Yemen Delays Execution of Malayali Nurse; Odisha Student Dies After Self-Immolation

Yemen Postpones Execution of Nurse

Yemeni officials have decided to delay the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, which was initially set for Wednesday. No new execution date has been provided.

This decision follows a statement from the Indian government to the Supreme Court, indicating limited options to prevent Priya's execution.

Nimisha Priya, originally from Palakkad, has been imprisoned in Yemen since July 2017 for the alleged murder of Talal Abdo Mehdi. In 2020, she received a death sentence from a court in Sanaa. Reports from December indicated that Rashad al-Alimi, the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, had sanctioned the execution.

Tragic Death of Odisha Student

In a heartbreaking incident, an undergraduate student in Odisha's Balasore district has died after setting herself on fire. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhubaneswar reported that despite extensive medical efforts, she could not be saved.

The student had ignited herself on campus shortly after a meeting with Dilip Ghosh, the principal of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, regarding her complaint against assistant professor Samir Kumar Sahu.

Sahu was arrested on charges including abetment to suicide and sexual harassment. Following this, Ghosh was also taken into custody.

CPI Leader K Chandu Rathod Shot Dead

K Chandu Rathod, a leader of the Communist Party of India, was fatally shot by unknown assailants in the Malakpet area of Hyderabad while he was walking in a park around 7:30 AM.

Authorities have initiated a murder investigation under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act. K Narayana, another CPI leader, suggested that Rathod had been receiving threats and that the murder stemmed from personal enmity.

Maharashtra Government to Investigate NGO Report

The Maharashtra government has announced an inquiry into the motives of the Praja Foundation, a non-profit organization that published a report in May detailing the inadequate state of public and community toilets in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant criticized the report's accuracy, which claimed there is only one public toilet seat for every 752 men and 1,820 women, far below the standards set by the Swachh Bharat Mission.

The NGO's findings also indicated a severe shortage of community toilets, with only one seat available for every 86 men and 81 women, while the mission guidelines recommend a much higher ratio. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde countered these claims, asserting that Mumbai has one toilet seat for every 46 men and 38 women.

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