The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the legal age of marriage applies equally to all citizens, holding that personal law ...

More than a third of the world's child brides are from India, leaving children at a higher risk of exploitation despite India's growing modernity and economic wealth, according to a UNICEF report.

India accounts for about one-third of the world's child marriages, according to data from the UN's children agency UNICEF, but a video circulating online does not show a girl marrying a man in the ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Police in Assam detain 3,000 men in month-long operation Crackdown leaves poor families without main breadwinner Campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle child marriage RADHANAGAR, India, March 1 ...

When 15-year-old Geeta Jadhav disappeared from her home during last year’s monsoon, her teacher, Suvarna Gaikwad, already knew what had happened. Geeta had been married off to Prashant Koli, a boy ...

Infants born to child brides in India (married before the age of 18) have a higher risk of malnutrition than children born to older mothers, according to research published on bmj.com today. Despite ...

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.