Tag: Child marriage

Nabarangpur: The Women and Child Development Department has declared 172 villages in Odisha's Nabarangpur district as child marriage-free. On the directive of the department in June last year, Collector Ajit ...

Jajpur: Child marriages continue in India despite laws and awareness campaigns. One such marriage took place in Nagada under Sukinda block here on May 30. Although the marriage could not ...

Sonepur: Geetanjali Rana, an Anganwadi worker in Sonepur district, just can't tolerate to see a girl getting married before the legal age. Whenever Geetanjali gets information about a child marriage ...

Berhampur: The district administration is taking steps to make Ganjam free from child marriage within six months, said collector Vijay Amrit Kulange on Friday. Speaking at a meeting of the ...

Nuapada: Yashoda Pandey of Odisha, who has launched a crusade against child marriage since a young age, has won the prestigious V-Award 2020 by United Nations Volunteer (UNV). Union Youth ...

Angul: It is a scene right out of a Bollywood masala movie. A bride eloped with her boyfriend four days after marriage, leaving the groom waiting on the reception day, ...

Berhampur: Ganjam collector Vijay Amrit Kulange on Friday declared an award of Rs 5000 for first hand information about child marriage anywhere in the district. Stating that the name and ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has ordered all the district collectors to take appropriate action to make the state child marriage-free by 2030. Till date, 12 villages in Sonepur district, 10 ...

Cuttack: A venue for alleged child marriage was turned into that of a thread ceremony just before Childline officials and police arrived at Rajnagar village of Athagarh block in Cuttack ...

A tribal girl from Kandhamal district has been conferred with the prestigious Unicef-sponsored V Award at the UN House in New Delhi for her resolve to end child marriage and promote ...