NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched a sharp attack on Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) vice president Omar Abdullah after his recent remarks regarding Afzal Guru, the man convicted in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned Abdullah’s statement, accusing him of making “irresponsible and anti-national” comments in…
NEW DELHI: Iraqi authorities have carried out the execution of at least 11 individuals convicted of “terrorism” this week, as reported by security and health sources on Wednesday. Amnesty International has criticized the process, highlighting what it calls an “alarming lack of transparency.”Under Iraqi law, capital punishment is applicable for terrorism and murder offenses, with…
In 2002, on a cold Feb 22 morning in Oklahoma, Sarath Babu Pulluru, a student from Andhra Pradesh, was doing night shift at a cash counter of a 24/7 provision store when 19-year-old Michael Dewayne Smith came up to him and emptied nine bullets into him from two handguns he was carrying. Pulluru died on…
