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India has ordered an immediate inspection of all childcare homes run by a religious order founded by Mother Teresa after a nun was arrested over an alleged adoption racket. Illegal adoption is big business in India, with... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LcVoGq Get more World News

Nigeria, one of Africa’s two wealthiest economies, has overtaken India as home to the world’s greatest concentration of extreme poverty, amid warnings that the continent will host nine out of 10 of the world’s poorest people within 12 years. The claim comes as concerns mount that the growth …...

Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the S-400 Triumf air defence missile deal with Russia will go ahead despite U.S. sanctions on military transactions with.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2uGm0Wf Get more World News

India, the world’s fastest growing crude consumer has a note of warning for OPEC – start reducing prices, or waning demand will mean a curb in purchases from the crude cartel. At least that’s the suggestion from Sanjiv Singh, chairman of Indian Oil … Read more via BusinessDay : News you...

The Police in India has arrested a Nigerian woman named David Blessing, after she caught with LSD blots and cocaine in her private parts.. The Kolkata unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Kolkata, India intercepted the 30yr old when she landed in Kolkata from Mumbai at Netaji Subhash...

An Indian court denied the appeals of three men convicted of a 2012 gang rape who wanted their death sentences lifted. The gang rape of a medical student sparked outrage in India and led to harsher sex crime penalties. India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences for three … Read...

Eleven members of the same family have been found dead – with nine hanging from the ceiling of their home, blindfolded, gagged and with their hands tied behind the back. Police are investigating whether the victims – seven women, two men and two boys aged 15 – committed suicide … Read more...

A report this week ranking India as the most dangerous country in the world for women has reignited the ongoing debate over women's safety in the vast country. On Tuesday, the Thomson Reuters Foundation... Read more via IOL News – https://ift.tt/2KrEU9V Get more World News

Two clearing and forwarding agents, Okechukwu Okpe and Michael Nwafor, who allegedly obtained N19 million from an Indian man under pretext of clearing his goods worth N75 million, were arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Igbosere, yesterday. … Read more via Vanguard News –...

In an apparently bizarre incident, some rodents have reportedly “destroyed to shreds” notes worth Rs 12 lakh stored inside an SBI ATM in Assam’s Tinsukia district in India. It was gathered that technicians who arrived to fix a malfunctioning cash machine in the Indian state of Assam got a …...

India’s ruling party has pulled out of a coalition that runs the disputed Kashmir region due to worsening "terrorism and violence." Analysts say the move is a ploy to help the party win national elections next year. India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quit the ruling coalition in...

Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan’s first movie since his conviction for shooting dead endangered wildlife opened across India Friday, with analysts predicting.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2tdcLMc Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Last year in March, Truecaller had announced its foray into the digital payments segment in India. Today the company announced a strategic investment.... Read more via TechMoran – https://ift.tt/2HMYtan Get more: Nigeria Business News

Mobs in southern India have killed at least five people and injured 20 others amid recent social media rumours about "child kidnapping gangs". Police say the messages, which were being... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2IGOOrk Get more World News

A mother and her daughter died while being transported to the hospital. The pair were reportedly killed by a snake venom. In the northern Indian city of Uttar Pradesh, a woman is believed to be responsible for the death of her daughter. … Read more via Pulse.ng News –...

Indian MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor has been charged with aiding his wife’s suicide in 2014. Sunanda Pushkar's unexplained death.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2GetqDx Get more World News

Police arrested 14 men on Saturday after a teenager was raped and burned alive at her home in eastern India, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country. The 16-year-old was abducted from her home when her family.... Read more via Channels Television News – https://ift.tt/2web2Lr...

No less than at least 21 people who were headed for a wedding have been killed when their truck flew off a bridge in India. This was revealed by police on Wednesday. The crash is the latest horrific crash on India’s accident-prone roads. … Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...

People are angry over the brutal rape and murder of Asifa Bano The brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year old girl has sparked outrage and anger across India. Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2v60zRE Image copyright EPA Image caption Get more World News

At least 30 people, most of them children died after a school bus fell into a gorge in a mountainous region of India. Most of the passengers were below the age of 10, police said. The bus driver and two teachers were also killed in the accident on Monday evening. The incident occurred in the...