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No release for three of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s top court on Thursday stopped the Tamil Nadu state government from releasing three of the seven prisoners serving life sentences for the 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, a lawyer said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Congress Party, India, Indira Gandhi, Jayaram Jayalalitha, Mohan Parasaran, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Rakesh Dwivedi, Sonia Gandhi, Sri Lanka, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

India’s secret executions raise concerns

March 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — For 11 years, the family of a convicted terrorist waited and wondered about his fate as he sat on death row. Two weeks ago, they found out — from television. Mohammad Afzal Guru had been hanged in secrecy in a faraway jail in New […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Balwant Singh Rajoana, Harsh Mander, Hindustan Times, India, Khurram Parvez, Mohammad Afzal Guru, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai, New Delhi, Omar Abdullah, Prakash Singh Badal, President Pranab Mukherjee, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, Yasin Guru, letter

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