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Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts deserve death sentence: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:06

Prisoners convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case deserve the death sentence, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it refused to go into the merits of their conviction.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC to decide on commutation of death penalty on Thursday

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 06:47

Supreme Court will take up the plea to commute the death sentences of three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case taking into account long delay of their mercy petitions on Thursday.

Snowden says US officials want to assassinate him

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 08:02

Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told German TV on Sunday about reports that US government officials want to assassinate him for leaking secret documents about the NSA`s collection of telephone records and emails.

Senior PLM-N leader escapes bid on life in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 16:31

Amir Muqam, an advisor to Pakistan`s Prime Minister, today narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in the country`s restive northwest though six security personnel were killed in the roadside bomb attack.

Senior PLM-N leader escapes bid on life in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 16:20

Amir Muqam, an advisor to Pakistan`s Prime Minister, today narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in the country`s restive northwest though six security personnel were killed in the roadside bomb attack.

Gunmen assassinate Libyan deputy industry minister

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 15:04

Libyan is still plagued by widespread violence and targeted killings two years after the civil war ousted Muammar Gaddafi.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Perarivalan`s mother alleges sons`s imprisonment `unjustified`

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 23:20

Mother of a death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on Monday alleged that the imprisonment of her son for over 22 years was unjustified "since the conviction was based on his confessional statement that lacked clarity and facts".

Nurse claims JFK was shot with different `mystery` bullet after assassination

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 23:49

A nurse, who tried to help resuscitate John F Kennedy`s after he was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, has claimed that the President was also shot with another different `mystery` bullet.

Death mystery fuels JFK movie, book industry

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 15:59

The enduring mystery surrounding John F Kennedy`s assassination has drawn generations of writers, commentators and filmmakers, though some have been more successful than others.

Kin of Indira Gandhi`s assassins honoured in Amritsar

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 15:17

The kin of the two assassins of late prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was killed by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984, were honoured by Sikh hardliners.

Robert Kennedy stole JFK`s brain after assassination: Book

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 15:45

The brain of assassinated American President John F Kennedy that went missing after his autopsy may have been stolen from the US national archives by his brother Robert Kennedy, a new book has claimed.

Balwant Singh Rajoana to field sister from Patiala

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 22:04

Balwant Singh Rajoana, the death-row convict in the Beant Singh assassination case, has decided to field his sister Kamaldeep Kaur from Patiala Lok Sabha seat against Union minister Preneet Kaur.