Rights bodies seek UN Special Rapporteur’s intervention on Bhullar

Chandigarh, Punjab: Seeking immediate intervention of United Nations to stop imminent hanging of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar following Spureme Court’s rejection of his mercy petition, three international human rights NGOs have approached UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture while also urging ...

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Treatment plant bypassed at leather complex: Seechewal

Jalandhar,Punjab: Environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal, on Monday evening, visited the sewage treatment plant at the Leather Complex and discovered that the two plants at the facility were not being used. Industries were releasing untreated water and effluents into the Kala Sanghian ...

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Centre reconsidering Bhullar’s execution

New Delhi: The Centre is reconsidering the decision to execute convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar after Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and a human rights group moved the Rashtrapati Bhavan with fresh mercy pleas on Thursday. These pleas, citing Bhullar’s ...

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I was merely sympathiser of Sikh movement, wrote Bhullar

New Delhi: In his own words, death row convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar was merely “a sympathiser of Sikh movement”, but the Punjab Police allegedly killed his father and uncle in custody to settle scores with him. This is mentioned in ...

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