Hyderabad Child Marriage

A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.

She displays remarkable determination to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, despite all that she was made to go through.A fortnight ago, the 15-year-old who was being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.

A 16-year-old being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued last evening as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...

Mumbai: Mosques in Hyderabad are joining a growing campaign to stop schoolgirls being sold as brides to elderly Arab men, authorities said on Monday, and an outcry about a new spate of cases. The government launched an investigation last week into the marriage of a 16-year-old girl with a 65-year-old Oman national in exchange for Rs 500,000 after s...

The Hyderabad district administration has decided to spread the message against child marriage and 'contract marriages' of minor girls and women with elderly persons from Gulf countries.

Vikarabad, Telangana: In Mambapur village of Vikarabad, 60 km from Hyderabad, a 5-year-old girl was prevented from falling prey to a tribal tradition and becoming a child bride on Tuesday morning. When the Childline rescue team arrived on the spot, they found out that a tent had been put up at the venue and two goats were tied there, indicating pl...

Hyderabad: In April last year, Sandhya from Hyderabad’s Ranga Reddy district was going to be married off while she was in the middle of her class 10 exams. She was just 16 then, clueless and scared for what was going to happen next. Her father, however, thought it was the best thing for her. On her complaint, NDTV went with child rights activists...

Priests, card printers, flower decorators and tent suppliers are all being recruited in Telangana to help crack down on child marriages. The legal age of marriage in India is 18 for women and 21 for men. The drive to stop child marriage, timed for the peak wedding season in the summer months, is focused on rural parts of Telangana, where more than ...

Thirteen-year-old Shruti (name changed) has more than homework on her hands these days. They are coloured with intricate orange patterns of henna and she wears a mangalsutra around her neck - recognisable signs that with four years of school still left, she is now a 'wife'.

A 16-year-old schoolgirl in Hyderabad, who returned home after being forced to marry a man more than double her age, has been served a legal notice reminding her of her "conjugal duties".

A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.

She displays remarkable determination to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, despite all that she was made to go through.A fortnight ago, the 15-year-old who was being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.

A 16-year-old being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued last evening as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...

Mumbai: Mosques in Hyderabad are joining a growing campaign to stop schoolgirls being sold as brides to elderly Arab men, authorities said on Monday, and an outcry about a new spate of cases. The government launched an investigation last week into the marriage of a 16-year-old girl with a 65-year-old Oman national in exchange for Rs 500,000 after s...

The Hyderabad district administration has decided to spread the message against child marriage and 'contract marriages' of minor girls and women with elderly persons from Gulf countries.

Vikarabad, Telangana: In Mambapur village of Vikarabad, 60 km from Hyderabad, a 5-year-old girl was prevented from falling prey to a tribal tradition and becoming a child bride on Tuesday morning. When the Childline rescue team arrived on the spot, they found out that a tent had been put up at the venue and two goats were tied there, indicating pl...

Hyderabad: In April last year, Sandhya from Hyderabad’s Ranga Reddy district was going to be married off while she was in the middle of her class 10 exams. She was just 16 then, clueless and scared for what was going to happen next. Her father, however, thought it was the best thing for her. On her complaint, NDTV went with child rights activists...

Priests, card printers, flower decorators and tent suppliers are all being recruited in Telangana to help crack down on child marriages. The legal age of marriage in India is 18 for women and 21 for men. The drive to stop child marriage, timed for the peak wedding season in the summer months, is focused on rural parts of Telangana, where more than ...

Thirteen-year-old Shruti (name changed) has more than homework on her hands these days. They are coloured with intricate orange patterns of henna and she wears a mangalsutra around her neck - recognisable signs that with four years of school still left, she is now a 'wife'.

A 16-year-old schoolgirl in Hyderabad, who returned home after being forced to marry a man more than double her age, has been served a legal notice reminding her of her "conjugal duties".