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UK report says Pak Muslim men target minority girls for forced
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim men target minority girls for forced marriage and push them into prostitution forcibly as observed by the UK parliamentary panel report.
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Pune police book Jat Panchayat's members for boycotting family over inter-
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 23 (ANI): Pune's Dattawadi Police have booked three members of a Jat panchayat for allegedly boycotting a family over inter-caste marriage, a police official said on Wednesday.
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Raising legal age of marriage for women will not benefit aimless, uneducat
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Nuh (Haryana) [India], December 23 (ANI): Nuh District Bar Association President Sajid on Wednesday slammed the Centre's decision to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 and said that the law will not benefit the women who are aimless, uneducated or are considered 'bu
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Chris Noth's marriage with wife Tara Wilson is 'hanging by thread'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): The 'Sex and the City' actor Chris Noth's marriage with his wife Tara Wilson is 'hanging by a thread' as the latter has removed her wedding ring, after the recent string of sexual assault allegations against her husband.
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Muslim Rashtriya Manch members welcome bill to raise marriage age of women
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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'Harlem' star Meagan Good, husband DeVon Franklin split after nine years o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin, who met while working on the 2011 film 'Jumping the Broom', are filing for divorce after nine years of marriage.
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Govt brought bill on increasing marriagble age of women without consultati
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Govt decision to raise women's marriage age to 21 causing pain to some: PM
Updated : 4 years, 3 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
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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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ActionAid Association calls for comprehensive approach to eliminate child
Updated : 4 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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