JALANDHAR: Kamaldeep Kaur, sister of Beant Singh assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana, whose hanging has been stayed by the Union home ministry, has demanded that his trial in a 17-year-old case regarding recovery of explosives be completed early, as police were causing inordinate delay in the case by not producing Rajoana in the court. Hearing of the case in a court of Patiala was scheduled on Tuesday.... 

CHANDIGARH: Patiala central jail Superintendent Lakhwinder Singh Jakhar, who refused to execute Balwant Singh Rajoana, accused in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh has been charged for contempt of court proceedings. Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued show cause notice to Jakhar for August 7. A division bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice RP Nagrath after hearing... 

THE FORTHCOMING session of Punjab assembly, scheduled to commence on 19 June, may turn stormy as the main Opposition Congress is all set to raise issues of glorification of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister late Beant Singh, and construction of Operation Bluestar Memorial, at the floor of the house. Rajoana, on death row for killing the Punjab chief... 

JALANDHAR: Babbar Khalsa and a co-conspirator in killing former chief minister Beant Singh, Paramjjit Singh Bheora, is the latest from the pack to find himself at the receiving end of Balwant Singh Rajoana’s jibes. Jagtar Singh Hawara, the mastermind of the case, and Jagtar Singh Tara, have already been targeted by Rajoana. Rajoana has recently sent out a five-page letter in which all the three... 

Lakhwinder Singh Jakhar, Superintendent, Central Jail, Patiala, who had been issued contempt notices by a local court for refusing to execute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, has cited lack of territorial jurisdiction for refusing to execute the sentence. In his reply filed on April 25, Jakhar stated that he acted bona fide and without any contempt towards the court. He also said Rajoana... 

The Superintendent of the Patiala Jail on Wednesday filed his reply in the contempt of court notice issued to him for not following the court’s orders regarding the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana. Jail Superintendent Lakhwinder Singh Jakhar was accompanied by his counsel A S Grewal, Additional Advocate General (Punjab), while filing the reply in the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge... 

Ambala, Apr 6 (PTI) Four jail inmates from Punjab today raised pro-Khalistan slogans after they were produced in a local court in connection with a blast incident here. A team of Punjab Police had brought the four accused here from Punjab’s Nabha Jail for the hearing of the case in the court of District and Sessions Judge Navita Singh. After the four — Manjinder Singh, Gurjant Singh, Harwinder... 

Superintendent of Patiala Jail, Lakhwinder Singh Jakhar, on Mon day sought more time from a local court to file his reply in the contempt of court notice issued against him for not following court orders regarding the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh assassination. Jakhar, who was accompanied by his counsel and Additional Advocate General A S Grewal, sought more time from... 

A delegation led by General secretaries Hardial Singh Aman and Balwinder Singh Bhullar of Shiromani Akali Dal delhi (led by Parmjit Sarna ) sought Jathedar Akal Takht’s intervention to procure themrelease of Sikh hardliners of Punjab who were arrested during the Punjab and call on march 28th issued by Akal Takhat Sahib (highest Sikh temporal seat). During the meeting with Jathedar Akal Takhat here... 

Stating that Jagtar Singh Hawara, guilty of assassinating former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, had filed a petition to garner political mileage, the Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday submitted its reply in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Hawara had filed his petition seeking protection as he apprehended threat to his life and liberty after he was attacked by some Hindu activists on the UT...