Assassinations have a long history across the world, with some having profound implications. India is no stranger to assassinations, with mass leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi’s assassinations...
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed Tamil group in Sri Lanka that was waging a war against the island nation's government, on May 21, 1991.
Rajiv Gandhi was not just a father to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi or husband to Sonia Gandhi. He was the Prime Minister of the nation, a man loved and revered by thousands at the time he was killed. When he died, thousands...
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord with Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1987. Under the pact, the Indian military was deployed as the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to...
Earlier in November, the Supreme Court permitted the premature release of the remaining convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The Congress has since sought a review of the apex court's decision.
Former journalist Anirudhya Mitra, whose breaking news reports on the Rajiv Gandhi assassination in 1991 brought him the ire of rival media houses, recollects the collective disappointment felt by him and the investigating...
The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi forced the Congress (I) to a situation where there was no ready-made scion to take over, no coronation to take place; for the first time they had to elect their own leader to run the...
The Congress will seek a review of the Supreme Court decision to release six convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, senior party leader and lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Monday.
Five persons convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released this month following a Supreme Court order.
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A top official visited the Rajiv Gandhi assassination camp on Monday following information that the four life convicts are planning a hunger strike over basic...
The Supreme Court had in 1999 confirmed the award of death sentence to Nalini, her husband Sriharan and two others for their involvement the assassination of...
When asked if she would meet the Gandhi family, Nalini said 'I don't think they will meet me. I think the time has passed for them to see me.'
The Supreme Court on Friday set free Nalini Sriharan, her husband, and other convicts serving life terms in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Rajiv was...
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court on Friday set free Nalini Sriharan and five other remaining convicts, who are serving life term for about...
The Bench passed the order allowing convicts Nalini, Santhan, Murugan, Sriharan, Robert Payas, and Ravichandran to walk out of jail.
A series detailing the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is under development with acclaimed filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor attached as director.
Nalini has challenged the June 17 order of the Madras High Court, which rejected her plea for early release, and cited the Supreme Court judgement ordering the...
The high court had on June 17 rejected the petitions of Nalini Sriharan and Ravichandran, both convicted in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi...
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991 by LTTE assassins. Here we explain the assassination, the convictions, and controversies.
With Article 142, the Supreme Court has been likened to an entity of 'Natural Law' which theoretically prevails over laws of the land. The article was meant...
A Supreme Court bench invoked its extraordinary power under Article 142 to grant relief to Perarivalan who has served over 30 years of life term in the Rajiv...
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber, identified as Dhanu, at a poll rally.
Asked about an 'attack' on Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) cadres days ago by DMK functionaries at Dharmapuri, Murugan alleged that carrying out such acts was...
The LTTE and the ISI? Did you ever think there could be a connection there. A Manoj Bajpayee-starrer stirs up a hornet’s nest in Tamil Nadu.
The Palaniswami-led cabinet had on September 9, 2018, recommended to the Governor the release of all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination...
