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SC refuses to entertain clemency plea for Rajoana

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass any order on a plea for clemency to Balwant Singh Rajoana, awarded death penalty for assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

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Punjab minister gets five years jail for daughter's death

A senior minister in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal government was on Friday held guilty by a court here for conspiracy in the death of her own daughter in April 2000 and sentenced to five years rigorou

Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of Beant Singh

The Centre has stayed the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

Punjab is currently under a shutdown organized by Sikh groups to protest the hanging,

Centre steers clear of Rajoana clemency issue

Amid a demand by Punjab government to grant clemency to Balwant Singh Rajoana in chief minister Beant Singh killing case, the Centre on Tuesday appeared unwilling to intervene with Law Minister Salman

Akali Dal leaders are cheaters: Balwant Singh Rajoana

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As the SGPC and Punjab Government pitched for a pardon for him, Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been convicted for the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, on Tuesday described Akali lea

Police, forces on alert in Punjab, conduct flag march

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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

Don't plead to save me from gallows, Rajoana tells Akalis

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With four days left for his scheduled hanging, death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana on Tuesday snubbed the ruling Akali leadership asking them not to save him from the gallows, claiming they were p

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

10th class student arrested for running away with answer sheet

A tenth standard student was on Tuesday arrested after he tried to run away with question paper and answer sheet during board exams here, police said.

Jatinder Singh, a resident of Makhur area here,

SGPC wants president to grant clemency to Sikh terrorist

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The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has filed a clemency petition with President Pratibha Patil for Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death for former Punjab chief min

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