"child-marriages"

For instance, 15 marriages were prevented in the district in 2024 as against 18 child marriages that were prevented in 2023.

The Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao on Wednesday issued notices in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) case challenging the state government's failure to implement the Official Languages Act, 1966.

Telangana is one among eight States where the prevalence of child marriage is high

Assam police have arrested 15 "fake Kazis" from Hailakandi district for allegedly conducting child marriages by preparing fake documents.

The committee will submit its draft legislation to the government within 45 days from the notification date.

To completely eradicate child marriage, Chief Secretary Jawahar Reddy, state-wide awareness campaigns will be undertaken, including identifying girls who dropped out of school and readmitting them.

The police have registered 4,004 incidents of child marriage in the last 10 days since the state Cabinet resolved on January 23 to take action

Kumram Bheem Asifabad/Mancherial: Telangana High Court judge Justice K Laxman expressed concern on growing violence against children and stressed the need to reduce crimes against them. He along with Collector Rahul Raj formally inaugurated a special court for disposing cases booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, here on Sunday. Justice […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao here on Monday said that it was the Telangana government which conducted 10 lakh marriages of poor girls in the country through Kalyani Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes. An outlay of Rs. 2750 crore was being proposed towards Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak scheme, he said. “This is a […]

According to officials, 71 cases, including 31 FIRs were booked in the last nine weeks

The report was released by CRY on the eve of International Missing Children's Day observed across the globe every year on May 25.

UNICEF estimates that more than 4 million children were forcibly married in the country last year

Thwarting child marriages during lockdown period was a challenging task for Child Protection Unit when complaints doubled compared to 2019

Officials of Child Protection, ICDS, revenue and police prevented a child marriage on Saturday night at Tallakunta thanda in Wardhannapet mandal

District Child Protection Officer Mahender Reddy Gade said that they had conducted the programmes to all the SHGs in eight mandals against the total of 16 mandals in the newly created Warangal Rural district.