Assasination
- Pakistan
Pakistani man charged in elaborate assassination plot against Trump
New York: A Pakistani citizen has been charged in an elaborate plot that reads like a spy thriller to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. US Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced…
- World
Attempt on my life threat to US sovereignty: Khalistan leader Pannun
New Delhi: Calling the foiled attempt on his life ‘transnational terrorism’ and a threat to US sovereignty, Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said on Thursday that he will let the American government…
- Middle East
Senior cleric Abbas Ali Soleimani assassinated in Iran
Tehran: Senior Iranian cleric and member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts Abbas-Ali Soleimani was assassinated in an armed attack in the country’s northern province of Mazandaran, state media reported. Soleimani, 76, was…
- India
‘Special camp worse than jail’: Accomplice in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Chennai: Sri Lankan national Robert Payas, who was convicted in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has said the special camp where he has been lodged after being…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s head of mission in Kabul survives assassination bid
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani has survived an assassination bid, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed. In a statement, the Ministry said the Embassy’s compound in Kabul…
- India
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini moves SC seeking premature release
New Delhi: A convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has moved the Supreme Court seeking premature release. S. Nalini, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, has moved the apex court…
- India
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says Twitter account hacked after controversial tweet
New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday claimed his Twitter account was hacked after allegedly posting and then deleting a tweet with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s infamous quote linked…