India News: After 30 years, Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Murugan, Payas, and Jayakumar return to Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Upon arrival, they faced intense interr
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Journalist Priya Ramani speaks to the media with her lawyer Rebecca John in New Delhi on February 17, 2021 after a court acquitted her in a defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar. | Photo Credit:
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The major news headlines of the day, and more. Women have the right to put their grievances at any platform of their choice and even after decades, the court said while acquitting Ms. Ramani in the case. The court also rejected Mr. Akbar s argument that he was a man of stellar reputation.
Violence Cannot Take Away Anything, Says Rahul Gandhi on Rajiv s Assassination I felt tremendous pain, but I don t feel anger. I don t feel any hatred or any anger. I forgive, the Congress leader said at a public address in Puducherry.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Photo: PTI
Politics17/Feb/2021
Puducherry: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the killing of his father Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 brought him tremendous pain but he nursed no anger or hatred towards those responsible for it.
During an interaction the Congress MP had with students of a state-run women’s college here, a pupil posed, “Your father was killed by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) what are your feelings about these people?” and he answered by saying violence cannot take away anything.
Rajiv Gandhi Killing: As Politics Takes Precedence, Convicts Wait for Release Gets Longer
With Tamil Nadu governor passing the buck to the Centre and both Dravidian parties willing to extract their share of political mileage, the fate of the seven convicts remains in limbo.
A.G. Perarivalan. Photo: PTI
Rights08/Feb/2021
Chennai: Hours before the Tamil Nadu governorâs decision to toss the ball on the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi case back to the Centre, chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami was making an impassioned speech at the state assembly expressing hopes of a “positive decision by the governor”.