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Beant Singh assassination: SC asks Centre to file affidavit on Rajoana's plea

Beant Singh assassination: SC asks Centre to file affidavit on Rajoana's plea

Published 82 days ago

Beant Singh assassination: SC to hear Balwant Rajoana’s plea on March 18

Balwant Singh Rajoana has been incarcerated for more than 29 years, of which he has been on death row for over 15 years. (File photo)

Published 145 days ago

SC denies govt plea for death penalty deadline

The application said convicts in heinous crimes such as terrorism, rape and murder “take the judicial process for a ride” under the garb of Article 21 (right to life). It emphasised that public interest and the deterrent effect of capital punishment must not be undermined. (ANI)

Published 278 days ago

SGPC seeks time to meet Rajoana in Patiala jail

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) secretary has written to the additional director general of police (jails) seeking an appointment to meet death-row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana. (HT File)

Published 283 days ago

SC raps Centre over delay in deciding Rajoana mercy plea

SC raps Centre over delay in deciding Rajoana mercy plea

Published 292 days ago

Can’t make death row convicts wait endlessly: Centre to SC

Can’t make death row convicts wait endlessly: Centre to SC

Published 292 days ago

Rajoana’s mercy petition will not be withdrawn: SGPC

Rajoana had earlier demanded that the SGPC withdraw its petition concerning him. (HT File)

Published 422 days ago

Former PM Manmohan Singh’s portrait to be displayed at Golden Temple museum

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s portrait would be put up at the Central Sikh Museum in Golden Temple complex. (HT File)

Published 426 days ago

Will seek community’s consensus on withdrawing Rajoana’s mercy plea: SGPC

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami during a meeting in Amritsar on Monday. (HT Photo)

Published 434 days ago

SGPC delegation meets Rajoana, slams Centre for delay in mercy plea decision

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, comes out of the Patiala Central Jail after meeting with convict Balwant Singh Rajoana on Friday. (ANI)

Published 436 days ago

SC defers signing Rajoana mercy plea order

Balwant Singh Rajoana (HT PHOTO)

Updated 602 days ago

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea

Balwant Singh Rajoana is convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A special court sentenced Rajoana to death in July 2007. (HT file photo)

Published 602 days ago

SC urges President to decide Balwant Rajoana’s mercy plea in two weeks

Rajoana was scheduled for execution on March 31, 2012, but the sentence was stayed following a mercy plea filed by SGPC. (HT file photo)

Published 602 days ago

Beant Singh assassination: SC to hear Rajoana’s plea for commutation of death sentence on Nov 4

In his plea, Rajoana has sought directions to the Centre and the Punjab government to commute his death sentence “due to inordinate delay” in its execution and in deciding the “mercy petition filed on his behalf”. (HT File)

Updated 618 days ago

President rejects mercy plea by 2000 Red Fort attack convict

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq in police custody. (PTI)

Updated 761 days ago

Balwant Singh Rajoana shoots off letter to home minister Amit Shah

Balwant Singh Rajoana

Updated 922 days ago

SAD leaders stopped from meeting Rajoana: SGPC chief slams ‘autocratic attitude’ of govt

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami (HT file)

Updated 951 days ago

SAD leaders Majithia, Valtoha not allowed to meet Rajoana in Patiala jail

Former Punjab minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikramjit Singh Majithia leaves after he was barred from meeting Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the 1995 assassination of former chief minister Beant Singh, at Central Jail in Patiala on Monday. (ANI)

Updated 952 days ago

SAD leaders Majithia, Valtoha not allowed to meet Rajoana in Patiala jail

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia talking to officials outside the Central Jail, Patiala, on Monday after he was denied permission to meet death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana. (HT Photo)

Updated 952 days ago

Executive meeting: Won’t withdraw Rajoana mercy petition, says SGPC

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami (C) addresses a press conference in Amritsar on Sunday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated 953 days ago

SGPC executive meet: Take quick decision on Rajoana plea: SGPC to Centre

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami (C) addressing a press conference in Amritsar on Thursday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated 956 days ago

‘If I get Indian citizenship…’: Pakistan's Seema Haider as she falls sick

Sachin Meena (L) and Seema Haider during an interview in Rabupura village in Greater Noida.

Updated 1087 days ago

Pak woman files plea before President Murmu

Supreme Court lawyer AP Singh submitted the petition on Haider’s behalf at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. (AFP)

Updated 1088 days ago

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