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Muslim Rashtriya Manch members welcome bill to raise marriage age of women
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Women belonging to an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliate organisaiton have welcomed the bill to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
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Govt brought bill on increasing marriagble age of women without consultati
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday that the government accepted the demand for sending a bill that proposes to increase the age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 years to the standing committee.
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ActionAid Association calls for comprehensive approach to eliminate child
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI/Heylin Spark): The recent decision of the Union Cabinet to raise the minimum age of marriage of girls from 18 to 21 years, may not be the solution, says ActionAid Association, a leading civil society organisation in India.
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Most activists welcome Centre's move to raise minimum age of marriage for
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Most women's rights activists have welcomed the Centre's move to increase the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, but a few said that this step alone would not empower women and several others were needed.
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SP leader's remark on increasing women's marriage age 'unfortunate': Shahn
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday slammed Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for their comment over the Centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years and termed it 'unfortu
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Women's constitutional rights should not be influenced by 'Talibani thinki
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Hitting back at the criticizers of the Centre's decision to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that the constitutional rights of women in India should not get
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Owaisi calls Centre's decision to raise women's marriage age from 18 to 21
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday slammed the Central government for their decision to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 and termed it "ridiculous".
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Girls should be married when they attain age of fertility, says Samajwadi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Girls should be married when they attain age of fertility, said Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan on Friday while talking about the Centre's move to raise the minimum age of marriage for women to 21.
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Uniform minimum age for marriage: SC notice to Centre on plea for transfer
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central government and sought its response on a petition seeking transfer of cases pending in different High Courts related to uniform marriage age for men and women to the apex court.
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Why raise age of marriage when girls are ready for reproduction by 15? ask
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh minister and Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma on Wednesday asked why the minimum age of marriage for girls should be increased when girls are ready for reproduction at the age of 15 years.
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BJP leader files petition in SC seeking transfer of cases regarding age of
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): A petition has been filed by lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, before the Supreme Court seeking its direction to transfer all pending petitions, with respect to those cases involving uniform minimum age of marriage fo
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Govt will decide on right age of marriage for daughters soon: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the daughters of the country that the government will decide the right age for marriage as soon as the concerned committee gives its report.
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