Rajoana Hanging

The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on 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 Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...

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 o...

The pressure to stop the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana is building up on the Punjab government. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil in Delhi today and is likely to appeal to her to defer the court sentence. Mr Badal's government along with Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Par...

Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, is to hang as scheduled on March 31, a Chandigarh court ruled today as opposition began building up in some places in Punjab to protest the hanging.

The Punjab government has said that it will not allow the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana on Saturday at a Patiala jail. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for his role in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister, Beant Singh in 1995. Here are 10 big developments in this story:

The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on 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 Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...

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 o...

The pressure to stop the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana is building up on the Punjab government. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil in Delhi today and is likely to appeal to her to defer the court sentence. Mr Badal's government along with Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Par...

Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, is to hang as scheduled on March 31, a Chandigarh court ruled today as opposition began building up in some places in Punjab to protest the hanging.

The Punjab government has said that it will not allow the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana on Saturday at a Patiala jail. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for his role in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister, Beant Singh in 1995. Here are 10 big developments in this story: