Child Marriages
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Prosecuting persons will not resolve issue of child marriages: Supreme Court
India | July 10, 2024 20:01 ISTEarlier, the top court had directed the Ministry of Women and Child Development to file a status report detailing steps taken by it to execute the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
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Assam child marriage crackdown: Silchar man sentenced to 25 yrs in jail for marrying 13-year-old
India | May 22, 2023 23:09 ISTThe case was filed against the man, a resident of the Ramnathpur police station area, on January 18 last year by the family of the girl when she did not return home after attending a religious event in a nearby village.
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Assam: Crackdown on child marriage continues, number of total arrests rises to 2,441
India | February 06, 2023 13:32 ISTAssam: There is a mixed-bag reaction on the ongoing crackdown by Assam police on child marriage. A section of people appreciated the move while another section criticize citing the livelihood of women and children.
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Will Assam CM look after girls when husbands go to jail, Owaisi asks on child marriages crackdown
India | February 04, 2023 23:36 ISTAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asserted that the drive against child marriage, launched by the state police will continue till the next Assembly elections in 2026.
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'Women should not wait too long, embrace motherhood at 'appropriate age'': Assam CM Himanta
India | January 28, 2023 20:49 ISTHis comments come in the backdrop of the state government deciding to bring stringent laws and evoking the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to check child marriages and underage motherhood.
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Jharkhand records country's highest percentage of child marriage among girls
India | October 08, 2022 11:53 ISTChild Marriage: The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand, according to the survey brought out by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Significant drop in number of Child marriages in India, says Unicef
India | March 06, 2018 16:03 ISTThe Unicef said the problem was now "most severe" in Africa but even so, Ethiopia had cut child marriage rates by a third.
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India has second-highest number of child marriages: UNICEF
India | September 12, 2014 14:31 ISTNew Delhi: India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and the second-highest number of child marriages, according to a U.N. report which said the country still needs
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Child marriages on decline in India: UN report
India | October 12, 2012 17:49 ISTNew Delhi, Oct 12: A UN body has said that there has been a decline in the rate of child marriages among young girls in India but the progress is not sufficient to guarantee their
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