Hyderabad, July 29 -- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), on Tuesday, July 29, denied reports that Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing a death sentence in Yemen, has been reprieved.

The previous day, the office of the Indian Grand Mufti alleged that her death sentence had been revoked. "The death sentence of Nimisha Priya, which was previously suspended, has been overturned. A high-level meeting held in Sanaa decided to cancel the death sentence that was temporarily suspended earlier, completely," said a statement released.

Hailing from Kerala's Palakkad district, the 38-year-old nurse moved to Yemen in 2008 for a better future. She entered into a business partnership with a Yemeni citizen, Talal Abdo Mahdi. Both jointly ran a...