Assam recorded a sharp decline in child marriages, surpassing the national average. A survey report identified legal deterrence and governm...

Assam strengthens its fight against child marriage. District Child Protection Officers are now Child Marriage Prohibition Officers. They wi...

Assam's determined efforts to eliminate child marriage were lauded at the NDA CMs' Conclave in New Delhi, chaired by Prime Minister Narendr...

Assam police arrested 416 individuals in a recent operation against child marriage, registering 335 cases. This is part of an ongoing state...

The statement of objectives of the repealing bill states, "There remains a scope of registering marriages of persons below 21 years (in cas...

The Assam cabinet has approved a proposed law requiring Muslims to register marriages and divorces with the government, bypassing the role ...

The Assam Cabinet approved the Muslim Marriage Registration Bill 2024, making government registration mandatory and illegalizing child marr...

On Thursday, the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rul...

The Assam government has decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act from 1935 to prevent child marriage and ...

A senior police officer who does not want to be named said, “The function took place at the Kabariband village under Patharkandi police sta...

Hundreds of villages in 20 districts of Assam recently organized awareness programs against child marriage. The state government wants to m...

The DGP conducted the second monthly State Crime Conference at the Assam Police Headquarters. All the additional Superintendents of Police,...

Sarma said," Till now in this mission against the child marriage in Assam, 90% percent of the cases will be convicted under POCSO Act. We h...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday was engaged in a discussion with Deputy commissioners and Superintendent of police acros...

According to the data shared by Assam police, 216 persons have been arrested in Hojai, 184 in Nagaon, 183 in Dhubri, 158 in Baksa, 146 in B...

"We have got the approval for setting up a temporary jail. It will be established in a non-functional existing government premises near Sil...

Tension prevailed in Dhubri district after police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the women who had gathered in front of the Tamarha P...