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Addressing a womens event in the district on Saturday, Agar Malwa MLA Gopal Parmar said that earlier families used to fix marriages of girls in their childhood and that such relationships used to last long. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

BJP MLA condemns legal marriageable age, says its reason for 'love...

BJP MLA Gopal Parmar asked parents of young girls to guard against 'love jihad' to prevent their families from being...

6 May 2018 6:56 PM IST

The IWF maintains a dynamic global list of websites and URLs which contain Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). (Representational Image)

US politician wants to legalise paedophilia, says sex with...

According to Nathan Larson, he is an open supporter of paedophilia and thinks it is okay for men to have sex with...

4 Jun 2018 6:18 PM IST

Malaysian activists in the multiethnic and predominantly Muslim country say some 16,000 girls below the age of 15 are already married. (Photo: AP | Representational)

11-yr-old Thai bride returns from Malaysia after outcry over marriage...

The 11-year-old is believed to be the trader's third wife.

11 Aug 2018 7:42 PM IST

Current debates that hinge on what is the right age to be able to give consent to sexual intercourse are not new.

Unholy matrimony: Rape by statute

Women find it difficult to prove and report marital rape due to economic and emotional reasons.

28 Aug 2017 3:09 AM IST

16-year-old girl was raped by duo in Mira road.

Delhi: 13-yr-old girl kidnapped, married off, gets pregnant; 3 held

The girl was allegedly kidnapped on May 10 when she had gone to buy ice cream, they added.

15 July 2017 10:07 AM IST

Child Marriage Act.(Photo:PTI/File)

26 children saved from being married off in Jharkhand

Though child marriage is banned in Jharkhand as per the Child Marriage Act of 2006, the pernicious practice continues to...

5 May 2017 6:02 PM IST

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TV's social experiments draw a blank

As child marriage becomes the flavour of the season on TV yet again, we look at how content in entertainment is actually...

4 July 2017 12:03 AM IST

Mohammad Ramzan, right, reacts while talking to his young bride Saima in Jampur, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan: Father marries off daughter, 13, to disabled man

Wazir Ahmed's first wife, Saima's mother, had given him only daughters, and he hoped his second wife would give him a...

31 Dec 2016 9:16 AM IST

Child Marriage Act.(Photo:PTI/File)

PAC report slams poor implementation of Child Marriage Prevention Act

The state government records say that between 2010-13, there were only 45 cases of child marriage.

8 April 2017 5:31 PM IST

Child Marriage Act.(Photo:PTI/File)

Child marriage menace compounded by non-acceptance of laws: SC

Supreme Court termed child marriage as a violation of human rights' of children.

2 Jun 2017 10:25 AM IST

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Stop girl's marriage till she is adult, Delhi court tells mother

The police on Monday moved an application in this respect before the court of metropolitan magistrate Pankaj Sharma.

21 Feb 2017 3:04 AM IST

Screenshot from the viral video. (Photo: YouTube | RNews1 Network)

Video: Rajasthan tea seller marries off 6 daughters, gives Rs 1 crore...

The I-T department served the notice to Gujjar after video of him giving Rs 1 crore for dowry went viral on social...

13 April 2017 11:28 AM IST