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Bibi Jagir gets 5-year jail, but not for murder
Punjab’s lone woman minister Bibi Jagir Kaur, a former SGPC chief, was on Friday sentenced to jail for five years by a CBI court in Patiala for the forced abortion of her daughter Harpreet Kaur 12 yea
Tension in Punjab, no violence
No major incident of violence was reported from any part of Punjab on Wednesday during the day-long bandh called by various Sikh organisations to protest against the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing, even as tension prevailed and normal life was disrupted in various parts of the state.
Jail official refuses death warrant again
The superintendent of Central Jail, Patiala, on Tuesday again refused to accept the death warrants of Balwant Singh Rajoana.
Badal wants statute on federal lines
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday demanded the setting up of a new Constituent Assembly to frame a fresh Constitution for the country along genuinely federal lines.
Bandh is support of Rajoana hits normal life in Punjab
A day-long bandh called by radical Sikh outfits to protest the proposed execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing case, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab on Wedne
Minor skirmishes during bandh
Skirmishes between Sikh protesters and right-wing Hindu activists took place at Jalandhar and Patiala on Wednesday during a day-long bandh called by radicals in support of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convi
Badal to meet PM, Prez on Rajoana
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said that the government is taking all possible legal and constitutional steps for seeking clemency for Balwant Singh Bhai Rajoana, accused in former chief minister Beant Singh’s killing.
Police, forces on alert in Punjab, conduct flag march
Punjab police and paramilitary forces on Tuesday conducted a flag march in various places apprehending violence in the wake of possible execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the assassinati
Rajoana should hang Saturday, rules court
Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Babbar Khalsa International terrorist sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, should hang as scheduled on March 31, a Chandig
Akalis urge govt to seek clemency
The Shiromani Akali Dal core committee on Sunday asked the Punjab government to take all possible legal and other steps to secure clemency for Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana.
