At least a dozen persons, including policemen, were injured when villagers went berserk against a forcible marriage of two minors belonging to separate communities of Adra and Sultana villages in Haza

Yet again confirming the prevalence of child marriages in India, a new health survey has revealed that more boys than girls are getting married before the legal age of 21 years.

Priests, marriage hall-owners and catering contractors will be put behind bars if they support parents to perform child marriages, said Krishnagiri collector C.N. Maheswaran on Wednesday.

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She is 14 years old and a school dropout, but West Bengal resident Seema still mustered up the courage to stand up to her family and foiled an attempt to get her married by calling a helpline.

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She was married off when she was only an infant yet, but coming of age the 16-year-old Rajasthani girl now wants that marriage annulled and freedom of choice to be educated and working restored to her

Want to stop a marriage forced on you? It could be a just an SMS away!

Well, it was true with a 17-year-old girl from Pattabhiram who found SMS a handy tool to stop her marriage with her uncle sched

Five years after the Central Government Act was passed, the state government has finally framed rules for the prohibition of child marriages in Andhra Pradesh, where its incidence is second only to Gu

Sunita Kumari, a twelve year old Dalit girl from Balthar Mod, Jharkhand, a student of class seven, was forced into marriage not once but twice. Her first tie-up was at the age of seven with a mentally

Four persons, including a UAE national, have been arrested in connection with alleged forcible marriage of a minor girl here, police said on Tuesday.

Acting on specific information, a police team, na

Lakhan, dressed in a cream suit with a flashy headgear on his forehead and a garland of currency notes around his neck, should have been attending his school and preparing for the ensuing summer break