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Action on child marriage cases in Assam to start tomorrow, says CM Sarma
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government is firm in its resolve to end the "menace of child marriage" in the state.
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Police arrest 3 for child marriage in Assam's Nagaon
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Police arrested three persons including the groom for allegedly conducting child marriage in Assam's Nagaon district.
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Congress MP attacks Assam CM over 'motherhood' remark
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan on Sunday attacked Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on his remark to the women for attaining motherhood and said that he should get himself treated first.
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Assam: 4 arrested for arranging child marriage
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The groom along with Qazi and other persons reached Kurbaha village to marry the minor girl on Thursday," an official familiar with the matter said.
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Trivandrum: 3 arrested including minor girl's father in child marriage cas
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Ameer, the main accused, was on bail after being arrested for raping the same girl in 2021," an official familiar with the matter said.
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Men marrying girls aged below 14 years in Assam to be booked under POCSO A
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"We will launch a massive crackdown against child marriage in the state. Those marrying girls below the age of 14 years, will be booked under the POCSO Act," the CM said.
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Alarm raised over religious conversions of underage girls in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Noting Pakistan's previous attempts to pass legislation prohibiting forced conversions and protecting religious minorities, the UN experts deplored the lack of access to justice for victims and their families.
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Pakistan: UN experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, forced
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"We urge the Pakistan Government to take immediate steps to prevent and thoroughly investigate these acts objectively and in line with domestic legislation and international human rights commitments. Perpetrators must be held fully accountable," the experts said over the spike in the number
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Sex ratio improves, girls' enrolment in schools increases in Uttar Pradesh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to empower women of Uttar Pradesh over the past five and a half years are now bearing fruit. As a result of the improved law and order, crimes against women and children have significantly decreased in the state.
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Pakistan's civil society protests forceful conversion of minor girls to Is
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Highlighting the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan, a human rights group in a fresh report laid bare the rising number of cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls belonging to the minority Christian community.
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Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, Merck Foundation CEO Nominated as Most Influentia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of "More Than a Mother" Campaign has been yet again recognized, for the fourth year, as the "Most Influential African Woman and Everyday Hero 20
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100 Christians faced faith conversion, child marriage in Pakistan in over
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The report released on Saturday, reveals that of the 100 cases, 27 were recorded in 2019, 12 in 2020, 42 in 2021 and 19 till October 2022.
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