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Rajiv Gandhi Case Convict's Last Wish, To See Mother, Remained Unfulfilled
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.
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Supreme Court stops Tamil Nadu from releasing Rajiv Gandhi's killers
The Supreme Court today stopped the Tamil Nadu government from releasing seven people convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
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If PM's killers are released, can common man expect justice? Rahul Gandhi slams Jayalalithaa's decision
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.
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Seven Rajiv Gandhi killers, including Nalini Sriharan, to be freed, decides 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.
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Rajiv Gandhi's assassins don't deserve mercy, says government in court
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.
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Rajiv assassins' plea should not be moved out of Tamil Nadu: Govt
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.
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DMK vs Jayalalithaa over hanging for Rajiv's killers
The scheduled execution of three of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins in September in Tamil Nadu has turned into a politically-loaded issue, with the state's government and Opposition blaming each other for not doing enough to save them.The 20-year-old daughter of one of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins has appealed to Sonia Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jay...
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3 Rajiv Gandhi assassins to be hanged on September 9
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...
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President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv Gandhi's murderers
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...
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Rajiv Gandhi Case Convict's Last Wish, To See Mother, Remained Unfulfilled
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.
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Supreme Court stops Tamil Nadu from releasing Rajiv Gandhi's killers
The Supreme Court today stopped the Tamil Nadu government from releasing seven people convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
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If PM's killers are released, can common man expect justice? Rahul Gandhi slams Jayalalithaa's decision
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.
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Seven Rajiv Gandhi killers, including Nalini Sriharan, to be freed, decides 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.
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Rajiv Gandhi's assassins don't deserve mercy, says government in court
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.
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Rajiv assassins' plea should not be moved out of Tamil Nadu: Govt
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.
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DMK vs Jayalalithaa over hanging for Rajiv's killers
The scheduled execution of three of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins in September in Tamil Nadu has turned into a politically-loaded issue, with the state's government and Opposition blaming each other for not doing enough to save them.The 20-year-old daughter of one of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins has appealed to Sonia Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jay...
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3 Rajiv Gandhi assassins to be hanged on September 9
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...
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President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv Gandhi's murderers
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...
