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…

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…

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, at Kangula area in…

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…

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…