Bengaluru. The police have…
- India
Bihar: Man falsely claims wife, daughter ‘forced to convert’
Begusarai: A resident of Bihar’s Begusarai district has accused his neighbours, belonging to another religious community, of kidnapping his wife and married daughter and, after exploiting them sexually, putting pressure on them to…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: 12-year-old girl forcibly married to 35-year-old man, rescued
Hyderabad: A 12-year-old girl, who was forcibly married to a 35-year-old man by her parents in a village in Telangana’s Rangareddy district, was rescued on Monday, police said. The girl was married…
- Telangana
Telangana: Child marriage was disrupted by the Rachakonda Police
Hyderabad: Rachakonda Police SHE Team from Ibrahimpatnam division’s disrupted a child marriage and rescued a young girl, on Tuesday. According to a Telangana Today report, the parents of a minor girl from…