Rajiv Gandhi assassination
- 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…
- India
Extra security at Tiruchi camp for Rajiv assassination convicts
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Police have provided extra security to the Tiruchi rehabilitation camp where the four Sri Lankan convicts of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination are lodged after their release from prison, pending deportation. The…
- India
‘I was not aware of Rajiv Gandhi assassination’, says Nalini
Chennai: S. Nalini, who was a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has said that she was not aware of the bid to assassinate the former Prime Minister. She was speaking…
- Chennai
Nalini, four other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi case walk out from TN prisons
Chennai: Nalini Sriharan, her husband and three other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released from Tamil Nadu prisons on Saturday evening. Immediately after she was released from the special…
- India
Rajiv Gandhi convicts likely to be released on Saturday
Chennai: Six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, including Nalini Sriharan, are likely to be released this evening, a senior official indicated on Saturday. The prison officials set into motion the process…
- India
Key dates in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case trial and after
January 28, 1998: Poonamallee trial court convicts 26 in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case including Nalini Sriharan and sentences all of them to death. May 11, 1999: Supreme Court confirms death sentence…
- India
SC decision to free killers of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi unacceptable, erroneous: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday termed “totally unacceptable and completely erroneous” the Supreme Court order directing the premature release of six convicts serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination…
- Chennai
TN HC refuses to quash proceedings against Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to set aside the criminal proceedings pending against Murugan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, before a lower court in…
- India
Madras HC rejects plea for release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts
Chennai: Holding that High Courts do not have the special power of the Supreme Court, the Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in…
- India
Despite opposition, SC grants bail to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to A.G. Perarivalan convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, noting that he has already spent more than 30 years…
- India
TN govt grants one month parole to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday granted one-month parole to Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the assassination case of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. The parole came after repeated…
- Entertainment
TN govt writes to centre seeking ban on Amazon series ‘The Family Man 2 ‘
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday wrote to the Union government seeking a ban on the second season of the Amazon Prime web series ‘The Family Man’ starring Manoj Bajpayee. In…
- Opinions
Remembering Rajiv Gandhi, a leader who pushed for economic reforms
Venkat Parsa May 21, 2021, marks three decades since the tragic assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991, in the midst of the campaign during the General Election…
