Tag: Child Marriage

The minor girl was today rescued by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials with assistance of local police after the ‘illegal marriage’ came to limelight. Police have detained Shankar even though he feigned ignorant about the existing marriage laws. Moreover, he has also refuted allegations to have paid money to the girl’s family for the marriage. […]

Kandhamal: Childline squad successfully prevented another attempt of a family to marry-off their 17-year old minor daughter at Gunthingia village under Sarangagada area here in the district. According to reports, the minor girl was to be married off to a person named Hrudya Bargi of the same village. Acting on a tip-off, Childline officials along […]

Balasore: Childline today successfully prevented a family’s attempt to marry off their minor daughter at a temple in Khantapada in the district. Niranjan Das, son of Antaryami, of Srijanga village under Khantapada police station in the district was engaged to a minor girl of Gopalpur. All arrangements were made for the wedding at the nearest […]

Kandhamal: Childline officials successfully thwarted a family’s attempt to marry off their 16-year old minor daughter at Gadasahi under Phiringia police limits of Kandhamal district on Monday. According to reports, the minor girl was engaged to a 22-year-old man of K Nuagaon block in the district by her parents. After the engagement on Monday, the […]

Rayagada: Timely intervention of Childline officials foiled a family’s bid to marry off their minor daughter at Rekhaliguda village under Kalyansinghpur block in the district on Sunday. However, no action has been taken against the families of both bride and groom as they have agreed to solemnise the wedding after the girl attains the right […]

Baripada: An attempt to marry a minor girl studying in class VII went kaput when the authorities of the district child protection unit raided the marriage and took the girl into custody. The incident occurred in Sunamunhi Sahi on the outskirts of Baripada town, when the minor girl was being taken to the Shiva Temple […]

Cuttack: A day after the brutal attack on OTV correspondent Pravat Bisoyi while he was covering a child marriage, commissionerate police arrested nine accused, including the groom’s father and some others from the bride’s side. Seven vehicles have also been seized. A case has been registered against them under sections 147,148,307,323,294,379,149,34 of IPC and section […]

Cuttack: In a bizarre incident, two journalists of OTV were beaten up mercilessly while covering a child marriage incident at Khalarda village under Sadar police limits in the district today. OTV’s Cuttack reporter Pravat Bisoyi, who has been critically injured in the attack, is undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital here while camera […]

Jodhpur: After suffering for 18 long years after being married off at a tender age of 10 months, 19-year-old Urma Bishnoi has finally ended the shackles of child marriage. Urma, who is from Kaparda village in Jodhpur, was married off to a boy from the same village in 1999 when she was just 10 month […]

New Delhi: There has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages in India — from nearly 50 to 30 per cent — in the last 10 years, a survey by UN children’s agency Unicef showed on Tuesday. There has been significant drop globally in the practice as well, and 25 million child […]

Patna: In a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations backed by the UN Population Fund, has come up with a mobile application to fight the rampant social evil of child marriage in the state. Launched by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, the “Bandhan Tod” app will […]

Berhampur: An attempt to marry off a 16-year-old orphan girl by her guardian was foiled by the child rights activists and government officials in Kabisurya Nagar of Ganjam district on Tuesday. MM Nayak, CDPO-cum child marriage prohibition officer, said, “A team comprising a child welfare officer, child development project officer (CDPO), social activists and police […]

An attempt to marry off a 14-year-old girl to a boy two years older was foiled by the state administration at Choramaliputa in this district, officials said on Saturday

Mayurbhanj: A bid to marry off a 16-year-old girl at Radho village under Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj district was foiled due to prompt action by police. According to reports, the family members of the minor girl had fixed her marriage with one Pramod Kumar Singh of Uttar Pradesh today. Sources said the girl was […]

New Delhi: Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report ‘Factsheet Child Marriages 2019′ released by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency […]