Bathinda, Punjab: An eerie silence prevailed in Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s native village in Bathinda district after the Supreme Court rejected his mercy appeal today. Village menfolk gathered at the local gurdwara on the Barnala road. They later blocked the highway in protest against the court ruling. Bhullar’s aunts, Mohinder Kaur and Jagir Kaur, and cousin Mukhtiar Singh stood outside ...

Delhi, India: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Engineering Professor Bhullar’s plea for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding his mercy plea. Delivering the verdict in a packed court room, a bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said that the petitioners failed to make out a case for ...