New Delhi: Taking a serious view of child marriages in the country, the UPA government has decided to hold a national consultation on the issue with the states. A core group has been constituted by the women and child development ministry to organise the first national consultation this year to prevent child marriages, a ministry official said. "National consultation will be held soon. A core group has already been constituted...
06:27 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Jaipur: In Rajasthan child marriages continue to be a rampant practice. But 17-year-old Lakshmi has just stepped out of what seemed like a nightmare. Lakshmi was told only weeks back that she was married off when she was two years old and now she must go to her husband's home. But she has sought the help of social workers to have her illegal marriage annulled. She wants to study, and...
06:41 AM, Apr 25, 2012
UN started a campaign to mobilise 150000 teenagers in the US to file a petition the White House to fight against child marriages worldwide. ...
09:21 AM, Nov 16, 2011
New York: On the first day of the law authorising same-sex marriages in New York, hundreds of gay and lesbian couples officially said "I do" here Sunday. Amid numerous scenes of happiness, the different city clerk offices in New York City's five boroughs married 823 couples, both heterosexual and homosexual. Among those getting married were Rev. Carmen Hernandez - who is of Puerto Rican origin - and Doris De Armas...
12:23 PM, Jul 25, 2011
(Reuters) - Two women, both grandmothers, became New York state's first legally wed same-sex couple early on Sunday, with traditional honeymoon capital Niagara Falls as the backdrop for the historic event. Kitty Lambert, 54, and Cheryle Rudd, 53, from Buffalo, New York, were married just after midnight Saturday at Niagara Falls' State Park's Luna Island, near the U.S.-Canada border. The women, with five grown children between them from previous marriages,...
08:11 PM, Jul 24, 2011
London: Actor Brad Pitt supports the New York state's decision to legalise same-sex marriage, and says every American should have the right to marry whoever they want. Pitt raises six children - Maddox, nine; Pax, seven; Zahara, six; Shiloh, five; and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - with partner Angelina Jolie. "It is encouraging that New York has joined the movement to grant equal marriage rights to its citizens. But...
09:28 AM, Jul 08, 2011
New York: Gay couples will be able to marry in New York state from July 25, and New York City hopes to woo them with an 'NYC I DO' campaign as officials prepare for an expected deluge of weddings. An estimated 66,000 gay couples will marry in New York state within three years, adding about $284 million to the state's economy, according to a report by the Independent Democratic Conference,...
08:01 AM, Jun 28, 2011
Actress Cameron Diaz has no plans to walk down the aisle as she feels the institution of marriage is dying. "I think we have to make our own rules. I don't think we should live our lives in relationships based off old traditions that don't suit our world any longer," she told Maxim magazine. But Diaz, who is said to be dating baseball player Alex Rodriguez, still believes in love,...
12:31 PM, May 05, 2011
New Delhi: Priyanka Chopra seems to have taken her role in 7 Khoon Maaf a little too seriously! The versatile actress, who gets married seven times in the thriller, says she would love to marry at least six times in real life - but to the same man. "I have been planning my wedding since as far back as I can remember! My ideal scenario is getting married six times...
02:59 PM, Mar 01, 2011
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati turns 55 on Saturday. The Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow has been lit up on the occasion. The day is being celebrated as a Social welfare day. The government will be announcing over Rs 4000 crore worth of schemes as well as power projects and a sewage treatment plant. The BSP government will also be organising mass marriages for...
08:14 AM, Jan 15, 2011
Believe it or not! Divorce too is contagious like some diseases and can infect friends, colleagues and families. ...
12:36 PM, Jul 05, 2010
Nearly 25 million women who married in 2007 younger than 18. ...
03:50 PM, Oct 06, 2009
Harayana politician Chander Mohan gets fond of his old religion. ...
09:53 PM, Jul 27, 2009
Congress' Santosh Bagrodia raised the issue during zero hour. ...
04:54 PM, Jul 13, 2009
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