Assassination
(Search results - 39)IndiaMay 10, 2019, 2:27 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Relative of victim confident convicts won’t be released
A day after the Supreme Court dismissed the pleas opposing release of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, relatives of victims, who had also died in the suicide bomber attack, said that they were confident that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit will not release the convicts.
IndiaMay 9, 2019, 4:16 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court dismisses pleas opposing release of convicts
The Supreme Court has dismissed all pleas opposing the release of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
ViewsMay 6, 2019, 3:49 PM IST
PM Modi on Rajiv Gandhi: Moratorium no more on questioning the dead
The moral high ground that the Congress is trying to clamber up on the issue is just a molehill of political opportunism. If it had any actual regard and respect for the memory of Rajiv Gandhi it would never have built any bridge with the DMK
ElectionsApr 29, 2019, 3:38 PM IST
Honey, they shrank the Congress!
The Congress that once got 404 seats in the first Lok Sabha election in 1952, started shrinking after Indira Gandhi's assassination to a sorry 44 in 2014. The number was so bad that it made the Congress' performance of 1977 look better when people for the first time voted out the grand old party with 153 seats. Is Congress losing significance in India's electoral polity?
IndiaApr 25, 2019, 2:10 PM IST
CJI Ranjan Gogoi controversy: Complainant says internal panel lopsided, not at par with Vishakha guidelines
Sources said the woman pointed out that only one woman judge was on the panel, namely Justice Indira Banerjee. She also claimed that, without going into the merits of her allegations, some people have been taking recourse to her character assassination.
PoliticsMar 20, 2019, 7:22 PM IST
DMK takes leaf out of Kumaraswamy's playbook; vows to waive off crop loans in Tamil Nadu
On March 19, the ruling AIADMK and the DMK released their manifestos for the upcoming Lok Sabha election and promised the people of Tamil Nadu that they would release the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi's assassination and scrap the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medicine entrance examinations
IndiaJan 13, 2019, 5:40 PM IST
Narendra Modi: Kartarpur corridor an atonement of 1947 mistake
"The central government is making efforts to get justice for the period of injustice which started in 1984. For decades, mothers, sisters, daughters and sons have shed tears, the law will deliver justice, wipe (their) tears," the PM said referring to the riots that took place following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi
IndiaDec 25, 2018, 4:25 PM IST
IndiaDec 17, 2018, 6:37 PM IST
Sajjan Kumar jailed for 1984 anti-Sikh riots: It was ‘free for all’, says Delhi high court
'There was an abject failure by the police to investigate the violence which broke out in the aftermath of the assassination of the then Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi is apparent from the several circumstances highlighted herein above,' the high court said quoting multiple lapses
IndiaDec 17, 2018, 2:25 PM IST
1984 anti-Sikh pogrom: Kamal Nath to HKL Bhagat, Congress's 'rioters' other than Sajjan Kumar
Here is a list of prominent politicians, all from the Congress, accused of leading or inciting mobs to massacre Sikhs following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the hands of her guards who happened to be Sikhs
IndiaDec 6, 2018, 7:22 PM IST
RTI plea denied; Perarivalan questions Sanjay Dutt’s letter
One of the convicts of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Perarivalan, is seeking information on Sanjay Dutt’s early release and questioned a letter given to the Yerwada central prison in 2015 by the actor to maintain his privacy.
IndiaNov 30, 2018, 7:11 PM IST
Vijay Sethupathi asks for mercy for 7 accused in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Kollywood hero Vijay Sethupathi requests the Governor for mercy in support of the seven accused in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
IndiaNov 16, 2018, 1:16 PM IST
IndiaNov 15, 2018, 12:30 PM IST
Rajinikanth, actress Kasthuri engage in war of words over Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
When asked about the premature release of convicts of former PM Rajiv Gandhi assassination, Rajinikanth had said that he was not aware of the issue.
IndiaOct 31, 2018, 7:41 PM IST
CPM leader accused of TP Chandrasekharan's murder spends 434 days outside jail in 4 years
CPM leader PK Kunjananthan, accused of murdering Revolutionary Marxist Party's TP Chandrasekharan, was granted parole for a whopping 389 days. The accused was also hospitalised for 45 days.