Tag: Child Marriage

Jharsuguda: Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials today successfully prevented the marriage of a minor girl at Katapali village under Sadar block of Jharsuguda district. The matter came to light after the members of the District Child Protection Unit received information about the marriage scheduled to take place today. Acting on the tip-off, a joint team […]

Jeypore: A child marriage bid was foiled due to timely intervention of officials of the District Child Protection and the Childline at Kangra village under Semiliguda block of Koraput district on Saturday. According to reports, as both the bride and groom were minors and the officials raided the village and stopped the marriage. The officials […]

Koraput: A task force has been constituted in Odisha’s Koraput district to check the practice of child marriage, common among the tribal communities in the region, a senior official said. Against a state average of 21.3 per cent and a national average of 26.8 per cent, the annual rate of child marriage in the district […]

United Nations: Decline of child marriage in populous nations like India has led to the reduction in the harmful practice globally over the past 25 years, according to a new UN report. The study For every child, every right – The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads’ by the UN Children’s […]

Berhampur: A joint team of Child Development department and Ganjam Police rescued a minor girl who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry her cousin at Mudeskupa village under Badagada Police limits of the district. The rescue of the minor girl was initiated following a directive of the Ganjam district collector Vijay Amrut Kulange. Earlier, […]

Berhampur: The administration in Ganjam district has launched an initiative under which any person who provided tip-off about a child marriage would receive a cash reward of Rs 5,000, an official said. The money would be doled out from the funds of the district’s child protection unit, he said. The administration officials, during their monthly […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Odisha is making headlines for wrong reasons like crimes against minor girls, Jhulima Mallik, a tribal girl from K.Nuagaon block under Kandhamal district has made the State famous at international stage by winning the prestigious V-Award from UN House at New Delhi. Jhulima was the only Odia girl among 10 […]

Berhampur: A total of five child marriages have been foiled across Ganjam district following swift action by the administration, officials said on Sunday. While three attempts to marry off three minor girls were thwarted in Hinjili block, two such attempts were foiled in Sanakhemundi and Bhanjanagara blocks on Saturday, they said. All the girls were […]

Khordha: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) along with police today foiled a child marriage bid just when a minor girl was being married off in Lokeshwar temple at Palla here. Acting on a tip-off, the CWC and police personnel reached the spot when the marriage was underway and rescued the minor girl and the guy […]

Khordha: The alleged child marriage attempt at a temple which was foiled by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and the police on Wednesday took a new turn when both the bride and groom claimed that the girl was more than 18 years-old and they fell in love after meeting over Facebook. The man–Ramesh Nayak of […]