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Wednesday,
August 1,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Three others
jailed for life
Chandigarh, July 31
Ending three days of animated suspense over the quantum of sentence to be given to the six convicts in the Beant Singh assassination case, the special court today ordered capital punishment for Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh. Lakhwinder Singh, Gurmit Singh and Shamsher Singh were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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| The wife of Shamsher Singh, who was awarded life term in Beant case, cries after hearing the judgment outside Burail jail in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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It was a
toss-up
Chandigarh, July 31
You may dismiss it as just another script fit for a thriller. For deciding who will become the human bomb for eliminating the then Chief Minister, Beant Singh, two co-conspirators in the case flip a coin.
Beant Killers
Victims’ kin want death for all |
Chandigarh, July 31
“Too little and too late” that is the reaction of the two families of the victims of the August 31, 1995, bomb blast that killed former chief minister Beant Singh and 17 others at the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat.
Surender Kaur (left) and Anuradha Bali, widows of two blast victims, outside the Burail Jail in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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Beant
Case
Finally,
Naseeb walks free
Chandigarh,
July 31
The verdict on the Beant Singh assassination today brought
cheers on the face of Naseeb Singh as he walked away as a
free man from the Burail jail here.
No leniency for
Munna, gets 6 yrs
Mumbai, July 31
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was found guilty under the Arms Act for possessing and destroying an AK-56 assault rifle, was today sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment by the special court set up under the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) today.
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| Sanjay Dutt arrives for sentencing at the TADA court in Mumbai on Tuesday. — AFP
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Sanjay
taken to Arthur Road jail
Serial blast trial ends
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two friends sentenced |
Mumbai, July 31
The TADA court sentenced two friends of Sanjay Dutt - Yusuf
Nalwalla and Kersi Adjania. Yusuf Nalwalla has been sentenced to
five years rigorous imprisonment for possessing arms and two years
rigorous imprisonment for destroying evidence.
Yusuf Nulwala, accused in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, is frisked as he arrives at the special TADA court in Mumbai on Tuesday. — AFP
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Munna
Bhai: A man of controversies
Mumbai, July 31
From his drug addiction days to his involvement in the 1993 bomb blasts
case, in which he has been sentenced to six-year RI, Sanjay Dutt has
always been the favourite son of controversies.
Don’t lose faith, judge tells star
We will move SC, say Dutt’s lawyers
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Dalit Killings in AP
21 get life
term
Guntur, July 31
A special court here today convicted 56 accused and acquitted 123 others
in the sensational Chundur Dalit massacre case in which eight Dalits of
Chunduru village of Guntur district were killed in August 1991.
Colonel,
jawan, three militants killed on LoC
Srinagar, July 31
Two Army personnel, including a Colonel, were killed while foiling a
major infiltration bid killing at least three militants along the Line
of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district since last night.
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film giant Antonioni dies
Milan, July 31
Michelangelo Antonioni whose work became identified with the vanity and
delirium of the late 1960s, thanks to his two foreign films, Blow-up and
Zabriskie Point, died on Tuesday. He had been in retirement since
suffering a devastating stroke in 1982. Michelangelo
Antonioni
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Guv wants central
rule
July 31, 2007
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Haneef returns home
to a hero’s welcome
July 30, 2007
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Haneef returns home today
July 29, 2007
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6
convicted for killing Beant Singh
July 28, 2007
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Congress set to lose
Goa
July 27, 2007
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Pratibha calls for inclusive growth
July 26, 2007
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FIR
registration must: SC
July 25, 2007
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Shaken BJP suspends 5
anti-Modi MLAs
July 24, 2007
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Speaker
set to push ‘no work, no pay’ rule
July 23, 2007
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123
deal signed and sealed
July 22, 2007
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