Vellore (TN): Perarivalan and Murugan, facing the gallows in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and lodged at the high-security prison in Vellore, have cleared the Class XII state board exams with flying colours, scoring a little over 91 per cent and 81 per cent respectively. Perarivalan (41) and Murugan (43) scored 1096 and 983 marks respectively out of a total of 1200 in the exam, results of which were announced...
06:30 PM, May 22, 2012
After working as a close aide to his mentor Renjith for almost a decade, Shankar Ramakrishnan has suddenly turned busy with his works. Known more as the script writer of the historical thriller 'Urumi' featuring Prithviraj and Genelia, Shankar has currently emerged as one of the most sought- after writer in the industry. Shankar is currently working on three eagerly awaited projects. His new script 'Gold' will be directed by...
06:14 PM, May 18, 2012
Melbourne: A day after a rare crack opened up, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal quickly restored diplomatic relations. Nadal had criticized Federer for his unwillingness to speak out on issues affecting the men's game, allowing others to "burn themselves" as they seek improved conditions for players. After joining Nadal in the second round of the Australian Open with a win on Monday, Federer said "things are fine" between the two...
06:54 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said that the ruling AIADMK should pass 'on humanitarian grounds' a resolution at its cabinet meeting urging the President to reconsider clemency petitions of the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and forward it to Governor K Rosaiah. The government, he said, should not think its job was over just by passing a unanimous resolution in the Assembly. "On...
07:18 PM, Sep 11, 2011
The Madras High Court stayed the execution of the former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassins for eight weeks. ...
11:58 PM, Aug 30, 2011
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered a stay on hanging of Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu convicted for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination for another eight weeks, giving them a brief reprieve. Twenty one years after the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, it's now at least another eight more weeks of legal drama before a decision is taken on whether or not three of the...
11:22 PM, Aug 30, 2011
Chennai: In a major relief for three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed their hanging which was scheduled on September 9. Hearing their mercy petition the High Court gave interim relief for eight weeks to Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu. The Centre and the Tamil Nadu government will file a counter affidavit in the case within eight weeks in...
11:37 AM, Aug 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Madras High Court will hear the review petition filed on behalf of the three convicts facing execution for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi even as politics over their death sentence gathers pace. In Tamil Nadu, pro-Tamil groups have stepped up efforts to stall the execution of Rajiv Gandhi's killers. Should Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu be hanged on September 9? The case of the...
08:09 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Chennai: Three convicts sentenced to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case have filed a petition in the Madras High Court. Chandrashekharan N filed a petition on behalf of the three convicts - Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan - on grounds of executive delay of over 11 years before rejecting the mercy plea of the prisoners. The court will hear the petition on Tuesday. Advocates Ram Jethmalani and Mohit Choudhary will...
12:04 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Chennai: The CPI state council on Sunday announced its members would observe a fast across Tamil Nadu on September 3 to seek cancellation of the death sentences awarded to three persons in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Calling upon all its alliance parties to take part, a party release said the fast would be observed in district headquarters across the state. CPI state secretary D Pandian had also written a...
10:24 PM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000. The apex court had sentenced members of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan and Nalini to death in 1999 for the assassination of the former prime minister in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991. A Rasthrapati Bhavan spokesperson said...
03:53 PM, Aug 11, 2011
Residents living around Borivali National Park allege their pet dogs are being picked up by the leopard. ...
10:54 AM, Mar 27, 2011
Washington: US has said it is currently focusing on the reinstatement of those students not implicated in the ongoing investigations into the visa scam by the California-based Tri Valley University. "I think the focus right now (is) on what happens for students who are not implicated in the ongoing investigation, those are matters under active discussion within the Department of Homeland Security," the State Department spokesman, P J Crowley said....
08:57 AM, Mar 05, 2011
Washington: The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has removed radio tags from three more Indian students of the now shut-down Tri Valley University (TVU) in California and also returned their passports. Susmita Gongulee Thomas, the Consul General, Indian Consulate San Francisco, said ICE have returned the passports of these three students along with the two others, from whom radio tags were removed last week. In all radio tags so...
07:54 AM, Feb 17, 2011
New Delhi Hit hard by heavy plunge in its group stocks, Anil Ambani group on Thursday blamed 'corporate rivals' and a cartel of market manipulators for causing panic among investors and sought an immediate probe into the matter. Seeking to assuage concerns of its over 11 million investors, the group also said it has been a victim of the illegal bear cartel that destroyed market value of a staggering over...
01:15 PM, Feb 10, 2011
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