Jaipur: Rajasthan education department has instructed all joint directors to draft an action plan to curb child marriages ...

For 17-year-old Payal Jangid, her fight against child marriage in her native India is personal. The teen — who last week was recognized at the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Awards with the ...

The data reveals that 8,159 child marriages have taken place across Odisha from 2019 to February 2025. Of them, 1,347 cases ...

GUWAHATI, India — A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said on Sunday.

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said Sunday. "We will ...

Child marriage spans continents, language, religion, caste. In India the girls will typically be attached to boys four or five years older; in Yemen, Afghanistan, and other countries with high ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported at least three child marriage cases every day during the last six years, despite several initiatives taken by the administration, according to government data.

Krishnagiri police arrested five individuals involved in a child marriage between a 14-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man. The girl was rescued from Bengaluru when a video of her distress went viral.

Married off at the age of 11, Rukhmabai Raut defied societal norms, persevered through immense challenges, and fought a ...

and data from UNICEF shows that Indian children are disadvantaged in their rights, access to education and healthcare, and are often exposed to physical labour and early marriages. A third of all ...