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Supreme Court refuses to stay ‘love jihad’ laws in UP, Uttarakhand; issues notice
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 12:59 PM IST
The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde also issued a notice to the Centre on the petitions filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and Teesta Setalvad’s NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace.

Divorces and marriages tumbled in US during Covid, study shows
By Bloomberg | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 08:59 PM IST
A dearth of weddings and divorces was probably inevitable. Government offices were closed and Americans were being told to stay home. However, the data don’t show a big rebound in summer and autumn, when states mostly re-opened, that would reflect a large pent-up demand from the spring.

Rescued from torture 5 years ago, KCR’s adopted daughter Pratyusha marries
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Hindustan Times, Hyderabad
PUBLISHED ON DEC 28, 2020 07:05 PM IST
Pratyusha, a nurse, married Charan Reddy, a software engineer, at Lourde Matha Church at Patigadda of Kesampet block in Ranga Reddy district in the afternoon in a grand ceremony.

Tahira Kashyap: Of women at work and working on your marriage
By Tahira Kashyap | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2020 07:54 AM IST
Does it feel like your female boss doesn’t emphathise with issues women face at work? And is attraction everything in a relationship?

Rakhi Sawant says her marriage has become a big tragedy: ‘It’s been more than a year, my husband hasn’t come to India’
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 06:14 PM IST
Rakhi Sawant, who will soon be seen on Bigg Boss 14, has said she is bankrupt and even her marriage has turned into a farce. Rakhi will be seen in Bigg Boss 14.

Archana Puran Singh reveals she had to hide her marriage with Parmeet Sethi for four years, here’s why
By HT Entertainment Desk | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2020 08:55 AM IST
Actor Archana Puran Singh, who is the judge on The Kapil Sharma Show, spoke about the time when her husband Parmeet Sethi and she hid their marriage for four years as his parents didn’t approve of an actor as their daughter-in-law.

Rajasthan court pulls up cops who helped parents trying to coerce daughter to get married
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2020 12:55 AM IST
The court directed the district police to provide security to the woman till she is dropped at the desired place and inform the local police station of the area.

It took me long to come around to the idea of marriage: Arjun Kanungo
By Nishad Neelambaran | HT Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2020 09:57 PM IST
The singer-composer, who recently announced his engagement to girlfriend Carla Dennis, says that he is excited to take his relationship to the next level, but he never believed in marriage traditionally

Stop attacking interfaith marriages | HT Editorial
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON NOV 02, 2020 07:04 PM IST
The political regime appears to be enabling a climate of fear, distrust and violence and reinforcing the paranoia around interfaith marriages

Religious conversion only for sake of marriage not valid: Allahabad HC
By Jitendra Sarin | Hindustan Times, Prayagraj
PUBLISHED ON OCT 31, 2020 01:53 AM IST
The court referred to Noor Jahan Begum case, a 2014 judgment of the Allahabad high court which ruled that conversion just for the purpose of marriage is unacceptable.

Radhika Apte says she doesn’t believe in the institution of marriage, reveals why she got married
By HT Entertainment Desk | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 24, 2020 06:25 PM IST
Radhika Apte, who tied the knot with British musician Benedict Taylor in 2012, said that she is not a big believer in the institution of marriage. She only got married because it was ‘easier to get a visa’.

Kangana invites Shanta Kumar, Bali to brother’s marriage
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times/Dharamshala, Dharamshala
UPDATED ON OCT 20, 2020 12:09 AM IST
The wedding will be held next month in Rajasthan.

Filmmaker Puri Jagannadh says marriage is outdated, married actresses have no following
By Karthik Kumar | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON SEP 29, 2020 04:12 PM IST
Filmmaker Puri Jagannadh, in an episode of his podcast, called marriage an outdated institution and said that married actresses do not enjoy the same stardom and fan following as unmarried actresses.

Work from home norm seeps into bridal fashion as desi bride swaps traditional lehenga with pantsuit
By Zarafshan Shiraz | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2020 11:43 AM IST
Traditional attires at a Big Fat Indian Wedding get a spin this Covid-19 quarantine or so it seems after a desi bride Sanjana Rishi ditched a 10-kilos heavy lehenga or saree to walk down the aisle in a powder-blue vintage pantsuit, which the Internet thinks is goals

For marriage ‘equality’ that is truly equal
By Dhamini Ratnam | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 20, 2020 05:44 AM IST
Marriage equality, at a bare minimum, must allow consenting adults to enter into this form of partnership, irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity, across castes and religions

Barbados pledges same-sex marriage vote so as not to be ‘blacklisted’ for human rights issues
By Reuters by Anastasia Moloney | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz | Bogota
UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2020 10:02 AM IST
Stirring a ‘controversy’ in the Caribbean country where LGBT people suffer discrimination, verbal abuse and harassment, Barbados Governor General Sandra Mason has called for a public referendum on allowing same-sex marriage

‘I married my best friend’: YouTube’s interabled influencers break another stigma with their fairytale wedding
By Zarafshan Shiraz | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2020 10:37 AM IST
YouTube’s influencer couple, Shane Burcaw and Hannah Aylward, has been breaking down stigmas by documenting their interabled relationship on their channel Squirmy and Grubs for four years before they finally got married on September 4 and shared pictures from their fairytale wedding

Gauahar Khan’s rumoured boyfriend Zaid Darbar proves old school romance still rules the roost
By Zarafshan Shiraz | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 04, 2020 10:30 AM IST
Going down on one knee to propose to your partner will never be out of fashion and Gauahar Khan’s rumoured boyfriend Zaid Darbar proved just that in the duo’s latest mushy video | Watch

Madhya Pradesh HC grants anticipatory bail to man, says if husband goes to jail, marriage will end
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
PUBLISHED ON AUG 24, 2020 11:27 AM IST
Man’s wife lodged FIR against him on charges of cruelty and dowry demands

The embedded patriarchy in arranged marriages
PUBLISHED ON JUL 24, 2020 07:14 PM IST
Arranged or otherwise, marriage in modern India continues to be bound by rigid social-economic-caste structures

Man arrested for duping AIIMS nursing officer of Rs 34 lakh on pretext of marriage
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Prashasti Singh | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUL 07, 2020 06:55 PM IST
The accused, identified as Mohammad Sadik Imran, was nabbed from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on Monday with the help of mobile phone and technical surveillance, police said.

Hours before marriage, woman killed by stalker inside beauty parlour in MP
By Sudhir Jain| Edited by Sabir Hussain | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2020 10:00 PM IST
Police said the main accused is unemployed and had threatened to kill the woman if she did not marry him.

UK: India a ‘focus country’ for forced marriages
By Prasun Sonwalkar | Hindustan Times, London
UPDATED ON JUN 25, 2020 09:44 PM IST
A dedicated unit dealing with forced marriages said that it recorded less number of cases related to India in 2019 – 65 – compared to those in 2018 (85), but India remains among the UK’s top ‘focus’ countries on this issue.

In this week’s serving of soup for the soul: Man cooks wife breakfast for dinner. Watch
By Sanya Budhiraja | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2020 01:27 PM IST
Watching this TikTok may make you crave breakfast for dinner or a sweet partner who cooks for you, or both.

Karan Johar posts a note to wedding: ‘You show us a world of happiness, then vanish, bad sex beckons your return’
By HT Entertainment Desk | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 02, 2020 03:40 PM IST
Filmmaker Karan Johar posted a despondent note on life, death, wedding and marriage on Instagram on Tuesday. See it here.

HT Brunch Cover Story: Milind Soman, Ankita Konwar and their ageless love story
By Jamal Shaikh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 31, 2020 01:34 AM IST
When Milind Soman married Ankita Konwar, 26 years his junior, eyes rolled. Two years on, we see how they’ve made it work

Sherlyn Chopra reveals code word for casting couch, Sonam Kapoor celebrates 2 years of marriage with Anand Ahuja
By HT Entertainment Desk | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2020 11:33 AM IST
From Sonam Kapoor and husband Anand Ahuja celebrating their wedding anniversary to Sherlyn Chopra opening up about casting couch, here are top news from world of entertainment.

He went out to buy groceries amid lockdown, returned home with wife
By Asian News International | Ghaziabad
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 09:29 AM IST
The couple got married two months ago at an Arya Samaj Mandir in Haridwar.

Want a robust marriage? Give your partner occasional hugs, kisses
By Indo Asian News Service | New York
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2020 06:40 PM IST
Go ahead and give your partner a hug, kiss or cuddle while you catch some action on streaming platforms like Netflix.

Lovebirds await end of coronavirus pandemic, put marriage on hold for time being
By Press Trust of India | Gurdaspur
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2020 02:49 PM IST
As Amit and Summan’s love story flourished, overcoming the tyranny of the borders, the coronavirus pandemic struck and the plans for their marriage, initially scheduled for June, now hangs by a thread.