Since his release from prison in November 2022, Santhan had been staying at a special camp for convicted foreigners in Trichy. He was admitted to hospital in Chennai in January.
The lecture was originally scheduled for Saturday at Chennai's Asian College of Journalism. It was first shifted online, and ultimately called off when the threats continued.
On 11 November SC ordered remission of sentence of 6 convicts facing life imprisonment in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's 1991 assassination. Following Union govt's plea, SC will now review order.
After release, R. P. Ravichandran says he'll mostly take care of agricultural land belonging to his household. Lawyer of Nalini & her husband expresses relief as well.
People of Narsi village recall PM Rajiv Gandhi's visit 31 yrs ago. He had come to address a public meeting as part of the 1991 Lok Sabha poll campaign. He had died the next day.
Also released were Nalini’s husband Murugan, R.P. Ravichandran, Robert Pais, Santhan and Jaikumar; top court noted they had spent 3 decades in prison and that their conduct was satisfactory.
The agency was set up in 1998 for two years on the recommendation of MC Jain Commission and was given annual extensions, but it failed to achieve any major breakthrough.
Prabhakaran entered the accord thinking it would get him Eelam. Jayawardene hoped it would end violence in Lanka. And Rajiv Gandhi had good intentions for the Tamils.
If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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