child marriage

Islamabad, April 4 – Human rights lawyers and advocates have sharply criticised the recent ruling by Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court, which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition...

In Islamabad, Christians, human rights advocates, and members of civil society in Pakistan held protests against a federal court ruling that upheld the forced conversion of a Christian girl by a Muslim man, local media reported.The protests followed a decision by the Federal Constitutional...

Mumbai, April 2 Actor Shashank Vyas paid tribute to his late co-star Pratyusha Banerjee on her 10th death anniversary on April 1, sharing an emotional post on his social media account.In a post on his social media account, Shashank shared a black and white portrait of Pratyusha, where she is...

Karachi, March 31 Members of Pakistan's minority Hindu community staged a sit-in protest here to highlight the rising cases of abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls to Islam before marriage to older Muslim men.The protesters came together under the banner of Pakistan Darawar Ittehad...

Guwahati, March 26 Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Thursday alleged that the Congress slogan of a ‘New Greater Assam’ is a “dangerous conspiracy” aimed at protecting the rights of ‘Miyas’ at the cost of indigenous people.He asserted that the saffron party was taking both visible and subtle...

Jodhpur, March 22 A woman here reclaimed her life through a legal battle after a decade-long marriage that was solemnized when she was just 12, paving the way for others like her who had lost their childhood to a regressive custom.On Thursday, Judge Varun Talwar of the Family Court annulled...

Kolkata, March 20 West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Friday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations that the saffron party is bringing in outsiders to foment trouble across the state reflect her "desperation" ahead of the assembly elections.Addressing a press conference at...

Jodhpur, March 19 A 21-year-old woman, who was married at the age of 12, has secured annulment of her marriage following an order passed by a family court here on Thursday.In its order, the court noted the adverse impact of child marriage on the present and future of children and emphasised...

Thane, March 16 A 15-year-old tribal girl was allegedly abducted from Bhiwandi in the Thane district and "sold" to a man under the guise of marriage in the Beed district in the Marathwada region, leading to the registration of a case against her "husband" and five others, police said on Monday...

Islamabad, March 16 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged the US government to redesignate Pakistan as a 'Country of Particular Concern' (CPC), due to its systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, as defined by the...

Islamabad, March 16 At least 3,630 cases of child abuse were reported across Pakistan in 2025, representing an 8 per cent increase from the previous year, according to data released by a non-profit organization on Monday.Sahil, an Islamabad-based organization that monitors violence against...

Guwahati, March 15 With the schedule for the Assam assembly elections now out, a host of issues are likely to dominate the campaign rhetoric of political parties in the run-up to the polls.Infiltration: This has been a key issue in the state for decades, which led to the Assam agitation and...

Mandi, March 15 – Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Sunday said that "people go to hospitals with hope, and the judicial system should also work with the same spirit of service.""People come to courts with the expectation of relief and justice. With increasing facilities, the...

In Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), until Article 370 remained in force, whether or not the discrimination against women regarding property ownership and other rights was intentional or unintentional, the undeniable fact is that gender discrimination was present and encouraged.Prior to the abrogation...

New Delhi, March 10 Experts and global leaders called on the United Nations on Tuesday to declare a dedicated 'World Day for the Elimination of Child Marriage', warning that a child marriage still takes place somewhere in the world every three seconds.According to an official statement, the...

Mumbai, March 9 – Maharashtra Minister for Women and Child Development, Aditi Tatkare, announced on Monday in the state Assembly that the government would strengthen measures against online abuse and digital harassment, which she said "undermines the confidence of women trying to enter public or...

Bhopal, March 6 The 'Saraswati Abhiyan' launched by the Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Development department under the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme aims to help girls who have dropped out of school return to mainstream education, an official said on Friday.The campaign will be formally...

Bhubaneswar, February 26 Union Minister Annapurna Devi has advised the Odisha government to organize 'Tithi Bhojan' and observe 'Poshan Diwas' in Anganwadi centres to strengthen nutrition initiatives.The union minister told officers of the Women and Child Development Department of Odisha...

Kota (Rajasthan), February 25 Authorities in Bundi, Rajasthan, have stopped the wedding of a 16-year-old girl who had allegedly eloped with a man over a week ago, officials said on Wednesday.According to Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials, the girl, who had dropped out of Class 9 from a...

Kolkata, February 22 Alleging that her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee had approached the Supreme Court to stall the SIR exercise to prevent the identification of infiltrators, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday claimed that the people of the state have made up their minds to...