United Kingdom marriage visa age raised to 21

Britain on Tuesday announced that its decision to increase the age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa from 18 years to 21 years will be implemented from November 27.

The age for marriage visas was raised in summer as part of a crackdown on forced marriage. “Both par ties in a marriage will have to be 21 years old before a marriage visa can be issued,” the home office said on Tuesday.

Thirty per cent of the cases dealt with by the government’s forced marriage unit involved victims aged between 18 years and 21 years and new provisions were introduced specifically to address this problem. The ministry will also revoke the right to stay in the UK where there is evidence that the marriage route has been abused. “It is important that we protect vulnerable young people and this measure will help avoid exploitation,” border and immigration minister Phil Woolas said.

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Aarushi case:Central Bureau of investigation turns to All-India Institute of Medical Sciences for help

The CBI, tied up in knots in the Aarushi murder investigation, is now banking on forensic examination of vital clues by experts at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences to crack the case.

The CBI had earlier sought the help of AIIMS experts in the Rizwanur Rehman probe in Kolkata and the gruesome Nithari killings in Noida.

The Noida police’s failure to recover the weapons used to kill Aarushi and the family servant Hemraj, even after intensive questioning of Dr Rajesh Talwar, has put added pressure on the CBI. It is also asking forensic scientists to re-examine the post-mortem reports to determine whether these were tampered with.

Forensic experts have told the CBI that it is possible the same weapon was used to kill both victims. They feel that a Nepali khukri, with one side blunt and the other one sharp, might have been used. “If two weapons were used, then one of them could be a butcher’s knife,” Dr Sudhir Gupta, AIIMS associate professor of forensic sciences, told this newspaper.

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