Child marriages rampant in Odisha, says survey
August 17th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) About six per cent of rural women in Odisha get married below the legal age of 18, according to a latest government survey released here Friday.The ... Read more...
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Child marriages are rampant in Odisha, says health survey
August 17th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) About six per cent of rural women in Odisha get married earlier than the legal age of 18, according to the latest government survey released ... Read more...
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Minor resists marriage, gets father arrested in Odisha
July 26th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 26 (IANS) Forced to discontinue her studies and get engaged at the tender age of 16, a minor girl got her father and three others arrested in ... Read more...
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Minor girl in Odisha protests against forced marriage
July 24th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 24 (IANS) A "minor" girl in Odisha has lodged a police complaint against her family for forcing her to marry and not allowing her to study, police said ... Read more...
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Another Rajasthan woman wants annulment of child marriage
June 27th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 27 (IANS) Another woman in Rajasthan has requested the authorities to annul her marriage which was solemnised when she was a child and sought permission to live with ... Read more...
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‘Balika Vadhu’ puts forth reality well: Farida Jalal
May 12th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Veteran actress Farida Jalal is proud of her association with "Balika Vadhu", the tele-serial which is nearing 1,000 episodes. She says the show is different for ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia chief backs women’s quota bill
May 2nd, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday advocated the passage of the women's reservation bill to empower the poor and ordinary Indian women.Giving the ... Read more...
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Government to hold national consultation on child marriages
April 29th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Taking a serious view of child marriages in the country, the government has decided to hold a national consultation on the issue with the states.A ... Read more...
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Six Rajasthan officials injured trying to stop child marriages
April 21st, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 21 (IANS) At least six police and administration officials were injured when they were attacked by a group of villagers who were carrying out child marriages in Rajasthan's ... Read more...
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30 child marriages prevented in Rajasthan
April 16th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) Thirty child marriages were prevented by the police and the administration in Rajasthan's Banswara district Sunday and Monday, officers said.Police said the child marriages were to ... Read more...
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Rajasthan cracks down on child marriages
March 31st, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 31 (IANS) In an effort to prevent child marriages, the administration of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan has made it mandatory for the date of birth of the groom ... Read more...
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India has the will to bring change: Desmond Tutu
February 9th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) India has the political will to bring change that can help abolish evils like child marriage, Nobel laureate and South African anti-apartheid icon archbishop Desmond ... Read more...
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Talking against child marriage, Bihar girls impress The Elders
February 9th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Speaking out against child marriage, some youths in Bihar, particularly girls, have impressed The Elders, a visiting group of world leaders led by Nobel laureate Desmond ... Read more...
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Tutu calls for end to child marriages in Bihar
February 8th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Nobel laureate and anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has expressed concern over the high rate of child marriages in Bihar and urged people, ... Read more...
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Five Bengal girls fight child marriages
December 31st, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Five brave girls from West Bengal, described by President Pratibha Patil as icons, are becoming agents of change and inspiring other young girls in the ... Read more...
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CHOGM call to end forced marriages
October 29th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Oct 29 (IANS) Championing the cause of gender equality and women's rights, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Saturday called for action to end early and forced marriages ... Read more...
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Bihar has most child marriages: Unicef
September 9th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IANS) India's eastern state of Bihar tops the child marriage chart with a staggering 68.9 percent of the marriages in the state involving girls below the marriageable ... Read more...
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This is no age to marry, village teenagers tell peers
May 29th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh), May 29 (IANS) Gautam Kumar, a student of Class 10, eagerly waits for his school to get over so he can join his friends - not to ... Read more...
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Age no bar in India when it comes to marriage!
May 16th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh), May 16 (IANS) Lakhan, dressed in a cream suit with a flashy headgear on his forehead and a garland of currency notes around his neck, should have ... Read more...
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First wife dead, teenager was about to be married again
April 26th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 26 (IANS) While preventing a teenaged boy from marrying a minor girl, the Rajasthan authorities stumbled upon the fact that he had already been married once earlier and ... Read more...
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Rajasthan to foil child marriages
April 17th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has asked district authorities to prevent child marriages held on the Hindu religious day of Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej) May 6, an official ... Read more...
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Child marriage prevented in Rajasthan
April 6th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 6 (IANS) A child marriage between a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl, scheduled for April 12, was prevented after city police intervened and got restraining orders against ... Read more...
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Officials warned on child marriages
March 22nd, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 22 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has warned of strict action against district administrations and police officials if they fail to check child marriages on Akshya Tritiya (Akha Teej) ... Read more...
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Many strides but still trapped: Shifting realities of Indian women (March 8 is International Women’s Day)
March 5th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Another International Women's Day, another occasion for a national assessment of the status of women in a country where the glass ceiling is within reach ... Read more...
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Apex court laments inaction against child marriages
February 8th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday lamented that thousands of marriages involving minor girls were being solemnised in the country, particularly in Rajasthan, and yet no action was being ... Read more...
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Over 50 percent Bihar girls marry before they are 18
August 4th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Bihar is one of the hotspots of child marriage in India as 51 percent girls there are married even before they are 18 years of age, officials said ... Read more...
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Malaysia to survey ethnic Indians in rubber estates
July 19th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 19 (IANS) Malaysia will do a survey of the Indian community working in rubber plantations starting with those in Selangor state.
Tamil Nesan daily quoted Information, Communication and Culture ... Read more...
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Child marriage common among Indian workers
July 18th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IANS) Child marriages are common among the Indian community in the rubber estates in Malaysia's Negri Sembilan state, a Hindu priest has said.
Tamil language daily Tamil Nesan ... Read more...
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Are big families coming to an end?
July 5th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 5 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that there is a rise in the popularity of single child marriages.The study looked at women born between 1973 and 1978 - now ... Read more...
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Minor girl says ‘No’ to marriage, complains against family
June 14th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), June 14 (IANS) In a courageous move, a 15-year-old tribal girl in this Rajasthan district has complained against her family members for forcing her to marry.Nirma Meena ... Read more...
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Is a minor’s marriage with consent legal?
June 11th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday asked a larger bench to consider whether or not a minor's marriage, conducted with her/his consent, is to be declared ... Read more...
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Child Brides Flogged After Trying To Run From Forced Marriages
June 5th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In another ghastly video being released from Afghanistan, we find two young girls being flogged for trying to run away from their aged husbands. The latest ... Read more...
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Afghani Child Brides Flogged
June 1st, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 1, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The nightmare of the hapless child brides in Afghanistan has been demonstrated by two innocent girls of 13 and 14 years, Khadija Rasoul and ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh gears up against child marriage
May 15th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 15 (IANS) Akshay Tritiya which falls on Sunday is considered by Hindus to be an auspicious day for marriages - even child marriages - and Madhya Pradesh is pulling out ... Read more...
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One breaks free, but child marriages go on in Madhya Pradesh
May 14th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Sharma
Bhopal, May 14 (IANS) All hell broke loose at Vanita's house when she refused to tie the knot before completing her studies. She was not even 18, the legal age ... Read more...
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