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'They will get time to study and make their careers': PM Modi backs increa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday backed the central government's decision to increase the age of marriage of daughters from 18 to 21 saying that it will lead to daughters getting time to make their career.
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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 decision to raise women's marriage age to 21 causing pain to some: PM
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 21 (ANI): In a veiled attack at Samajwadi Party (SP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the Union Cabinet has taken this decision to increase the marriage age of women from 18 to 21 years in the interest of women but it has caused p
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Bill to increase marriage age for women introduced in LS; Cong wants it to
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Tuesday introduced The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha.
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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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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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Uniform minimum age for marriage: SC notice to Centre on plea for transfer
Updated : 5 years, 4 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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Delhi HC to hear plea on 'uniform minimum age of marriage' today
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday will hear the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking equalising of the legal age of marriage for men and women saying the limit of 18 years for a woman, while it is 21 for a man, amounts to discrimination.
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Minimum age for brides raised to 19 in Indonesia
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 18 (ANI): In a bid to curb child marriage in the country, Indonesia's parliament has revised its marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19.
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Girls' marriage age should be extended to 21: BJP MP
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty on Thursday proposed a private member bill in the Lok Sabha demanding to extend age bar of girls' marriage to 21 years from 18.
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Postponing wedding can benefit your future children
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 5 (ANI): A recent study shows that delaying the marriage age of young women in parts of the developing world has significant positive effects for their children.
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Minors as young as 13 can marry in New Hampshire
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Hampshire [USA], March. 10 (ANI): Minors will be able to get married in New Hampshire as the House of Representatives have rejected a bill to raise the minimum marriage age to 18.
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