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A Pakistani special court hearing the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, December 17th handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad announced the...

Mild tremors were felt in parts of the Indian capital of Delhi and its neighbouring areas Tuesday afternoon. Panicky residents rushed out of their high rise apartments, and office building as soon as tremors were felt, around 4:35 PM. The tremor was measured as 6.1 magnitude earthquake. read...

A bishop accused by a nun of repeatedly raping her over two years has been summoned for questioning by police in India. It comes as several nuns continue to protest outside the High Court to demand justice for the sister. Amid claims that authorities are failing to take … Read more via RT...

Indian film superstar Priyanka Chopra is engaged to young American singer Nick Jonas after a whirlwind two months of dating, a report said Friday. People magazine, citing unnamed sources close to the.... Read more via Punch Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2LURi2T Get more Nigeria...

An Indian woman and her four daughters have confessed to hiring contract killers to have their husband/father murdered because he refused to let them wear jeans. The lifeless body of Meharbaan Ali, a police sub-inspector, was found in a sewage canal in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, … Read more...

Twelve monkeys have been found dead as a result of heart attacks, not long after they were scared by a tiger in an Indian forest They were said to have been discovered by some forest department workers who were shocked by the apparent mass death. Postmortem investigations carried out by...

For many years, the Education Boards in India have grappled with examination malpractice. To tackle the malpractice, often seen on a large scale across the country, these boards have of late issued strict dress codes, that unfairly put innocent students in trouble. A girl in Kerala’s Kannur...

Upon seeing his college roomate after 3 years, Dr. Madhukar Gaikwad's expression of love could not be contained. A love so forceful that it crushed his 35-year old friend, who ended up cracking three ribs in the hug he got from him. Dr. Gaikwad, superintendent of Fort's St George's Hospital...

While speaking during a sermon in a church in Kerala, Southern India, Catholic Priest, Father Sharlom, has called for women who wear jeans and other ‘provocative’ dress to be drowned for “tempting men.” The priest said such women should be kicked out of the church because they belong to hell...

An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world's heaviest woman at 500kg (78 and a half stone), has arrived in Mumbai, India, for weight reduction surgery. The family of 36-year-old Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty said it was the first time she had left home for 25 years. See photos:

A way to a man's heart is through food, popular saying goes. The truism in this saying has played out in an Indian restaurant as a happy diner in Portadown has surprised staff by leaving a £1,000 tip on a £79 bill. Portadown Times reports that Chef Babu, (Shabbir Satter) of the Indian Tree in...

Tributes have continued to pour in over the death of Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, governor of India's Tamil Nadu state and known nationally as the "Iron Lady". Jayaraman died on Monday after suffering a heart attack, officials said. She was 68 years old. "It is with indescribable grief we announce...