A Nigerian businessman has sparked debate by marrying his second wife just 11 months after his first wedding and one week ...

While polyandry, akin to polygamy, has been outlawed in India, it is still practiced among certain ancient tribes and ...

The Assam Assembly has passed the Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, banning polygamous marriages across most of the state and imposing penalties for violations. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ...

Silchar: The Assam Assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, which bans the practice of polygamy and polygamous marriages in the state with a penalty of jail up to 10 ...

The Assam Assembly on Thursday (November 27, 2025) passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, aimed at penalising those who enter into a second marriage without legally dissolving the first.

While tabling the Bill, Himanta Sarma reiterated that women's rights "will not be compromised". The Assam Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to ban polygamy, making it a punishable offence ...

Pope Leo XIV has issued a new Vatican decree reaffirming that Catholics must marry only one spouse for life and refrain from multiple intimate relationships. The document strongly criticizes polygamy ...

The Vatican has issued a new decree, approved by Pope Leo, reaffirming its stance that Catholics should commit to one spouse for life. The Holy See’s top doctrinal office told the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Mumbai: A significant majority of Muslim women want polygamy outlawed, with 85% saying it should be legally invalid and 87% wanting the application of existing criminal provisions against their ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday tabled a bill in the Assembly to ban polygamy, making it an offence with up to seven years of imprisonment for first offence. With permission from ...

Nigeria will not play at the 2026 World Cup after they lost on penalties to DR Congo in a play-off in Rabat. The two teams could not be separated after 120 minutes of action with Frank Onyeka and ...