Government officials in Puducherry pledge to combat child marriage, supporting a national campaign for a "Child Marriage-Free ...

Eradicating child marriage once seemed a distant, perhaps impossible, dream. But India has proven that with clear policies, persistent action, and grassroots involvement, transformative change is ...

Nashik: District collector Ayush Prasad has called for identification of areas where child marriages were discovered after ...

Belagavi: The case involving Bhimashi Kallimani, chairman of Basapur gram panchayat in Hukkeri taluk, accused of marrying a ...

When 14-year-old Saismruti experienced her first period, her mother followed a decades-old local tradition by immediately ...

Across Rajasthan, 13,000 women now stand with Manju — ending child marriage, rescuing battered wives, and giving girls the ...

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – Child marriage continues to be prevalent with one in five girls and nearly one in six boys still being married as children, according to a study published in The Lancet Global ...

Jaipur: In a step toward dismantling the entrenched practice of child marriages, the Bhajan Lal Sharma govt has unveiled an ...

At a time when courts are carving out an exception on humanitarian grounds for 'near majority, consensual relationships', Delhi HC has stuck to a stricter interpretation of POCSO Act.

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash a case against a man, accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl who is married to ...

The court allowed in part an appeal filed by a woman and set aside the judgment of September 20, 2019, passed by a division ...

Jaipur: In a significant shift in strategy, the Rajasthan government is now placing boys at the forefront of its campaign to ...