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  Amod Kanth slams web series 'The Hunt-Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case' for misrepresenting his role

  India | August 02, 2025 12:40 IST

  Many viewers of the web series have reached out to Amod Kanth, expressing their concern about the portrayal in the series, including the sequence of events, the depiction of third-degree torture, and the unethical and humiliating arrest of Athirai.

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  Congress to challenge SC order to release Rajiv Gandhi's killers

  India | November 21, 2022 14:48 IST

  Rajiv Gandhi's assassination convicts release: On November 11, the Supreme Court had ordered premature release of six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan, who had hosted the assassin, noting the Tamil Nadu government had recommended remission of their sentence.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: 'Time will judge us as innocent', says convict Ravichandran

  India | November 13, 2022 8:35 IST

  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: RP Ravichandran, one of the six convicts, said that people of north India should see them as "victims rather than terrorists or killers."

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  Rajiv Gandhi’s killers release: Congress goes against Sonia; ally DMK welcomes, politics at play

  India | November 11, 2022 17:49 IST

  Rajiv Gandhi’s killers release: In an interesting development, Congress, perhaps for the first time so blatantly spoke against Sonia Gandhi's views on any issue. The grand old party rejected her views on Rajiv Gandhi's killers.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict Nalini moves SC seeking premature release

  India | August 12, 2022 10:29 IST

  Former Prime Minister 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.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court orders release of convict AG Perarivalan

  India | May 18, 2022 11:46 IST

  A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao invoked its extraordinary power under Article 142 to grant relief to Perarivalan.

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  Rajiv Gandhi killer Nalini threatens suicide after quarrel with inmate

  India | July 21, 2020 13:26 IST

  S. Nalini, convicted for life in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, had threatened to commit suicide in the Vellore Women's Prison after an argument with another inmate, an official said on Tuesday.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: HC notice to Tamil Nadu govt on Nalini's Habeas Corpus Petition

  India | January 03, 2020 13:21 IST

  The Madras High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on a petition by Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, claiming that she was being illegally detained in Vellore prison from September 10, 2018.

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  Rajiv Gandhi killer Nalini Sriharan released on month parole to attend daughter's wedding

  India | July 25, 2019 11:31 IST

  Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, has been released on 30-days parole on Thursday to attend the wedding of her daughter. Nalini was lodged in the Vellore central prison. The Madras High Court had granted her the leave earlier this month.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination: HC allows Nalini to appear in person to argue on plea for leave

  India | June 25, 2019 13:39 IST

  The Madras High Court Tuesday granted permission to Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to appear in person on July 5 and argue on her plea for six months ordinary leave to make arrangements for her daughter's wedding.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC directs families of victims to file fresh petitions against release of convicts

  India | September 17, 2018 14:45 IST

  The families of the victims have been urging the government to not release the convicts in the case.

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  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: TN Guv dismisses reports of referring release of all seven convicts to Centre

  India | September 15, 2018 13:43 IST

  The Governor added that a decision on the issue would be taken in a 'just and fair manner' and in accordance with the Constitution.

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  Tamil Nadu decides to recommend release of all Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts

  National | September 09, 2018 23:40 IST

  On May 21, 1991, former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur by an LTTE woman suicide bomber, Dhanu, at an election rally. Fourteen others, including Dhanu herself, were also killed.

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  Rajiv Gandhi Birth Anniversary: Rahul recalls birthdays with father; PM Modi says 'remember his efforts for nation'

  India | August 20, 2018 10:59 IST

  Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who offered his tributes, said the untimely demise of his father left deep void in his life. He also went back in time and recalled birthdays he used to celebrate with him.

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  Centre not for release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers: 'Will set dangerous precedent with international ramifications'

  India | August 10, 2018 15:59 IST

  A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph took the document, filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, on record and adjourned the matter.

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  Rajiv assassination: SC suspends release of convicts

  India | February 20, 2014 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday ordered status quo and suspended the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam