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Child marriages in India on the decline
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 07 (ANI): Child marriage rates in India have had a significant reduction due to continued efforts being put in the country to abolish the practice, a report by UNICEF said.
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Delhi Govt notifies Anand Marriage Act
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb. 9 (ANI): The Delhi government on Friday notified 'The Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018' under which marriages of Sikhs would be registered in the Capital, instead of the Hindu Marriage Act.
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DCW urges DMs to look into cases of child marriages
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday issued notices to all the District Magistrates in connection with child marriages occurring in the national capital.
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Thane constable suspended for having polygamous marriages
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India] Jan 10 (ANI): A police constable in Thane was suspended after his wife claimed him of having polygamous marriages.
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Triple Talaq bill: Shia Board calls for 10 years punishment for offender
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi, while welcoming the triple talaq bill, on Friday called for 10 years punishment for the offender.
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UP Dy CM slams political parties opposing triple talaq bill
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday trained his guns at the political parties opposing the triple talaq bill.
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Triple Talaq bill bats for women's right: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that triple talaq bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabah on Thursday, was all about women's right and equality.
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5 platforms which may lend a helping hand during wedding preparations
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Marriages are made in heaven but they are solemnized here on earth. Before taking the marriage vows, there are months of preparations involved especially in a country like India. Choosing the perfect wedding dress, jewellery, caterers, photographers or venue
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Here's what a woman's surname says about her hubby
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): While women are increasingly choosing to keep their maiden name after marriage, a new study suggests that this choice can influence how people look at the husband.
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Love jihad: 'Love marriages being taken to court now'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India] November 24 (ANI): Ahead of the November 27 hearing in Kerala's 'Love Jihad' case, women activist Mariya Alam Umar on Friday said that love marriages are being taken to court after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come to power.
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Not all love marriages are 'love jihads', observes Kerala HC
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala),[India] Oct 19 (ANI): "All love marriages should not be termed as 'love-jihad'," observed the Kerala High Court on Thursday while hearing a petition with regard to an inter-religious marriage of Kannur-native Sruthi and Anees Hammed.
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Kerala HC says 'All inter-faith marriages can't be termed love jihad'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Cochin (Kerala) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Tuesday while hearing the Hadiya case observed that 'all inter-religious marriages cannot be termed love jihad'.
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