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Around 27 per cent of women in Telangana get married before the legal minimum age of 18 years. (Representational image)

Child marriages remain a bane for Telangana girls

The NFHS report states that 18 per cent of women reported that their husband was related to them by blood

19 May 2022 7:12 AM IST

The bill, as it stands now, states that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event .

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil...

Ironically, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had once publicly pushed the cause of early marriages

23 Sept 2021 11:35 PM IST

Statistics reveal there are 90,000 widows and about 50,000 households headed by women in Sri Lanka after 26 years of violence, with no support and no resources. The study says they are vulnerable to sexual violence. (Representational image)

Cabbages & Kings: Protect women just like you protect cows!

India, my brothers and sisters, is top of the list. It's the most dangerous country in the world for women.

30 Jun 2018 7:55 AM IST

District child protection officers, who double up as child marriage prevention officers, have been ordered to initiate strict penal proceedings against parents pushing girls below 18 years into marriage. (Representational image)

Dev 360: End child marriages to build a real new India'

Now the Supreme Court has rightly taken away the fig leaf of tradition to conceal a barbaric practice.

14 Oct 2017 12:27 AM IST