The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned as to why the medical report of death convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, allegedly suffering from psychiatric illness, was not submitted to the President by the Centre at the time forwarding his mercy plea. A bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay posed the query to the government after scanning various documents, sent by the Union home ministry... 

Denied permission to meet Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) leaders Gurdeep Singh Gosha and Jaswinder Singh Baliawal in a separate room of the central jail here, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Paramjit Singh Sarna refused to meet the duo in the visitor’s gallery on Wednesday. Gosha, state president of the SAD (Delhi) youth wing, Baliawal, state president of the party, and... 

The execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana must be halted and an official moratorium on capital punishment established in India, Amnesty International said today in an open letter to the country’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. Balwant Singh’s execution in Punjab state is scheduled for 31 March. Balwant Singh was found guilty in 2007 of the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh... 

Baba Harnam Singh Ji Khalsa (Damdami Taksal), Singh Sahib Bhai Jasvir Singh Ji Khalsa and Singh Sahib Bhai Gurbachan Singh (Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib) fulfilling Bhai Balwant Singh’s request to become Amritdhari Sikh. [Show as slideshow] ... 

The family of a student killed during a demonstration in India are calling for a full investigation into his death. Jaspal Singh,18, died on Thursday when police opened fire on a group of Sikhs protesting in the Punjab city of Gurdaspur. They were demonstrating against the death penalty imposed on Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been in prison for 17 years for the assassination of former first minister... 

New Delhi: Against the backdrop of clemency demands for death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, BJP and SAD today made a strong pitch in the Rajya Sabha for abolition of death penalty by asking Government to bring a legislation. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Naresh Gujral (SAD) said the civilised world is gradually abolishing capital punishment with only few countries like China, Iran, North... 

Relieved after the stay over his hanging as scheduled by a Chandigarh court, Balwant Singh Rajoana on Thursday expressed happiness over the new development and termed it a victory of Khalsa Panth. The militant shot off a letter to media through his sister Kamaldeep Kaur, stating that the stay over his hanging was the result of pressure created by the “leadership-less” Sikh community across... 

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police firing following a clash over the fate of Balwant Singh Rajoana, on death row for the 1995 assassination of then chief minister Beant Singh. Curfew had been imposed in Gurdaspur, 210 km from here, following the violence... 

New Delhi/Chandigarh: The Centre has stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision follows a mercy petition filed by Sikh body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that has been actively backed by the Punjab government and other political parties in the... 

Demand for revocation of capital punishment to Balwant Singh Rajoana is getting stronger. Late Chief Minister Beant Singh’s two daughters, former Punjab minister Gurkanwal Kaur and UK-based Manjit Kaur, have not only forgiven Rajoana but also decided to appeal to the court to waive his death sentence. They said they had been inspired by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi who had forgiven the killers of...