Why Chinese men are queuing up to marry women from Pakistan and Bangladesh, and why China is worriedA critical shortage of women in China, stemming from the one-child policy, has fueled a disturbing trend of cross-border marriages, particu...
28 May, 2025, 12.39 PM IST
Why is Singapore worried about the increase in ‘sham marriages’ to foreign women?Singapore is grappling with an increase in sham marriages, where Singaporean men marry foreign women in exchange for financial compensation...
14 Jan, 2025, 09.26 PM IST
Bride, groom, spy: India's wedding detectivesMatrimonial detectives in India are seeing a boom in business as families increasingly hire them to investigate prospective partners in lov...
25 Dec, 2024, 11.46 AM IST
Married 15 times, treated as slave: Indonesian woman explains why she opted for 'illegal' pleasure marriageIndonesia Pleasure Marriage: Young women in Indonesian villages are entering short-term marriages with male tourists from the Middle East f...
12 Oct, 2024, 10.58 AM IST
Assam govt tables bill to abolish Muslim marriages, divorce actThe statement of objectives of the repealing bill states, "There remains a scope of registering marriages of persons below 21 years (in cas...
23 Aug, 2024, 12.24 AM IST
HC refuses to entertain plea challenging assumed absolute discretion of Muslim husband to give divorce to wifeThe Delhi High Court has rejected two petitions challenging the Muslim husband's authority to pronounce divorce (talaq-ul-sunnat) without r...
18 Sep, 2023, 05.47 PM IST
Pakistan woman, living in Noida, says adopted Hinduism, changed four kids names tooPakistan's Seema Haider said she came in contact with Greater Noida's Sachin Meena while playing PUBG game during covid lockdown. Then they...
12 Jul, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
Temporary jails coming up in Assam as crackdown on child marriage continues"We have got the approval for setting up a temporary jail. It will be established in a non-functional existing government premises near Sil...
08 Feb, 2023, 09.45 PM IST
Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutionalA bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla directed the respondents to file their response and issued notice on ...
02 May, 2022, 06.40 PM IST
No 'moral policing' if 2 adults staying together willingly by marriage or live-in relationship: MP HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that no "moral policing" can be allowed if two adults are willing to stay together by way of marriag...
31 Jan, 2022, 11.57 AM IST
View: Supreme Court should strike down ‘love jihad’ lawsThe apex court should consider throwing out all the new laws on the ground that forced conversion is already illegal. The draconian love ji...
06 Dec, 2020, 10.10 AM IST
Kerala love jihad: SC sends Hadiya to Salem in Tamil Nadu to pursue her studiesA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the Kerala police to provide Hadiya with security and ensure that she travelled to Sal...
27 Nov, 2017, 11.06 PM IST
16-year-old girl gets her marriage annulled in UdaipurThe young bride, who faced harassment at her in-laws place, was deserted by her husband when he came to know that she suffered from AIDS.
15 Jun, 2015, 09.25 AM IST
Polygamy practised on mass scale among Muslims in UK: StudyPolygamy is being practised on an enormous scale among Britain's Muslims with a large number of women being denied basic legal rights, a ne...
10 Dec, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
- New mobile app to tackle forced marriage in UK
A new government-funded smartphone app has been launched in Britain to protect potential victims at risk of being forced into marriage.
05 Mar, 2013, 08.13 PM IST
Children of government servants from illegal marriage can claim share of pensionThe child of a government servant born out of wedlock will henceforth be entitled to claim a share of its father's family pension.
30 Nov, 2012, 09.11 AM IST
People bringing spouses to UK may need to pay bond: ReportThe British government's move to toughen rules on migrants from outside the EU is not likely to go down well with immigrants from India.
11 Oct, 2011, 01.04 AM IST