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Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

End child marriages to build a real new India'

If the government now has the sense to not challenge the Supreme Court verdict, it must create such support systems.

13 Oct 2017 7:42 PM

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Rajasthan teen uses husband's Facebook page to prove she was married...

The couple were married at a secret wedding ceremony in Barmer district in 2010 when both were just 12 years old.

13 Oct 2017 6:47 AM

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

23 million child brides in India, says SC after criminalising sex with...

The SC also referred to a National Family Health Survey report revealing that 26.8 per cent women were married before 18...

13 Oct 2017 4:36 AM

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

After SC order, time to halt all child marriages

The ridiculously young age at which brides were given away earlier shows how our society was steeped in such...

12 Oct 2017 7:28 PM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar addressing a press conference in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

After liquor, dowry in Nitish Kumar list

Donning the cap of a social reformist Kumar launched a campaign to eliminate these evils with the participation of the...

6 Oct 2017 9:47 PM

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

To end child marriage, SC must act decisively

As per the latest census, 30 per cent of married women in India wed before they turn 18.

26 Sept 2017 9:49 PM

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Verdict on child marriage laws reserved by top court

The Centre had defended Section 375(2), saying the immunity provision was meant to protect the institution of marriage.

6 Sept 2017 8:22 PM

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Can't make sex in child marriage crime'

Criminalising consummation of marriage as a serious offence not practical: Centre

5 Sept 2017 8:35 PM

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

16-yr-old Hyd girl escapes marriage, picks bat to fulfill dreams of...

The girl's parents were about to get her married to a 26-yr-old relative before the police intervened.

7 Feb 2018 11:17 AM

Strengthening of vocational skills and provision of jobs was an issue raised by many young people. Though many came from farming families, they said agriculture was no longer able to sustain small farmers.

YouthBol flags concerns of young people, will govt act?

Rajni was going to school in her village and loved her books, games and learning.

10 Dec 2019 9:25 PM

Marriage between blacks and whites was legalized in the United States in the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia. (Representational Image)

Telangana: Rachakonda Police' 'SHE' teams rescue 69 girls from child...

The 'SHE' teams have stopped 69 child marriages and rescued 69 minor girls from child marriages so far.

2 Dec 2019 9:22 AM

The accused husband, Kamil, walked into the Kamla Market police station in the early hours of Sunday and confessed to the murder, police said. (Representational image)

Chennai man stops child marriage, gang murders him later in front of...

On April 17, the Jebaseelan saw a poster of the wedding of a 16-year-old girl and informed the police about it.

14 May 2019 8:11 AM