Akshaya Tritiya sees a surge in weddings and child marriage risks. Here’s why authorities step up checks every year.

Udaipur: On the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, Gayatri Seva Sansthan (GSS), an NGO dedicated to child rights protection, in ...

Maharashtra WCD authorities stopped 13 child marriages on Akshaya Tritiya across districts like Ahilyanagar and Yavatmal.

Akshaya Tritiya marks new beginnings-but behind the celebrations, child marriages are often hidden, taking away a child's ...

Kota April 19 (PTI) An eight-year-old boy’s timely intervention helped prevent the child marriage of his friend from Class 5, scheduled on the night of Akshaya Tritiya, highlighting both the ...

An eight-year-old boy's timely intervention helped prevent the child marriage of his friend from Class 5, scheduled on the ...

As many as 13 child marriages, which were set to coincide with Akshaya Tritiya on Sunday, were successfully prevented in ...

A child marriage stopped in Haryana’s Jind created an unexpected ripple effect, leading to six more child marriages being ...

Bhopal: Child marriages are surging across Madhya Pradesh, with govt data showing cases where girls under 18 were married ...

"Assam continues its fight against child marriage," he added, saying raids have been carried out overnight and that those arrested would be produced in court. India is home to more than 220 million ...

In India, nearly half of all girls are married before they turn the legal age of 18. In the state of Bihar, the statistics are even grimmer: 69% of girls are wedded before they’re 18 and 48% before ...