Balwant Singh Rajoana
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Beant Singh assassination: SC urges President to decide on killer Rajoana's mercy plea in 2 weeks
India | Nov 18, 2024, 02:30 PM ISTBalwant Singh Rajoana was convicted in the 1995 assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. On May 3 last year, the Supreme Court had refused to commute Rajoana's death sentence.
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President is seized of Balwant S Rajoana’s plea for commutation of death penalty, Centre to SC
India | Feb 12, 2021, 02:47 PM ISTThe Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of the death penalty awarded to him in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, and a decision will be taken on it.
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Centre Stays Hanging Of Rajoana After Mercy Plea By SGPC
India | Mar 28, 2012, 10:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 28: The hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, was today stayed by the Centre following a mercy petition by top sikh religious
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Bandh In Support Of Rajoana Hits Normal Life In Punjab
India | Mar 28, 2012, 11:37 AM ISTChandigarh, Mar 28: 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 today.A
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Punjab On Alert, Prohibitory Orders Clamped
India | Mar 27, 2012, 10:27 PM ISTChandigarh, Mar 27: Prohibitory orders were clamped and police and paramilitary forces personnel conducted flag marches in parts of Punjab which was on high alert after a Chandigarh court ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted
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Beant's Family Favours Clemency For Rajoana
India | Mar 25, 2012, 10:50 PM ISTChandigarh, Mar 25: The family of slain Punjab chief minister Beant Singh today favored clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana who is on death row for the 1995 killing of the Congress leader.“To maintain peace and
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Akal Takht To Review Decision On Conferring Title On Rajoana
India | Mar 25, 2012, 10:47 PM ISTAmritsar, Mar 25: Faced with a piquant situation, the Akal Takht, top temporal seat of the Sikhs, today said it would review its decision on bestowing the title of ‘Living Martyr' on death row convict
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Akal Takht Calls For Presidential Pardon To Beant Singh's Killer
India | Mar 23, 2012, 09:34 PM ISTAmritsar, Mar 23: The supreme seat of Sikhdom, Akal Takht today called upon the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president to request the President to grant pardon to Balwant