The Madras high court today stayed for eight weeks the execution of three Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts.

The hanging of the three men sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was stayed for eight weeks by the Madras High Court on Tuesday, coinciding with the Tam

The three men on death row for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on Monday moved the Madras High Court to stay their September 9 hanging, even as the DMK and

Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan may not be hanged on September 9 as announced.

Prison authorities are unlikely to carry out the executions when the convict’s review petitions are pending before the

“Ithil konjam kooda nyayamillai” (There is just no justice in this), pleaded Arithra, the 20-year-old daughter of Murugan and Nalini, breaking down during a phone interview from her London home to a T

Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan may not be hanged on September 9 as announced.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday said she does not have the power to commute the death sentence of the three convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case.

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After appealing to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to save the lives of three convicts facing death row in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said that 'young noble

Storming back to power with a landslide mandate in the April 13 assembly polls, AIADMK's first 100 days in office has been a mixed bag of welfare measures and reversal of pet schemes of previous DM

Holding that crimes such as honour killings and fake police encounters should be dealt with strongly, a Supreme Court judge has said convicts in such cases should be awarded death sentence.

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