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Another Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, P Ravichandran, Goes To Supreme Court For Release
In jail for 30 years, P Ravichandran cites case of fellow convict AG Perarivalan, who came out of jail after 31 years following court order two months ago
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Anti-Terrorism Day 2022: Know The History, Significance And Pledge
India observes Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21. It was on this day in 1991 the seventh Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE terrorists while campaigning for the Congress party at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.
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Sadbhavana Diwas 2020: Rajiv Gandhi Remembered On His Birth Anniversary
Sadbhavana Diwas 2020: The Congress party observes former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary as Sadbhavna Diwas every year. Born on August 20 in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. Rajiv Gandhi took charg...
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Priyanka And I Weren't Happy About LTTE Chief's Death: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were not happy after the terror group LTTE's chief Prabhakaran, who ordered the assassination of his father Rajiv Gandhi, was killed, as they felt "the violence inflicted upon him had impacted others, including his children".
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"I Told Him He Was Going To Die": Rahul Gandhi On Father's Assassination
Rahul Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by the LTTE, has said that he and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had "completely" forgiven their father's killers. "For many years, we were quite upset and hurt, but somehow... (we have) completely (forgiven them)," an emotional Mr Gandhi said to a loud applause by the audience duri...
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'Killing Rajiv Gandhi Was LTTE's Biggest Mistake', Leader Reportedly Said
Assassinating former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the Tamil Tigers' biggest mistake, a new book quotes the late LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham as saying.
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Tamil Nadu Can't Free Rajiv Gandhi Killers Without Consulting Centre: Supreme Court
Rajiv Gandhi's killers cannot be freed by Tamil Nadu without the Centre being consulted, the Supreme Court said today.
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PM Modi Pays Tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on His Birth Anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
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Rajiv Gandhi killing: victims' families move Supreme Court against release of convicts
The families of the victims of the 1991 blast that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi approached the Supreme Court on Sunday against the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release the seven convicts in the case.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: TADA court notice to CBI on death convict's plea
A special TADA court today ordered issue of notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition by death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, AG Perarivalan, seeking a direction to the agency to investigate the 'left out area' of earlier probe.
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Petition seeking to ban screening of 'Madras Cafe' filed in High Court
A petition seeking to ban the release of Bollywood movie "Madras Cafe" was filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in Chennai on Wednesday.
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President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv Gandhi's murderers
President Pratibha PatIl has rejected the mercy pleas of three men convicted for the 1991 assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, paving the way for their execution, an official told AFP on Thursday. "The rejection (of the clemency petitions) happened last week after the president returned from a foreign tour," presidential spokes...
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LTTE's Karuna praise embarrasses Congress
In an embarrassing statement for the Congress, LTTE chief Prabhakaran has praised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi as a Tamil nationalist and has welcomed his stand on the Lankan Tamils issue. Karunanidhi is a key ally of the Congress-led central government but the party and the government consider the LTTE to be a terrorist organistion. The...
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Another Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, P Ravichandran, Goes To Supreme Court For Release
In jail for 30 years, P Ravichandran cites case of fellow convict AG Perarivalan, who came out of jail after 31 years following court order two months ago
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Anti-Terrorism Day 2022: Know The History, Significance And Pledge
India observes Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21. It was on this day in 1991 the seventh Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE terrorists while campaigning for the Congress party at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.
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Sadbhavana Diwas 2020: Rajiv Gandhi Remembered On His Birth Anniversary
Sadbhavana Diwas 2020: The Congress party observes former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary as Sadbhavna Diwas every year. Born on August 20 in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. Rajiv Gandhi took charg...
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Priyanka And I Weren't Happy About LTTE Chief's Death: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were not happy after the terror group LTTE's chief Prabhakaran, who ordered the assassination of his father Rajiv Gandhi, was killed, as they felt "the violence inflicted upon him had impacted others, including his children".
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"I Told Him He Was Going To Die": Rahul Gandhi On Father's Assassination
Rahul Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by the LTTE, has said that he and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had "completely" forgiven their father's killers. "For many years, we were quite upset and hurt, but somehow... (we have) completely (forgiven them)," an emotional Mr Gandhi said to a loud applause by the audience duri...
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'Killing Rajiv Gandhi Was LTTE's Biggest Mistake', Leader Reportedly Said
Assassinating former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the Tamil Tigers' biggest mistake, a new book quotes the late LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham as saying.
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Tamil Nadu Can't Free Rajiv Gandhi Killers Without Consulting Centre: Supreme Court
Rajiv Gandhi's killers cannot be freed by Tamil Nadu without the Centre being consulted, the Supreme Court said today.
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PM Modi Pays Tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on His Birth Anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
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Rajiv Gandhi killing: victims' families move Supreme Court against release of convicts
The families of the victims of the 1991 blast that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi approached the Supreme Court on Sunday against the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release the seven convicts in the case.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: TADA court notice to CBI on death convict's plea
A special TADA court today ordered issue of notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition by death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, AG Perarivalan, seeking a direction to the agency to investigate the 'left out area' of earlier probe.
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Petition seeking to ban screening of 'Madras Cafe' filed in High Court
A petition seeking to ban the release of Bollywood movie "Madras Cafe" was filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in Chennai on Wednesday.
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President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv Gandhi's murderers
President Pratibha PatIl has rejected the mercy pleas of three men convicted for the 1991 assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, paving the way for their execution, an official told AFP on Thursday. "The rejection (of the clemency petitions) happened last week after the president returned from a foreign tour," presidential spokes...
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LTTE's Karuna praise embarrasses Congress
In an embarrassing statement for the Congress, LTTE chief Prabhakaran has praised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi as a Tamil nationalist and has welcomed his stand on the Lankan Tamils issue. Karunanidhi is a key ally of the Congress-led central government but the party and the government consider the LTTE to be a terrorist organistion. The...
