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16-Year-Old Girl Married To 23-Year-Old In Telangana
A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.
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Family Allegedly Stops Teen From Taking Class 10 Exam To Marry Her Off
She had been studying hard for her Class 10 Social Studies paper. But all her hard work and the time she put into preparing for the important examination that can make or break her future academic and career prospects were wasted - her parents stopped her from appearing for the exam today because they wanted to marry her off.
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"Do It Quickly," Says Telangana Cop, Allegedly Bribed For Child Marriage
Twelve hours before a schoolgirl in Telangana was to be married off to a 40-year-old man, the police and child protection officials were alerted. The illegal wedding still took place without any hitch.
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Telangana’s Crackdown On Child Marriage: No Proof Of Age? No Wedding
Hyderabad: Priests, card printers, flower decorators and tent suppliers join hands to help authorities in crack down on child marriages. Priests in Telangana have been told to request proof of age for the bride and groom before marrying them, while the officials are checking in villages to see if any child marriages are being planned or performed. ...
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On Hyderabad Outskirts, New Fight Against High Rate Of Child Marriages
Priests, card printers, flower decorators and tent suppliers are all being recruited in Telangana to help crack down on child marriages. The legal age of marriage in India is 18 for women and 21 for men. The drive to stop child marriage, timed for the peak wedding season in the summer months, is focused on rural parts of Telangana, where more than ...
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Telangana Girl, 14, Married To 51-Year-Old, Returns To School
Telangana: In Telangana’s Nalgonda district, a 14-year-old girl was secretly married off to a man four times her age. After four months, she has managed to free herself from the captivity. In October last year, Revathi (name changed), a student of Class 9, who lives in a government-run Kasturbha hostel for tribal girls, came to visit her family d...
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To End Child Marriages, Telangana Women's Panel Demands Compulsary Marriage Registration
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Commission for Women on Monday sought effective implementation of the Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act to prevent child marriages in the state. The Act was made in undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2002 and the Telangana government adopted it in December, 2014, the Commission’s Chairperson Tripurana Venkataratnam t...
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16-Year-Old Girl Married To 23-Year-Old In Telangana
A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.
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Family Allegedly Stops Teen From Taking Class 10 Exam To Marry Her Off
She had been studying hard for her Class 10 Social Studies paper. But all her hard work and the time she put into preparing for the important examination that can make or break her future academic and career prospects were wasted - her parents stopped her from appearing for the exam today because they wanted to marry her off.
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"Do It Quickly," Says Telangana Cop, Allegedly Bribed For Child Marriage
Twelve hours before a schoolgirl in Telangana was to be married off to a 40-year-old man, the police and child protection officials were alerted. The illegal wedding still took place without any hitch.
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Telangana’s Crackdown On Child Marriage: No Proof Of Age? No Wedding
Hyderabad: Priests, card printers, flower decorators and tent suppliers join hands to help authorities in crack down on child marriages. Priests in Telangana have been told to request proof of age for the bride and groom before marrying them, while the officials are checking in villages to see if any child marriages are being planned or performed. ...
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On Hyderabad Outskirts, New Fight Against High Rate Of Child Marriages
Priests, card printers, flower decorators and tent suppliers are all being recruited in Telangana to help crack down on child marriages. The legal age of marriage in India is 18 for women and 21 for men. The drive to stop child marriage, timed for the peak wedding season in the summer months, is focused on rural parts of Telangana, where more than ...
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Telangana Girl, 14, Married To 51-Year-Old, Returns To School
Telangana: In Telangana’s Nalgonda district, a 14-year-old girl was secretly married off to a man four times her age. After four months, she has managed to free herself from the captivity. In October last year, Revathi (name changed), a student of Class 9, who lives in a government-run Kasturbha hostel for tribal girls, came to visit her family d...
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To End Child Marriages, Telangana Women's Panel Demands Compulsary Marriage Registration
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Commission for Women on Monday sought effective implementation of the Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act to prevent child marriages in the state. The Act was made in undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2002 and the Telangana government adopted it in December, 2014, the Commission’s Chairperson Tripurana Venkataratnam t...
