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Assam sees 81% drop in child marriages after CM vowed total eradication by
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A significant milestone achieved by Assam government as it witnessed a sharp 81 per cent decline in child marriages across 20 districts between 2021-22 and 2023-24, following a strict legal crackdown by the state government, which vowed to eradicate child marriage in Assam by 2026
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Assam Dy Speaker backs Himanta Biswa Sarma's crackdown on child marriage
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Momin praised the initiative, stating that it was a commendable step towards tackling the issue of child marriage in Assam, which has been a significant social concern.
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Assam court sentences man to life imprisonment, another gets 20 years in c
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In a major legal development against the child marriage in Assam, a district court in Morigaon has delivered a historic verdict by sentencing one man to life imprisonment while another has received a 20-year jail term in a child marriage case.
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Around 2,500 people arrested in Assam in child marriage cases
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Many more cases of child marriage have come to light in Assam after the state government's massive crackdown against the ill practice.
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Child marriage in Assam: Mutual agreements used as tools to evade law
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Many more cases of child marriage have come to light in Assam after the police arrested 2,442 people as a part of the state government's massive crackdown against the ill practice.
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Crackdown against child marriages to continue in coming days, says Assam C
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday informed that the crackdown against child marriages in the state would continue for the next two to three days.
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Police arrest 3 for child marriage in Assam's Nagaon
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Police arrested three persons including the groom for allegedly conducting child marriage in Assam's Nagaon district.
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Two arrested for child marriage in Assam's Barpeta
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Barpeta (Assam) [India], August 12 (ANI): Police arrested two people in a case of alleged child marriage in Assam's Barpeta district on Thursday.
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