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Around 2,500 people arrested in Assam in child marriage cases
Updated : 3 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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Assam teenage pregnancy ratio alarming at 16.8 pc: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that, the teenage pregnancy ratio in Assam is quite alarming at 16.8 per cent.
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Assam police arrests 2441 people in connection with child marriages
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The total number of people arrested in connection with child marriages escalated to 2,441, informed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.
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Assam: 2278 arrested in connection with child marriages, say police
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Assam police have registered 4074 cases related to child marriage, the police said.
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Child rights body lauds Assam govt's crackdown against child marriages, sl
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Assam police has so far arrested over 2,250 persons across the state in connection with cases related to child marriage.
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Owaisi arrives at Lucknow for Muslim Personal Law board meeting
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday arrived at Lucknow for a meeting of the executive committee of the Muslim Personal Law Board.
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Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi calls Assam govt's crackdown on child marriag
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The drive was launched on Thursday night after CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired a video-conference meeting with senior officials of the police department directing them to launch a crackdown to rid the state of the evil practice of child marriage.
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Women protest against Assam govt's crackdown on child marriages
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A large number of women on Saturday staged a protest in front of a police station in Assam's Dhubri district against the Assam government's action against child marriage. Security personnel were forced to resort to lathi-charge to disperse the women who gathered in front of the Tamarhat poli
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"What will happen to those married girls?"Owaisi after Assam govt's crackd
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"You are in the government for six years, so it is a failure of the state. Why haven't you built more schools in the state," Owaisi said.
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Crackdown against child marriages to continue in Assam: Himanta Biswa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Saturday said that the crackdown against child marriages would continue in the coming days.
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Family health survey, cabinet meeting, 'crackdown'; Assam govt's efforts a
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Considering a surge in cases of child marriage (below the age of 18 years) of Assam women as reported by the National Report of the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the Hemanta Biswa Sarma led State government is believed to be carrying the ongoing crackdown against chi
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