Rajiv Gandhi Assassination
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Amod Kanth slams web series 'The Hunt-Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case' for misrepresenting his role
India | Aug 02, 2025, 12:40 PM ISTMany 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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Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary: Why the LTTE plotted his killing and how it was executed on May 21?
India | May 21, 2025, 09:14 AM ISTA recipient of Bharat Ratna, Rajiv Gandhi served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.
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Israel shared Intel transcripts on Rajiv Gandhi but it went missing after his assassination: Expert
India | May 03, 2024, 11:35 PM ISTA security expert has revealed that Israel had shared crucial intelligence input that there was a threat to the life to Rajiv Gandhi. The intelligence contained transcripts which said that the 'Godman' had made the payment.
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Three convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination return to Sri Lanka after serving 30 years in prison
India | Apr 03, 2024, 11:48 AM ISTAnother Lankan national convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Santhan, had died recently in a jail in India.
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Santhan, Sri Lankan national convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, dies in Chennai hospital
India | Feb 28, 2024, 09:34 AM ISTThe Supreme Court in 2022 released Santhan along with 6 other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case after they served over 20 years of jail term.
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PM Modi pays tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary
India | Aug 20, 2023, 09:53 AM ISTRajiv Gandhi birth anniversary: Rajiv Gandhi took over the charge of the Congress in 1984 following the assassination of his mother and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.He became India's youngest Prime Minister at the age of 40 when he assumed office in October 1984.
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'Papa you are with me, as inspiration', Rahul emotional tribute to father Rajiv Gandhi
India | May 21, 2023, 01:07 PM ISTRajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991.
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Congress to challenge SC order to release Rajiv Gandhi's killers
India | Nov 21, 2022, 02:48 PM ISTRajiv 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: Nalini Sriharan to be released today
India | Dec 24, 2021, 09:19 AM ISTTamil Nadu govt on Thursday had informed Madras High Court that Nalini was granted a month's parole by govt after repeated requests from her ailing mother Padma.
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Rajiv Gandhi 77th birth anniversary: Rahul Gandhi pays tributes to his father
India | Aug 20, 2021, 10:50 AM ISTSenior party leaders PK Bansal, KC Venugopal and IYC chief Srinivas BV, among other leaders, were present on the occasion.
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Array of programmes to mark Rajiv Gandhi's 77th birth anniversary today
India | Aug 20, 2021, 07:24 AM ISTA special photo exhibition paying tribute to the late PM will also be organised in Delhi on the occasion, according to a statement by the Indian Youth Congress.
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Lawyer of Rajiv Gandhi's killer demands her prison transfer over suicide attempt
News | Jul 21, 2020, 04:40 PM ISTConvict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Nalini, on July 20 attempted suicide in Vellore prison.
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case: Convict Nalini gets 30 day parole
India | Jul 05, 2019, 04:11 PM ISTNalini, lodged in the Special Prison for Women in Vellore for the last over 27 years, had sought six months leave to make arrangements for the marriage of her daughter.
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Wayanad's emotional connection with Rahul Gandhi
Apr 04, 2019, 08:35 PM ISTCongress chief Rahul Gandhi had more than one reason to choose Wayanad in Kerala as his second seat of the contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Apart from being a Congress bastion, the city also has a strong emotional connection with the party chief.
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Me, my sister have 'completely forgiven' father's killers: Rahul Gandhi
India | Mar 11, 2018, 08:50 AM ISTGandhi, who is on a 5day trip to SEA countries, said: "We knew that my father was going to die. We knew that my grandmother was going to die. In politics, when you mess with the wrong forces, and if you stand for something, you will die."
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Not much headway made in Rajiv Gandhi murder conspiracy probe: SC
India | Dec 12, 2017, 03:07 PM ISTThe apex court referred to the reports filed before it by the CBI and observed that the investigation by the Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) could be "endless".
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Why no Indian PM dared to visit Jaffna before Modi ?
India | Mar 14, 2015, 07:16 PM ISTNarendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the former war-torn Jaffna, the citadel of Tamils in Sri Lanka, six years after the war between LTTE and Sri Lankan army ended with the
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There was an LTTE 'mole' in Gandhi family, claims Rajiv's close aide
India | Aug 05, 2014, 10:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a latest revelation made by a book, My Years with Rajiv and Sonia, written by a former close aide of the Gandhi family, a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) spy had
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SC commences hearing on States' power on remission
India | Jul 23, 2014, 08:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today commenced the crucial hearing to examine the power of the Union and states to grant remission for releasing convicts whose death sentences are commuted to life term with the
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination : Convict's daughter requests Rahul not to block her parents release
India | Feb 21, 2014, 06:53 AM ISTLondon: The daughter of Nalini and Murugan, two of the seven convicted killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, on appealed to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi not to block an opportunity for her to reunite