Santhan

The last wish of Santhan, among the seven convicts released in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to return to his home in Sri Lanka and take care of his aged mother never materialised.

Santhan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who was later released by the Supreme Court, died at a Chennai hospital this morning due to liver failure.

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday informed the Madras High Court that the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission here has issued temporary travel document to Santhan, a Sri Lankan national convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Hero MotoCorp introduced welfare packages for COVID-19 affected families in Rajasthan, in association with 'Nath Sanskirti Seva Santhan' (NSSS).

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 stopped the Tamil Nadu government from releasing seven people convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.

Rahul Gandhi today said he was sad that seven people convicted of killing his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, were being released by the Tamil Nadu government.

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to release seven people convicted in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, including Nalini Sriharan, in a widely expected political move that is likely to set off a battle for credit ahead of the national election, due by May.

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 death sentences of three men convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi should not be commuted to life in prison, the government argued in the Supreme Court today.

The Supreme Court today will take up the petitions of the three assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to commute their death sentence to life imprisonment due to the inordinate delay in the President deciding their mercy petition.

The Supreme Court will today decide whether a delay in deciding on mercy petitions justifies commuting a convict's death sentence to life.

A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who arrived today by an illegal boat service, has been taken into custody for questioning and a massive hunt launched for other refugees, police said.

The Tamil Nadu government today opposed in the Supreme Court a plea to shift out of the Madras High Court the appeals of three Rajiv Gandhi assassins, challenging their death penalty on account of an 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petition by the President.

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 last wish of Santhan, among the seven convicts released in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to return to his home in Sri Lanka and take care of his aged mother never materialised.

Santhan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who was later released by the Supreme Court, died at a Chennai hospital this morning due to liver failure.

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday informed the Madras High Court that the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission here has issued temporary travel document to Santhan, a Sri Lankan national convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Hero MotoCorp introduced welfare packages for COVID-19 affected families in Rajasthan, in association with 'Nath Sanskirti Seva Santhan' (NSSS).

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 stopped the Tamil Nadu government from releasing seven people convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.

Rahul Gandhi today said he was sad that seven people convicted of killing his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, were being released by the Tamil Nadu government.

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to release seven people convicted in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, including Nalini Sriharan, in a widely expected political move that is likely to set off a battle for credit ahead of the national election, due by May.

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 death sentences of three men convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi should not be commuted to life in prison, the government argued in the Supreme Court today.

The Supreme Court today will take up the petitions of the three assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to commute their death sentence to life imprisonment due to the inordinate delay in the President deciding their mercy petition.

The Supreme Court will today decide whether a delay in deciding on mercy petitions justifies commuting a convict's death sentence to life.

A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who arrived today by an illegal boat service, has been taken into custody for questioning and a massive hunt launched for other refugees, police said.

The Tamil Nadu government today opposed in the Supreme Court a plea to shift out of the Madras High Court the appeals of three Rajiv Gandhi assassins, challenging their death penalty on account of an 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petition by the President.

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...