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MUMBAI: City-based businessman and BJP functionary Dilawar A Chaugle has appealed to the Centre to give Padmashree Award to Sunni Cleric "Grand Mufti of India" Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar for getting execution of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya suspended.Though office of the senior cleric claimed the execution order has been "revoked" by the Houthi militia in Yemeni capital Sanaa, there is no official confirmation either from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or family of Yemeni ...Read More >
Nimisha is currently locked up in a prison controlled by the Houthi administration in Yemen's capital Sana'a. The execution of an Indian nurse, Nimisha Priya, convicted in the murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi in 2018, which was set to be carried out on July 16, was postponed. According to reports, the Kerala nurse's execution was halted by the authorities in Yemen. However, the fresh date for her execution was not immediately known. Hectic parleys were on to delay the sentencing. The ...Read More >
New Delhi: On what was to be the darkest day for a nurse from Kerala, an unexpected ray of hope came from thousands of miles away. Nimisha Priya, who had been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of loca business partner, had her execution halted just hours before it was to take place. At the centre of this dramatic turn was a quiet but powerful intervention by India's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar. A native of Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, Nimisha l ...Read More >
New Delhi: The death sentence of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed for the time being. She was to be executed by shooting today, July 16. According to media reports, activist groups and influential religious leaders intervened in the matter, after which the death sentence of Nimisha Priya was postponed. Earlier, many efforts were also made at the diplomatic level to save Nimisha from the death penalty. There is also news that the victim's family ...Read More >
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The execution of Nimisha Priya, a Malayali nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has been put on hold following a Yemeni government order issued on Tuesday Samuel Jerome Baskaran, who has been negotiating on behalf of the family, stated that the victim's family has not yet agreed to a pardon or to accept blood money. The intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar, Chandy Oommen MLA, Yemeni authorities made it possible, he said. Nimisha Priya ...Read More >
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: There is still a ray of hope for Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, July 16 in Yemen. Priya, a nurse from Kerala, has been awarded death sentence by Yemen's court for the alleged murder of her Yemeni business partner, Talal Abdo Mahdi. As a last-ditch effort to save her, Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar is said to lead a delegation to talk to and assure the victim's family to accept blood money and pardon Priya, the only legal option le ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 15: The scheduled execution of Nimisha Priya, a Malayali nurse facing the death penalty in Yemen, has been postponed following the intervention of the Grand Mufti of India, Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad. The development was confirmed through a press release issued by the Grand Mufti on Tuesday. The Grand Mufti stepped in after Puthuppally MLA Chandy Oommen approached him last week, requesting help based on his close ties with Sufi scholars in Yemen. Responding to the call, Sheikh Abubakr ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala) | Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday said that the government would not allow the "blending of religion with education" and reiterated that there would be no change in the revised school timings. Under the revised timetable, high school students (classes 8 to 10) will spend an extra 15 minutes in the morning and another 15 minutes in the afternoon on each working day except Fridays to help schools reach the required 1,100 instructional hours per year. How ...Read More >
New Delhi: The execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, sources said on Tuesday, July 15. It has been learnt that the local authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution scheduled for July 16, sources said. The development comes after a meeting took place between representatives of a prominent scholar and Sufi leader Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, and the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi, the Yemeni national allegedly killed by Nimis ...Read More >
Kozhikode: Last-minute efforts to halt the scheduled execution of an Indian nurse in Yemen on July 16 are underway, under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there, at the behest of influential Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar, informed sources said here on Tuesday. A meeting between representatives of prominent scholars and Sufi leader Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, and the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi -- the Yemeni national allegedly killed by nurse Nimisha Priya in 2017 -- is ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) With just days remaining before the scheduled execution of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, a glimmer of hope has emerged as prominent Kerala Muslim scholar and Grand Mufti of India, Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, has stepped in to mediate for her release. At the scholar's request, an emergency meeting is currently underway in northern Yemen, led by renowned Yemeni Sufi cleric Shaikh Habeeb Ummer. The talks aim to secure a pardon for Nim ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Grand Mufti of India Kanthapuram E Abubaker Musaliyar's active intervention, there is a ray of hope for Malayal nurse Nimisha Priya, who is to be executed in Yemen on July 16 in connection with the murder of a Yemeni national. According to reports, Kanthapuram, who is also All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama general secretary, is actively involved in efforts to prevent the death penalty for the 36-year-old Malayali nurse, currently imprisoned in Yemen. Talks about her ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Kerala), Jul 14 (PTI) Influential Sunni Muslim cleric Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar has stepped in and is making "all possible efforts" to save an Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen, as her scheduled execution draws near, informed sources said here on Monday. They said the 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad and holds the title of Grand Mufti of India, has held talks with religious authorities in Yemen, who are in contact with the family of ...Read More >
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