HYDERABAD: Many Muslim families in the city of Hyderabad are in the process of solemnizing marriages (nikah) of their children in fear that the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage from 18 years to 21 years, would soon become law. The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in the Winter Session. The Bill was
The Hyderabad Police have registered 357 cases under POCSO Act and around 2,393 cases under many IPC sections against those who were involved in crimes against women in 2021.
The overall crime rate has come down by 10 per cent in Hyderabad this year. In comparison to 22,641 crime cases in the previous year (2020), the city registered 20, 012 cases in 2021.
According to the IMD forecast, the minimum temperature in the city is likely to range from 11 degrees Celsius to 15 degrees Celsius and might dip further at isolated places for the next couple of days.