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Climate change: A precautionary lens on child marriage

Climate change: A precautionary lens on child marriage

Rains in Kerala were once romanticised. The association of rain and the warm feelings they evoke have changed for communities being repeatedly struck down by its wrath. Here, fear replaces nostalgia and calmness.

4 March 2026 6:46 AM GMT

Ktaka panchayat president arrested for marrying, impregnating minor girl

K'taka panchayat president arrested for marrying, impregnating minor...

1 Sep 2025 7:34 AM GMT

Dalit family in Odisha ostracized for resisting child marriage

Dalit family in Odisha ostracized for resisting child marriage

The family, however, has been denied food, water, entry into temples, marketplaces for the past three years, according...

2025-06-18T15:22:12+05:30

SC directs Bihar, Delhi police to protect minor seeking marriage annulment

SC directs Bihar, Delhi police to protect minor seeking marriage annulment

The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Bihar administration and the girl's husband and in-laws after she...

2025-06-18T14:27:47+05:30

14-year-old forcibly married, carried off by her husband in Karnataka

14-year-old forcibly married, carried off by her husband in Karnataka

The video that emerged on Wednesday and showed Madesh and his elder brother Mallesh, 38, forcibly carrying her off to...

2025-03-07T11:15:27+05:30

Child marriage: 416 people arrested in Assam overnight

Child marriage: 416 people arrested in Assam overnight

The police have registered 335 cases, and the arrested will be produced in court on Sunday

2024-12-22T16:58:57+05:30

Ban on child marriage applies to everyone, irrespective of faith: HC

Ban on child marriage applies to everyone, irrespective of faith: HC

The Kerala High Court was responding to a Muslim father's argument that his daughter can marry once she attains puberty...

2024-07-28T22:56:48+05:30

Police rescue minor girl being forced to marry 72-year-old in Pakistan

Police rescue minor girl being forced to marry 72-year-old in Pakistan

Recently police intervened to stop similar incidents in Rajanpur and Thatta, rescuing young girls from being forced to...

2024-06-16T15:23:27+05:30

1 in 5 girls, 1 in 6 boys still married as children in India, research says

1 in 5 girls, 1 in 6 boys still married as children in India, research says

Child marriage is a human rights violation and a recognised form of gender and sexual-based violence.

2023-12-17T16:46:31+05:30

1,039 people held in Assam amid massive crackdown against child marriage

1,039 people held in Assam amid massive crackdown against child marriage

This is the second such crackdown, which was mostly conducted in various areas of lower Assam and the Barak Valley in...

2023-10-03T21:59:49+05:30

UP police book 13 people over minor girl’s marriage on father’s complaint

UP police book 13 people over minor girl’s marriage on father’s complaint

Thirteen people have been booked in UP for allegedly getting a 15-year-old girl married to a 35-year-old, in a secret...

2023-06-15T13:46:43+05:30

2-finger Virginity test: TN Governors claims require verification

2-finger Virginity test: TN Governor's claims require verification

The governor's claims that many minor girls were subjected to the test in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore were denied by local...

2023-05-05T19:34:58+05:30

Arrested some Hindus too to balance Muslims arrests in child marriage: Assam Chief Minister

Arrested some Hindus too to balance Muslims arrests in child marriage: Assam Chief Minister

Biswa Sarma said that he had ‘some of our people’ picked up otherwise the Opposition lawmakers ‘will feel bad’,...

2023-03-16T12:03:54+05:30

Court's brake on law enforcement's excessive zeal

It is clear that the abrupt police crackdown against child marriage had a strong socio-political bias with the support...

2023-02-17T09:37:12+05:30

Assam child marriage crackdown: HC says arrests are causing havoc in lives

Assam child marriage crackdown: HC says arrests are causing havoc in lives

The High Court said these instances do not need custodial interrogation.

2023-02-15T17:50:09+05:30

Male crackdown on child marriage in Assam

Male crackdown on child marriage in Assam

Child marriage prohibition laws enforced in India prove that the practice cannot be routed out overnight. The last...

2023-02-07T10:02:09+05:30