The 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala is scheduled to be executed on July 16. The trial court in Yemen convicted her of killing a Yemeni national, a decision that the country's Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 2023.
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed sadness over the Indian government's submission that there is not much it can do to intervene and save Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse facing the death penalty in a murder case in Yemen.
The Central Government on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that the Consulate General of India in Indonesia has extended all possible assistance to the three Indian nationals facing the death penalty.
During arraignment in Manhattan federal court on Friday, Mangione's legal team hinted it wants his federal case to go to trial before his state cases related to Thompson's death after the Justice Department announced it would seek the death penalty in the federal case.
Mangione's lawyers have sought court intervention, saying that the Justice Department should be blocked from seeking the death penalty as it did not follow certain protocols and breached Mangione's due process.
Telangana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death penalty of five people awarded by the NIA Special Court in the Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case of 2013. The High Court dismissed their criminal appeal petition.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Bondi described the killing as a "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked the nation."
"I want justice, I want to give the death penalty to the culprits. I would like to appeal to PM Modi and CM Yogi (Adityanath) that a thorough investigation should be held in the case and justice should prevail. Whether the investigation happens through crime branch or CBI. I want to know
According to the police, the accused one - the father of deceased Pranay's wife - had hired Subhash Sharma to murder her daughter's husband. Accused number one in the case, the father, had died by suicide earlier.
He emphasised that his government will not tolerate misconduct or conversion and will ensure that those involved in religious conversion face the death penalty.
Amid the ongoing uproar over the murder of Congress worker Himani Narwal, Savita, the mother of the deceased victim, on Monday expressed her dissatisfaction over police action while demanding the death penalty for the accused.