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Minor girl married off; husband booked under POCSO, kin charged under...
The marriage took place on January 1 in Shevgaon there, Chikalthana police station in charge Ravikiran Darwade said
36-yr-old held under Pocso act for marriage and sexual assault
12 March 2024 10:00 PMAccording to police, D Raja, resident from Chullankudi village near Elakurichi in Jayankondam was in love with the girl from the neighbourhood but the...
Pudhumai Penn effect: 7,400 minor marriages stopped
9 March 2024 1:30 AMThe authorities have managed to stop as many as 7,486 marriages and initiated legal actions against the family members and relatives of 2,924 victims...
Stakeholders consult on 'child marriage free TN' by 2030
29 Feb 2024 5:42 PMAs per TN government data, in the last three years, 7,640 girls were rescued from child marriage in TN. And, 1,178 rescued girls received skill...
Assam to bring UCC through 'front door', says Himanta
26 Feb 2024 12:15 PMReplying to a discussion on ‘Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024’, Sarma claimed that the government was only trying to curb...
Will not let child marriages happen, says Assam CM
26 Feb 2024 11:00 AMHe was speaking in the Assam Assembly on the issue of scrapping the much-old Assam Muslim Marriage Act
Crackdown on child marriage, proposed law to end polygamy Assam's...
23 Dec 2023 5:21 AMThe Assam government’s crackdown, in two phases, on child marriage in February and October led to nearly 5,500 arrests, mostly in districts dominated...
Taliban send Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based...
15 Dec 2023 9:45 AMThe Taliban sends women to prison if they have no male relatives to stay with or if the male relatives are considered unsafe, the report said.