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Newly-Wed Girl Arrested For Killing Husband To Be With Boyfriend In Jharkhand: Cops
A newly married teenager was held for allegedly murdering her husband with the connivance of her boyfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.
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"Consensual": Court Cancels Rape Case Against 20-Year-Old Filed By Mother Of One
The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a rape case slapped against a man below marriageable age by an older married woman whom he had been in a relationship with.
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Iraq Parliament Adopts Revised Bill After Outcry Over Underage Marriage
Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.
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Tamil Nadu Woman, Pregnant, Arrested For Marrying Minor Classmate: Cops
A 20-year-old pregnant college student has been arrested for allegedly marrying her minor classmate in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, the police said today.
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In Hyderabad, 5 Marriages Of Underage Brides And Grooms Stopped
At least five marriages of underage brides and grooms were stopped on Tuesday. A mass marriage ceremony of 14 couples was about to take place, when a police team swooped in at a gurudwara, in Jagathgirigutta near Cyberabad, and asked for the age certificates of the couples.
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Rajasthan Teen Used Facebook To Prove She Was Married At 12
A young woman in Rajasthan has proved in court she was illegally married off as a minor after submitting evidence from her husband's Facebook page, a child rights activist said on Thursday
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UNICEF’s TV series AdhaFULL To Showcase Adolescents Fighting Social Ills
New Delhi: A coming-of-age action drama series AdhaFULL by child rights agency UNICEF is set to go air on Doordarshan National. The 78-episode series follows three adolescents- Kitty, Tara and Adrak, who form a team to solve cases as they try to make their small town of Badlipur a better place to live in. The cases are intertwined with their journe...
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Why 13-Year-Olds Can No Longer Marry In Virginia
Only adults can get married in Virginia, according to a new law replacing policies that made it possible for a girl 13 or younger to marry if she had parental consent and was pregnant.
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Minor Girl's Marriage Prevented With Chief Minister's Help in Jharkhand
Facing pressure from her parents to drop her studies and get married, a 17-year-old girl got help from Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who stepped in to convince her family against it.
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UP districts have maximum underage marriages among girls
Uttar Pradesh's Shrawasti district has the maximum number of girls marrying below 18 years of age in the country while Bahraich of the same state comes second.A whopping 82.8 per cent of girls in Shrawasti are married off before the legal age of 18 with the corresponding figure in Bahraich being 70.7 per cent.Bihar and Rajasthan are the two other s...
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Newly-Wed Girl Arrested For Killing Husband To Be With Boyfriend In Jharkhand: Cops
A newly married teenager was held for allegedly murdering her husband with the connivance of her boyfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.
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"Consensual": Court Cancels Rape Case Against 20-Year-Old Filed By Mother Of One
The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a rape case slapped against a man below marriageable age by an older married woman whom he had been in a relationship with.
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Iraq Parliament Adopts Revised Bill After Outcry Over Underage Marriage
Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.
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Tamil Nadu Woman, Pregnant, Arrested For Marrying Minor Classmate: Cops
A 20-year-old pregnant college student has been arrested for allegedly marrying her minor classmate in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, the police said today.
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In Hyderabad, 5 Marriages Of Underage Brides And Grooms Stopped
At least five marriages of underage brides and grooms were stopped on Tuesday. A mass marriage ceremony of 14 couples was about to take place, when a police team swooped in at a gurudwara, in Jagathgirigutta near Cyberabad, and asked for the age certificates of the couples.
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Rajasthan Teen Used Facebook To Prove She Was Married At 12
A young woman in Rajasthan has proved in court she was illegally married off as a minor after submitting evidence from her husband's Facebook page, a child rights activist said on Thursday
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UNICEF’s TV series AdhaFULL To Showcase Adolescents Fighting Social Ills
New Delhi: A coming-of-age action drama series AdhaFULL by child rights agency UNICEF is set to go air on Doordarshan National. The 78-episode series follows three adolescents- Kitty, Tara and Adrak, who form a team to solve cases as they try to make their small town of Badlipur a better place to live in. The cases are intertwined with their journe...
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Why 13-Year-Olds Can No Longer Marry In Virginia
Only adults can get married in Virginia, according to a new law replacing policies that made it possible for a girl 13 or younger to marry if she had parental consent and was pregnant.
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Minor Girl's Marriage Prevented With Chief Minister's Help in Jharkhand
Facing pressure from her parents to drop her studies and get married, a 17-year-old girl got help from Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who stepped in to convince her family against it.
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UP districts have maximum underage marriages among girls
Uttar Pradesh's Shrawasti district has the maximum number of girls marrying below 18 years of age in the country while Bahraich of the same state comes second.A whopping 82.8 per cent of girls in Shrawasti are married off before the legal age of 18 with the corresponding figure in Bahraich being 70.7 per cent.Bihar and Rajasthan are the two other s...
