Santhan And Perarivalan

It's not often that the AIADMK and the DMK see eye to eye on issues, but when it comes to freeing the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi both seem to be speaking as one.

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.

The Madras High Court will decide today whether to admit review petitions filed by three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The convicts - Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan - are seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence on the ground that the President has taken 11 long years to dispose their mercy pleas. Their...

The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged on September 9 at Tamil Nadu's Vellore prison, a jail official said on Friday. Prison Superintendent R Arivudainambi on Friday afternoon received the official communication to carry out the execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan...

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...

It's not often that the AIADMK and the DMK see eye to eye on issues, but when it comes to freeing the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi both seem to be speaking as one.

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.

The Madras High Court will decide today whether to admit review petitions filed by three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The convicts - Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan - are seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence on the ground that the President has taken 11 long years to dispose their mercy pleas. Their...

The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged on September 9 at Tamil Nadu's Vellore prison, a jail official said on Friday. Prison Superintendent R Arivudainambi on Friday afternoon received the official communication to carry out the execution of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan...

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...