Vellore: Senior Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Saturday met the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case at the Central Prison in Vellore. Jethmalani, accompanied by MDMK leader Vaiko, met Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan, whose hanging has been stayed by the Madras High Court on August 30 on a petition seeking to commute their sentence to life term. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Jethmalani, who...
06:58 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Cast: Nandha, Poorna, Azhagam Perumal, Santhanam, GM Kumar, Neelakantan and Gnyanavel Director: RNR Manohar The politician-cop-criminal nexus takes yet another form in Vellore Maavattam. An honest, gutsy cop's effort to break the nexus and cleanse the city of the criminal elements, forms the core of the plot. It's a familiar scenario, with no effort at novelty by way of script or narration. Director Manohar( of Masilamani) has tried to spring...
05:31 PM, Oct 14, 2011
Vellore: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins Nalini Sriharan met her husband Murugan at Vellore jail on Saturday morning. This is Nalini's first meeting with Murugan after the President rejected his mercy plea in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Nalini was shifted to Vellore Jail a few days ago and had not met her husband for over a year. The Madras High Court had ordered a stay on the hanging...
09:12 AM, Sep 10, 2011
Priyanka Gandhi talks about why she made a visit to Nalini, one of the accused in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, and if she has forgiven her father's assassin. ...
10:43 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday appealed to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to intervene and save the lives of three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, saying appeals by Tamils across the world needed to be considered in the spirit of 'forget and forgive'. In a statement on Friday night, he said, "Congress which is heading the central government and its leader Sonia Gandhi should come...
10:36 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Chennai: The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged on September 9 in 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. "We have informed the convicts about the date of hanging. The execution will be (carried...
07:31 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Vellore: Twenty two people were charred to death as a bus caught fire late on Tuesday night after hitting a culvert in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu. The bus was on its way from Chennai to Tirupur. The bus was carrying 24 people and the driver, who survived the accident, has surrendered to the police. Police say the bus driver lost control while trying to avoid two trucks that collided...
07:20 AM, Jun 08, 2011
Vellore: Twenty three persons were charred to death on Tuesday when the private bus they were travelling in plunged down a bridge and caught fire near Kaveripakkam, about 40 km from here, police said. The bus, on its way to Tiruppur from Chennai, fell down the bridge as the driver lost control, police said. One of the 24 passengers travelling in the bus managed to escape, they said. Some of...
01:23 AM, Jun 08, 2011
She had alleged that prison rules regarding rights of prisoners were being violated by Vellore jail authorities. ...
12:10 PM, Jun 28, 2010
She has been demanding her premature release. ...
11:37 AM, Sep 23, 2009
Nalini has started a fast unto death inside Vellore jail. ...
09:32 PM, Sep 21, 2009
Nalini is in Vellore Jail for more than 17 years now. ...
11:26 PM, Sep 24, 2008
Priyanka Vadera's visit to the Vellore jail has had implications across the LoC. ...
11:25 AM, May 27, 2008
Jail superintendent made the denial in reply to a RTI application. ...
08:55 PM, May 02, 2008
Nalini was arrested and convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. ...
08:42 PM, Apr 30, 2008
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