Muslim girl under 18 can marry on attaining puberty: HC

“The marriage of a Muslim girl after reaching puberty but before turning eighteen is valid because the personal laws to which she is subject permits it,” Allowing Afsana to chose whether she would stay with her husband, against whom her mother has lodged a criminal case of kidnapping, or live with parents...  

TB cases triple in Capital

Despite a monetary incentive from the government, vasectomy has failed to emerge as a popular choice of family planning, says the annual health report of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The report also points to an alarming rise in tuberculosis cases in the Capital - from 6,146 positive cases in 2006 to 19,865 in 2007.

Next door to Delhi, teen fights off child marriage

Child marriages are not an alien concept meant for faraway villages and moffusils with indistinguishable names; they take place just next door to the Capital. The victim of one such marriage, 14-year-old Sheetal Mandal, forced her family to have her impending marriage — and “doom” ...........

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