Rajiv Gandhi Death Tamil Nadu

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  Rajiv Gandhi Killers' Release: Congress To Challenge Supreme Court Order

  Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi's widow, had supported the death sentence of four convicts being commuted. Their daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also met one of the accused and forgiven her.

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  On Rajiv Gandhi's Death Anniversay, Congress Leader Tweets Throwback Pics

  Today marks the 30th death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and social media tributes have been pouring in from all quarters for the leader.

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  'I Want A Mercy Killing', Convict In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Appeals To Government

  Robert Payas, one of the seven convicts serving a life term for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, has asked the Tamil Nadu government to kill him. In an appeal to the state, Payas said he did not have any hopes of getting released and appealed for a "mercy killing".

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  Godse's Brother was Released, Why Not Rajiv Gandhi Killers, Says Tamil Nadu in Supreme Court

  Citing the release of Gopal Vinayakram Godse in the Mahatma Gandhi assassination case, the Tamil Nadu government today tried to drive home the point for release of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi's killers in the Supreme Court.

• Polling Over in Tamil Nadu, Power Cuts Back

  The family of a Chennai journalist has blamed a power cut for the death of their 41-year-old son, who died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

• Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Centre files review petition in Supreme Court

  The Centre today moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgement commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on the ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea.

• DMK, MDMK want convicts in Rajiv Gandhi case released

  With the Supreme Court on Tuesday commuting the death sentence awarded to three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, political parties DMK, MDMK and CPI along with the convicts' relatives demanded their release from prison.

• Supreme Court commutes death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi's killers to life

  The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of three men convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to life in prison and left it to the Tamil Nadu government to decide whether to release them by granting them remission.

• Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court verdict on convicts' plea today

  The fate of three death row convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case will be sealed today when the Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on their plea for commutation of their sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea.

• Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini Sriharan's mother pleads government to commute death sentences of convicts

  The mother of Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has pleaded the government to commute the death sentence and all the convicts.

• Condemned prisoners in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case deserve death sentence: Supreme Court

  The condemned prisoners convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case deserve death sentence, the Supreme Court today said.

• Rajiv Gandhi assassination: convicts seek commutation of death sentence in plea to Supreme Court

  The three men convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi moved the Supreme Court today seeking commutation of their death sentence.

• Karunanidhi hails Supreme Court's judgement on death penalties

  DMK President M Karunanidhi today welcomed the Supreme Court judgement commuting death penalty of 15 convicts, and said he would rejoice if a similar ruling was made for the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case also.

• 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.

• Tribute paid to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary

  Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was today remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial in Delhi.