New Delhi: Nearly 60,000 Punjab police personnel and 15 companies of para-military forces have been put on alert after a Chandigarh court ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's killing, be hanged as scheduled on March 31. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 banning assembly of five or more persons were clamped at various places as a state wide bandh has been called on Wednesday...
07:40 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Chandigarh: The execution of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana has run into a solid wall, with both the state government and even Balwant's jail superintendent flatly opposing the court order. "I shall meet President Pratibha Patil tomorrow (Wednesday)," said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. "If the President decides to grant clemency or commutes the sentence from death to life, and in the mean time if...
11:56 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Chandigarh Sessions court on Tuesday ordered execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana on March 31 and also issued a showcause notice and contempt of court against Patiala Jail Superintendent for not carrying out the orders. The Court has returned Rajoana's hanging order to Patiala Jail "for compliance" in the Beant Singh assassination case of 1995. Anupinder Singh Grewal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, said, "Court has asked to carry...
04:21 PM, Mar 27, 2012
The government asked 15 paramilitary companies to be deployed ahead of Balwant Singh Rajoana's hanging on March 31. ...
02:52 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Chandigarh: 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 assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh. Security forces have been conducting repeated flag march at various places in the state including Moga, Jalandhar and Ludhiana, to instill a sense of confidence among residents. Punjab's DGP Sumedh Singh Saini...
01:13 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajaona has hit out at the Shiromani Akali Dal. In a letter written from his jail cell addressed to the Sikh community, Rajoana has refused help from the ruling party, saying it is trying to score political brownie points by supporting his clemency plea. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will meet the Prime Minister and the President to seek...
10:24 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: A trial court in Chandigarh is expected to decide on the execution of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's co-assassin on Tuesday. Balwant Singh Rajoana is scheduled to be hanged on March 31. Several Sikh groups including the ruling Akali Dal-backed SGPC have appealed for clemency for him. The Patiala Central Jail on Sunday had returned his death warrant saying it would be "illegal" to execute Rajoana at...
06:44 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Chandigarh: The Akali Dal-backed Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee has decided to file a clemency plea before the President for Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana. Rajoana is on death row for assassinating then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision was taken at the SGPC meeting on Sunday and welcomed by Beant's family. While the campaign seeking support for clemency to Rajoana gained more support, the Patiala Central...
10:13 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday asked the state government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to take all possible legal and other steps to secure clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa International terrorist, facing death sentence for former chief minister Beant Singh's assassination. At an emergency meeting here of the party's core committee, chaired by party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal,...
10:13 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: In a new twist to the controversy over execution of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Patiala Jail superintendent has returned his death warrant yet again, citing legal weaknesses. The police claimed that the issue is not within the jurisdiction of Punjab. Balwant Singh Rajoana was convicted of killing Chief Minister Beant Singh and 17 others in 1995. He is scheduled to be...
11:14 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Bhopal: Alleging breach of promise, Balwant Singh, the nephew of dacoit Paan Singh Tomar, has lodged an FIR against Bollywood director Tigmanshu Dhulia who has made a film on his life, police said Tuesday. In a complaint lodged with the Madhavganj police station in Gwalior, Balwant Singh said the director had promised him Rs 40 lakhs for details about his uncle's transition from an athlete to a dacoit. Balwant Singh...
12:20 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued a contempt notice to Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Balwant Singh for non-compliance of its order on transfer of three senior police officials involved in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. A Division Bench of justices Jayant Patel and Abhilasha Kumari asked the state government why the officers were not transferred on time despite directions from the court during the two previous hearings. The...
06:26 PM, Apr 21, 2011
Balvant Singh is struggling to break away from his drug habit. ...
05:22 PM, Oct 27, 2009
Balwant Singh Kanyal was allegedly murdered by a BSP leader. ...
02:54 PM, Aug 23, 2009
