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India’s parliament has finally passed a bill criminalizing the controversial Muslim practice of instant divorce known as “triple talaq” and making it punishable with up to three years in prison.…
Over 40 Indian paramilitary police were on Thursday killed in a suicide attack in Pulwama district. A civilian was also killed in the shootout as Indian troops launched a search…
A man, Mahendra Singh Gond, has been sentenced to death by hanging for raping a four-year-old girl so brutally that she underwent multiple surgeries to have her intestines realigned. The…
The governor of India’s central bank, Urjit Patel, has resigned from his post citing “personal reasons”. His resignation comes amid reports of a rift between the Reserve Bank of India…
An Indian court has sentenced three Nigerians to 18 years in jail for smuggling drugs and running a heroin factory. The convicts, Sunni Chuba Okola, Imco Dike and Nababuko Patik,…
At least 30 people fell sick on board in an Indian passenger plane on Thursday after the pilots allegedly forgot to switch on an air pressurisation system, local media reported.…
Bihar, a state in eastern India has banned students appearing for this year’s Class “X” board examinations from wearing shoes and socks, to curb cheating. “The board has decided that…
At least two Pakistani civilians were killed as Indian troops fired bullets and mortar shells across a de facto border which runs through the disputed region of Kashmir, military officials…