India

Balwant Singh Rajoana Sentence Commuted, Ministry Of Home Affairs Tells Punjab Govt

Darpan News Desk IANS, 12 Nov, 2019 09:16 PM

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has communicated to the Punjab Government its decision to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, one of the main conspirators behind the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh.

Rajoana, a former Punjab Police constable who was sentenced to death for his role in Beant’s assassination on August 31, 1995, will now undergo life imprisonment.

Government sources confirmed receipt of communication by the Jails Department a few days ago, before being forwarded to the CMO. Meanwhile, the MHA has approved premature release of TADA Sikh prisoners who had served life sentences, ranging from 18 to 28 years.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

Want To Be Fit? Workout Before Breakfast

Fitness enthusiasts, take a note! Researchers have found that working out before breakfast could increase health benefits of exercise.

Want To Be Fit? Workout Before Breakfast

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Urges Pakistan To Withdraw $20 As Kartarpur Visit Fee

"The world Sikh community will be grateful for this gesture on the part of Islamabad."

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Urges Pakistan To Withdraw $20 As Kartarpur Visit Fee

I-T Raids On Religious Trusts Reveals Rs 500 Cr Black Money

In a massive search operation covering 40 premises of religious trusts and other entities that preach about "oneness philosophy" and run wellness centres, the Income Tax Department has found Rs 500 crore of undisclosed income and links to investments in tax havens.

I-T Raids On Religious Trusts Reveals Rs 500 Cr Black Money

Another PMC Depositor Dies As Family Couldn’t Withdraw Money For His Heart Surgery

Since the scam broke out, the aggrieved PMC Bank depositors have been carrying out a series of protests in the city, lodging police complaints and filing court cases against the bank management.

Another PMC Depositor Dies As Family Couldn’t Withdraw Money For His Heart Surgery

TV Debates In Public Places Banned In Ayodhya

Anticipating deterioration of the law and order situation and to maintain communal harmony ahead of the Supreme Court's final verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case

TV Debates In Public Places Banned In Ayodhya

Kartarpur Highway Renamed As Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said the national highway from the Indo-Pak border through the Kartarpur corridor to the holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi had been renamed as Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg by the NDA government.