Remembering Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary
Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with party Vice President Rahul Gandhi paying tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary at his memorial 'Vir Bhumi' in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)- On the night of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, DC Correspondent Neena Gopal had travelled with the former prime minister from Guindy airport to Sriperumbudur and was only a few feet away when the suicide bomber bent down to touch his feet and
- The ‘pullikal’ (Tigers) maybe scattered all over the world but our goal is the same – the creation of a Tamil nation. You tell Narendra Modi this, don’t trust Colombo. The only way to stop the Chinese is to strengthen our hands”, says a LTTE
- A close associate of Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the Tiger sympathizer who maintains a shrine of sorts to the fallen leader in his home, said India and the Tamils of northern Sri Lanka shared a common heritage, a common language and the
- 24 years after a LTTE suicide bomber assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991 in Sriperumbudur, after giving DC Correspondent Neena Gopal his last ever interview, LTTE sympathizers continue to believe – mistakenly - that India
- Nine years after the Tamil Tigers were annihilated, gunned down to the last man in the village of Mullivaikkal in Sri Lanka’s Mullaittivu district in May 2009, LTTE sympathizers continue to believe – mistakenly - that India has not completely given
- The Supreme Court earlier dismissed the plea of S. Nalini, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, challenging the law mandating the Centre’s approval for her release and that of other convicts. “Sorry, we are not
- Sivarasan, the mastermind behind the assassination shot himself in his right temple, while Shubha and others bit into their cyanide capsules and died after a brief encounter with local policemen.
- Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary at his memorial 'Vir Bhumi' in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)
- Priyanka Vadra and Robert Vadra pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary at his memorial 'Vir Bhumi' in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)
- LTTE sympathisers from Bengaluru gave shelter to LLTE cadre, who travelled in an empty oil tanker from Chennai to Bengaluru, soon after the assassination.
- Sivarasan, also known as the one-eyed-jack, the brain behind the attack on Mr Gandhi, and his close associates committed suicide when policemen surrounded their secluded house in Konanakunte Cross, on the outskirts of Bengaluru weeks later after
- Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was brutally killed by a suicide bomber at Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991.
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with party Vice President Rahul Gandhi paying tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary at his memorial 'Vir Bhumi' in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)
Remembering Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary
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