Rajiv Gandhi Assasination

Congress plans grand celebrations for Rajiv Gandhi's 75th birth anniversary across country on 20 August

The Congress party is set to celebrate former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's 75th birth anniversary on a grand scale with programmes being held across the country on August 20, sources said on Tuesday.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Madras HC dismisses convict Nalini's plea seeking direction to Tamil Nadu Governor for early release

The council of ministers had on 9 September, 2018 advised the Governor to release Nalini and six others involved in the assassination of the former prime minister.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court dismisses pleas opposing Tamil Nadu govt's move to release all seven convicts

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions of families of those killed along with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 suicide bomber attack, objecting to the Tamil Nadu government's 2014 decision to release the seven convicts in the case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, 'All aspects were covered in the earlier constitution bench verdict in the case and therefore nothing survives in the case.'

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Centre files report in Supreme Court on conspiracy aspect

The Centre filed a report in the Supreme Court on the investigation behind the making of the bomb that had killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi murder case convict Robert Payas seeks mercy killing, says 'my life has no meaning'

Payas and six other convicts in the case, whose sentences have been commuted to life, came the closest to hope and jubilation, Jayalalithaa had tried for their release in 2014.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini returns to prison after 12-hour parole

Nalini Sriharan, who is undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was lodged back in the Vellore prison on Wednesday evening, after she attended the last rites of her father

If conspirator in Gandhi assasination could be released, why not Rajiv killers: TN govt in SC

If Godse's brother could be released in the Mahatma Gandhi assassination case, then why should the doors be closed for the assassins of Rajiv Gandhi, Tamil Nadu government asked SC.

Death penalty better than keeping a person in jail for entire life, says SC

Life imprisonment with a rider that it means "remainder of life" came under sharp attack from SC, which said that it would be better to award death penalty to such convicts.

LTTE leader wanted in Rajiv Gandhi's assasination case barred from going abroad

A top LTTE leader, who is wanted in India in connection with the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, was on Thursday barred from leaving Sri Lanka by a court.