Rukhmabai Raut, married at 11, became the first woman in India to legally obtain a divorce, defying societal norms and ...

Girl child marriage in total weddings remained above two per cent in the country, barring in Covid-hit year (2020) ...

Rights activists have lauded a top court order to prevent child marriages in India, where over 1 million children entered into wedlock in the 2023-24 period. The Supreme Court on Oct. 18 said child ...

Speaking about the way forward towards making the state child marriage-free by 2030, Ribhu said, “Without strong enforcement, child marriage will keep pulling girls out of schools and into recurring ...

A shocking case of child marriage has surfaced in Chariatpur village under Kalgachia police station in Barpeta district, ...

Nagpur: The District Child Protection Unit, under the office of district women and child development officer, organised a ...

In Sepahijala, where 51 percent of girls face child marriage and 26 percent experience teenage pregnancy, 10 villages have no ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the 19th-century scholar and reformer, transformed Indian society by championing widow remarriage, ...

After a six-year legal battle in total, the Supreme Court of India has granted a father the right to video-conference with ...

Police are probing a child marriage after a 13-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly forced to marry a 40-year-old man by her mum. The minor, living in the village of Rangareddy, India, returned from the ...